The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-09
The Mavbr.ck verd!ct.

Tho verdict II the case Of Mrs. Maybrick.
tho American vona who was tried and
found guilty in Live pool OF numbering her
husband BY administering poison to am n
his medicine. did not meet with the approval
OF the court hou @ audience. According 70
our dispatches yesterday, the people gave
unmistakable evidences Of displeasure.
They zee .. to have hid tho judge response
de for the verdict, and they showed dis
position to 40 him bodily harm The dis
patches stated that ais charge was in Nirs.
Iayb-ick's favor, but this must rave been
a mistake. The hostility Of tue people 20
him indicated that mis- charge was against
her.
The case was a remarkable one among
cases OF its class, and attracted wide atlen-
tiou. The TT al Of it was followed in tbs
country almost as closely as it was IL E g.
land There Is no doubt that the test .mCny
against Mrs. Mayhrick was very strong.
Arsenic was found III the stomach Of Mr.
Ma brick, ana it was found in the bottle Of
beef tee from which Mrs. Maybrick had
administered nourishment to HI H. 1t was
also found upon Mrs. Maybrlck's apron and
dress.
a motive was shown for Mrs. Maybrick
wishing to get rid Of her husband. she did
not live pleasantly with him, aud she had
lover with whom it was clearly shown she
had sustained unlawful relations. All the
servants IN her house regarded her with
suspicion. and testified to many things
which strengthened the case against her.
Her defense was very able one. and was
skilfully conducted. 1t was shown that
Mr.. Maybrick was a confirmed arsenic
eater, and that for a dozen years he had
been in the habit of taking the ug. The
presence of arsenic on Mrs. Maybrick's
dress was accounted for by the statement
that she was accuotomed to use an arsenical
preparation as a cosmetic, and that she had
purchased fly papers and soaked them in
water to get the necessary ingredients to
mike the cosmetic. The arsenic ia
the beef tee was explained by Mrs. May
brick in this way: She said that on the
nignt of her husbands death she was alone
with him and he begged her to give him
one Of the white powders which he had
been accustomed to take, but the character
of which she did not know. She heSitated
to comply with his request, but being
urged she got the powder from
place which he pointed GU. While she
was preparing it to be- administered with
the beef tea he went to sleep and she did
not give it to him She also stated that the
night before his death she had comics 'ed to
him the great wrong she had done him, and
had received his TO giveness.
Her defense was plausible one, but it
was not sufficient to raise doubt Of her
guilt in the minds of the jurymen. Had it
not been for Litter to her lover which fell
into the hands of the prosecution, and
which was of very discriminating charac-
ter, it is probable that there would have
been a reasonable doubt of her guilt.
When Mrs. Maybricll was arrested it was
stated that she was a niece of jefferson
Davis. There was no truth in that state
ment In a letter to a friend inq hiring
about the matter, Mr. Davis said that the
woman was not even an acquaintance,
much less a kiusw 1man.