New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-28
THE MAVERICK CASE.
"GAU, HAMILTON'S" PLEA TO THE BRiil>h
HOME DEPARTMENT.
REVIEW OF THE TRIAL AND AN APPEAL FOR
r,,E RELEASE OF THE PRISONER.


Tho following letter written by Gail
Hamilton 20 the head of the Home Department
., rho British Government in behali OF MIS-.
Novhrick. who was convicted OF having poisoned
hor husband to death. and who is now In prison
under life sentence
tn the Hon. H. II. Asqul'h' secretary VI S'"' '''
the Home Department.
s,-. lam authoritatively Informed from the Home
omo ,bat tho Secretary OF State has come to the
ao,ton that he cannot " reopen question which was
uhorateIv considered and decided by his predecessor
hut that he will at all times be READY 10 give
attention to any fresh materials OF relevant char
acter which were MOI submitted to Mr.. Matthew's
in the case OF Mrs. Mayorick
uapn,Iv the armory of weapons for the defence OF
u,s MAVERICK IS so amply stored that a fresh supply
,a,. available Will YOU permit me. therefore,
r. accordance with your humane and Just suggestion
y, claim YOUR attention for several poins winch seem
mot N have engaged the attention OF MT Matthew's
Tho, vrs MAVERICK was charged with the murder OF
ber husband by arsenic, and by nothing eise' 'ha'
four separate stores OF arsenic we're presented INC
trial from one from all OF when stores sue WAS
aruued to have poisoned her husband and from no
other. - a.. -
First: Arsenic IN store sufficient to kill hfty men
uos found in various places In her house as. IN
Init box in Mr. Maybrcks dressingroon, IN Trunk III
the linen closet and in other places but prhcpAy
IN the dressing room used as separate room lot M''
MAVERICK when he wished IT, as the Judge charseu
,be inrv or this arsenic, the trial developed that
none was found or seen before Mr. Maybricks death
,ho. nons was found after Mr.. Maybricks death by
IN. nollce but tina, the police were conducted by MI
Navbricl's brothers. and servants TO the places
where they asserted that they had found ~ that none
NJ this arsenic was found In any place especially APP
rorra,od n Mrs MAVERICK. that none OF MIS- 'i"s
bricks espocia belongings found locked except
Ia, hat
found. that oll this arsenic found In places DIT
-, ,,nos &c onen 70 Mr. Maybrcks brothers. nurses
and servants as It to Mrs. MayDricN' '"aI io'
,hlrtv-six hours before and after II was s'lu ~ nav
noon found Il was completely under N" oohfo vi '"'
,hers nurses and servants. because from the fore
400, ~ tho day on which Mr.. Maybnck dled at
2 40 D. m, Mrs Maybrtck lay In swoon' unconscious
,r ,birtvs,x hours at the beginning OF which swooh
VI Movbrick's brother Edwin. bore her IN MS a'ns
IN snare room across the hall. and remote "on' No
rlaces where the arsenic said To have oeeh ouu'
and laid her on the bed. on Which bed she was 'aHen
into custody on which bed she was surto"hue" anu
tcb.d nv polccmen on which bed she lay proSra'eo'
doy,d only parally conscious, while MagiS'eri" No
. oo,od around It in the same ROOM and when ooo
a.. MAJOR loft until she removed from II W
Walton iail thus leaving abundant UNIV ~
space for any consplrators 10 brihg anu
i ronlc where II was alleged to have been iouhu'
u,,bout danger OF detection by Mrs. MayoricA' 'nH'
Tho OVID
mart q, the brothers nurses and servants cohcer"ns
p - ,,at M curiosity was evinccd a TO It's
-, ~, srrnrise AZ It's occurrence or con ihuaice'
and M annrehen,lon as 10 It's result that the Judge
q, his charge not only admitted. nut aVo"eo' .ia'
ronc OF this arsenic could be traced 10 MIS-, NAY
hr,ck,s possesson or procuring. that he only a"rieu
mot II was accessible TO her. but did not deny wha'
o,no,red in evidence, that II was equally acceSs'pe
-, ho- nro,hersin-law 10 their female companions 10
rho servants nurses and all chance vsitors' some o
ubor, women allies OF the MaybncK Dro'hers' "ere
,own y, the trial to have penetrated INTO MI May
,rch,s s,ck room wthou, the knowledge. against the
uish and incIrring the remonslTance OF Nrs' Why
brick. .
u,os said TO have been detected By chemical ahaSSS
- ,ooa nor,icle said 10 have been found In an IN
pcrfectly washed Jug at Mr.. Maybncks oncH W,Fh
aucr his DEATH which Jug with 1000 was sent " '''
MAVERICK from the house 70 his once nearly '"o
weeks before his death: that this food parucie wac
No, analvzed by itself but that the chemist testhed
-. .,' ,roI TINT he boiled water in the Jug and In
haei, and n PAN used at the Office By Mr. May
,rcu ard found and delivered 10 III" fhcmi''' ho'
hv the police. hut by Edwin Maybrck anu 'ha' WIN II"
ro,1,d was the rnsngs OF the three VESSELS ui' ~
Pan, one OF the expert witnesses. testified that lie
had four fines analysed the glaze OF four pans sia'
IN the one used In this experiment, ana had hi"dNN
,,rnd th. glaze to contain arsenic; that there Is
u ~, certainty that the arsenic was set free r. NJ
a., TODD n,r,Icle while there Is the highest probability
TINT ot the beginning OF the experiment arse"c W
,stcd I'm tho glaze OF the pan, tht III 'e "''' "
vns alundanty proved. and since the tila' II 'ns o
more almndantly confirmed. that Mr M'Nor'" III" oo'
~, many wear. A confirmed though secret ar'enc eater
n, NJ MAVERICK had feared that he taldn: some
,r,,n drug and had Appealed To MS
,,..,c,.r and 10 his brother Michael TO warn MN
against f. as the physician and the brother t'su'
fed Mt the trial; that Edwin Maybrlch' MS oro'ncr'
otcr Mr. MAVERICKS death had found p'litoA con
ipr arsenic pills In his brothers wasSal DRIVER
but kent II concealed, saving nothing. notwihS'uiH
,h nerll Of his brothers. wife. until her solicitor Sir
C,orles Russell hearing Of II. dragged the admission
from him during the later stages OF the tHl' '''.
therefore II the arsenic found IN the once were ecu
from the food particle and not rom the glalc Is
moro reasonable TO assume that II was paocu III ''
food particle by Mr. Maybrck. Who the eVloehoc
shaved was I'm tho habit Of eating arsenic ulFn oS
Mrs MAVERICK who Is not shown to have KNOWN
ANYTHING about arsenic except rs an inSrdieh' VI
cosmetic. ,
THAT the third store OF arsenic WIS asserted
J., how, hoo, found In A bottle Of meGt1ulce which
Mrs. Maybrick was alleged 10 have prepared TO ave
her husband ; that the evidence developed t"a'
hottie Of meat Juice had been in Mrs. MayoncHs
hands for her husband and had been by her placed
an the uasbstand where there other bottles.
I'm, whore m, usual toilet utensils stood ard nothing
else that It was BY her never aft"rvard touched OF
inouircd for and that she never afterwGd eAhoited
ho smallest concern about it-ether desire TO ad-
minister It's contents to her husband or desire TO hide
@, contents from other persons that her husbands
brother. Michael testified At the inquest that the
hottie I'm which he alleged the poisoned meatjuice
w,s found he took. not from the washstand on
which II stood with only the ordinary basins and
tugs OF a washstand. but from table by the WIN
dow. where he testified, 1t stood mixed up with
several other bottles: that there Is therefore, no
, that a. Is the same bottle which In Mrs
Novbrlchs hands, but there Is direct proof that II
WINS another bottle for evidence was adduced ana
no attempt was made to show that any person had re-
| moved the bottle that In Mrs Naybrcks hands
from the washstand. where she haG placed II by
| Itself to the table 10y tho WINDOW among other
,,ttI-s, whence Maybrick took it. that the