The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09

Lendea. February 4.-The Associated
Press car announce with authority that
Ars. Florence Maybrick Is now in al
home In a distant part OF England anG
under the care OF the members OF q re-
ltg1ous sisterhood. She has not been
released and she is kept under surveil-I
lance. but to all intents and purposes
her life now. compared to her existence
in Ayleebury prison ls that OF a free
She Will remain where she is
until next July. when her punishment
will be ended under the special license
and she will be allowed to go free sub
ject to the usual conditions governing
ticket Of leave ~convicts.
The transfer OF Mrs. .Maybrick from a
penal prison to a quiet country hom5
constitutes an almost unprecedented
on the part Of the authorities. L
wal due to h mediation OF Adeline
Marie. Dutchess of Bedford, who as a
visitor to Aylesbury prison for many
years. has taken a keen personal inter
est In Mrs. Maybrick and finally sue
ceeded In obtaining the mitigation O
her punishment to the extent of being
allowed to spend the. last six months O.
her confinement outside the pr.so
walls. The home office several months
ago agreed TOT Seet the request of the
Duchess OF Bedford. although 1t i'm
posed q pledge OF secrecy. Therefore
in order to permit her grow out again
and for the regeneration OF her health
Mrs. Maybrick was quietly transferred
to this private Institution, where, al
though she is still actually a convic;
under q life sentence. h lives in a
freedom hat bellies her real status.
The mystery with which this change
in Mrs. Aaybrick's situation was eff
fected. excited the keenest interest here
and gave rise to numerous stories tha,
she had been released. These. as pre-
viously stated in these dispatches. are
Utterly without foundation.
e. Her exact whereabouts Is guardeC
with extraordinary secrecy, chiefly 10.
the purpose of preventing criticism Of
the government for having taken the
foregoing exceptional steps in her aSe
London, February 4.-Replying to e
question in the House Of Commons TO-
day, Home Secretary Akers-DougAs
confirmed the reports that Mrs. Flor
ence Aaybriek had been removed from
AyleSbury prison to a conValeecen
home. where she will remain until SUN
mer. when she will be allowed her free
dom and it Is said that she had beer
granted a license under the penal ser
vitude act.
In accordances with the wishes OF
h authorities of the home n wiQ
Mrs. AAybrick'S own earnest desire
which. is L think. entitled to considers
ton" aid Acker-Douglas. II do moi
p to make public m furthe,
details n to the time or place of bel
release.
Washington. February TN view Of
the suggestion hat has been made 3r
the press to the effect hat Mrs. May.
brick, when released from prison. vii
not be permitted to land in the Unite,
States on the ground that she has beer
q convict, it is learned that that issu
probably will be avoided by the Simpl,
device OF taking out a passport from
the United States embassy in London
While the doctrine is not abSolu, el,
settled, the state department practice
has been to admit the right of al
American woman who has married al
alien to regain her citizenship II
America upon the death of her hus
band by q mere assertion of her desir
to do so. So Mrs. Maybrick. being re
leased, may come in to the Unite,
States as an American citizen and a
such would not be subject to the opera
lions Of the exclusion laws, which appl.
only to foreigners.