The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-18
HISTORY OF THE MAVERICK CASE.
Convicted on Crcuhstantia Evidence
Before Erratio JUDGE.


James Mayhrick died May IL, 1850, in
Liverpool, and his wife was charged with
giving him arsenic with intent to kill.
Mayhrlck, 1t seems, was constantly com
planning of dyspepsia, OF deranged dires.
ton, aud Of nervous symptoms, which
the doctors thought exaggerated. Nervine
tones were the common medicines his
physicians ordered. More than that, he
was given to dosing himself Tint he also
took actively poisonous drugs was proved
by the evidence Of Sir James Poole, DR..
Hopper and others.
on April % Maybrick went TO the races,
got wet on the race course, and attended
a race dinner at which he was taken i'll,
and the result was symptoms of gastritis
the stomach after death presenting the
appearance of Inflammation.
II happened that during the sickness Mr..
Maybrick called for some white powders.
The wife went into Mr., Maybrlck's private
room and secured one OF the papers. This
he asked to he emptied into bottle Of
beef juice. This act was never denied
in the trial. Mrs. Maybrick admitted It
and explained that she did not know the
nature of the medicine. She swore that
she did not know that her husband was
addicted to the arsenic habit--an affection
which was shown to all of Mr.. Maybrlck' s
relatives but had been carefully concealed
from Mrs. Maybrick.
The poison was found by the police dis.
tributed all over the house, 1t was every.
where, In plain view and accessible. One
large paper was found in hat box In Mrs
Maybrlck's dressing room, one In a trunk
in the linen closet, several in other local..
ties. The greatest amount was discovered
in the dressing room used as private
apartment by Mr.. Maybrick The trial de-
veloped that none Of this arsenic was In
evidence before his death. 1t also devel-
oped that the police were conducted by Mr..
Maybrick's brothers and servants TO all of
The places where It was found, and IT WINS
also disclosed that the Maybricks and the
servants were not friendly and had not
been to Mrs. MaybrIck. There was not
a particle of poison found in Mrs. May.
bricks apartments
1t was found that Mrs Maybrick bought
arsenic ny papers for use in her toilet
II was her custom, as she admitted and
the Judge doubted, 10 buy this manner OF
paper aud have 1t soaked In water for a
face wash. This fact was introduced but
there was no attempt to show that Mrs
Maybrick had administered the solution TO
her husband. In fact, It was proved that
this solution could not have been used In
the killing, as 1t would have contained vsge-
table fiber. This fiber would have been
found In the beef Juice and also in the
stomach OF Mr. Maybrlck by the physicians
who made the examination. 1t was not
found in either case. The prosecution then
introduced evidence In which Mrs. Maybrlck
was directly concerned.
Mr.. Maybrck was in bed for thirteen
days. lie steadily grew worse. Mrs. May
brick was constant attendant She stood
the strain for eleven days, and from sheer
exhaustion ut that time fell upon the floor
in swoon, which lnsted for thirty-slx
hours. While unconscious Mr.. Maybrick
died. The moment the end came the broth
ers. Edwin and Michael MsybrIck, who
were the accusers of Mrs Maybrick, called
the police. They swore Ia court that their
suspicions OF something wrong had been
aroused three days before. The moment
they found Mrs. Maybrick IN a deadly
swoon and unconscious they al once con,
Guided that nothing less than a guilty con
science had caused the collapse The police
call brought thirteen officers and Chen the