Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-10

tied up by her. aud by her delivered
into the hands of the messenger. And
as before, Mr. Maybrick warmed the
food in a small enamel saucepan held
over the gas burner, and turned il into
a pitcher On the rim of that pitcher,
and again on the glaze of the sauce
pan, traces Of arsenic were afterward
discovered. Within two hours after
the consumption of the food Mr.. May
brick became violently i'll. displaying
all the symptoms Of acute gastro-en-
teritls induced by an irritant poison,
and was taken home to the bed from
which he never afterward arose.
Il was not until the night of Satur-
day, May 4, that DR.. John Humphreys
was called in at Mrs. Maybricks direc-
ton BY that time Mr.. Maybrick's
Illness had reached an acute stage
The only reason that Mrs. Maybrick
had ever assigned for the delay in
summoning medical assistance was
that her husband objected to ply
sicians. Through the four days and
nights that followed the wife was at
the bedside of her husband, All food
and all medicine that was admins
tered to him passed through her hands.
Up to the night of Wednesday. May S,
no suspicion that the gastro-enteritis
from which Mr. Maybrick suffered
had been produced by any other than
natural causes APPEARS, to haze entered
the minds of the physicians.
The one little touch of the woman
in Mrs. Maybrick, the yearniag that
prompted her to turn to the man for
whom she had sacrificed herself, was
her undoing. But for the letter to
Brierley, written by her and intrusted
for postage to the hands of Alice
Yapp, it is probable that this woman
would never have been brought to
trial. Alice Yapp swore that she put
the letter in the hands of Mrs May
bricks baby, and that the baby drop
ped the letter which fell into the
mud; that she opened the letter with
the intention Of putting it into a fresh
envelope, that the sight OF the first line
caused her to read the rest, to take it
back to the house, and put it in the
hands Of Edwin Maybrick. 1t must be
said that up to this time not one word
had been said by the physician as to
the duration of Maybrick's illness or
to Indicate the approach of death
Assuredly the doctors did not APP
prehend a fatal result. Yet these
were the words of the communication
which aroused all Liverpool and the
north in frenzy of prejudice against
her:
Dearest did not expect to hear
from you SO soon Since my re-
turn l have been nursing day and
night He is sick unto death. The
doctors held consultation yesterday,
and now all depends upon how long
his strength will hold out | cannot
answer your letter fully today, my
darling, but relieve your mind Of all
fear of discovery now and in the flu
ture.
He has been delirlous since Satur-
day, and ! know that he is perfectly
ignorant even of the name Of the
Street. In fact, he believes my state
menJ, although he viii not admit IT,
You must feel that those two letters
Of mine were written under circum-
stances which must excuse their in
justice in your eyes. At any
rate, don't leave England until have
seen you again. Yours ever
-"Florrie"
From the moment of the discovery
of this letter her fate was sealed. Or.
Carter an eminent physician of Liver
pool, had been called into consultation
by Dr. Humphreys. The letter was
submitted to the physicians by
Michael Maybrick, the we'll known
musical composer And the doctors,
awakened at last, began to treat their
patient for arsenic poisoning. Mrs
Maybrick was removed from her po-
siJion as nurse and mistress of the
household, and in her place three
nurses from the Womens Institute
We're put in charge
The wife was now the object Of
suspicion and horror of the entire
household But it remained for the
night that followed to furnish the
most striking circumstance of all
Mrs. Gore, the night nurse watching
the sick man, saw Mrs Maybrick
come into the room On the wash
stand by the side Of the bed was a bot
tie Of Valentines meatjuice, which
had been part OF the diet prescribed
by the physicians. The bottle at
that time had not been touched by
any one save Nurse Gore Mrs May
brick took the bottle from the stand
walked into an inner room with 1t,
came back after a few minutes. and,
stealthily drawing the bottle from be-
hind her dress, slipped it into its
place on the washstand and left the
room Mrs. Gore took possession Of
the bottle and gave it to DR.. Hum
phreys. In the subsequent analysis
OF the food a half-grain Of arsenic was
found,
But no human effort could now save
the victim and he slowly sank to his
death
II is scarcely necessary to go deeply
into tho dnfai1q of tho evants .haf foI