The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-11
11IsS. MAEB3ICEx's WOE.
Said to I3c an Eun0cc1t Victim of Gil
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SaIH 10 -. an Innocent ict5nl OF Cir
cum~taneos--Scntca cea Eor life.
New York. June SIT is probable that
further efforts viii be made ty sympathetic
Americans to secure the release from prison
of Mrs. MaNbrick Va no is undergoing q SEN
tence OF life Imprisonment i'm England for
the alleged GuEa4r OF her husband, James
Maybrick, a Liverpool cotton merchant
with arsenic. three years ago. Colonel ~
H. Il. Dawson. who vas friend Of Mrs
RTdyi1riclzo f.,sls--, --.-1.-, l,o., and
who has exertad hs best efforts to secure
the release of the condemned WoiN"-i' Ia
been working silently on the case ever
since her conviction. and has discovered
Facts that e.-plain away the cons truction
placed on Alrs. AI&ypric2's testimony by
the Liverpool court.
Ii was generally considered that Mrs.
MAVERICKS own statement ON the stand
to tue effect that she had made a free
confession 10 any husband OF The fe2rIul
wrong ! had done him and received ans
forgiveness" lei to her conviction. Colonel
Dawson who IS now in NV YORK, declares
thai this phrase was twisted out OF shape,
and that airs llayIgictl WAS not permitted
to explain It's true meaning. 1t had no
reference - the murder Of James Maybr-ck
he said today, but referred 10 q sensational
ep de in tde life of the Maybricks. The
words were construed by the jury to mean
and amount TO confession OF suit OF IN
fidelity 10 her husband. The judge 50 con
stiued them, os.id the bar, and the press
and the public entertained The same idea
The fact is Colonel Dawson says, that
Mrs Maybrfch had been guilty Of nothing
OF the kind. bat Jhat she WAS guilty OF i'm
prudence in speaking IS she did.
Mrs. 1Iay bricks Sacrifices.
For sixteen years before James May
brick led to the aI,ar Florence Elizabeth
Chandler continued Colonel Dawson, he
had maintained au open and notorious
Iason in Liverpool with q mistress. who
had become 51e mother Of four or five Of
his foundlings IS u consequence he was
social outlaw i'm Liverpool. Mrs May
brick did not know this when she became
MS wife. uor tn-t the doors oi good society
would be shut AGAINST her because of her
husbands aa-ccclents. Had she known
of his past life she would never have mar
ried Aqytrick. iI3d NaybrcS been an
honorable man he would have frankly toid
her OF his past before asking
her to be his wife. Eut he knew her re
fined and high-spirted nature would have
spurned and reDuJiatad him had he told
her Of his criminal connection with this
woman and so ne grossly deceived her.
AT the time Of his marriage Nr. May
brick was engaged to a woman who, soon
after, became the wife of q man from whom
she subsequently separated after d bTiet
and unhappy life. Mrs Mdybricl was this
woman's successful rival, and that She was
hated by her most cordially is only natur2
TO presume That this disappointed ana de
feated woman pursued Mrs. Maybrlck like
a shadow for years to detect and expose hel
and that she failed to trd anything il
regular in Mrs. MaEbTickS life for all the5t
wears is proof Of the rectitude of that lady
conduct Failing IL this the woman con
ceived another scheme. one day a lette
fell into her hands, written by Aaybrick
ouondam mistress, in which the Womal
Sharply rebuked h1n for his neglect Fl he
and his failure to support their chldrcn
With this letter in her possession she wen
around her, placed the letter IN hef nam
sinlnlv remarkin@: There is something
my dear that VIII probably interest YOU
Her Fatal Mistake.
.That was the first intimation Mrs. May
brick ever had of the existence of her hu>
bana's mistress. and thinking the relation
m which the letter referred were still man
tat,,e.. SIZE ,.enL - London and retained
solicitor. with a view OF bringing su
for divorce against Maybrick. THIS Wa
the first and only mistake Of her Marie
lie. A man, named Briefly. was engage
TO secure testimony TO be used IN the q
yorce suit, out the London solicitor, ait
a few weeks notified Mrs MayDrck tn,
he had found there were 70 grounds for q
vorce, as ali that Br-erly could prove Ws
that Maybrck ana the woman mad liVe
together before, put not AFTER May Dfich-
:tThen it was that Mrs. Maybrick disco
cred that she had done her husband a tie
ribie wrong III suspectlnS that ne hal pet
false 10 her, ana that was the Ieaft
wrong to which she referred IN hcr u
prepared speech in court A., qI n5 t5a fro
eaI would have SET this matter right
stantly But no such question e5@4 E T3s "a ask
%iain The result is that Mrs Maybrc
aIthough innocent is pin-ng in prison +
English people believe her innocent. W
a liberal government refuse Their reques
In tbe meantime Americans should cor
forward to the rescue OF an innocent, .
prosecuted country woman, undefSoln3
horrors of a life sentence in forei
prison"