The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-01

London, January 31.-1n the following
 story is found a brief history Of the famous Maybrick case, which has again attracted public attention by reason of the report which proved unfounded the
 release of Mrs. Florence Maybrick from
 an English prison
 Mrs. Maybrick's paternal grandfather
 was one of the most distinguished law yers in the southern states. John A. Campbell who was for years associate
 justice of the supreme court of the Uni
 ted States, was the uncle of Mrs. May
 bricks father. Admirals Taite, Pfeble and
 Alden were very nearly related to her
 mother the Baroness von Rouque.
 Mrs. Maybrick's father, William G.. Chandler of Mobile, Ala, was wealthy
 banker. Mrs. Maybrick was born a year
 before the close of the war. At r, in the house of friend at Liverpool she met Mr. Maybrick, a handsome man or
 the world, then in his 4oth year. Ihe young American girl was char aed ana fattered by his attentions. After court ship of eighteen months they were mar ried. The first few years of their life to- eether were to all appearances happy. In l the course of these a boy and girl were born, the former in 1882 and latter in lSS6. The home in Liverpool was very elegant | in all its appointments
 | James Maybriclx died May H. 1889 in | Liverpool and his wife was charged with l giving him arsenic with intent to kill. | Maybrick. it seems, was constantly com
 paining of dyspepsia, of deranged diges-
 tion, and of nervous symptoms, which the
 doctors thought exaggerated. Nervine | tonics were the common medicines his physician ordered. More than that, he was given to dosing himself. That he also took | actively poisonous drugs was proved by | the evidence of Sir James Poole. Dr. | Hooper and others.
 On April 27 Maybrick went to the races. | got wet on the race course and attended | a. race dinner at which he was taken i'll,
 and the result was symptoms of gastritis,
 the stomach after death presenting the 1 appearance of inflammation. . | It happened that during the sickness MT. Maybrick called for some white
 powders. The wife went into MT. May bricks private room and secured one of
 the papers This he asked to be emptied
 into a bottle of beef juice. This act was
 never denied in the trial. Mrs. Maybricl
 admitted it and explained that she did
 not know the nature of the medicine. She
 swore that she did not know that her | husband was addicted to the arsenic habit-an affiiction which was known to all of MT. Maybrick's relatives. but had
 been carefully concealed from Mrs. May
 brick
 The poison was found by the polio distributed all over the house. It was | everywhere, in plain view and access sble One large paper was found in a
 hat box in MT. Maybricks dressing room, I one in a trunk in the linen closet. sev- | eral in other locations. The greatest l amount was discovered in the dressing
 room used as a private apartment by MT. Maybrick. The trial developed that none of this arsenic was in evidence before his death It also developed that the
 police were conducted by Mrs. Maybrick' s
 brothers and servants to all of the places where 1t was found. and it was al Q dis l closed that the Maybricks and tle ser
 wants were not friendly and had nrt been | to Mrs Maybrick. There was not a par
 ticle of poison found in Mrs. Maybrick s apartments
 | It was found that Mrs Maybriek bought arsenic fly papers foi lse in her l toilet It was her custom. a sh, adm l. | ted and the judge doubted. to b " this
 manner of paper and have It soaked in water for a face wash. Thi> fact was gn- l troduced, but there was .'r attemI to show that Mrs. Maybricf had adm sis- 1 tered the solution to he husband. In fact it was proved ths this solution could not have been used in the killing,