The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
MAVERICK AGENTS
WERE SCARED OFF,.
Circulars Asking for Aid
Were Distributed
Freely.
NO COLLECTIONS MADE.
Discovery of a Swindle in the
North Nipped the Fraud
in the Bud.
MEN WHO HEARD THE TRIAL
Mrs. Maybrick's Prospects Have
Been Hurt by Cheap
Agitation.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, |

sos Broadway, June 19. {
The attempt to raise money on behalf
of Mrs. May brick, which was worked sue
cessfullY in the Northern Pacific Coast
States, was also attempted in this city,
although it does not appear that it pro-
gTessed through any more than the pre-
iminary stage. This was to send circu-
lar to prominent people stating the pur-
poses OF the MAY brick Association, " and
that an agent would appear later who
would be authorized to collect subscrip-
tions.
The circular was very simple affair
and did not deal in detail, but denounced
the Imprisonment of Mrs. Maybrick as an
outrage, and stated that with a sufficient
fund the case could be reopened and the
woman now in Woking Penitentiary would
undoubtedly be acquitted.
One OF these who received the circular
was DIR. Q. L. Jones of this city. The doc
tor IS well posted on the Maybrick case
having been travelling in England at the
time of the trial. He was prepared TO
have an interesting talk with the agent, a"
but the publication of a Maybrick swim
die from the north a few days ago seems
TO have upset the arrangements, for the
agent has not yet appeared, nor is he ex-
pected.
THE friends OF Mrs. Maybrick," said
DR.. Jones to-day, 'have a wrong concep-
tion of the facts. They are working on
the idea that Mrs. Maybrick was thrown
into prison, and that the British Home
Secretary, who is the active part of
royalty in such cases, is afraid to
advise her pardon, because the pop
ular voice demands it. This is far
from being the case. The trial of Mrs.
May brick was one of the most sensational
ever heard in the historic st. Georges
Hall, Liverpool. So confident were the
public that verdict of acquittal would
be brought in that they carried large
white bouquets into court ready to pre-
sent 10 her when the verdict should be
pronounced. They had even asked per-
mission TO pass the bouquets to her wDile
she was still in the dock. Everybody
wanted her acquitted and the public SEN
timent to this day is in her favor. These
conditions, however, do not appear to
have any weight with the Home Secretary
and there are many who think that If
there had been less cheap agitation on
her behalf her chances OF pardon would
have been greater"
There is another gentleman living in
this city who heard all of that wonderful
trial. He is an Englishman and naturally
has a high opinion of British jurispru-
denCe. His comparisons of the manner
OF carrying out sentences as evidenced by
Mrs. May Drlck ana DurranJ are however,
interesting at this time.
Mrs. Maybric had one of the fairest
trials" he said to-day, land perhaps the
ablest criminal plesder in the world, Sir
Charles Russell, to defend her. No one
doubted the fairness of her trial and the
Jurors must have been clearly conYin ced
OF her guilt when they rendered a verdict
OF guilty in the face of public op-
position. In my opinion, it i'll be-
comes the people of this country
to dictate to Great Britain how law should
be administered. Here he jails are full of
murderers and there are scores more large
that should have been hanged years ago if it
were not for corruption. Compare Deming,
who was hanged in Australia few years
ago, with Durrant. When is ever a rich
man hanged in this country? Don't you
know, think the Home Secretary must
have some grit to refuse to obey the de-
mand of this Nation. Talk about sympa-
thy for Mrs. Maybrick. The ladies of Liv-
erpool would have carried her out of the
dock if they could and have set her free"