New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-09
MRS. MAVERICK HERE?
CUSTOMS MEN THINK SO.
1Tvsterlous Woman Met by COHUictS
4ftOrneV.

r,.e,,,e the many r-nors that Mrs Florence
Naybrick would not be released from AyiesOuiS
prison untn July. there was a report that s'-e
was nrnonr the passengers that arrived iaS'
,ieht on the Kaiser Wilhelm IL Mhen tHe
rtearper doclzed and after al the other pasSeH-
s-ers had left the vessel. a woman uIlaccoii'p@-
- D., any one. walked quietly down the gang
rlark ard was met bp Mr.. Armstrong lolilieily
So MAVERICKS attorney two OF his assistants
- q soutbo-Der. who was said to have been
colonel PrentIss Ing-aham Mrs. Maybrick s
cousin The woman had little baggage, and
re.,.trrlv ehrarl. from observation her com
rsntous rtanding "a front OF her and shielding
her from sight. She was quietly dressed. was
slightly uueer medium height, with black hair
and the curious saDowness and pallor that come
when an outdoor life is denied 10 one.
ono % the customs officials was the first 20
shlnlr that the woman was AIRS. Maybrlck
There have been several stories 10 the eHect
that since Mrs Maybrick through her marriage
10 an Englishrna1. was British subject she
-vo,,ld not be allowed 20 land. on the ground
that che IS an e1-couvict and an alien. Be
cause OF this the inspector told his Fuperiors
who tried TO Identify the woman as Mrs May
brick. While az thought they were certain
that Il was Mrs. Moybricl; they could not es-
tsbTsh her identity with any certainty, ana IN
rhe absence q positive instructions from Wash
fnvtou the customs officials and special Treas
ury arents made no attempt TO make more than
g desultory investigation, which came 10 nausnL
when Nr. Armstrong was approached By a
reporter he became much excited and nervous
TO every question he returned an evasive an
rve-. which strengthened the opinion that the
mysterious passenger was Hrs. Maybrick.
when asked if he was there to meet Mrs.
1fsybrlcls, he replied:
L can't toIl YOU that"
TO "A customs Official who asked the same
question he said.
y ana here TO meet friend"
lie made the same answer when asked u the
friend he expected was Mrs. Naybricll-
i don't think HIrs. Nlybriclz is on this ship
he replied when asked II he thought THAI his
former client was on board the steamer. The
answer was certainly true. for the passengers
had been OF the steamer Cor over hat an hour'
The man thought 90 be Colonel Ingraham re-
fused TO onSsycr any question whatever. lie vas
q tan. aoldieriy looking man, % middle age with
an iron gray mustache. The entire party was
extremely nervous. and attracted considerable
attention by their efforts 10 eGace themselves.
After the baggage had been examined Mr.. Arm
strong Caid:
I would be the last person 10 meet Mrs. May
brick YOU know she has brought suit against
against me"
The marty refused 70 allow the regular truck
mon on the wharf 20 handle Mrs. Maybrick's'
baggage, and. carrying II in their hands, walked
OF the long pier and took a cab from The line
outside. They then drove to the ferry and
across to Manhattan. leaving no clew 10 their
destination A search q the hotels last night
revealed neither the name OF Colonel IngrahaIn.
who came 20 this city some weeks ago, nor the
name under which The woman thought TO be
Florence Maybrick was registered on the pas
senger lisu Of the Kaiser William IL
Mrs. Florence Maybrick was convicted in Liv-
erpool IN 1889 Of poisoning her husband. James
AIaybrfcl, at Aigburth. with arsenic. She was
condemned TO death. but her sentence was COM
muted 20 penal servitu5e for life.
She was Miss Florence Elizabeth Chandler,
and was married 70 James Maybriok IN ST
James's Church PiccadiIly. when she was only
eighteen years old. Naybrick was over forty
years old.
In 1889 he became 81. and after his death his
brothers accused Mrs. Mayhricl OF causing his
death by arscl!cal poisoning. i was proved
1T the trial THAI M5ylrick had been a con-
fr-ned arsenic eater for nearly twenty years,
that the amount of arsenic found by tire au-
topsy was less than would be expected from this
practice, and uLal ne daily took doses strong
enough 10 XII dozen ordinary men.
IN charging The jury Sir fltzjames stephens,
rhe sudce. by his biassed address 10 the jury
ana his review Cf The evidence. caused q Lon
don fOUrual ~ remark elit0rially that the trial
had been by 5uoge and not by 51ry- since her
conviction her mother, The Baroness Elizabeth
won R0Ques. and others have been working hard
- secure her release IN March. l#l5. q was
definitely announced BIZ the Home Office that
she would De lrcrste5 some time Ga the early
spring OF sUuu-0r ~ 1884