Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-07-21
Mrs. MaybriCk to be Free at Last

/ heNe your mind of ali lear Of dis
/ e0Sery now or in the future, Nj. has
been deltrious since sunday, and
! know that he is ignorant of every.
( thing, even Of the name OF the street,
and also that he has not been making
amy inquiries whatever. The tale he
i told me was mere fabrication, and
I only intended 10 frighten truth out of
/ me, In fact he believes my state
mont, although he will not admit Il.
/ You need not, therefore, so abroad
on this ground, dearest. but in any
case don't leave England unCl have
Seon you once again, You must feel
that those two letters af mine were
written under circumstances which
must ever excuse their injustice In
Your eyes, DO YOU suppose | could act
as | am doing ii | merely felt what |
inferred, II you wish to write me
about anything, do SO, as all tho
letters pass through my hands nc
present Excuse this scrawl, my
darling, but dare not leave the room
for n moment, and do not know when
shall be able to write TO you again.
In haste, Florie,"
Tho nurse maid gave this 20 Edward
May brick, and from that moment Flor.
enoe Elizabeth Mayhriek was in
danger Of her life,
a few hours later James MNyhrick
died and the new-made widow was
watched like n hawk, but no step was
a tANnTl bnp rNhN ,,,it.,.N
watched her and ten days atterward
when she was III In bed protesting TO
be Frustrated by her great hereave
ment, she was arrested,
The Widow In Custody.
She was told that she was only a
witness to clear up the suspicious at.
tachod to her husbands death When
II leaked ont that she was suspected OF
having killed him the noighbors pro,
tested strongly against SO harsh n
course by the police and the relatives
OF tho dead man,
Tho letter to Briefly was the chemt-
cal agent which procipitated all the
evidence hitherto In solution Only
for the dropping of the love letter TO
Briefly the case would have fallen
II became known that about April
20 Mrs Maybrick went to a chemists
shop, or drug store as II would be
called in America, and bought dozen
fly payers saying the dies were
getting troublesome in the Kitchen
Now tho cook sworo that the flies
were not troublesome, which they
would hardly be at that timo OF year
and to cinch the point II was never
mentioned by the defense at The
trials. Flypaper contains arsenic,
The housemald found these fly.
papers soaking In n bowl and re-
mambored It nj the trial.
A week after tho flypapor was
sumaby as the result of an overdose
of medicine prescribed by Dr. Fuller
tho family physician,
He had two bottles OF this medicine
one at his house and one at his Office
Chemical analysis aftcrwarl proved
that the bottle ut homo had arsenic in
II, while the one nj the ONCE had not,
Neither bottle originally contained ar.
senic, according to the prescription,
Tho next day Or Humphreys was
called in, Mr. Maybrlck being alex
again April 20 he was better,
On that day Mrs Maybrlck bought
two dozen more nypapers, It couldn't
have been more than from ten to
fifteen days before that she had
bought a dozen.
April 30 Mr. Maybrick went TO busi
ness, and the next day, and the next
after that,
May some Du Barry's reyalenta
food was aont TO his Office In jug.
When IL was examined afterward,
though the jugs had been washed.
there was some arsenic sticking TO tho
rim. May some beef tea was sent
him at his ONCE from home, and he
! was III after taking II.
On May II. 1889, May brick died, tho
| letter 10 Briefly was intercepted and
! Tho authorities began to close In upon
! the suspected wife
Arsenic in powder and liquid solu'
/ ton was found concealed In hen
home and n womans dressing gown
her own With arsencal stains upon
/ tho sleeve.
The servants of the house testified
/ against their mistress.
4 For many months now Mrs May.
brick has been out Of prison yet do
tained In home by the government
but now she Is to have her full liberty
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