River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-04

Mrs. FLORENCE MAY BRICh.
nary course had been followed, Mrs.
Maybrick would have been taken to
Holloway if her immediate release were
contemplated, but she is not there and
has probably been removed to some
other prison of less rigorous discipline
where she can recuperate prior to her
release Or, possibly she has been con-
veyed to one of the government homes
of detention or to an asylum. The Daily
Mail says that Mrs Maybrick Is now in
Liverpool, and that the following con-
ditions attach to her release from pris-
on: That she will not appear on the
public stage or write book of her eX-
Deriences and shall in no way endeavor
to attract public attention to herself
A London dispatch was received in
the United States saying that Lloyds
Weekly Newspaper said that Mrs. Flor
ence Maybrick, the American woman
who was serving life sentence for
having poisoned her husband, was re-
leased from the Aylesbury female con-
vict prison at 6:45 o'clock on the morn
ing of January 25 on special license
after nearly Is years Imprisonment.
The papers statement continued: Mrs.
Maybrick, accompanied by one of the
prison matrCns, entered a closed car
riage and drove to Aylesbury station,
where she took train for London.
She drove from Euston station and
from there went to private house not
far from the metropolis. She will re-
main there for a short period in order
to recuperate and to await the compile
ton of certain formalities which will
give her freedom of movement not
allowed to persons on ordinary ticket
of-leave." Mrs. Maybrick, the paper
concludes, during the last few months
in prison was employed in the lightest
work as reward for good conduct.
Expect Release.
Washington, Feb 1.-Regarding the
case of Mrs. Maybrick, interest in which
has been revived by reports that she has
been released from prison in England,
state department officials say there has
been no recent communication between
them and the English government in the
matter. The last information the de-
partment had regarding the case, and
this is now some months old, was that
Mrs. Maybrick probably would be re-
leased late in the coming summer.
Mrs Maybrick was convicted at Liver
pool in 1889 on the charge Of poisoning
her husband, James Maybrick, by arse
mic She was sentenced to death, but
the sentence was committed to pensal
servitude for life The sentence of life
Imprisonment withstood all appeals. A
petition for pardon with 100000 sigma
lures failed to move the British au-
thorities. Since 1889 Mrs. Maybrick has
been in Aylesbury prison. She has not
been permitted to see her children, two
of whom are still alive and in good
hands. From the time of Mrs. May
bricks conviction her mother, the
Baroness Won Roques, has been unre-
hitting in her attempts to obtain the
prisoners release, in which she has
been aided by influential friends on both
sides of the Atlantic. From the time
she entered prison there has been 10
cessation of efforts to secure her pardon.
Societies in England and America
worked for the convicted woman. Their
efforts were rewarded last March, when
1t was announced that she would be
freed in 1904 1t was stated that her re-
lease would not be in any way pardon,
but that she will then have served out
her sentence, with allowance for good
behavior while in prison.
Observe Anniversary of Execution.
Boston, Feb l. - The anniversary of
t.
uary 3d. 1649, was observed Saturday by
several Episcopal churches IN Boston
and vicinity.