The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23
TIFF STORY OF MRS. MAVERICK.
r~clESH JAIL FOR THE MURDER
OF Her HUSBAND.

husband. whose Release Is Sought.
saoli Smith in Leslie's Weekly.
~, t-a sunset of a beautiful August day,
.,., fen years ago, a slight, small, cold
'..-. woman stood at the bar of the old
..,7-fral court in Liverpool, receiving her
s.,..r.e of death for murder by poison.
,5oeal the throng that filed the court
mai supreme moment, their eyes fixed
.--~ her as her hands resting lightly Oh
... dock rail she faced the judge in the
t,,.l, rap. she alone was in complete COM
,.srd az herself Not a muscle in the
c,rsr,sss dead wall of her face moved
rts Monde hair. neatly combed, and friL-
al with severe accuracy, never stirred
THE Iieht eyebrows never twitched as the
,,,-Is of the sentence booming her to
death by the rope fell upon her ear. An
additional compression of the thin lips
g-,h tas.r uncomfortable tightneas at the
CORNERS. colder CLINT than usual in the
hardest ewes ever seen in man or woman
and tha. was all. And as the voice of
-be Judge ceased she turned, and, with
something Of the smooth, soft, 1.-THE grace
on panther fitted down the steps or
,ra dock to the cells below.
fine w0u2a mas Florence Elizabeth
N3v5rt X. who from that time has been
more or less an object of a certain NOR
Did, sympdtheIc interest 10 large part
of the puolc m England dud America
The alleged Vicum was her husband,
James Maybrick.
The asiiauon tnat Ioh3Wed the conVic-
tion of Mrs. Maybrick, The review of the
case ny 'Ae tueh nome secretary, Henry
Matthews, the Communication of the SEN
thee OF uedtu 70 penoI SeIVilude Ior me-
anu lAe suoseQueiit Ieteateu attempts TO
secure Aei lSlSase' az wen "4tnIH Ihe
HenloIS VI 'Ae Ieau4ls P"DiIc. Wln an
loss-o-e lesPeC' 70 'Ile c enc OF tLle
Ne" ~ N az " " iIl1I "a li9lleu Cd
uel reports % me pIoceeuihss at the
una" u NluS nc aalu .iIa' me vast ma
J"IHA % lne se lIeI "a 1Alilel lcdh puonc Is
i5Ho- a"' VI tHe Elal po4'lts III the May
IN "a "a Cl,''I a u tIie eSl-
80 "-iis- l0H " iiei 0o'4N ictlOH ny the
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tDs-iit 'l'9 Is SIN
FF an lii9u4l 10 the common sense OF the
''5 5+- r.op.5 u e'iiS County ana may
o, 60, - - 'lie oo'Iii'isHI lnaI Its
O"'S S.S1' 80 La mas Deeu 10 aSSIaNate
and ,ano 49, ,l, - oiliCI'IiS,ll
80 an ISlolG obstacles
r-. eo3 " VA - IlcA ie'ease'
o'U pdi'g' Igu py the baroness
q
Ti , 80 - i'm . HIo'HsI' ana
5l, ~. ~. an HlsIisn Dafrls-
"' Ugli1te 60 tiaI -Iis, May Orlck was ao-
sS'",1's ul['ocenl Oh the crime Tor winch
- anu % tIe ma Iyreu nero.
i,s ~ "l-heu conspiracy asalhs. her
~, - - y on 'Ie part Oh the May
u''N amy buL the majority Oh thoee
WHO were associated with the trial or
"" 1-oSeiy IoIioWeu the evidence IN the
vase rsacn lhese conclusions:
Il"l james MayOrIck did not die
tS'N l-i7 administration OF arsenic, but
80, .'i0 sa9'i o-eltetl'is from WIhch ne
~ was 'HouCeu by natural causes
I"at l1e evidence nevertheless,
CNaIl| proved beyond the possibility of
u9uo- 1He purchase ana systematic admin
iSuauoH OF arsenic by the prisoner TO the
deceased with intent to kill.
o. mat mere was ample testimony to
suo" mat May brick himself had for years
pie1e"lls ana subsequent 70 his mar
mage been an arsenic eater; that Mrs
-NaSnrick was aware of this fact, and
Iehel upon 1t to protect her in the event
accusation
Ihat Maybrick, by long usage, had
become saturated with the poison, and was
arsenic proof.
o.. mat in deciding that Mrs. Maybrick
had been guilty of attempted murder, the
nome secretary arrived al the only true
".UIoh or the mystery.
b. mat if Mrs. Maybrick was not guilty
OF the actual murder of her husband she
was legally entitled to acquittal
That, inasmuch as she was never
'rled for attempted murder, and as that
charge formed no part of the indictment on
Wheh she was arraigned, she should not
oe punished for attempted murder and is
IN fact, illegally detained
In view Of the powerful effort for her re-
lease now made by Ambassador Choate
ana by Lord Russell of Killowen, who de-
Tended her at her trial ii may be as well 10
submit for the benefit of the readers of
LeSlle.s Weekly, a brief summary of the
evidence submitted by prosecution and de-