The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-21
MRS. MAVERICK IS
A FREE WOMAN
A Celebrated Case That Stir
red Two Continents
at An End
Truro, Cornwall, Eng, July 20.-Mrs.
a. m. ON her way to France.


Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Florence
Elizabeth Chandler, a member of a we'll
known and prosperous southern family,
was married July 27, 1881, in St. James
church. Piccadilly, to James Maybrick.
of Liverpool. She was then Is years old.
Her husband was over 40 years of age.
In the spring of 1889 Mr. Maybrick became
Ill and in few days he died.
His brother investigated his death ana
charged Mrs. Maybrick with the murder
of her husband. A long trial followed.
and number of doctors sw1re that the
deceased died of arsenical poisoning. Ine
defense proved that for twenty years Mr..
arsenic and that he daily took d eses
large enough to have killed a dozen or
binary men. AIRS. Maybrick was eventu-
ally sentenced to death by the judge, Sn
Fitzjames Stephen, who spoke for two
days In charging the jury. He said IL
was Impossible fer them to find her not
guilty In the face of the medical evidence.
The judge died some time later in a mad
house.
From the time of Mrs. Maybricks con-
viction her mother. the Baroness De
Roques. was unremitting in her efforts
on behalf OF the prisoner. She succeeded
in getting her death sentence commutea
to penal servitude for life and finally OBJ
whose release from prison she had devot-
ed her life. The baroness was aided by
influential friends n both sides of the At
lantic. In 1900, after the death of Lord
Russell of Killowen, chief justice of Eng
land letter which he had written TO
Mrs. MAVERICK In 1895 was discovered. /,
showed he was convinced that she ought
never TO have been convicted, and 1t has
been generally understood that all the
recent American ambassadors to the
court of st. James have done everything
possible to aid Mrs. Maybrick's pardon.
The fact of her probable release was
used as a reason for securing the p@se
ponement of trial last year of lawsuits
hearing on Mrs. Maybrick's interest in
land In Kentucky. Virginia and West Vir-
ginia until she was able personally TO
testify.
If she was not able to testify IN these
suits Mrs. Maybrick and her mother
would have lost all title and interest IN
the many thousands of acres of land In
volved in the case.
On February 4 last Home Secretary
Akers-Douglas replying to question IN
tho house of commons, confirmed the re-
ports which had been in circulation tho'
Mrs. Maybrick had been removed from
Aylesburg prison to a convalescent home,
where she would remain until the sum
mer. When she would be allowed her iiee-
dom. The home secretary said 3. license
had been granted to Mrs. MaybriciS un
der the penal servitude acts.
The transfer of the prisoner fsom Il
penal prison to cuiet country home
constituted an almost unprecedent0j act
of British authorities. 1t was due % tie
mediation of the Duchess of Bedford,
who, as a visitor to Aylesbury priso1 fer
many years. had taken keen pers maj
interest In Mrs. Maybrick and finally sue
cscded in obtaining the mitigation of her
punishment to the extent of her oe,ng al
lowed to spend the last six manins of
her confinement outside the prison walls.
Mrs. Maybricks Imprisonment was not
terminated with the changing of doors NJ
Ayleshury prison. where she spent more
than fourteen years of her life. Ii closed
before the doors of the White Convention
of the Slsterhood of the Epiphany II, this
little town. with black-robed sisters sort
~ murmurmuring their blessings and
good wishes for her future. With Two
com ma Mons Mrs MAVERICK enterai the
carriage of Miss Dalrymple. secretary Of
the Sisterhocd and was driven to s a'iss
tel. a small station fourteen mites aNaN ,
where. after exchanging good byas WITH
her companions. she boarded train and