The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-23
MRS. MAVERICK
IN NATIVE LAND
Released From British Prison,
She Returns to United States
After Many Years.
Statement Given ito the Press by
Famous Woman Is Marked
by Hope.

New York, Aug. 28.-On board the
Red Star line steamer Vaderland,
which arrived today from Antwerp,
was Mrs. Florence Chandler Maybrick,
land. Mrs. Maybrick was entered
on the passenger list as Mrs. Rose
Ingraham; name which she took
from her great grandparents. This
precaution was not designed to evade
official inquiry, but merely to avoid
annoying observation on the part of
fellow passengers. While she made
no secret of her presence on board and
appeared frequently about the decks
and saloons very few were aware Of
her identity. Sheais accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel v. Hayden. Mr..
Hayden Is her attorney.
Gives Out Statement.
Mrs. Maybrick refused to be inter-
viewed, but gave Aeut the following
statement:
I regret that the state of my health
as well as business reasons prevent my
talking to my friends Of the American
press at this time, as u should like. To
them and to my fellow countrymen and
women I am deeply Indebted for their
efforts in my behalf, and ] take this
means of expressing my everlasting graf
itude as well as words can, and also to
thank them for their congratulations on
my release which { regret have not
been able to- acknowledge.
AS my mother was not able to accom-
pany me, came over under the protec-
ton of Mr.. Hayden. my attorney, and
his wife.
am assured by nay English physician
and by DR.. Wilmer OF Washington, D. c.,
who prescribed for me during the voyage.
that quiet and mental rest will In time
INV Eoof ~ { - n =,
1t Is on the advice Of my counsel ana
my physician that have travelled in
cogntto. cannot express my feelings Of
deep joy and thankfulness with which s.
return to my native land. AT the earliest
opportunity shall visit my birthplace.
Mobile, Ala, and also Norfolk, Va. INV
home during my married life. I now
In his own time right the great wrong /
have suffered.
Attorney Hints Of Plot.
David w. Armstrong, formerly Of
Louisville, and now of this city. who
kept silence eleven years under
charges brought by the Baroness Won
Roques that he had obtained her sig
nature, and that Of her daughter,
deed depriving them of $500, 900
worth Of land in Kentucky, Virginia
and West Virginia, and whose answer
to these charges has been filed in the
chancery court at Richmond, Va,
was seen this eYening at his home.
Mr.. Armstrong does not believe the
suit against dim originated with. the
Baroness Won Roques. He said:
The efforts to obtain the pardon Of Mrs
Maybrick on the grounds Of possible doubt
as to her guilt were made persistently
year after year, and failed. It finally co.
CURED to some one, possibly the Baroness
Won Roques, that an agitation such as has
been kept up during the last few years
based upon. the alleged property fraud
might be made a potent factor in bringing
about her release.
1t is since this new phase Of her case
that I have refrained from putting myself
| right In the matter. This was not, how.
ever, on the ground Of high ch1valry; FOL
the question Of what was most judiciou.
for myself certainly had it's influence.
This new agitation began with a pre-
tense that some secret influence on tn,
part Of persons to whom Mrs. Maybricl'.
release would mean the surrender Of val