The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20
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THE MAVERICK FORTUNE
AND HER RELEASE

y The recent postponement by @ New
York court OF the suit of Mrs Florence
Elizabeth Maybrick to recover about
forty thousand dollars the residue Of the
estate Of her grandfather, Darius Blake
sHolDrook, revlves interest IN the NE
story OF that noW widely known Ameri-
can woman, whose release from British
prison As expected next year. July, 1va,
is the time practically agreed uQon for
the release from prison OF this woman. An
accounting is being asked OF Hamilton
b. tBrad shaw and William IL. Gardiner,
executors OF the will OF Mr.. lIolbrook.
Hore is a history Of the great ESTATE
and OF the man who left It to the Baron
ess Won RoQues, his daughter. and the
mother Of Mrs. Maybrick
The Holbrook estate was valued at
more than s1,000o00 Tens OF thousands
OF that fortune went to save Mrs. May
brick first t4Q the gallosWys when she was
her husband Hundreds OF thousands
were spent by the Baron Won Roaues, i. an
Austrian. who married tho american
heress long before her daughter BY q
former husband had been accused Of
Darius Blake Holbrook also owned p
10000 acres Of coal and iron lands In Vir-
ginla and West Virginia, and suits to re-
cover them have been instituted.
bile. Ala. He was associated with Cyrus
Field in the laying Of the first trans.
atlantic cable; lie founded the town OF
Cairo. III and vas 2ne Of the 1rom 10 esY
he died, In 1865, leaving Two children, ne
was one Of tho wealthlest men III the
South. He left his entire fortune 70 ms
daughter. Caroline Elizabeth. now the
airy interest to her daughter. then the N
FAINT child Of William G. Chandler, MO
bio banker. who died soon afterWard
The child grew to womanhood ana vas
.i11 %r, Tnv Nm yyh Il
Va. and Liverpool, England, Two chill
dren were born to them. Mrs. Chandler
rerna rried. her second husband being the
a a1alo tho Hobroos fortune Went fast Then
came Mrs. Maybrcks arrest IN Liver
pool, her sentence to death ana commu-
taton Of sentence to life imprlsonmehI'
away or died, and In the early 70,s liam
ilton b. Bradshaw and William II, Gard
iner,, of New York. were appointed With
out bond.
MIR. Hayden, who conducted the negotia-
tons which result In an order for Mrs.
Maybrick's release next July, has seen
her twice. He said that she Is very
4'e "sh he K told me-" he said. that she lives
only for her mother and her childran,
She Is a very Intelligent ana imposing SIM;
looking woman and one OF the sh 'V 'Ve
Mrs. Maverick has served about atte q,
prison for the alleged poisoning OF her
husband. James Maybrick an English
man, who resided forGa time at N,orfolk:
thai that sentence was committed to lmpris-
onment for life and that will now be
further COMMITTED. MAVERICK was an ar
senIc enter and died from arsenic noison-
iing, which the wife WAS accused and
convicted of administering. The proof
was not conclusive, the evidence being
necessarily largely oircumstantial. Power
{fulJefforts have heen mndc for the past
ten years to secure n t,,ll rardon for the
woman Eminent Hnplsh LAWYERS ev-
press doubt ms to har guilt and. assert
Z that guilty. or innocent. her guilt was
never proven. @