The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-02-11
MRS, MAVERICK
TO Be SET FREE
Announcement Is Made In British
Parliament.
RELEASE TO COME IN JULY
Under Special License Her Punish-
ment Will Be Ended, Subject to
Conditions Tor Ticket-Of-
Leave COnvicts.

London, Feb. b.-Replying to a Ques-
ton In the house of commons Thursday.
Home Secretary Akers-Douglas con-
frmed the reports that Mrs. Florence
Maybrick had been removed from Ayles-
bury prison to cOnvalescent home,
where she will remain until summer.
when she will be allowed her freedom.
and said that she had been granted
license. under the penal servitude acts
I'm accordance with the wishes OF the
authorities OF the home and with Mrs.
Maybrick's own earnest desire, which
Is, think, entitled to consideration.
added Mr.. Akers-Douglas, Il do not pro-
pose to make public any further details
as to the time or place of her release. ="
To be Released in July.
1t can be announced with authority
that Mrs. Maybrick Is In home in dis
tant part of England and under the care
of the members OF a religious sister
hood She has not been released, and
Is kept under surveillance. but to all
'lntents and purposes her life now, COM
pared to her existence In Aylesbury
prison. is that of free woman. She will
remain where she is until next July.
when her punishment will be ended un-
der the special license, and she will be
allowed to go free, subject to the usual
conditions governing ticket of leave con-
victs.
Action Unprecedented.
The transfer of Mrs. Maybrick from
q penal prison to a quiet country home
constitutes An almost unprecedented ac-
ton on the part Of the authorities. 1t
was due to the mediation of Adeline
Marie. duchess of Bedford. who. as a
visitor to Aylesbury prison for many
years. has taken keen personal interest
In Mrs. Maybric and finally succeeded
In obtaining the mitigation of her pun
ishment to the extent of being allowed
finement outside the prison walls. The
home Office several months ago agreed
to meet the request of tn duchess Of Bed
ford. although 1t imposed a pledge OF Sc
crecy. Therefore, In order to permit her
hair to grow out again and for the re-
,uperation Of her health. Mrs. Maybrick
was quietly transferred to this private
Institution. where. although she is still
actually convict under life sentence
she lives in a freedom that bellies her
real status
VIII He Permitted to Land.
Washington. Feb. Sin view OF the
suggestion that has been made in the
press to the effect that Mrs Maybrick,
when released from prison will not be
permitted to land In the United States
On the ground that she has been con-
Wet. 1t is learned that that issue prob
ably will be avoided by the simple de-
vice of taking out passport from the
United States embassy in London.
While the doctrine is not absolutely set
tied. the state department practice has
been to admit the right of an American
woman who has married an alien to re-
gain her citizenship in America on the
death of her husband by a mere asser-
ton of her desire so to do Mrs. May
brick therefore may come into the Unit
ed States as an American citizen. and
as such would not be subject to the op-
erations of the exclusion laws, which
apply only to foreigners.