The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

Rabbi, the woman still is stoned;
The man still wanders free.
I" The lie, the blight, and the ban
That doom me, men have cast
BY man fell. and my judge, man,
Threw the first stone and the last.
Master, master" she said,
"Hither, come hither to me-"
He left his blessing upon her head,
His curse on the Upas tree.
And all his soul was stirred,
His tears like red blood ran,
While the light of the woful world
Flamed In the city Of man.
And the heavens grew black as night,
And the voice cried, 'Sleep again."
And the cold seas arms clung wild and white
Round a world that shrieked for pain.
He walked upon the sea,
And the lamblike waves lay still,
And he came to Calvary
And the crosses high on the hill.
Beneath his cross he stood,
Between the thief and the thief,
And 10! the cross dript blood, dript blood,
And never put forth leaf.
Christ crept back to his bed,
Where Death stood dark and dumb
90 walked in vain' he said,
Ny kingdom hath not come"
Buchanan's wrathful satire, copied in
extracts throughout Great Britain,
touched the Christian sentiments of the
people, while the exposures resolutely
made by the Herald from day to day, in
defiance of all threats of prosecution for
libel and Contempt made prof ound i'm
preston on the Liberal Ministry. and par
ticularly on Home Secretary Matthews
Sir Charles Russell, absolutely convinced
OF the guiltiessness of his client, was en-
rapport with B nnetts magnaRimous de-
termination to rescue the unfortuna te
woman from the galows and restore her
10 liberty, il possible, no matter what the
cost
Words were not minced nor RESPONSE.
bility lodged, in repeatedly challenging e
criminal action against the Herald, so
certain was 1t that a prosecution would
immediate tely render 1t possible to present
the proof of Mrs. May bricks innocence,
Government In legal form. Not one of
the many threatened suits for damages,
or actions for Sian der, was instituted.
Home Secretary Matthews finally took
cognizance of the verify of the new de.
fense, however in obedience to the pres
sure of public opinion, and commuted the
sentence of death to life Imprisonment.
1t was understood at the time as comm 9
from the Gladstone Ministry, though not
officially proclaimed, that as soon AS a
reasonable time had elapsed pardon W. uId
be forthcoming.
1t would be too much of a shock to the
dignity of the law. too deep wound to
in1lct on tho integrity OF English Justice
to ask for royal clenency until such time
as executive Intervention would seem to
be deliberate and independent OF any in
huence Ofsympathy or the actual facts.
What has become OF these gladdening
half-promises. hopeful intimations, con-
veyed from Victoria street to the lucKless
creature upon whom the bars and bolts of
Woking appear 10 have closed for life?
Tricked out of recollection by the shuttle
of ministries; lost in the maze of the in
humanities of government.
One test of the facts should be sufficient
to satisfy the most skeptical.
Was Maybrick addicted to the use Of
arsenic as a stimulant for swiftly de-
pleting vitality Skillful analysts and
credible druggists proved the affirmative.
This. after the trial.
Did Mrs Maybrick innocently buy it
for him more than Qucs2 She confessed