The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

powders. The wife went into Mir. May bricks private room and secured one Of the papers. This he asked to be enptied Into q bottle of beef juice. This act was never denied in th6 trial Mrs Maybrick admitted 1t and explained that she did not know the natufe of the medicine She swore that she did not know that her husband was addicted to the arsenic habit-an afiiiction which was known to all of Mir. Maybrick's relatives. but had been carefully concealed from Mrs. May brick.
 The poison was found. by the police distributed all over tho house. It was everywhere, fin plain view and access sible. One large paper was fonnd In . hat box in Mir. Maybrick's dressing room, ono in q trunk in the linen closet, sev- eral in other locations The greatest amount was discovered In. tha8 dfessfsg Fneut asesf ss.s st syf4ea . apa rune 55t by MT Maybrick The trial developed that none of this arsenic was in evidence before his death It also developed that the i5o- lice were conducted by Mrs Maybrlck's brothers and servants to all of the places where 1t was found. and 1t was also dis closed that the Maybricks and the ser wants were not friendly and had not been 10 Mrs Maybrick. There was not q par ticle of poison found in Mrs. Maybrick's apartments. ..- .-- -'
 Had Arsenic Papers. A
 It was found that Mrs. Maybrick bought arsenic fly papers for use in her toilet. It was her custom, as she admitted and the judge doubted to buy this manner of paper and have it soaked in water for face wash. This fact was introduced, but there was no attempt to show that Mrs. Maybrick had administered the so- lution to her husband. In fact, 1t was proved that this solution could not have been used In the killing. as it would have contained vegetable fibre. This fibre would have been found in the, beef juice and also in the stomach of Mir. May brick 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 a 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 thrty-six hours. While unconscious MT. Maybrck died The moment the end came the brothers, Edwin and Michael Maybrck. who were the accusers of Mrs. Maybrick. called the police. They swore in court that their suspicious of some thing wrong had been aroused three days before. The moment they found Mrs. Maybrick in a d,Ni fly swoon and uncon- scious they at once concluded that noth- ing 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 Lall Al - time in telling Mrs. Maybrlck' that she was under arrest for poisoning her i,ji- band
 Informed of Arrest.
 She was informed that during the hours in which she had been unconscious her husband had died, a death certificate had been refused. coroner had sat upon the case and 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 Maybrick men spent night and day in the hunt for circumstancial evidence. and In d very short time the prosecution was ready fir the trial The defense called in Sir Charles Russell, and this eminent counsellor went to work on what evil dence he could get to introduce against tue mass OI IdClS gathered 10 CouNlCt Mrs. Maybrick.
 It was unfortunate for Mrs. Maybrick that there was a fact in her life which could be wrongly twisted She had quar- reled with her husband. She went 10 Lon don to consult with a firm of solicitors regarding a divorce. She telegraphed for d man named Brierly. an intimate friend of hers and her family. It was claimed a this time that she was in love with Br.e7- ly. One witness said he had seen the two together Tn the dining room of a London hotel. Alice Yapp, servant in the household. testified that she opened a laj- ter from her mistress addressed to Brier- ". This letter was produced in court, an 1t was written in affectionate terms TAs evidence alone was submitted as the mos uve-the proposed application for divorce and the letter to Brlerly and the acqualnt- ance with him.
 A Demented Judge.
 The judge at the trial was Sir James F1tzjames Stephen, He was not long afterward declared insane. and many be lieve him to have been insane when hr delivered the charge to tho jury that con victed Mrs. Maybriek. He talked for two days in his instructions to the jury re- viewing the case from beginning to end