Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
MAVERICK TRIAL.
The Woman Reads Her Statement and
Creates a Sensation in the
Courtroom.
Report of the Deryish Losses in the Recent
Fight with the gypians-Thousands OF
Rebel Dead Brought In
Cable Notes.

Cable Notes.
! LIVERPOOL, Aug 5.-At the trial of
Mrs. Maybrick tod pr. Mackamara,
ex-president of the Irish College OF sur
/ geons, testified that in his opinisn May
brick S death was due to CASTRO tntSritis,
and not arsenic. =
Dr. Paul, Pathological examiner in the
Victoria university, declared it would
take months to eliminate arsenic from
the system if it were .tatef, oyer twice.
He also thought the symptoms in.the case
1 of Maybrick were those of gastros en-
feritis.
A chemist testified that ladies often
purchased tiYpapers for use as cosmitIcs.
) a hair dresser said that arsenic was
frequently used by ladies to improve
their complexion. :. =
Mr. Po6Iyez-mayor of Liverpool, tes-
titled that IN. March last Mr.. Maybrick
| had told him he took poisonous medicines
I habituaIiy.
This concluded the evidence and Mrs.
MaybFiolz then read her statement. In
this she explained the presence of fly
papers in the house by saying that she
had bought them for use as cosmetics.
For many years she had used cosmetic
prescribed by DR.. Griggs of Brooklyn
which contained arsenic. She had lost
the prescription, and wishing to make q
substitute she had soaked fY-papers in
elder flower water and lavender water,
and had covered the vessel holding the
mixture with plate and towel to ex-
dude the air. Continuing. Mrs. May
brick said, on the night OF May after
the nurse in attendance on my husband
had given him some meat juice l went
and sat by his bed. ne complained of
-, al 4
pIored me to give him poWdeV.
Already in the day he had made
a similar request and I had
declined to administer the powder; but
that evening 1 was overweight, ter
ribly anxious and miserably unhappy.
His distress unnerved me, and as he said
the powder was harmless and l could put
it in his food [ consented to mix itwith
some meat juice which I gave to him.
After taking it the deceased fell asleep,
and appeared better on awakening. I
was not anxious to administer the powder.
Afterwards placed the bottle contain
in@ the meat juice on the washstand,
where it remained until Michael May
brick, my btother-in-law, took possess
sion of it. The day. before my husband
died 1 made full confession to him of
the fearful wrong I had done him and re-
celYed his forgiveness.
This statement caused a sensation in
the courtroom.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 5.-The weather
is shoWery and disagreeable. Every
thing is in readiness for the inspection of
the British fleet by the German emperor,
and it is probable it will be carried out
to-day despite the storm.
PARIS, Aug. 5.-The second ballots for
members of the councils general in the
cantons throughout the country which
failed to elect members on the previous
Sunday resulted in the election of 12l
Republi cans and forty-one Conserva-
tiyes.
CAIRO, Aug. 5.-Gen. Grenfell, COM
mander of the Egyptian troops who de-
feated the Dervishes on Saturday, tele-
graphs that he has made a reconnaissance
and found that the battle had completely
broken the Dervish army. Out of a
force, of 5000 men who Wad Ell Jumi took
into battle. on Saturday only few re-
main. These are being pursued by
Egyptian cavalry land column under
Col. Wodehouse has gone to Abu Simbet
to head off the retreating Dervishes.
Every emir in the Dervish army save one
was killed. The bodies of several hun
u
wounded, making 1000 in all, have been
brought into Toski. Refugees are arriv- !
ing at that town. The Egyptian loss in |
battle was seventeen killed and $50 |
wounded Three British soldiers were |
wounded.
Sarras has been occupied by British and |
Egyptians. Two thousand of Wad FL |
Jumi s followers submitted to-day. The |
troops return to Cairo Immediately.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-Gen. Boulanger |
has issued q declaration in which he says |
that the allegations against him are in |
famous ISLANDERS, and that he relies upon |
the French people as his sole Judge.
LoNDoN, Aug. 5.-The royal grants
bill was passed by. the house of commons
this afternoon.
PARIS, Aug. 5.-The shah has con-
ferred the highest Persian order upon
President Carnot. He has also presented
HIM with his portrait set with brilliants.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 5.-Lieut. Dha-
mis- has just returned here after a So
journ of three years in the Upper Congo
He reports shat commerce is
growing rapidly in that region and that
the trading stations are prosperous.
Nineteen steamers ply on the river.
q Journey of eighteen days on foot be-
tween Leopoldyille and Matahdi Lieut..
Dhanis met thirty white travellers.
The trading population along the river
banks is'fast developing.