The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-20
Colonel 4. 4. \. Dawson, Of New York,
EndesYo.ing 10 Secure Her Release.
She DID NOT PvISOi her BUSBASU
Col. Dawson Says. and She Being n South
'ern Woman by Firth, "a Native Of Mobile
Ala, lie IL Giving the south an OPP
portunity to Right the Great
Wrong Done Her.

july ana August, 1888, III i>iNti b'''' A'''o
land, under an indictment Tor the murder
OF her husband, during the month oil
May previous, that the prisoner was
convicted under most peculiar circum-
stances. -
A VIDE circle OF lawyers, scholars.
statesmen. ana scientists in England mas
since been taking an unusual interest III
her case. because OF their profound con-
NictiOn OF ner innocence, ana the ms
carriage OF justice In the Verlict rem
uereu. But, strange To say, Ii mas ohiy
been very recently that any Efforts nave
Dcen maue in this country, not~itnstauu-
ing she Is an American Dy plFtn, ana
native OF Mobile, Ala, TO render ner any
assistance whatever.
However there is at this time a
scheme on foot to secure the release OF
Mrs. Maybrick, which Is being con-
quoted Dy Colonel Andrew II. II. Da"-
son, Of ,he New York bar. VINO Is now
in Richmond at the Jefferson Hotel.
Colonel Dawson WAS seen last evening
by special representative Of lne llIues
ana made. during the conversation "hlch
ensued between them, these StateHth's'
which VIII be- read with great interest
by Southern people. and the Masonic
fraternity especially:
COL. DAWSON'S VIEWS.
Not the least among Mrs. Maybr1ck' s
many mlsfOrtunes are the mlsapprehen-
sious that an industrious malice, hstl-
Eaftu On a sinister ut~lEil, etN
kindred OF ner late husband 10 sWinule
herself and children out OF the estate
he left has sOwn broadcast through her
aafiNe land about the status or her case
and The tone OF her character. nave
found that among our most intelligent
citizenship the error almost uniVersdilN
obtains that he's imprisonment IS the
penalty Of having murdered her husoahu,
whereas. the truth il her husbahd ulou
a natural death, Notwithstanding II Is
4.ts III q a.
DeriurieS which were the results OF TWO
criminal cOnspiracieS, frSt 10 ron ntf
and her children OF their rlgnuul lhheI-
lance, and when the arch cOnspifatofs
found that her bright intelligence ana
fearless spirit would become an insuper-
able obstacle in their pain 10 success,
they then formed another conspiracy. 10
charge her with Il crime that never nhd
been committed, IN order that they might
under IL fraudulent. so-called deed OF
trust which. by the subtle employment
OF the word discretion had been made
a deed OF gift TO two or ms Diolh-iS' AZ
uuire and control the estate OF her de-
ceased husband, which, II COME stsu,
could never have been established ny
the decree OF court, she was convicted
of his murder. ,..-,. ,..,o
toward Mrs. Maybr!ck has been nckle
but conscientious. When they nad been
misled by the publication by the press
OF rumOrs invented and designed 70
Destroy her. INTO me tciltl lildA va N''
mur,ie,. With which these malignant ru-
mors charged her she was sully, a
mob saluted her With Kisses on her WAY
from her prison 10 the Asslze 10 nc
tried. .., ,,,,,--
ever. the press inauguiated q maily
revolution i'm its conduct toward lehoiiis
rumOrs and publishing ohlN uis IA ~ -
the Crown proved Eagerly watching the
course of the trial as II was photograph
H. 1
ndeut eNuectatiOn. but apparently III lne
hope that daInning evidence OF hsr Su n,..
would be adduced, the CITIZENS OF i-lt't
pool found il impossible TO cOnceai iltll
disacist. disappointment, ana Immigration
whom they discovered That the 'To"li
had rested the prosecution without nav
ing adduced one little OF evidence 70
nro,-. either that James Maybflch nau
died from the effects of poison or thdt
Mrs Maybiick had been In any way 0o"-
nected with IT n he uid.
ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR MISTAKE.
II has teen generally supposed that cul'
ture is Necessary to lit the human hedi .
into those attitudes or sentiment anu
principle which results IN such suuueh
and overwhelming quickenlngs OF CON
science upon the discovery that injustice
has been inflicted upon Innocence, Dut ~
the eternal honor OF the masses OF Liver
pool be 1t recorded ana Ieihet.loettsu ia, :
their conduct toward Mrs. MaybricN AT
the close OF her trial slaps such an I'M
pudent presumption or pretenslon III tne
face with the conclusive proof tlal tIt
humber classes in England are Hot VillS
endowed with the intelligence 10 lhl
their way out OF the dark into the Hbht'
with the conscience 10 feel me acuttse
/ pangs OF conjunction when they us
| cover they have inflicted upon innocence
/ iniusfire but the courage and mdgnam-
! ,nitv 10 rise i'm the majesty Of their man
hood 10 meet such "A Crisis by ackhow !
/ edging their mistake and resentihs me
impostures By which they had been ms
| MT make not only England. but the in
telligence and the conscience OF cNlIi1d-
/ lion for Justice for the section tney Hdu
/ go cruelty wronged, and when MIs. NAY
/ brick appeared at the threshhold oi the
! kssizas on her way 10 prison after re-
| reivino the sentence of death. that same
/ brave popuace that had followed hei
! with boots and Kisses when they thOuSnl
she had murdered her husband, now that
/ they saw she had not nalied hsr WI
| vaccinations of sympathy and turning
/ upon the brutal judge, whose insane raw
! ines before the jury had brought about
! her strange conviction, they saluted nm
/ with boots and Kisses, and would have
TORN him then and there limb from iimt
had he not had more confidence IN the
heels of carriage horses than he did III
the patience of that Infatuated multitude.
/ Such a scene was never before. or proua-
! bly, will never again be. witnessed III
/ England.
| The people. however, did not stop there
! The tumult produced by this sudden and
! vehement explosion of feeling IN Liver
pool electrified every loyal subject In
/ Great Britain with profound sympathy
I for Mrs. Maybrick. while he felt he must
/ blush for such a damning record OF judi
cal impotency as her mistrial proved
( was the curse OF the strongest throne
and the brightest crown on earth.
PRAYED FOR J. y.
The effect of this demonstration upor
the part OF the people electrified Eng
| land to such a degree that the facts wer,
| looked into 10y the masses, and over hall
o. million OF signatures inundated tho
Office OF the Home Secretary. Mr.. Ma
! thews praying for her pardon.
| He investigated the facts. and after
| making a decision 10 the effect that there
| Was no evidence that her husband had
been poisoned, still committed her sen
tence 10 Imprisonment for life, on The
! ground that eighty grains OF arsenic was
| found on the premises the next day al
/ ter her husbands death. and that hs
! should presume that arsenic was obtained
| by her for the purpose OF destroying hei
| husband, and that inasmuch rs an at
| tempt to take life by poison Is made a
! distinct crime by the laws of England
| the penalty OF which may be imprison'
| ment for life, he would commute her SEN
/ tence OF death to Imprisonment for life.
| But when she would show how that
| arsenic came 10 be on those premises, II
/ the facts did not incuipate her, he would
| reopen the case and recommend her par
! don TO the Crown.
| This was a strange decision. and ylo-
| lated Magma Charta, which provides thai
| every subject OF Great Britain. when
| charged with a crime involving life OF
| liberty. shall be entitled TO trial by a
1 lot hs4.