The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-13
WON'T BE REOPENED.
England VIII Take No Further Action In
Mrs. Maybrick's Case.

London. lay 1S-G. y. Clark asked In
the house OF commons yesterdayif If Chief
Justice Russell had l.. ernated that Mrs.
Florence Maybrick ought TO be released,
and, II so, whether he would appoint
commission OF inquiry. The home secre-
tary replied that he had received such
an intimation from the chief justice,
but he added. after careful considera-
ton OF the matter, he (Sir Matthew
White Ridley was convinced that the
right course had been adopted, and.
therefore, he would not appoint COM
mission OF inquiry.
This decision closes. for long time
at least, the agitation of one of the most
celebrated criminal cases In the history
Of England one that has aroused un-
precedented interest not only In Eng
land but in this country, and one that
has been the cause OF considerable cor
respondence between the United States
government and that of Great Britain.
An agitation for Mrs. Maybrick's re-
lease has been going on in England and
in this country almost from the day OF
her conviction. Mrs. Maybrick Is 81
years old now. When her husband died,
Ill lflt SDIlnk VI 1909, Snt WiS - gNdl = piLs
Born a southern girl, educated in Ger
many and France, she was but IL when
she met and married James Maybrick,
an Englishman of A. Mrs. Maybrlck
was the daughter of the late w. @.
Chandler, a banker of Mobile, Ala.
From all that is known of the first few
years of their mG"riage. they were very
happy, despite the enmity shown
toward Mrs. Maybrick by her husbands
two brothers Michael and Edwin, who
had opposed the marriage from the be-
ginning A boy was born in 1882, and
81 girl In 1856. Maybrick, from all ac-
counts, seems 70 have become a sort OF
monomaniac on the subject OF dosing
himself. All sorts Of drugs he tried
from time to time, finally hitting on
arsenic as best fitting hts case, and iH
time he became confirmed arsenic
eater.
The first trouble that is known TO
have happened between the Maybricks
was on Marsh 29, 1889. On that day they
went TO the grand national races, and
there was a quarrel between them that
night when the servants heard May
brick shouts such a scandal will be
all over towIl tomorrow" on that oc-
casion he bE.cked his wife's eyes, and
ordered a sci want TO call a cab TO take
her from the house, but when she was
ready To go. I've sent the cab away and
forbade her 10 so, on pain OF never cross
ing the threshold again. On April "a,
1889. after having been TO the Wirral
races, Maybric was taken sick, and his
wife nursed hir1 day and night, and he,
all through his 6ickness. asked 20 have
her near him. ard sent for her when she
was away Two doctors attended him
through his sicl ness, Dr. Humphreys
and DIR. Carter. who treated him for
acute dyspepsia. They gave him as
treatment a number of irritant posons.
such as prussic acid, arsenic, papatinc
and iridine, and on May II, in the even
Ing, he dicdr-uf gastroentcritis the doc
tors said. When his wisc learned of his
death, she fell in Il swoon that lasted 48
hours.
Immediately after his death, his
brothers, Michael aUd Edwin Maybrlck,
with Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Hughes,
old friends, ana Alice Ngpp, "A nurse
maid Informed the police that they were
convinced that Maybgick had been
poisoned by his wife. They gave as
their reason the quarrel In Marcn, and
the fact that Mrs MaybriCk knew that
her husband had made a Will by which
his wife was % have ueither bed nor
tt.ititet tifettt ifftt- ---tf1-rs were 10 b-trt7
universal lcgatCes in trust Tor hts chill
dren, and thgt while Mrs. Maybrick was
To be allowed to live in the same house
with the children they were 90 be- under
the sole control 0i the brothers MRS
Mayorick was put under arrest white IN
the swoon. Liverpool wa stirred as
never before. Doctors made post
mortem examinations. and iound no
arsenic In the stomach. Other parts OF