The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-06-12
MAY Be INCLUDED IN
/, GENERAL AMNESTY.
Renewed Hope for Mrs, May
brick, Now Serving a
Life Sentence.
FACTS IN REMARKABLE CASE.

FACTS IN REMARKABLE CASE.
London, June At is reported
that the Baroness Roques, the moth
er of Mrs Florence Maybrick, found
guilty Of poisoning her husband and
sentenced to prison for life, has re-
ceived semi-otticial assurances that
her daughter will bepardoned during
the coronation celebration this
month as part Of the general am
nesty to be extended to criminals OF
good record. At the United States
embassy nothing is known about
the matter, and Ambassador Choate
declines to either deny or confirm the
rumor, Persons conversant with
the late attempts to secure the IA
nous prisoners liberty assert that
il at last she is to be given her free
dom, this may he regarded as due to
the influence Of King Edward and
may he interpreted as token OF his
appreciation OF American good will.
Ever since the present home secre-
tary came into office two years ago
efforts to secure the release of Mrs.
Maybrick have been particularly act
i've and have continued up to the
present time Representations Of
Ambassador Choate, although made
informally, have been unceasing,
MRS. MAVERICKS SAD STORY,
The history OF Mrs. Maybrick's sad
csse Is familiar to every American
In1wsl a er reader, She is the daugh-
ter OF William e Chandler, banker
OF MuLile, Ala, and was born in that
cit ffrty wears ago. When II years
ago Sl VS. rpu r"d by james May
, brlck OF IIverpnui, then nh0ut n
years old Mnyhrirk had hved e at
life apd was already drclii4g "a
health, He died May II, 1852. in
Liverpool, and his wife was charge.
with giving him arsenic, with intent
to kill. Maybrick, it seems, was con
stantly complaining Of dyspepsia, OF
deranged digestion, and OF nervous
symptoms, which doctors thought
exaggerated. Nervine TONES were
the common medicines his physicians
ordered. More than that, he was
given to dosing himself That he
also took actively poisonous drugs
was proved by the evidence Of Sir
James Poole, DR.. Hopper and others.
On April u Maybrick went to the
races, got wet on therace course and
attended "A race dinner, at which he
was taken ill, and the result was
symptoms Of gastritis, the stomach
after death presenting the appear
ance of Inflammation. Immediately
he was taken i'll physicians were call
ed by the wife, who attended him
until he died, two weeks after being
taken sick. Mrs. Maybrick fell into
woon Immediately after her hus-
bands death, and was unconscious
most of the time for the next forty
eight hours.
On May IA, while still in a semi
conscious condition, she was arrest
ed, charged by the police, at the
instigation of Edwin and Michael
Maybrick, brothers OF the deceased
and Alice Yapp and Bessie Briefly,
servants and enemies OF Mrs. May
brick, with having murdered her
husband by administering doses of
arsenic to him. Search for arsenic
was made and arsenic was found in
quantities sufficient to poison fifty
persons. None of the poison, how
ever, was found in herapartments or
belongings.
Mrs. Maybrick was taken from her
bed, still unconscious, to Walton Jail
and on June & the coroner's Jury
committed her to the assizes at Liv-
erpool for trial on the charge Of will
full murder.
The trial began July 81 and lasted
eight days, the last two of which were
consumed by the summing of Justice
Stephens. -Four doctors, who testi-
fed in the case as experts, said that
Mr.. May brick's death was not due to
arsenical poison. Sir Charles Russell,
in commenting on the charge OF JUS
tice Stephen the jury, said:
He passionately invited the jury
to find verdict of guilty, taking
two days to sum up-the first day
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