Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-22
HAS GUARD OF SECRECY
MRS. MAVERICK EXPECTED TO
LAND AT NEW YORK TODAY.
Plans to Protect Her From the Curious
She May Live in VIgirginia-
Story Of Suit.

says. Under a. strict guard of secrecy, so
that she may not be annoyed by curiosity
seekers. Mrs. Florence E., Maybrack. who
was RECENTLY released from an, English
prison. where she had spent fifteen years
on the charge Of having poisoned her hus-
band, will arrive in New York on the Red
Star steamship vaderland, which is due
from Antwerp tomorrow
Although her name is not on the passen-
ger list. she Is travelling under the pseu-
donym of Rose Ingram; but even with that
clue it will be difficult for any one to iden-
tify her when she steps from the gangplank
tomorrow. Indeed. it is said that with the
cooperation of the ships officers and the
customs officials an elaborate plan has been
arranged to shield her from prying eyes.
This is the substitution of another woman
for her when the Vaderland reaches it's
dock. The plan was formed before Mrs.
Mavbrick sailed. because since her release
she had been subjected to a distressing
amount Of public attention, and it was
believed that this would be even greater
upon her arrival in this country.
To Be Personated by Companion.
Travelling with her is woman companion
whose name has not been made public, and
It is understood that this woman will ap-
pear and will be taken through the crowd
on a pier to the carriage in which she will
be driven away She will act as though she
were Mrs Maytrick, and that impression
will be given out. Then when quiet has
been restored and the crowd gone the real
Mrs. Maybrick will leave the ship.
Accompanied by S. V. Hayden of WASH
ington who is lawyer, and his wife, Mrs.
Maybrick will go directly to the home OF
DR.. Emmett Densmore, near Eilensv1lle, In
the Catskill mountains, where she Will stay
for awhile DR.. Denmore and his wife
have been interested in Mrs Maybrick's
case for years, and while she is with them
she will receive treatment 1or her eyes,
which have become weak from her long I'M
prisonment. Her mother. the Baroness De
Rooues who is still abroad, will join her
IN a short time.
Two Purposes of Her Return.
There are two purposes in Mrs May
bricks return to this country One Of these
is to begin litigation for the recovery of
her share in the estate of Darius Holbrook,
who died in 1853, leaving property valued
at 81 ,COO, GOO to Mrs. Maybrick's mother.
The Baroness De Roques will be party to
the proceedings In the interest of her daugh-
ter and Hayden & Yarrell, Washington at
torneys, will act as her counsel. The case
will be complicated by the existence of Mrs.
Maybricks children, James, who Is twenty
two years old, and Gladys who is eighteen.
When Mrs. Maybrick was convicted she
became, under the English law, legally
dead, and the legal status of the children
with regard to the suit will have to be de-
termined
Her second purpose in coming to the
United States is to seek secluded place,
probably in Virginia, where she may have
a home free from intrusion and Will be able
to collect the evidence with which she hopes
to establish her innocence of the crime
charged against her to the satisfaction OF
the courts. 1t is said that she will also
write her memoirs including all the de-
faiJ of ber fri nd i'm mi SOQmpnt thew
impressed her, and that arrangements have
been already made for publishing the book.
Alleged Trick in Her Release.
dispatch from Richmond Va, says:
The answer of D. w. Armstrong to the suit
brought against him by Nine. Won Roques,
the mother of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, is
in the hands OF his attorney in this city,
Philip B. Shield, to be filed in the chancery
clerks office. 1t is this action which Mrs.
Maybricks friends used as a means of per-
suading the British government to release
her on ticket of leave Baroness Won RoqueS
brought the suit several years ago, alieg-
ing that Armstrong had persuaded her to
part for $4,000 with lands which he SUISSE
quently sold for millions Mrs. Maybrick
was said to have interest in this prop
erty, and 1t was to punish persons who had
defrauded her that the British government
allowed her to leave prison on ticket of
leave.
The suit was not defended before, because
Armstrong feared that a statement of the
facts would show that Mrs. Maybrick had
no real interest in the property and seem
like an attempt to Illustrate the efforts
made to obtain pardon for her. He pre-
ferred, 1t Is said, to wait until she was
free and able to fight in open court for
whatever interest she might possess in the
property.
The answer Of Armstrong maintains that
she had no interest in the lands, and that
the British government seems to nave fal-
len into the trap arranged by the friends
of Mrs. Maybrick.
1t Is believed that her reason for coming
to the United States so promptly was the
fear that, learning Of the trick which had
been played on them, the English officials
might attempt to have her extradited from
France, especially Mrs. Maybrick has
said in published interviews that she would
feel safer once she landed In the United
States.
The answer is very voluminous, consist
Ing of some fifty typewriter pages, and
goes minutely into the details of Arm
strong's transactions with Nine Won Roques
and her agents and representatives.