The Helena independent., 1889-08-08
A WOMAN TO HANG
Mrs. Florence Msybriek Found Guilty
Of Killing Her Husband by an
English Jury.
The Judges Charge Very Strong
Against the Prisoner. Showing
Her Motive for the Crime.
The Guilty Woman AN American OF Good
FamIly. Whose Mother l. the wife
ofR French NobIeman-

LIvERroOL, Aug THE jury In the
case Of Mrs. MSy brick. on trial for the
murder OF her husband, brought in a YER
dict Of guilty. MS Maybrick was there
upon sentenced 70 death.
Judge Stephen Ia his charge 10 the jury
said there was strong and distressful evil
denee to show the prisoner had a motive
for Kidding herself Of her husband. This
could be found d her inhdelity, which had
rendered it necessary for her TO enter into
inextTicAble mAzes OF lying He also
called particular attention 70 the phrase,
He Is sick unto DEATH, contained in her
letter TO Bitterly. This was terribly i'm
portant, in view of the fact that on the day
the letter WAS written the doctors fully
expected Maybriek 10 recover. 1t showed
there was reason for believing the prisoner
was desirous Of being rid of her husband in
order that she might live with her par
amour. The judge put the question to the
jury whether II was reasonable TO believe
that loving wife would yield 10 her hus-
bands suggestion and put an unknown
powder In his food.
Thousands awaited the judges departure
from court and hOwled with rage when he
appeared. The hOoting was incessant and
there were frequent cries of SHAME"
The crowd threatened 70 attack the
judges carriage, but the police iDterfered-
The feeling over the result is intense.
steps are being taken 10 stop the execution,
further medical evidence having been se-
cured.
Mr.. Roe, New York lawyer, in an in
terview concerning the case q little while
ago, gave the following facts concerning
the woman who yesterday was sentenced
to death; Mrs. MaybTick, nee ChanleT, is
an American woman about rs years old.
Her grandfather on the maternal eide was
Darius Is. HOlbrOok, a wealthy New
Yorker, and one OF the beSt-known men OF
his day, who died in 1865, while her father
was al the outbreak O. the war mayor OF
Mobile and one of the most prominent men
Of that part of the country. After her
fathers death her mother, at present the
Baroness Won koques, married the NicOmte
du Barry, French nObleman, tho held an
ofhcers commission i'm the confederate
states army, and was mortally wounded In
one OF the battles fought near CharlesIon.
). q.
''lt has been charged by some misin-
toEmed or malignant persons" said Mr.
Roe, THAT Mrs Maybrck's mother poi
sOned her second husband, but the facts OF
the yicOmtes death are these: Not long
after receiving the wound which caused
his death he was placed on board a block
ade runner about "a leave Charleston in
lie, and bis wife accompanied him. The
vessel In leaving port was sighted, pursued
and fired on BY United States cruiser.
The excitement of the experience WAS
probably too great for the vicumte IN his en-
feebled condition, for he died during the
chase But he was In reality a dying man
when be was put On bOsrd the snlp.5'
The widow OF Darius HOlhrUok died in
New York in 1876 AZ the time OF Mr.
HOlbTOOk's death, in 1855, his estate Was
valued At fully sI,OOO,eOO, but it consisted
largely OF property in Cairo, ILL.,, and
throughout the southwest which greatly
appreciated ia value after the war The
estate had been btqueHthed By Mr. HOl-
brook 70 bis widow aud daughters and
before the death Of Mrs HOlbrook she and
The latter united IN placing the rem
nants, which emOracrd some yaIua-
able real estate on Fourteenth street.
in Trust for the benefit OF Tie two Chanier
childrcn-a son named HOlbIOok, now
dead and Florence, JIe present Mrs. Nav
brlcE. This uust vas attached In 1879 bv
Trieste banker named EDsenthal who
had lens money % Baron won Roqnes on
notes iudOrsed by lis wife, and the baron
ess came 10 NeW luk with htr son and
daughter 20 Get nd BE- The SUIT ;erfuiD-
ated iu 1850 with ti4t III f,sl OF The bEbker
and the baroness and her daughter, WHO
was then about Is ye-rs Old. ~ once re-
turned 10 Europe On the ycyHee they
IN ade the acquslntanc.- rf iEmfs hinybr5cF
WHO had been iur "a nua-h.T col years in the
cotton business 10 NOtfslk aud Belffnore
and in 1881 Florence became Mrs. Nav,
brick.
A. soon as the charge OF poisoning her
husband was brought against Mrs. Nav.
brick, Roe 81 Macklin, who had repre-
sented The BOibrOok e-tete for Years
were appealed 70 by her Liverpool solicit.
Ors, ClraYer. Hunt a. CleaVer, To fnvesff-
gate Maybrick's habits during his rest
dence In this country. They soon found
abundant evidence that Mayhrlck vas
b hsbitually addicted 10 using opium. arsenic
strychn1ne and other pOisOns Finallv
they discovered a col0red man named
Thomas Stansel, waiter ia the St lanes
hotel, Norfolk, who acted as Maybrfckfs
body servant during his residence in that
city from 1873 TO 1850. StanseI's testImonV
and other Information procured showed
that May was In fhe
habit u taking arsenic in very large quan-
titles. About three weeks after suterin0
his service, StaDsel was told By Nav ybricf
one morning 10 buy him 80 cents worth OF
arsenic, with the remark that II the drug
gist hesitated about selling IL TO say IL was
for him. Thereafter he frequently bought
arsenic for Maybrick az Santos and Bur
rows drug stores, at both of which places
his f0nduess for toe drug was well known.
May brick generally took the drug in q cup
A striking evidence Of Maybrick1s exces-
siye use Of medicines of All kinds IL fur
ntshed by printed list Of bottles and
packages found In his rooms after hia
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