St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-11
A GLIMPSE OF JOY.
Mrs. Maybrick Allowed to See
Her Mother.

Mrs. Maybrick Allowed to See
Her Mother.
LONDON, Dec. 10.-One of the seldom
granted privileges to life prisoners in
British prisons was allowed today to
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American
woman who is serving in WOking prison
a sentence of life Imprisonment on the
charge of poisoning her husband, James
Maybrick. a Liverpool merchant. This
privilege was permission for her to re-
ceive visitor from the outside world.
For months this young woman has
been immured in her dreary prison, and
her feelings may be better imagined
than described as the time approaches
for her to gaze into the face of friend
and to hear something of what is going
Onsoutsde of the walls which are to her
a living tomb. The time allowed by the
prison regulations is but an hour.
AS the time for a friend to visit the
prisoner approached, Baroness Caroline
De Rogue, the mother of Mrs. Nav
brick, left her home in ROuen. France,
aud came to England. She at once pro-
ceeded to WOking, and as soon as Off
cials allowed her to do so she entered
the prison. and in a short time
was permitted to see her daughter.
and though the visit was mSde in the
presence of a prison officer, the baron
ess conveyed TO her daughter intelli-
gence of the efforts being made TO re-
store her to her children and the world
She told her of the money that had been
contributed by the people of the United
States to pay counsel to attempt to pro-
cure her release, and of the Manchester
fund which has been raised for the
same purpose.
The pale face of the beautiful convict
lighted up with Joy as she heard of the
sympathy OF the women of America for
her in her dire distress. Much passed
between mother and daughter that
does not concern the outside world.
When the prison officer notified the Bar
onesS de Rogue that her hour was up and
that she must leave the prison, she and
her daughter. amid tears and sObS. ten
derly embraced and kissed each other.
The baroness then withdrew. and Mrs.
Maybrick resumed her usual prison en-
plOyment After the Baroness de Rooue
had left the prison she said she found
her daughter looking ill. She is in
mate of the prison hospital. She is
unable to sleep. or to eat the coarse food
given to the prisoners.
During the course of their short con-
versation today Mrs. Maybrick said in
despairing tones To her mother: 81 have
done nothing. Nothing has been proved
against me. Why do they keep me
here? Is it because | am a poor, little
American girl? l cannot understand
why they will not give me mercy and
pardon, and let you take me away;
am deeply grateful to my American
friends for all they have done in my be-
half"
Baroness De Rogue said that Mr.. Ma
thews, the home secretary, and the
prison officials always gave her the
greatest facilities when she visited the
prison. She declared that Mrs. May
brick is treated with the utmost courtesy
by those in whose charge she is.
Mr.. Lumley, the solicitor. has had and
is still having many conferences with
Sir Charles Russell to discuss new
points in relation TO arsenic and arsen-
zeal poisoning. These points were not
submitted at Mrs. Maybrick's trial.
They are regarded as having such an
important bearing on the case that Mr..
Lumley and Sir Charles Russell believe
that they will be sufficient 10 bring
about the release of Mrs. Maybrick