The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-01
REMARKABLE HISTORY OF
 FAMOUS MAVERICK CASE

as it would have contained vegetable fibre This fibre would have been found
 in the beef juice and also in the stom-
 ach of MT. Maybrick by the physicians
 who made the examination. It was not
 found in either case. The prosecution
 then introduced evidence in which Mrs
 Maybrick was directly concerned.
 MT. Maybrick was in bed for thirteen
 days. He steadily grew worse Mrs
 Maybrick was constant attendant She stood the strain for eleven days. and from sheer exhaustion at that time fell upon
 the floor in a swoon. which lasted for thir- ty-six hours. While unconscious Mr.
 Maybrick died. The moment the end came
 the brothers, Edwin and Michael May
 brick, who were the accusers of Mrs.
 Maybrick called the police. They swore
 in court that their suspicious of something wrong had been aroused three days be-
 fore. The moment they found Mrs. May
 brick in a deadly swoon and unconscious
 they at once concluded that nothing less than a guilty conscience had caused the
 collapse. The police call brought thirteen
 officers, and when the unfortunate woman came to her senses she saw one bluecoat sitting beside the bed and another at the door, There were several other officers of the law in the hall and about the house and they spared time in telling Mrs Maybrick that she was under arrest for
 poisoning her husband. She was informed
 that during the hours in which she had
 been unconscious her husband had died, death certificate had been refused. coro-
 ner had sat upon the case and a verdict
 had been filed that she was suspected of
 responsibility for the death.
 Mrs Maybrick was cast into the Walton jail. There was not a human being on the outside to watch her cause. The May
 brick men spent night and day in the hunt
 for crcumstantial evidence, and in very
 short time the prosecution was ready for
 the trial. The defense called in Sir Charles
 Russell and this eminent counsellor went
 to work on what evidence he could get to introduce against the mass of facts gathered to convict Mrs. Maybrick-
 It was unfortunate for Mrs. Maybrick that there was fact in her life which could be wrongly twisted. She had quar-
 reled with her husband. She went to Lon-
 don to consult with firm of solicitors
 regarding a divorce She telegraphed for
 a man named Brierly. and intimate friend
 of hers and her family. It was claimed at
 this time that she was in love with Brier-
 ly. One witness said he had seen the two together in the dining room of a. London hotel. Alice Yapp, servant in the house. hold testified that she had opened a let ter from her mistress addressed to Brier- ly This letter was produced in court. and it was written in affectionate terms. This evidence alone was submitted as the mo-
 rive-the proposed application for divorce and the letter to Brierly and the acquaint- ance with him.
 The judge at the trial was Sir James Fitziames Stephen He was not long afterward declared insane. and many be- lieve him to have been insane when he delivered the charge to the jury that con victed Mrs. Maybrck He talked for two
 days in his instructions to the jury re- viewing the case from beginning to end His charge was most remarkable. He portrayed Mrs. Maybrick as a murderous woman. who killed her husband because of her love for Briery. The jury retired and in twenty-five minutes came in with it's verdict. It was that of unconditional guilt. and Mrs. Maybrick was condemned to death.
 There was outburst of indignation which threatened the life of the judge, and all England was amazed at the con- viction of Mrs Maybrick. A movement was started at once to save her life. and in response to the petitions from more than 5O0.0OO people the queen ordered stay of execution. The home secretary was also influenced to review the case, and upon thorough examination, commit ed the sentence to penal servitude for life. He said he was in doubt that MT. Maybrick had even died of arsenic poison.