The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-02
THE MAVERICK MYSTERY.

The celebrated Maybrick case is FORE
ing its way into public notice again.
For a. long time it has been almost for
gotten by the general puol;c, hut som e
persistent friends and syrtpathizcrs
have never ceased working night and
day for the liberation of the unfortu-
nate woman.
Some of the most influential citizens
of America. men and women, have in
terested themselves in her behalf
President Cleveland was induced by
his charming and tender-hearted wife
to do some quiet and seemingly effect
i've work in the matter. President Har-
rison allowed the British government
to understand that he was interested,
and it is safe to say that President Nc
Kinley has not been allowed to ignore
the matter, notwithstanding the excit-
ing events of his administration.
Reviewing the case recently, a Lon
don correspondent of the New York
Press says that the cause of Mrs. May
bricks detention, in the face of all that
has been done for her, and in the utter
absence of any developed evidence Of
her guilt, is not secret influence, but
secret information, which, for some in
applicable reason, is not brought to
light.
At an early stage of the case Lord
Salisbury replied to an influential
American petition that the most leni-
ent view that her majesty's govern
ment could take of the case, having
regard to the evidence given at the
trial and the facts known to the sec
rotary of state, was that the prisoner
was a faithless wife, who had made
cruel attempt to poison her husband
But the mystery is deepened and
darkened by numerous articles, edi-
torials and paragraphs which have ap-
peared, since that statement of Lord
Salisbury, in many papers, showing
that the prisoner has bitter, malicious
and INSCRIPTIONS enemies, who would
not hesitate to supply the home office
with false information against her, pro-
vided that they could rely upon its be-
ing kept secret.
The claim that she has confessed her
guilt is discredited by her petitions to
the queen, to the court and to the pub
lie, protesting her innocence and i'm
ploring that her case be disposed of in
some way soon.
The Press correspondent believes i'm
plicitly in the innocence of the fair
prisoner, and gives his opinion of the
secret information by which the home
Office justifies its detention of her, as
follows:
It has been alleged that since the
trial the police have succeeded in trac-
ing the arsenic found in the house to
the prisoner. It seems to have been
almost certainly traced to Mr.. May
brick himself by the sworn testimony
of Mr.. Blake; but secret. unsworn in
formation against a prisoner may
carry more weight at the home office
than the clearest evidence in his or
her favor. Most probably however,
the officials have kept the secret. and
the allegations on the subject which
have appeared in the press are mere
lease is to press for the production
of this secret information. If strongly
urged to do this by the American gov
eminent, I hardly see how the home
secretary could persist in an absolute
refusal. OF course, when produced, this
secret information may prove to be of
a very convincing character, but my
private opinion is that it will melt |
away like snow the moment it is ex-
posed to the sunshine.