The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-04
MIND NOW !
IS A WRECK
Mrs. Maybrick'S COndi
ton Pitiable.
PLANS ARE DISARRANGED
May Never Be Able to Return
to America.
Alie,ists VINO Have the Unfsrts.sts
Woman Under Their Care say
She Must He Taken to
Asylum.
PLANS ARE DIsARRANCED'

New York. August Especial. -
special cablegram from London
by Frederick Bernhard says:
Friends and relatives of Mrs. Flor
ence Maybrick will be shocked to learn
that while they are awaiting her ar
rival in the United Statess she - stti1
In France and her condition Is moro
pitiablc than has ever been imagined
Mrs. Maybrick Is now with her moth
err. the Baroness De Roques, In Rouen
1t can be stated on absolute authority
that the long Imprisonment has at
last affected her mind. She Ii guard
ed from public gaze with the utmost
care. not even the servants OF the
house being allowed to see her.
Mentally Frustrated.
But 1t Is known beyond all doubt
that she IL SO mentally Frustrated that
her mother feels the widest kind OF
alarm concerning her. Indeed. 1t ID
extremely doubtful IL she will ever
recover. The long strain of imprison-
ment. coupled with the nervous tension
due to her knowledge that her friends
were always working in her behalf.
proved in the end too much for her to
bear. and when at last. after years Of
waiting and suffering. she learned she
was allowed to become free woman.
the shock proved too much and she COLI
lapsed both mentally and physical-
Ply.
The Baroness De Roques, VINO has
sacraficed both her life ana her for
tune to the object of securing the re-
lease of her daughter, Is terribly at
fected. The physical and mental wreck
that has been handed over to her by
the British Home Office is not her
daughter of the olden days. but poor
shattered creature with all trace of hui
manity stamped out.
AIienists fn Attendance.
The Baroness has had two expert
alienists In attendance on her daugh-
ter, and they have expressed the fixed
opinion that Mrs, Maybrick must be
taken to an asylum for the insane be-.
fore she can recover. Even they ex-
press doubt as to the outcome.
The woman has no delusion SEEM
| ignly. bussshe is absoluteIy dazed and
passive. Her appearance Is pitIabie In
the extreme. There are times when
she does not even Fecogniza her moth
er. and 1t Is impossible to arouse her to
action. She takes not the slightest
interest In her surroundings. She has
been buried from the world so long
that she has forgotten all about II, and
looks about her as one In a dream.
All of the American plans are upset.
There is no hope of the unfortunate
woman being taken across the water
at tniS time lnueeu, III tHe near lu~
| ture, IL ever.
Collapse Came Monday.
| The complete mental collapse came
Monday, and since that time the poor
woman has not aroused form her
| apathy in the least dgree. Yesterday.
she ate nothing at all. Her desire for
| fod seems to have left her completely.
| She is really being kept alive by arti-
ficial means. and unless there is iad-
zeal change in her condition, 1t is firm
ly believed that she will not survive
| the shock.
The home of the Baroness De Roques
| is surrounded by representatives OF
the press. They watch the house from
all angles day and night. This es-
pionage / sextremely trying to the
| Baroness.
| Shielded by Her Mother.
She desires to keep her daughter
| from all annoyance. though as a mat
ter of fact Mrs. Maybrick might today
receive a thousand reports without
changing her condition in the slight
est. She would not know who they
were or what they wanted. Persons
and conditions pass before her unn-
| ticed.
| The Baroness herself Is in poor
helath She has slept very little since
| her daughter was released from pris-
on and for the last two nights she
has been in constant attendance on
her. 1t was planned that Mrs. May
| brick should enter the United States
| by way of Boston. but all this has been
l. changed by the latest development of
/ the cruel drama