Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-08

III Hni OoA'l Au6uos g. lie Jury III tle
case of Mrs. Maybrick, who has bsen on
trial for the murder Of her husband,
brought in a verdict of guilty to-day. Mrs.
Maybrick was thereupon sentenced to
death.
THE JUDGES CHARGE.
Judge Stephens in his charge said there
wss strong and distressfll evidence show
ing motive for ridiiDg herself of her hus.
band. This could be found in her infdol-
ity, which had rendered it necessary for
her to enter into irextricable mszas OF
lying He also called particular attention
to the phrase: HE is sick unto death, 4"
contained in her letter to Briefly. This
was terribly important, in view Of the fact
that Oh the day the letter was written the
doctors fully expected that Mr.. Maybrick
would recover. l. show6d there was rea-
son for believing that the prisoner was de.
slrous Of being lid of her husband in order
that she might live With her paramount.
AN UNwIFELY ACT.
The Judge put the question to the jury
whether il was reasonable to believe that
loving wife would yield TO her husband .
suggestion and put an unknown powder 10
his food.
Thousands awaited the judges depar-
ture from the Court aud howled with rags
when he appeared. The hooting WAS in-
cessant, and there were frequent erica OF
"Shamer The crowd threatened TO At
tack the Judges carriage, but the police
interfered. The feeling oxer the result is
intense. Steps are being taken 10 stay
the execution, further medical evidence
having been secured.
MRS. MAVERICK LIFE.
Mrs. Florence May is an American
woman about 90 years old. Her grand
father on the maternal side was Darius b.
Holbrook, wealthy New Yorker, snd one
OF the bsst-known men Of his day, who died
in 1853, while her father was at the out
break of the war Mayor of Mobile and one
of the most prominent men Of that part Of
the country. After her father death her
mother, at present the Baroness Won
Rcques, married the VscOunt du Barry,
French noblemsn who held On ofi-
GERS commission in the Confederate
Army and was morlally wounded in one
Of the battles near Charleston, 5 G II
was charged that Mrs. MaybTick's mother
poisoned her second husband, but the facts
of tine Vieomte's death are these: Not
long after receiving the wound which
caused his death he was placed on board
blockade runner about TO leave Charleston
in the hope that a aea voyage might save
his life, aud his 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 VicOm;e in
his enfeebled condition, for he died during
the chase. But he was in reality dying
man when he was put on board the ship.
SHE MET MAVERICK.
The widow Of Darius Holbrook died in
New York City IN 1876. AT the time OF
Holbrook's death, in 1858, his estate was
valued at fully 81, 600, 600, but it consisted
largely Of property in Cairo, Illinois, and
throughout the Southwest, which greatly
deprecated in value after the war. TIE
estate had been bequeathed by Mr.. Hol-
brook TO his widow and daughters, and be
fore the death of Mrs Holbrook che and the
latter united in placing the remnants,
which embraced some valuable real estate,
in trust for the benefit Of the two Chan
Ter children, a son named Holbrook, nO4y
dead, and Florence, the pIe.ent Mira May
brick. This trust was attached in 1879 by
Trieste banker named R)eenthal, who
had lent money to Baron Won Rcques on
notes endorsed by his wife, and the Baron
ess went TO New York with her son and
daughter 10 defend It. The suit termin-
sted in 1880 with the defeat OF the banker,
and the Baroness aud her daughter, who was
then shout i years old, at once returned
to Europe Oh the voyage they made the
acquaintance Of James Maybrick, who had
been for a number Of years in the cotton
business in Norfolk and Baltimore, and in
1-sl Florence bscame Mrs. Msybrick.
A MOTHER FAMOUS CASE.
No such trial IS this has been known 10
England since thirty years ago, when
Madeline Smith was tried for poisoning
her lover. Miss Smith, like Mrs. May
brick, was q yonng lady OF come social
consequence, and resided in Glasgow. A
mere girl her affections we're won by
meretriciOus fellow who proved unworthy.
This and his personal treatment OF her
caused q revulsiOn Of feeling. The alloga-
tiOn against her was that size iDyeigled him
into her house sud poisoned him. The
evidence against her was clrcumstaniial,
and very compromising. Owing TO bril-
liant defense she was acquitted, and Is now
happily married and living in London.