Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-05-23
NO HOPE FOR MRS. MAyRp
The Queen Herself Is Opposed -
Pardon.

New York, May 1S.-A dispatch fro.
and unprecedented statement made fes
nights ago in the house of commons \,
Home Secretary Ridley to the effect tha,
Baron Russell, lord chief justice of al
England, had intimated to him in a m
cent letter that a person" now undA,
going life Imprisonment for murder wac
innocent and should be released-tb.
person" in question being Mrs. Florencs
Maybrick-but that, notwithstanding this
representation, he was satisfied of tha
wOman'S guilt and would refuse to an
point a commission of inquiry, has had the
effect of directing renewed attention ia
this remarkable case, no, only among the
aristOCracy and in legal circles, but among
the radical wage-earntng masses and
whose sentiments that there Is some.
thing behind the case are reflected in
their newspaper organs.
All sorts of theories and explanations
have been preached to explain the imph
cable attitude assumed by Sir Matthew
Ridley; but, owing to the gingerly man
ner in which matters closely concerning
the throne are treated by the English
press. the true facts have not yet ap
peared III print on this side of the water
The situation in a nutshell, as told In
these dispatches twice within the pas
year, once during Lord Salsburys min.
istry and again just before tne departure
Of the queen for Cirnlez in March, is thai
Queen Victoria is thoroughly familiar with
the evidence adduced in the Maybrck
case, having been furnished at her own
request with an abstract Of the test
mOny; that the evidence showing that Ms (
Maybrick had an intrigue with lover
during the period Of her husbands mys
teriOUs illness, and which she endeay /
ored to cOnSummate after his DEATH has
produced a profound impression on the 5
mind Of the venerable sovereign, whose {
views on domestic morality are 50 strict \
that she will not even allow a woman who &
has procured a divorce from her husband 4
to be presented at the court; and tha
she has consequently formed CONCLUSION E
unfavOrable to the prisoner that Will mol
be removed in her lifetime. 1t is faa
known to those whose official duties bring
them the most close to the court that 4
Queen Victoria intmated to Hon. HerbeH a
Henry Asqulth, who was secretary of state
in Lord Rosebery's cabinet, and has since
intimated to Sir Matthew White Ridley II
who occupies the same position IN lM
present Hord Salisbury's) cabinet tha
under no circumstances would she IT
ceive or consider any memorial IN laFo
of the release of Mrs. Maybrick or COM
mutation of her sentence, and IN MS ela
phatic declaration concerning the iel0
of the lord chief justice. Sir Matthew
Ridley was but carrying out the express
ed will Of the sovereign. This TACT WIZ
not be denied, or even qualified by eNns
Of the two statesmen named. 1t was KNOW
to and admitted by the late Sir Hein'
Frederick POnsonby. her maJestys cou
fdential secretary, who stood closer 10 na
during the last few years Of his NE 'na.
even the Princess Beatrice, and II Is kun y.
to her present private secretary, eir
thur John BiggS. ~
1t can also be stated in this cohpU
ton, upon an authority that is tanIaLllv vaa
to first hand, that the sympathies Oh DG
the prince and princess Of Wales are wa
Mrs. Maybrick, and that the prince sU Is
time ago made representations III the pI ~,
oner's behalf to his venerable motheI' -
effort, however, was Of no avail, eXceps
bring about strained relations LOT ""
between the queen and the future KING