The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

! having done so, and inquiry corroborated
her.
Arsenic is subtle. Maybrick carried it
in mis- clothing, when trace of it could be
found easily by analysis if any of his
garments were obtainable. By some un-
known hand every vestige of his clothing
was destroyed Immediately after death.
If May brick did not use arsenic fire.
quently, if he did not carry 1t a bout in his
clothing, and if Mrs. May brick poisoned
him with the motive alleged, why should
she have burned or buried every garment
he had in the world, which was certainly
done. Ii she murdered her husband, why
should she have made away with his
clothing?
If she was familiar with the volatility of
this toxic material, and poisoned him
with IT, she would have preserved his
clothes. Then. if he used the drug, the
presence of it i'll the clothing would have
sustained the defense that ne overdosed
himself. II he did not use it. she could
have made out that be did, by placing it
the clio othes, and offering them for
analysis.
In other words. the existence OF May
bricks clothes, whether she were guilty
of his murder or not, was of importance
to her defense. She could have no pos
sibie motive for destroying them.
Why, then, were they destroyed2 Sim
ply to remove the proof that he used the
drug habitually, and that would have
advantaged the accused.
The question as to what Maybrick's
clothes might reveal under analysis did
not occur at the trial. 1t was detective
clew secretly run to earth by the Herald.
1t was the Herald that solved the other
complexities of the case, arising from
the fact that Maybrick, when making
purchases of arsenic himself, went to
pharmacies where he was unknown, as
did Mrs. May brick.
Photographs of the couple were re-
sorted 10 i'll the development Of this feat
ure OF the detective work, and the evidence
procured of the frequent purchases at
various places was emphatic and com.
plete.
May brick died from disease and grad ual
arsenical poisoning. No one murdered
him. Who, then, sent Mrs. May brick to
the gallows, and why?
Read the complications, domestic and
otherwise. and guess. Maybrick not only
knew of his Wife's relations with Briefly,
but suggested that they be established
and sustained decorously, as a bond pre-.
edent to marriage he expecred to take
place after the speedy death he antici-
pated.
He was himself the wreck of faithless-
ness, and by one of those curious twists of
conscience explicable only as phenomena
OF turpitude deemed his invention of this
arrangement generous atonement for
the wrongs he had done. The Maybricks
had as governess 10 the two children a
beautiful young woman named Yapp,
whom brother of Maybrick had craftilv
placed in ths household.
Miss Yapp was fond of intrigue and
amative excitemeDts. She was protege
of May bricks brother. who, regarded with
envy the moderate fortune of Maybrick.
He dIsliked Mrs. May brick; she d;strusted
him.
Another character in the drama was
Miss Briggs, a very gay and handsome
woman, who relished pleasure aud made
companion OF Miss Yapp. Mrs. May
brick trusted these two women-Mrs.
Briggs and Mrs. Yapp-never suspecting
that Briefly was on such relations with
them as she regarded as being exclusive
to herself.
UQseptieptly. she was the target of ieal,