The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-23

Mrs, MnybricIs ana Oscar Wilde.
London. November r. copyrighted
1876, by the Associated Press From a
h,sh official connected with her majesty s
pison at Norwood Scrubbs, the Asgo-
GATED Press is furnished with the follow
hs account of the prisoners, Mrs. May
mick and Oscar Wilde;
by anyone who knew Mrs. Maybrick be-
fore her Incarceration she would no, now
n recognized. She is complete mental
nd physical wreck, wish to say right
here that this condition is not due to prison
Treatment, but Is the direct result Of con-
hsment and mental worry. While she Is
vi insane, her reason borders closely upon
Il she has not been at Wormwood Scrubs
sx many months, but is now in the smaller
prison at Aylesbury, In DuchinsheMs..,r
| It is found that prisoners in her mental
tate require as much change as is con-
astent with prison regulations and for
| this reason she has been an inmate OF SO
| many penal institutions. While at Worm
wood Scrubs she was in the hospital for
| le months in the yea., and ner health
has demanded like treatment at AyIesbury.
IShe has grown thin. and her cheek bones
|FOttlde In manner most unpleasant TO
ice Her complexion is CHASTITY and her
|rss have haunted look. She las all the
|eunnne of an .n,ane person. This is
shown by the fact that she has twice en-
|teayorei to commit suicide, once nearly
|suceessfully, in spite OF the strict vatch
10 which she is constantly subjected One
|d those attempts was made evidently IN an
|tadeayor to convince the doctors that she
vas suffering from Internal heMorrhages
ana went too far She subsequently made |
the same attempt and very nearly 81 ccocd- |
~ The other attempt was by means OF
Inauguration. Since the attempts the |
|saeh to which she has been subjected |
rseluded such another repetition.
In talking with her she once said to
|he' ! deserve all have got This was
tgnlhcant, hut her mental condition at the
tne was such that did not attach much
Importance TO her remarks. However that
nay be. she was not, In my opinion. ever
proven guilty. am firmly of the belief
lat she will net survive another year OF
prison life She has now been in confine-
nent since July, 1859. Ordinarily imprjsou-
ntHt Tor life means twenty years, there
Nns but few Instances where prisoners
ave been confined on life sentence after
.aa period. unless some new and pointed
'ars IN relation to their guilt have come
= hsht in the interim. also tLink that
.lor's to secure her release that have come
sNn America and elsewhere, and which
aN been In the nature of coercing the
!, 3@e oihce have operated against her, and
] nso believe that she will be set at liberty
within year"
IN. ne Official was also asked regarding
wide was also removed from tho
saupos short time ago He is now a,
aa'.a'ns' HIS health is also wretched. and
seems aged and broken. He has spent
W. !'me in the hospital, and, like Mrs.
.uSrlcK' has been frequently transferred
y le same reason. While at Wormwood
s'uSos he was model prisoner, so far as
..apyihg with the regulations was con
S,neu' out his work was done in a per-
s%My manner. l must decline TO say
s,s sual labor he was employed. Like Mrs.
rSuieS' do not think he would survive
'.V a,H year OF prison life; but sprtuntely
~, unn' MS sentence expires the last of
,,.sn' personally do not believe that
a. n pe''tions for his release will be grant