Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-11
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
PRESS COMMENT.
The Sentiment of Provincial Papers
Against Mrs. Maybrick.

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LCopWight 1889 bu James Gordon Bennsu.1
LONDON, August 10.-lNew York Herald
Cable--Special to The BEE. FLORENCE May
brick has had the satisfaction of knowing
that her name is going into all lands as a
murderess, and as a woman uniustly con-
victed OF killing her husband and the father
OF her children. In spite of the tremendous
hue and cry raised by the metropolitan
press, which willy-nilly followed the lead of
the London edition of the Herald, there are
people who insist upon the righteous
ness of the verdict. Such claim
that If the conditions were
reversed and Maybrick himself were in the
Widows place not a voice would be raised IN
his behalf. They argue that the woman's
guilt is proven by her statement, which was
made in the knowledge that she would not
and could not be cross-examined. The fight
grows hotter as the hours slip by. The Her.
aid is flooded with letters from both sides.
The other papers publish columns of commu
nications regarding the case. Labouchere
was asked for his opinion.
"Ihat the woman is pretty 1 haven't the
~faintest doubt. / have followed the evidence
pretty closely and am quite satisfied that had
1 been a iuryman l should have concurred
with the verdict.n
In response to a request from the Herald,
editors Of several more prominent provincial
papers telegraphed opinions as follows:
Liverpool Courier: SIN spite of all that
has been published expressive of sympathy
with Mrs. Maybrick, and of continued doubt
as to her guilt, there are welcome indications
that the excitement is cooling down and that
sober reflection is reasserting itself in the
position which had temporarily been usurped
by passionate fury. The agitation will no
doubt go on, and fresh developments
may be expected. The monstrous as
sumption that the Judge acted as a partisan
blgot and that the jury were twelve men in
whom ignorance and inhumanity reigned SUI
preme, was bound to be discarded as untena.
BILE, and is already being repudiated."
Sheffield Telegraph: "Mrs. Maybrick is
the latest idol of that class Of people who
went wild in their idolatry of Jessie Mac
Laughlin, who waxed frantic in their en-
thusiasm for Impostor Orion, who sor-
rowed over the conviction of Miscreant
Lipski, and who would let loose upon So
ciety if they could that pearl of innocence,
Florence Maybrick. The Hindoos have a
certain superstitious generation for the
man-eating tiger, some birds are
believed to be held spell bound by the eyes
~ SbHAS' t1e - stai dlO IdD-
tured by n creature who is u tigeress and SER
pent In one"
Bristol Times and Mirror: "The result
was not unexpected by those who had care
fully and dispassionately followed the course
of the trial from day to day. Tie jury found
the only verdict it was possible to find-that
of guilty-and that decision was doubtless
correct"
Nottingham Guardian; different minis
in the evidence told terribly against the
prisoner. Not one of them would have sus-
tanned the charge of murder, but all, taken
together, were most damaging, and the jury,
who were in a better position than anybody
else to judge, regarded them as conclusive.n
Dundee Advertiser; 1--WE think the verdict
is just, but do not oppose the movement for a
reprieve. We think, however, that the home
secretary has no rational alternative but to
hang Mrs. Maybrick or set her AT liberty"
Newcastle Chronicle: 1.-THE verdict should
be condemned on the ground that the con-
hlct of scientific evidence and the habits of
the deceased raised doubts of which Mrs.
MAVERICK should have had the benefit. The
case shows very clearly the necessity for a
court Of criminal appeal in this country"
Hull Mail: The case is a perplexing one.
The point IN favor Of an acquittal was the
alleged use Of arsenic by the deceased. The
evidence was only circumstantial. The
intercepted letter caused all the difficulty.
The judge ana jury deserve the sympathy Of
everyone. There Is no doubt that a court of
appeal in criminal cases is required"
Aberdeen Journal; "Theguilt Of Mrs.
Maybrick is not conclusiyely demonstrated