The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-07

Awar. Reply 10 Mr.. nreseurs n. Csrway's


MRS. MAYBRrCK. ~
A War; Reply 70 arr. Hreseurs n. cs.w.rs
Letter. ..N..s. 4
To THE EDITos or THE suN-Sr. In the
twenty-four first lines OF the letter you pub
lished on the Both ult from Moncure d. Con-
way protesting against American interference
in behalf Of Mrs. Maybrick. there are nineteen
deliberate. unmitiRated. and inexcusable per-
| versions Of the truth. r,.-,t
| Number one IL that she Is now under q life
sentence for the murder OF her husband"
Now 1t is tho decision Of the Home Secretary
that her husband died natural death. Num-
Der two is: Mrs. Maybrick escaped the gal
lows through popular sentiment, which re-
coiled from tho barbarity OF etrangllng fair
| neck" There is not now and never was in
England any such sentiment For 400 years
they have bcen dccnpltating and strangling
fair necks in England. and when they see q
crime they never look at tho neck.
Number three is: "Outcries made up for the
absence Of rebutting evidence" No rebutting
evidence was needed. because her guilt was
never proven, and she was convicted. not on evil
donce. but the insane rawlings Of demented
Judge. whose hatred OF Americans amounted to
monomania. and whose disgracoful conduct
on tho bench on that trial made his retirement
from the bench necessary to enable England
an outcry. loud and long, from tho same lips
that had followed her through the streets Of
Liverpool with hoots and Misses. but 1t was
after the discovery Of the fact during her trial
that her husband had not been poisoned. and
that she was innocent
| Numbers four and FIVE and six and soven
are found in this sentence: 1T was proved
and not donied that Mrs. Maybrick had formed
an adulterous connection. and that hcr hus-
band died Of arsenic. large quantities Of which
| were found in her possession" It was not
proved. but when alleged was denied. that she
had had any improper relations with another
man. It was not proved that her hus-
band died Of arsenic. but was positively proven
| that he did not and It was not proven that one
| grain Of arsenic was found In her possession.
! Number eight is tho allegation that she said
her friends In Germany had advised arsenic
for her complexion. She sold nothing Of the
kind. She did say t was used in Germany for
had contracted the habit there Of using it Tor
that purpose. which was true. -.
said druggist in brooEIyn. New YORK. had had
put up prescription Of arsenic fqrr her com CON.
scription. and that is true. and that 'she
hsS e Tue BY Hsg Y tsa is se
assertion that researches had failed to pro-
duce the prescription: whereas researches
true that It was not found in time to BE- pro-
the pretext Of a direct intimation from Judge
Sterhen that her statement about It was false;
on
a life pnd irreproaOhable associations and kin
| The next nine iagitlously. fragrant perver-
signs q The truth ars found r. this sentsnss:
tsSe 'fFs or oosdensssYcn q phiooes%s
mi Ssers q senasns am hs
5 M FIX PSasss s j ssl
thu s Rssn 1S
familiar VIII the ! facts Us have recently be-:
eenseauenses 9th false charges under which
she Vas tried and the i9.scses and perqres
IN Lepland, instead Of in the sunny South. and
had her father and grandfather been my per
Ras hsy a as
instead IN the lodge
innooenSe Mt sscrea petSlne IS ssIos shs
to protect Innocence. il can have no mission
%PsSs Is sSa children and g. p s2nps
| here make to the American public the promise
shs and W
to her husband h. that che never s!. gave him
! death. and that albeit she was tried by aJudge
| that was insane and jury that were his
automatons she never would Or could
in tho moral sublimity Of her devotion to her
husbands memory sho suppressed the facts
| that would have explained her presence in
London. and who It was who summoned
Brerly there, will then also In that connec-
| been presented to the public OF the true mean:
| wrong had done him"
This unfortunate lady Is now convict. i'm
by her friends and LEFT to perish under the
| crushing burden of broken heart and a
blasted name. OH because her last dollar has
been exhausted to meet the liabilities she in
that she has been, pardoned Of q crime 81 which
she was convicted. because twas found TINT
| no such crime had been committed and she
has since beon sentenced to imprisonment for
lifo for crime for WHICH she was ,I never In
never could be convicted before . sane
jury, MI because she is unable to retain coun-
gel to prosecute q writ * habeas CORPUS to
mont. and tho question that now presents
| itself to the great American henrt is, How long
| will 1t suffer our innocent countrywoman to
endure such terrible consequences OF injustice.
when by the contribution OF littance We can
our love Of justice. and our devotion to the
Its noble mothers ard daughters
| ANDREW H. H. DAWSON
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.