The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-29

] it also includes 10, 900 acres Of rubber for
est, besides large quantities Of mahoga
ny, EBONY and rosewood. Waller pro
poses 10 colonize the concession with ne.
| gross from the Island of Nautilus. Hi:
London agent. jeremiah Lyon, he asserts
has succeeded in interesting capitalist:
in backing the scheme.
SAYS MRS. MAYBKICK WAS GUILTY
Man Who Attended Her Trial Says Shs
| Should Stay In Prison.
New York, July ga. Oakley Hall
writes to the H raid as follows:
| The elaborate and able attack upon
| the conviction Of Mrs. Florence Eliza
beth Maybrick written by Judge Yarrell
and published in last Sundays Herald
incidentally reopened her trial and de-
/ Tended her anew. The apparent text
( was that Mrs. Maybrick was the victim
| Of the most extraordinary miscarriage
! OF Justice known to modern Grimm al
| Jurisprudence" A startling announce
! ment. and ye. Il expresses the averas &c
| opinion Of American readers. That feel
| ing has been largely shared by the press
of the Union, and her alleged American
! citizenship became, after her conviction,
| the subject of correspondence between
| Minister Lincoln and the British govern
ment, and was the subject OF resolu-
| ton introduced Into the house of rep
resentarives in her behalf, but reported
against by a committee whose members
some of them lawyers-canvassed her
| trial
Upon Mrs. Maybrick's arrest was de-
| tailed as a newspaper correspondent to
| VISIT Liverpool-the venue of trial-and
| take journalistic charge of her case. I
| attorneybrought to the watchfulness fif-
| teen years of legal experience as district
| attorney. and Of several other years as
| a defender of men and women accused
of murder l attended as semi-exeprt
the coroner's inquest and the trial which
lasted from July 81 until August 13, and
had thereafter peculiar opportunities Of
watching the course of events transpir-
ing in the iff1ce OF the home secretary
and in legal circles, as connected with
the Communication of her sentence from
capital punishment to life Imprisonment.
It was uncontested before the inquest
and the jury that prior to James May
bricks death in the evening OF Nal II ne
and his wife had not been living upon
pleasant marital terms. It is surpris-
ing, then, that his brother. Michael.
upon hearing of James death, having
been kept in ignorance Of the latter's
illness. should. upon visiting the house
and hearing inuendoes from the servants
as to Mrs. Maybrick's almost exclusive
attendance upon her husband. have had
his suspicious aroused sufficiently to ask
an autopsy and inquire after poison? On
M.chael's sworn complaint the widow
was taken into custody and the coroner
notified. An autopsy revealed the pres
ence of arsenic in the internal organs
Of the deceased, and the crude arsenic
itself being discovered in the marital
mansion and in places 10 which Mrs.
Maybrick had access, her completely was
duly charged by the coroner's jury and
her indictment for murder procured
from the grand jury Of Lverpool-the
assize town Of the Maybrick residence
The month of June was devoted to pre-
pairing evidence by the crown public
prosecutor and the treasury.
For Mrs. Maybrick. before the inquest,
in preparation and a. trial. was engaged
the sharpest solicitor OF the Lancashire
district, Charles Russell. @. c. and N.
P.-his great after honors were in abey-
ance. On July p. within nine weeks CT
her arrest. Mrs. MAVERICK was put on
trial. The court chamber was of the
usual stuffy English kind. for there is
not anywhere in England a court room /
10 equal for amplitude. comfort. light. |
airiness ana acoustic properties the |
room in which the criminal branch of /
our supreme court is held in tbs city. i
Judge Fitzs,ephen. who had been a |
large practitioner in criminal cases when |
az ne bar. ard was an approved author /
in criminal jurisprudence. soon appeared /
sweliering-fOr the summer day was op-
pressive-in his ernins robes and three
pound full bottomed wig Mrs. May
brick was next ushered by two wardens
nto what EnglishInen still call "the
lock" and within whispering communi-
cation OF her solicitor. She was dresse.
4 Grape. ami beneath her veil and her
laggard looks showed remains OF some
The jury was Immediately irlpanelei.
he twelve presenting the appearance OF
we'll fed. ulidle class Britons They
we're s1E listening 10 the opening state
nen1 OF the crown junior who was con-
unimpzss.onei and dealt