Graham guardian., 1902-06-13
RENEWED HOPE.
Mrs. kayhrlck May be Included in the
6eneral Amnesty.

that Baroness Roques, the mother
of Mrs. Florence May brick, found
guilty of poisoning her husband
and sentenced to prison for life,
has received semi-officisl assur-
ances that her daughter will be
pardoned during the coronation
celebration this month as a part of
the general amnesty to be extend
ed to criminals of good record
At the United States embassy
nothing is known about the matter,
and mbassador Choate declines
to either deny or confirm the rum
or. Persons conversant with the
late attempts to secure that fam
Gus prisoners liberty assert that if
at last she is to be given her free
dom, this may be regarded as due
to the inhu ence of King Edward
and may be interpretered as token
of his appreciation of American
good will. Ever since the present
home secretary came into office
two years ago, efforts to secure the
release of Mrs. Maybrick have
been particularly active and have
continued up to the present time.
The personal efforts aof Amb s.
sador Choates although made in
formally. haya !bahn anceasing.
h The history Of Mrs. May ybrick's
sad case is familiar to every Amer
ican newspaper reader. She is
the daughter of William G. Chand-
Ter, banker of Mobile, Ala, and
was born in that city forty years
ago. When II years of age she
was met and courted by James
Maybrick Of Liverpool, then about
forty years old. Maybrick had
lived fast life and was already
declined in health. He died May
II. 1889, in Liverpool, and his
wife was charged with giving him
arsenic with intent to kill. May
brick, it seems, was constantly
complaining of dyspepsia, of de
ranged digestion, and Of nervous
symptoms, which the doctors
thought exaggerated. Nervine
tonics were the common medicines
his physicians ordered. More
than that, he was given to dosing
himself. That he also took active
ly poisonous drugs was proved by
the evidence of Sir James Poole,
DR.. Hooper and others.
On April q Maybrick went to
the races, got wet on the race
course, and attended a race dinner,
and was taken i'll, and the result
symptoms Of gastritis, the stomach
after death presenting the appear
ance of Inflammation. Immed-
lately he was taken ill. Ply
sicians were called in by the wife,
who attended him until he died,
two weeks after being taken sick.
Mrs. Maybrick fell into a swoom
Immediately after her husbands
death, and was unconscious most
of the time for next fortyeiget
hours.
On May IA, while still in a semi
conscious condition, she was arres-
ted, charged by the police, at the
instigation of Edwin and
Michael Maybrick, brothers of the
deceased, and Alice Yapp and
Bessie Briefly. servants and enc.
mics of Mrs. Maybrick, with hav-
ing murdered her husband by "ad
ministering doses of arsenic to
him." Search for arsenic was
made and it was found In quaint
ties sufficient TO poison fifty
persons. None of the poison,
however, was found in her apart
ments or belongings. Mrs. May.
brick was taken from her bed, still
unconscious, to Walton Jail, and
on June 6 the coroner's jury COM
mitted her to the assizes at Liver.
pool for trial on the charge Of will |
full murder.
The trial began on July 81 and
lasted eight days, the last two of
which were consumed by the sum-
ming of Justice Stephen. Four
doctors, who testified in the case
as exports, said that Mr.. Maybriok's
death was pot due 10 arsenical
poison. Sir Charles Russell, in
commenting on the charge Of
Justice stephen to the jury, saids, +
''He passionately invited tho jury