Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
APPEAL FOR SYMPATHY.
Addressed to The American Public
on Behalf of an American Woman.

on Behalf OF an American woman.
When a few weeks ago, Mrs. Maybri tx
landed on her native shores. after serving
in full an imprisonment of fifteen years
on a charge which the best legal talent OF
England and America had declared III
proven, and for a crime which, in as Of
fetal a manner as possible, the American
people have declared their belief she did
n 1T commit, her warmhearte6 coantiymcn
gathered in crowds at the deck to receive
her aud welcome her 10 their homer. De
string lest and retirement above all things
she accepted an invitation to go t. a quiz
ct cottage in the mountains of Now York
5 at. Here, in response TO the urgent de-
maud Of the public for details of her tlial
aud imprisonment, as well as from a ma
urel desire 10 make herself financially i'll
dependent, she set to work at writing a
U ok, Mr.. Maybrick's Own story. >
This has now been completed To quote
tie words # her host, who issues an ap.
peal to tlieAmerican people on her behalf;
"rhe book has been writtcn wholly by
Mrs. Maybrick, except the legal digest
and other matter in Part TIVE. 1t Is liter
ally her own story, and it is pitifully pa
thetic Mis-. May brick was sentenced to be
hinged by a judge who, not long after the
trial, under tue advice OF his physicians,
resigned the judgeship becauee of a mei.-
tai disease. Three days before the appoint
ed day for execution. tho sentcnse was
commuted to Imprisonment for life. Til :
ough the bias OF a mentally unsound judi
20, this American woman was kept for
al these years in an English prison in
spit, Of th urgent circumstances of en-
inent Americans, as Secretaries Blaine
md IL ~, and in the face Of earnest repre-
4entations b5 Presidents Harrison and Nc
Knley tlro 'eh Ambassadors Lincoln and
Oh ,ase. The legal digest of the trial to be
presen ed in III, book, rs a supplement
80 her story, will, | am sure, DO conclu-
i've evidence to all unparalleled minds
! OF Mrs. Miybrick's innocence, legal as
well as moral.
RI 'In her book Mrs. Maybrick has brou-
sht herself, at the urgency OF her friends
!, o tell her story in full. She tells it now
here for the first time, asking for a vim
t dication IN tie minds and hearts OF her
{ countrymen. 1t is dignitied and womat
ly throughout and without,a trace of bit
0 ~terness. Indeed, 1t revea s IL beautiful al
, ~tiuistic spirit in its final pleas for the es-
. t"ablishment of a British court of appeals
Q arb certain greatly needed reforms in tie
conduct OF prisons for womeE. Though
free herself at last, she cannot forget the
. pitiable plight OF those who my hereafter
= be the victims of a terrible mistake sim
, lar to that for which she suffered.
Q "rhere is a side of this sad narrative
that should speak with special force to
The American and e gl'sh sense of jus
, t CO aud Of far play. Mrs. May brick has
: btcn btrelt OF her childrtn, Who were TAX.
: Ell away fion her by the re'at VS. of her
husband, aud NV finds herse.i bereft Of
al her proper Y. She asks only that tn
public viii listen to her story aud grant
i. h,r the jusiise OF a thorough vibdicatiou.
:, Ia re is more that SIZE does Lot ask, but
d. mich | and other personal fl nds of hers
ask the pub.ic TO remember. If severa
hundred thousand American meu and wo.
men will luy ,his book, as they did q
srsa'e r but none the less heroic work
8 The Autobiogrep ply Of Genera! Grant, Mr.
NJ ~ brick will thereby receive a lifelong
: competency. 1t can not be ainiss for m,
: here 10 say that her financial interest il
the book is exceptionally large, covering
a large 81 a'e Of the entire profits which
he dock may reasonably be expected tt
yielf. CoIits Of it may now be oidercC
in advsi &C of publication through any
uook- seller or direct fr5m the ubli-h rs,
Funk & Wsgual's Company, 4O-60 E. s.
rw,nty third Street, New York, or Al
Fleet Street, London, England. The bool
will be illustrated and neatly bound il
cloth. The price will be $3.50 per copy
n,t The large purchase by the American
public would be a memorable Chrisiml!
present to this be, eaved womar Will no
every reader Of this appeal join Ia thi
Christmas PRESENT.
Bohemian Courtships.
Bohemia is the country Of Ions
courtships. In no other part of the
world arc fhpv 90 ahn0rmal1v Graw r
out. 1t is not rare to hear of engage