Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-14
THE MAVERICK CASE
Tns Extraordinary Efforts - Sc
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IfxKEFo0L. Aux Is Judge stephen Is
generally condemned fcr rs course II &c
Lset.ns saeh a. cary csy liz t1s execution
q Ms Asy brick even - ths lev ~ho Go
40. protest. aszi1sl TIE .ary seta-cI u
guilty
The public movement fer respite Il
new ala l. now the Absorbing topic Ia
every CITY II England The Liverpool peu-
reus hske assumed enormous proportions
over = 90 merchants and manufacturers
have appended their naees -
Paper declaring that Nrs NAY brick
should have = new tgial while nulu-
Der % smaller petitions 10 lie Home
Secretary have been circulated among iho
trades unions with great Success Ia obtain
i.g signatures Probably no fewer than
lU. 800 uAnies Nlli Dc obtained IA Liverpool
alone WuIG comes from Durham that
J 30 residents " that city have signed
petition demanding = Lew tsil Tor tie
unfortunate ~oIn@u- Al sheffield logk. Lin
coin Portsfnouth, Manchester. Noting ham.
Derby, Shrewsbury. Car isle. Lancaster.
NewcGstle and other leading cities OF In
gland petitions are being signed % the
nobility tie clergy. merchants. nan4fact-
urers. me chanios asd professional men
showing not only that tie feeling OF sym
pathy Tor Mrs Maylrick is confined 20 no
section. bat that II is shared by a. classes
OF the population.
Lawyers are generally indignant 90 what
they term Judge stephens special plea for
conviction Had be been the Caeen coun-
sci they say be could not have charged
the Jury more unfairly for rhe prisoner
From beginning to end his remarks
were such as would have been ex-
pected from a prosecutor. but coming from
the bench they had a powerful effect upon
the Jury, exceptionally stupid at best. and
they retired 10 their chamber with al i'm
preston that 10 bring in a verdict OF ac-
quittal after such positive instructions
wonld be almost contempt OF court
Sir Charles Russell is working night and
day to obtain a new trial on the ground
that important evidence discovered since
the trlal must secure the acquittal OF Mrs
Maybrick II the opportunity be given him
70 bring the case before another Jury.
Meantime Judge stephen Is loudly con
demned on all sides and is ieered daily
as his carriage conveys him 20 and from
court No attempts al mob violence have
been made since the first outbursl
which eliminated in an attompt on his
carriage the day the trial ended, but Il
is believed similar and perhaps more
eexious demonstrations viii be made II the
Home Secretary refuses TO exercise his
power in favor of the prisoner Should
Mrs Maybrlck secure a new triai the result
would be "A foregone conclusion. she
would be acquitted, and then borne from
the court in triumph by hundreds OF al
mirers
LIyURrooL, Aug. - - Ms Maybrick's
paramount, Briefly in an interview declares
that his intimacy with the condemned
woman extended over very brief period
He biames Judge Stephen for assuming IL
his charge that their relations were con.
tinued during the whole time covered by
the trial Brieriy has sent to MIS- May
bricks solicitor statements proving thai
the accusations against her were due 70 fe-
males who were her enemies. The mum
Der OF signatures TO the petitions praying
for clemency for the condemned woman al
ready reach 100000.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13-Mrs Naybrick is in
a depressed state She passes much oi the
time in moaning for her children and
weeping copiousiy. The chaplain OF the
prison is devoting much Of his time TO the
condemned woman and She seems tc
greatly appreciate his visits.
loNDoN. Aug l3.-Mr Lincoln the Amer
lean Minister, and nearly the whole Ameri-
can colony in London have signed petit
lions to the Home Secretary for reprieve
for Mrs Mayhrick
Members OF Parliament whose relations
with the Home Secretary are intimate eX-
press the belief that he viii POSTPONE ac-
ton in the case OF Mrs. Maybrick until the
last moment. with the idea that she
may vet confess This was the course
Mr. Matthews pursued in the case OF
Lpsky, and while the whole English ma
ton was bowling for his pardon as an in
nocent man. the murderer confessed his
crime, and Mr. Matthews was vindicated
This narrower, however, can hardly be
expected To work twice. Mrs Maybrick
has undoubtedly been posted, and if she is
guilty viii be led 70 expect pardon up L
ne moment she ascends the gallows, and
so a confession is hardly among the posi-
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