St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-08-17
Is 1T RETALIATIONf
NAxwELL- BsOoKs W. Mas. MAY.
BRICK.

MAxwELL-B aooKs ". Mas. MAv-
BRICK.
Ca1cAoo. Aug. l3.-(Special to
City Item. The stern aud irAsx.
lille Law Of the State Ut Missouri
demanded the neck Of Hugh n.
Brooks. alias Maxwell. aud it got
it. The Eng:ish law. equally stern
aud inAexible. nov demands tue
neck Of Mrs. Msybriok. Is that re-
tsliation which the young English
man invoked with his dying breath
20 soou to bs harvested? The
present week will probably bs On
answer to the question.
Apart from tue fact that the ver-
dict Of the Jury in Mrs. Msybrick 3
case was returned just one year to
the day and honr from the time of
the execution in tho st. Louis Jail,
there are many points Of rssem-
blAncs between the two cases.
Maxwell WAS stranger in Q strange
land. 80 is Mrs. Maybrick. He
Vas convicted mainly upon circum-
s,sntial evidence. 30 with the
Liverpool prisoner. In bis case
the crime il it was . crime, was
accomplished by the use Of drusa.
Still the parallel 6ts. he was
practically psonilsss. and the
means for his defense we're pro-
vided by relatives scross the water.
Here again history repeats itself.
He told the jury his own history Of
the tragedy. confidently relying
upon it to secure his acquittal. Iu-
stead OF doing this. it proved to bs
che most telling piece Ut testimony
against him. And 90 chapter by
chapter . complete analogy be-
tween the various incidents OF the
two celebrated cases can be traced.
Whether it will be carried to the
end remains to bs seen.
II was the burden Of Haxwell's
talk during the night that preceded
bis taking ID. that he hoped that
some American would sooner or
later be placed in the same prsdica-
msnt. aud that the English author.
tiles would be just as chary Of
mercy a. had been the Missouri
authorities. For nearly two hours
from midnight on the night of
August 8 heIwss busily engaged in
writing letters to his father and
other relatives aud friends in the
old country.
In al Of these be abiured them
to recoilsct his fate il ever the tune
came when the life OF an american
~as placed in jeopardy in an Eng
lish court. A. y finale. he drew up
an address to The People Of Eng
land" in which he declared that
his conviction was unla wful. I'm Just
and unfair. aud cited numerous IN
cidsnts in his trial in support of
the allegation. He laid stress upon
tue fact that the British govern
ment's request for . reprieve had
been refused by Gov. MOrsl,ouse.
aud insisted that tue Governor had
been urged to disregard the re-
quest because he Max wsli) was an
Englishmau. aud Great Britain bad
declined TO take notice Of the in
reference Vi the United States iu-
the O'Donnell case. The address
concluded. ~ originally written.
with an appeal to bis countrymsn
for Vengeance whenever possible.
hut On the advice Of the Catholic
priest who attended him in bis last
hours this vas stricken out. The
address. however. WIS published
throughout the United Kingdom
and literally commented on by the
press. aud there 10 NO telling how
largely the fate Of Maxwell msy be
an issue in deciding the question
Of lite aud death for Mrs. May.
brick. Maxwell's family. it il in.
teresting to recall. lived within Gu
miles of Liverpool. and the feeling
IN that city in favor Of tho young
convict was intense.
There is little or no hope Of cav
ing Mrs. Maxwell from the gallOws.
A petition for . remission Of her
sentence received 1000 sigua.
lures in Liverpool. and . similar
petition was circulated in London.
But Judge Stsphsns who tried the
case. aud Home Secretary Mat
thews. held q consultation last
Tuesday and decided to uphold
the verdict of the jury. aud tue
House Of Commons petit
ton in favor Of Mrs. Maybrick has
been abandoned. Monday. Aug.
Is, 10 the date 6xed for her execu-
ton.
The London Lancet, the noted
medical journal. Publishes . Eve
column review Of The trial and
comes to The conclusion that the
hvidAnNA warranted fhA var6ick