The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02

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discovery Of arsenic did not satisfy the
police They went to Mr. Maybrlck's Of
| fee and found a pan with soma bread
| in the bottom OF It. This was carried,
bread and all, to a chemist. He found
moro arsenic, and further industry dis
closed the fact that Mrs. Maybrick had
sent the bread to her husband. This
was declared by the police to be more
evidence of a desperate plot. and the
chemists disclosure, went far more with
the Judge and jury than did the testi-
mony OF second expert chemist, who
swore that traces of arsenic could be
found in all solutions like the one the
first chemist used in rinsing the pan. The
| arsenic came from the glazing.
This was not enough arsenic to satisfy
| the police. They went to Mrs. Maybr!ck's
cosmetic Jars for more. They found it In
square of fly paper soaking in a wash
! basin In her dressing room. They found
/ it in face wash which Mrs. May brick
swore was made from a prescription Civ
| en- her by a Brooklyn druggist Mrs.
| Maybrick did not deny using the wash
made from soaking fly papers. She even
said she was insethe habit of using 1t.
She could not remember the name Of the
American druggfst6who wrote the face
wash formula fsr,her.
| Mr. Maybrick! died after thirteen days
| Illness. Mrs. iNasbrick with the nurse
watched beside hlag and the day before
| his death the former fell into a swoon.
| This lasted for thirty-six hours, and dur
ing the time Mr., Maybrtcl died The mo-.
| ment- the end came the brothers, Edwin
and Mitchell Maybrick. who were the ac-
! cusers of Mrs. Maybrick, called the po-
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Thirteen officers responded, and when
! the unfortunate American came to. her
senses she saw one bluecoat sitting be-
side the bed and another at the door. No
time was spared ipttellffg Mrs. Maybrick
that she was 14nder arrest for poisoning
her husband. She was Informed that dur
ing her Jnconsai0ushes her husband had
| died, death certificate had been refus-
| ed, a coroner called to sit upon the case
and "a verdict, filed that she was suspect.
ed Of responsibility for the death. When
/ the Baroness, de Roques. Mrs. Maybrick' 8
mother. arrived from Paris. whence she
was called by telegraph, the policemen
We're stilE in the house, two Of them in
Mrs Maybr1ck's bedroom, where she was
| lying on a lounge 1t was twenty-four
hours after the arrival of the mother be-
fore Mrs. Maybrick could clear her mind
and give her mother the address of a
lawyer. To him the baroness went inn
mediateIy While in his office a note
was handed the lawyer. He seemed sur
prised Then he told the mother she
must hurry back to the house If she
would see her daughter before she was
taken away to prison. Rushing to the
house the baroness found 1t filled with
policemen i
She begged to be permitted to see her
daughter,s who. was being carried out. The
request was refused. Going to the win
dow of a 'front.' room to catch a glimpse
of Mrs. Maybrieklsfle heard the key turn
ed I'M the lock. 1t was a long time after
ward that the big policeman still holding
the hall let her out: The next morning
the Liverpool papers characterized the
occurrences at the house as ''extraordi-
nary ndaglsterial proceedings"
| Lord Chief Justice Russell. then Sir
| Charles Russell, who died last week, was
counsel for Mrs. Maybrick The May
brick men spent days and nights before
| the trial in ralking together circumstantial
| evidence. Sir Charles Russell went to
| work as best he could to get facts to off,
set the evidence.
It Is said that the day Mrs. Maybriek
| was brought into court the crowds ex-
| ceeded any ever gathered for a trial Of
| any kind In Liverpool. The sessions Of
| the trial were Of such interest that the
| papers issued special editions and the
whole town was excited over the mystery
| The prosecution opened with the arsenic
| evidence. The defense answered by fat
denials from Mrs. Maybrick.
| The poison was probably the main
reason for conviction, but it would never
/ have gained the end the Maybrick broth
ers sought hadfhey been unable to show
any cause. 1t was unfortunate for Mrs
| Maybrick thatfthere was a fact In her life
that could be turned against her Some
time before she had quarreled with her
husband. and went to London to consult
q firm of solicitors about divorce She
photographed a man named Briefly to meet
her. Briefly was an intimate of her and
her husband, and a frequent visitor at
their home in Liverpool. 1t was claimed
that she was'fn love with Briefly. A
london waiter swore he saw them to-
eether in the dining room OF a London
hotel Alice Tapp, a maid in the May
brick household. sopeened letter she was
told TO post for Mrs. Maybrick This was
addressed to Briefly, and the letter was
feotionate terms. This evidence alone
was submitted as a motive for the pro-
nosed dfvorce-tke letter to Briefly
Justice Stephen. was on the bench He
took two days to charge the jury The
first one among other things he said
For thirteen days we know that every
thing that was given to him was under
fine most careful regime of medical men
and nurses and he could hardly have
taken anything to cause his painful syu1p-
toms. In the whole case, from first to
last. there is no evidence of her having
bought any poison or definitely having
ANYTHING TO do with procuring any"
Justice Stephen took quite different
view on the second day. He called Mrs
Maybrick an Infamous woman and de-
clared she had killed her husband be-
cause of her love for Briefly. 1t took tie
Jury lust thirty-ive minutes to give It's
verdict of unconditional guilt" Mrs.
Maybriek was condemned to death
The outbreak of Indignation threatened
the life of the judge, who with difficulty
reached his carriage at the close of the
trial All England was amazed at the
conviction Of Mrs. Maybrick. A move
ment was at once started to save her life,
and in response to a petition signed by
over 100000 people the queen ordered a
stay of proceedings. Mrs. Maybricl1 re-
ceived this after having listened all night
to the hammsTing of the workmen put
ting up the gad4oWgs outside her cell. The
and committed tl}eS death sentence to
penal servftufe f5fe life He distinctly
stated that in. his opinion there was a
reasonable dbt:bf~ h t Frr. Raybrick had
leven died Of ars niea. poisoning.