The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-23

Copyrighted. 1875. by Associated pres,
LONDON. Nov. @.-F'roaa a hlga ofYscfal
connected with her maseSfy's nrssou an
Normwood Scruhbs. the Associated Press
is furnished the following account sf the
prisoners, Mrs. Maybrsck ami Oscar Wilde /:
For any one who knew Mrs Mayhrsck
as did, before her incarceration. she
would not now he recognized. She is a
complete mental and physical wreck. I
Wish 20 say right here that this condition
Is not due TO prison treatment. bur Is the
direct result OF confinemenf and mental
worry. While she is not insane her con-
diiion borders closely upon it She has
not been at Wormwood Scrubs for urany
months. but is now In the smaller prison
al Aysesbary. in Bnekinghamshire. II ss
found that prisoners in her mental state
require As much change a. Is consistent
WITH prison regulations. and for this rea-
son. she has been an inmate OF so many
prisons.
While at WormwooA Scruhhs she was
in the hospital for nine months in the year
and her health has demanded like treat
ment at Aylesbury. She has grown thin
and her cheek homes ssrotruie in a man
ner most unpleasant to See lie comnIex-
ION is CHASTITY and her eyes have a haunted
look. She has all the cunning of an in
sane person This Is shown by the fact
that she has twice endesvored TO commit
VI.
strict watch to which she ia constantly
subjected. One of these attempts was evil
IDENTIFY made in an endeayor 10 canyiuea
the directors that she WAS suffering from
internal hemorrhages and she went too
Tar. She subsequently made the same at
tempt and nearly succeeded. The attempt
was by means OF sfrangulation Since
these attempts the watch 10 which she
has been subjected precludes any repeti-
sion of them
I'm talking with her she once said ia
me, L deserve all have got This was
significant. but her mental condition af
the time was such that did not attach
much Importance TO her remarks. How
ever that may be. she was not I'm nv
opinion. even proven guilty. j am firm
ly OF the belief that she will not survive
another year OF prison life. She has now
been In confinement since July. iSsS.
Ordinarily. Imprisonment for Iifa
means twenty years. there being but few
instances where prisoners have been con-
fined on life sentence after that period,
unless some new and pointed facts In re-
lation to their guilt have come TO light
in the interim. / also think the effar,s
TO secure her release that have come
from America and elsewhere. and which
have been I'm the nature OF coercfng tho
home office, have operated against her.
and ] also believe that she viii be set
at liberty within year"
The official was also asked regarding
Oscar Wilde. He said:
wilde was also removed from the
Scrubbs a short time ago. He is now AT
Reading. His health IL also wretched,
and he seems aged and broken down. He
has spent much time in the hospital and.
like Mrs. Maybrick. has been frequently
transferred, and for the same reason.
While at Scrubbs he was model pris-
oner. so far as complying with the reg
uiations was concerned. but his work
was done In a perfunetory manner. I
must decline to say at what labor he
was employed. Like Mrs. Maybrick. I
do not think he would survive another
year OF prison life. but fortunately for
him, his sentence expires the last OF
March. Personally, ! do not believe any
petitions for his release will be granted