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

Of moral character Is scarcely thing on which
TO base . sentence OF death"
HIS INTIMATE rRIEHD.
Mrs. Briggs was Q very intimate friend OF
Mr.. Maybrick. He had known her long before
he met my daughter He permitted her 10
VISIT the house most freely She 10 q woman
about forty-fve year. old. who has been
divorced from her husband. though she OBJ
1inea me oivoroe on account of his conduct,
and there was nothing in the proceedings 20 re-
nect on her. Mrs Maybrick told me this. Mr..
MMsyo,iek was an intimate friend Of her father.
Mr.: Janion. and had been on close terms
OF friendship with the Jauion family ali his life.
when Mr.. Maybrick married INV daughter he
Was man of forty-three and she was a girl OF
eighteen. Mrs, Briggs from the outset was .
potent factor in the household. She kent A
general eve upon affairs Mrs Briggs had an
unmarried sister, and have no doubt that the
opinion prevailed that IL Mr. Maybrick', taste
had been all that il ought 10 have been. he
would have married Jsnion.
ANoRous coMPkSIoSs
Gertrude Janion. her sister, has been known
for long time in their circle 10 be in love with
Mr.. Briefly. Miss Janion through Mr.. Hughes,
the husband Of another sister, caused quarrel
between Mr.. and Mrs. Maybrick at the race
GROUNDS He was inspired to do this by Miss
Jsnion because Mr.. Briefly had taken MIRA Nav
brick to the grand stand 10 see the prince Of
wales, and Miss Janion was left on the coach
am not dealing in triding gossip in this mat
yer. am showing you states OF mind and
motives which bear directly on this case
When the reconciliation took place. or before
rs, Mrs. Briggs told Maybrick all she knew
about Mrs. Maybricks relations with Brierly
1 wrote my daughter three or four letters,
which were intercepted. have never seen
tnem nor heard OF them. Edwin Maybrick
admitted that he went down invariably 70 meet
the postman.
II would like to know who they are who thus
violate the trust which people repose in her
malesty's mail. would like to know by what
fight or what law the furniture and all the be-
.onSings OF the household were sold before the
Will was proved I would like TO know where
the money is that came from the sale. would
IKE to know IL in this part Of England Miss
ispp, Mrs. Briggs and the Maybrick brothers
are acting magistrates or notI'
FEMALE pErIcrrvrs
ION the day following Mr.. Msybrick's death
Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Hughes ransacked the
house. know what their ideas were, but do
not know whether they knew there were two
people using arsenic in the house-one for his
constitution and the other for her complexion
They were hunting for evidence. Evidence
to substantate the conclusion they had formed
around the dead body Of Mr.. Maybrick. Thew
ransacked the drawers, boxes and everything
that belonged to Mrs. Maybrick. They even
broke the lock Of the wardrobe. 1t was in this
search, before any suspicion had been made
public, that these two women and these two
brothers violated the bedroom OF Mira Nav
brick. The pill box containing Mr. Maybrick's
private share OF arsenic only turned up at the
trial. II had been kept back
Who knows what else has been kept back2
docs the judge know--does the Jury know
where are Mr.. Msybrick's clothes2 Have they
been examined for arsenic? Have the pockets
been examined?
''Of all that belonged to nv daughter; OF all
the presents that had been given her; of all
that she needed to save her life all that she got
back was dressing wrapper, which was vaiua-
bic because IL was stained with arsenic.
MRS. BRIoGs' SUGGESTION.
michael Maybriek told me be would never
have thought Of poison but for Mrs. Briggs.
Michael Maybrick at first said be would be re-
sponslble for the costs Of the case. Afterward
he repudiated this statement entirely.
Nobody has paid once cent of the costs in
this case except my daughter. Everything she
possesses is pledged TO pay them. including the
life insurance policies Of Mr.. Maybrick, which
believe amount TO about q, 600, and also what
property she possesses in New York
IF she should be set free tonight she would
be penniless. The property Of Maybrick goes
to the children, and the guardianship Of the
children does not rest with the trustees Of the
estate, the Maybrick brothers, but with me 7
think. II am wrong they are going to have .
chance to prove it,"
She closed the interview by telling how May
brick and the nurse fed from the house when
his boy was attacked with O virulent form of
scarlet fever, while Mrs. Maybrick, though sick
health