St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-22
Mrs. Maybrick Is by No Means
Deserted, Though in
Prison.
New Information in Her Fa-
v0r Is Said to Be Forth
coming.
She Is Said to Be Taking on
Flesh and Does Not Look
at All Ill.
The Mutual Reserve Fund As
ISOLATION Pays $4,000
- Into Court.

LONDON, Feb. 21.-Mrs. Maybrick has
no lack OF friends. Her American ma
tonality seems to add to their persist
ence. They are of the loud-mOuthed
type, OF course, for if of any other vari-
ETY. they would not attract attention.
They began their cutlery the moment
the verdict was returned. and deluged
the press with opinions and complaints.
The letters were so numerous, so con-
slant and so cleverly worked that so
hard-hearted person as the home sec
rotary was moved TO quash the verdict
and change the sentence of death to i'm
prisonment for life.
The first bout was won by Mrs. May
bricks friends, and having plenty of
time at their command they began to
work methodically. The woman exer-
cl5es great fascination over majority
OF people who come in contact with her.
This is particularly noticeable in the
case of Mr.. MacDougall, the London
county councillor. He is a fanatic in
the opinion of conservative people, not
only i'll the Maybrick case, but in most
matters. He is one of the most thor
oughly disliked men in London, for he
attacks music halls and other existing
institutions, which on the whole, are
well conducted. His friends, however,
call him ''reformer." and say it is the
rate of all reformers to be called
fanatics
Mrs. Maybrick's case was in the hands
OF MesSrs. Lumley d Lumley, one of the
best firms of solicitors in London. The
head of the firm this morning said:
| thOrQuphIy baIiava ,pnooa,oa -
Mrs Maybrick, otherwise l would not take
the case. have been working steadily and
methodlcally for long time in her behalf,
AND there is mole than one committee with
the same object in view. Committees do not
all agree. We have nothing to do with their
quarrels- We take all the evidence they and
anybody else can give us. The source is no
consequence so long as the latter is relevant.
go TO Liverpool today to secure new testi-
mony. have had detectives at work for a
long time and have gathered much material
we may be able to move next week, but this
depends upon the opinion of counsel
We have the best counsel in the market,
among them Sir Charles Russell and Mr.. Po-
land. All the evidence at the trial. the
speeches OF counsel and the charge of the
Judge we have printed. Upon this counsel
VIII pass before we make move. Our object
is to secure a new trial or a pardon I have
dug up two cases of presidents, but these
were never acted upon. So, in one sense,
this will form precedent.
MeduWHlic MIS-. MdyDrlcR is taxing
on flesh in her prison, and in spite of
pathetic letters from the Baroness de
Roques, her mother, is not looking at all
i'll. A few days after the trial an inter-
view was had with the Baroness de
Roques. She. so far as words and man.
her were concerned, was confident of
her daughters innocence. A number
of questions were written down. with
request that the baroness secure an
swers from Mrs. Maybrick. She said
Yes" and took the questions to the
woman who had been condemned to
death. The two questions which would
have satisfied one Of Mrs. MAVERICKS
Innocence were not answered, and they
had bee n built with much care. They
had not been answered, but the remain
der were.
Interest IN the case was renewed this
week by the action of Controller Speirs,
of the Mutual Reserve Fund associa-
ton. He paid $4,000 on a policy of
Mrs. Maybrick into court. Mr.. Cleaver
claimed it in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick,
and as assignee Mr.. Cleaver is going to
carry the case into the house of lords
against the decision of the court of ap-
pealS. The executors of James May
brick also claimed it for the crown, and
so the association washed it's hands of
the whole affair by paying the money
into court. The association had already
paid policy of $4,000.