Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-14


A London special cable to the Philadelphia
Times says that Justice Stephen had an inter
view yesterday with Mr. Matthews at the home
Office relative to the case Of Mrs. Maybrick,
now under sentence Of death Justice Stephens
notes of evidence given at the trial had been
previously placed in the hands of the home
secretary. These notes were discussed and
Justice Stephen entered into a full explanation
OF them. His lordship's interview with Mr..
Matthews extended over an hour. The May
brick meeting held there yesterday would in
New York be called a fzzle. Only Maybrick
followers were allowed to speak. About 1 500
people were present.
1t is reported that in the interview with Home
Secretary Matthews Judge Stephen upheld the
verdict and Mr.. Matthews concurred.
The Baroness Won Rogue Talks.
A Liverpool special to the same paper SAYS
that the Baroness Won Rogue the mother of
Mrs. Maybrick, claims that her daughter is be-
ing done to death by woman who was in love
with Briefly.
Il am O. woman" she said, ssand perhaps /
take q womans view Of this matter, but I don 4
know that q woman's view is necessarily the
wrong view. would like to respectfully ask
what motive my daughter had for poisoning
her husband when she had plenty of evidence
upon which she could have obtained a separa-
ton had she desired"
II know that James Maybrick died natural
death, and believe that these two women,
rant Of Maybrick's extensive use of arsenic,
came to the conclusion that my daughter was
poisoning him and did everything they could
to build up the circumstances. am not dis
posed to say that they did not reach this con.
clusion honestly. think it is proper, how
10 chaxv <ho< - - a
to her and that if they were animated by any
malice they were not without grounds for these
feelings.
1.-THE idea is simply absurd, to begin with.
that you can poison q man with arsenic who has
been using arsenic for fifteen years without his
knowing or suspecting it. Maybrick bnew his
own constitution perfectly we'll He had been
experimenting on it with . drug ever since
knew him. He was deep student Of medi-
cine and if there was one man on earth who
would have secuted the idea that anybody
could poison him with arsenic without his
knowledge it was James Maybrick, and he
would say SO if he stood here today"
In q more extended interview in the n.
Y. Herald the baroness says: ''Mr. Maybrick died
on Saturday. Up to the following Friday after
noon her daughter lay i'll, prostrated and help
less, without friends. She was surrounded by
enemies whose bitterness need not call your
attention to, for it is in evidence-who had
prejudioed her, condemned her in their own
minds as a murderess, without even telling her
their conclusion, and who were hotly ransack-
ing her house-in which they had no legal or
other right-to obtain evidence in support Of
the conviction which they had chosen to enter
tain. These conclusions started with q nurse,
the woman Yapp, whom my daughter had some
months before reprimsnded, and (as she wrote)
felt That she would be compelled 10 discharge.
SENTENCED BxFonxHAxp.
'sMiss Yapp, knowing or not moving arsenic,
communicated her suspicious 10 Mrs. Briggs.
Mrs. Briggs telegraphed to Michael Maybrick.
Mrs. Briggs was the moving agent in all that
ensued. My daughter was satisfactorily con-
victed Of murder before Mr.. Maybrick died BY
Miss Yapp, Mrs. Briggs and Michael Msybrick,
who was acting only upon the information, suspi-
cions and conclusions of the two women. Now,
I respectfully suggest that Mrs. Briggs' actions,
Mrs. Briggs motive and Mrs. BriggS character
are things that should be considered and have
not been considered in this case"
She then rehearses the circumstances Of Mr..
Maybrick's death and the alleged evidence
against her daughter, referring particularly 70
the Briefly letter, and continues:
'Now, permit me TO say that there Was Q
great deal Of surreptitiousnem about that letter
Of Q woman who had already come to the con-
clusion, honestly or dishonestly, that NV
daughter wss . murderess ct heart. It was
given to that woman to post and that woman
oPeueo ~ may DC M. Aaypflcke motner,
but ii looks to me a. II that very strange and
very unnecessary letter. letter 30 queerly
and ingeniously compromising that no other
possible combination Of words could have been
equally harmful-was simply trap, succsss-
fully laid and triumphantly executed.
WAS SIZE rRAYPxD?
my daughter il mot woman Of very much
penetration. II You could zee her You would
not wonder 1t the ease with which she has been
deceived Kindly remember that Mrs.. Briee,
testified in court THAI she advised nv dauehter
to write 70 Briefly 70 get monsy enough 70 send
Of prison with the letter and Ut once handed Il
TO the policeman Please consider that here
ware two women both protesting warm attach
ment to my daughter. She gave them her full-
est confidence ct time when her positiou Of
her sympathy and pity from Q stone, and tkey