The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-20

incumbent upon him to paint monster
SO charged gith infdelity and Aurdei
the poor creature VINO in all probability
! was innocent OF either crime
The jury's verdict met with storm OF
Kisses when delivered, but the victim
8as hurried to Woking and the clamol
broBe itself against the locked gates
there. But we wonder if her life behind
| prison bars-apart from the disgrace OF
twas as wretched as when she lived
| with her husband, a man that alKarn ated
Gebauchery with the use Of powerful
drugs. Though it was proven beyond
| doubt that Mr.. Maybrick was confirmed
arsenic eater, and though the medical
| experts testified that the small amount
Of arsenic found in the body probably
was taken in merely medical doses and
taken a considerable time before his
death, still Mrs Maybriek was adjudg ed
guilty Of an attempt to poison. So, on
what one may peThaps speak of as "a
eircumstantiaI verdict "a most incon-
sistent unreasonirg one-she escapes
hanging, but is condemned to penal seq
vitude for life
On this side the Atlantic, decidedly
vigorous efforts have been made TO tenn
per the British government S decree. but
the laws Of Mede and Persian is nothing.
to John Bulls Il have said Gail HamiI-
ton in an open Letter to the Queen
asked that her majesty listen to the voice
Of the American people IN their plea for
their country woman: ana cited the case
in which, in response to appeal from
John Bright, President Lincoln granted
pardon to British subject convicted OF
melting to rebellion in California. 4
petition for the pardon of Mrs. May brick
was sent to the queen, the petition con-
tanning the statement that the impress
sion obtained there had been miscarry
ing of justice. and arraigning the scan
dalous defect" of the English Judicial
system for failure to provide any court
Of criminal appeal before which the ques-
ton raised in the Maybriek case could be
properly heard and decided; the petition
signed by the vice president 90 the
United States and president of the SEN
ate; the speaker OF the house OF repre-
sentatiVes; all the members Of the cabi-
net; many chiefs o9 bureaus; the gen
eral commanding the army and several
brigadier generals; Cardinal Gibbons.
the highest authority of the Catholic
church in America; the minister of
France; the acting judge advocate gem
eral, and others.
! In response to the request of such
honorable Americans as above men,
toned, Lord Salisbury, mayhap dislik-
ing the citicism Of English justice in the
petition made this cold reply: Taking
the most lenient view which the facts
proved in evidence, and known to her
majesty's secretary Of state, admit of,
the case of this convict was that of an
adulteress attempting TO poison her hus-
band under the most cruel cireum-
stances. while she pretended TO be nurs-
ing him on his siea-fed.
The secretary Of state regrets ne has
been unable to find any ground for rec
ommendiEg to the queen sny further act
of clemency toward the prisoner
How differeIg is the picture presented
by the English courts from thai which
holds with people at large The former
view is that of a martryed dying husband
attended BY faithless, blood-thirsty
wife: the latter. a iong-suffering good
woman, welded TO a tyrannical roue, TO