The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

there apr cached a second man whom
everybody IN the reserved part of the in
closure recognized. 1t was her husband.
MS face yellow with the rage that CON
sumed him. Then, in the presence of the
men and women around hem he told her
what she was, and struck her fun in the
face with his fist She staggered hack and
turned 10 BfierseY as if for protection
lie was gone. Those who watched her
then tell how she stood there, calm and
quiet and sun, with her lips parted in an
evil smile, watched her husband as he
strode away.
The design Of poisoning her husband
would appear TO have taken root in her
nina at the beginning of March, when she
mad begun to make mysterious references
10 certain white powder which she de-
c-ared her husband was in the habit of
taking, and of which she had dread. She
mad spoken to DR.. Hopper. the family ply
stefan, on this subject, and begged him to
demonstrate with her husband But Mr..
Maybrck taxed by the doctor, made a
Vociferous denial.
All through the month of April Maybrick
suffered more or less from slight chronic
dyspepsia and indigestion. DIR. Fuller, one
Of the half-dozen physicians whom he con-
suited at different times, gave him a pre-
scriptiOn in which arsenic had no part.
In the afternoon of May q, Mrs. May
brick called al the drug store kept by
ThCmss Nokes, in the Aigburth road, LiV-
crpOol and bought some fly-papers that
contained arsenic for mice" Alice Yapp,
the chiidren's nurse, and Bessie Grierly,
a housemaid, noticing some cloths careful
ly folded over soup-dish lifted them and
found the fy-papers soaking in water 1t
may be noted that Battlecrease house had
always been free of mice or other vermin.
Three days later Mr.. Maybrick attended
the races at Wirral. The day was cold and
stormy his return home. la te at
night he complained of a chill, numb
ness and an oppression at the stomach.
This he asCribed to a bad dinner eaten at
he race-track restaurant. That night he
took to his bed, and remained there, surfer
ing from gastric trouble, until the morning
of Wednesday, May /, when he recovered
sufficiently to return to business. On that
day and the two days that followed, ne
carried his luncheon TO his Office. Barry's
Revalenta food was prepared by his wife,
placed in the jar by her, and tied up. 1t
was not eaten by Mr. Maybrick, who COM
planned that the mere taste Of the food
made him bilious. Traces of arsenic were
afteward found in the jar. The luncheon
of the following day was prepared by his
wife This consisted of beef essence,
which was heated over patent gas-stoVe
that Mr.. Maybrick kept in his Office. At
sGnic was afterWard found in the remains
Of the beef essence.
Mr. Maybrick suffered a relapse and re-
turned to his home. complaining of nausea
and a general sensation of weakness. Only
the exercise of his iron will enabled him
to struggle out of his room on the next
day, Friday, May 3. This is the day on
which, according to the theory OF the
physicians he received the fatal dose.
Arrowroot was prepared and sent TO MS
Office The Jar containing the arrowroot
was filled by Mrs. Maybrick, tied up by
her. and by her delivered into the hands
Of the messenger. And, as before, Mr..
Maverick warmed the food in a small
enamel saucepan held over the gas burner
and turned it into pitcher. on the rim
of that pitcher, and again on the glaze
OF the saucepan, traces of arsenic were
afterward discovered. Within two hours
after the consumption of the food Mr..
Maybrick became violently i'll, displaying
al the symptoms of acute gastro-enteritIs
induced by an irritant poison, and was
taken home to the bed from Which he
never afterWard arose.
1t was not until the night of Saturday
May 4,that Dr.John Humphreys was called
n al Mrs. Maybricks direction 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 90 physi-
L
that followed, the wife was at the bedside
of her husband All food and all medi-
cine that was administered to him passed
through her hands. Up to the night Of
Wednesday, May 8, no suspicion that the
gastro-enteritis from which Mr.. Maybrick
suffered had been produced by any other
than natural causes appears TO have en-
tered the minds of the physicians
The one little touch of the woman IN
Mrs. Maybrick the yearning that prompt
ed her to turn to the man for whom she
had sacrificed herself, was her undoine.
But for the letter to Brierley, written
by her and entrusted 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
Maybrick's baby, and that the baby drop
ped the letter, which fell into the mud,
that she opened the letter with the in
tention of putting it into 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 into 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 May
bricks illness or to indicate the approach
| of death. Assuredly the doctors did nor
apprehend fatal result. Yet these were
the words Of the communication which
aroused all Liverpool and the north in
frenzy of prejudice against her:
Dearest: I did not expect to hear from
you so soon. Since my return l
have been nursing day and night He is
sick unto death. The doctors held con-
sutaton yesterday, and now all depends
upon how long his strength Will hold out.
l cannot answer your letter fully to-day.
my darling. but relieve your mind of all
| fear of discovery now and in the future.
He has been delirious since Saturday,
az I kpnU he is
even Of the name of the street. In fact,
| he believes my statement, although he win
not admit it. You must feel that those
| two letters Of mine were written under
! circumstances which must excuse their
| injustice in your eyes. At any
rate, don't leave England until I have
| seen you again Yours ever. Florrie"
From the moment of the discovery of this
| letter her fate was sealed. DR.. Carter, an
| eminent physician Of Liverpool. had been
| called into consultation by DR.. Humphreys
The letter was submitted to the physicians