Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-20
Was CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Ease Was That of Her Husband VINO
Died From Arsenical
Poisoning,
SPENT LATER DAYS IN A CONVENT
ra,,,s IN Her Behalf We're Unprece'
I,nted and Finally Preyailed--LOrd
Russell Believed Her Innocent


r.oro Cornwall, England, July 20
y,s MAVERICK is free. she LETT mere
I np , m. today on her way to
france, ,u.s Flor.
...a elizabeth chandler, a member OF
r.,l ,nown and prosperous southern
s,ny WAS married July ~ 1881, IN
9, lanes church. Plccadilly, TO James
w.ybrlck of Liverpool She was then
:, yssrs old. Her husband was over AZ
cav, NJ age. In the spring OF 1889 MT
ys,hr,cb became m and In few days
!, Hsd His brother investigated his
1.m and charged Mrs Maybrlck with
~. murder of her husband. A long
,,,,l followed. and a number OF doctors
,,ors that the deceased died of arsen-
,,,l poisoning. The defense proved that
=. 5o Years Mr. Maybriok had been
,,o6rmed user Of arsenic ana that ne
S.ty took doses large enough TO nav
yGieA dozen ordinary men MIs'
Msvbrick was eventually sentenced 10
Issth by the Judge, Sir tltzlahes
s,snhen who spoke for two dayb III
etsrging the fury. He said II was m
soss,b,e for them 10 find her not gullty
,he face Of the medical evidence.
Tbe fudge died some time later I'D
madh0ufe
HER MOTHERS EFFORTS.
A., the time Of Mrs. Maybricks con-
,s',ion Nor mother, the Baron de
ponneS Vas unremitting in her enorta
,n bsbaf Of the prisoner. She succeed
"a IN Getting her death sentence com
r,niea an pepal seryitude for life, ana
Gsoilv has ATTAINED the freedom or her
S,ngfter 10 whose release from prison
sEs bad devoted her life The baroness
.os aided bv influential friends on both
T1es M the Atlantic. In 1900, after the
d.1tb Of lord Russell Of Killowen, chief
m,tlco Of England, q letter which ne
iod written 10 Mrs. Maybrick III 1870
vss discovered II showed he was con-
Hnoed that she ought never to nave
bsen convicted. and II has been general
Nv Understood llat an the recent AmeTl-
can ambassadors to Nhe court OF 81
Ismee have done everything possible to
ala Mrs. Maybrick'a pardon.
LAW SUITS.
me fact Of her probable release was
rsed ar a reason for securing the post
tenement Of a trial last year OF law
mlts bearing on Mrs. Maybricks IN
,crest in land in Kentucky, Virginia
and West Virginia, until she was able
personally TO testify. II she was NOT
sblc 10 testify In those suits, MRS.
MAVERICK and her mother would have
hat all title and interest in the man"
thousands of acres Of land involved IN
The case.
REMOVED FROM AYLESBURY.
On Feb. last, Home Secy. Akers-
Douglas. replying 10 a question IN the
louise 0f commons. confirmed the re-
ports which had been in circulation,
that Mrs Maybrick had been removed
from Aylesbury prison to convai-
tscent home, whore she would remain
until the summer when she would be
allowed her freedom. The home sec
rotary said a license had been granted
to Mrs, Maybrick under the penal serVi-
tlle acts.
TO A CONVENT.
The transfer Of the prisoner from n
lenal prison to a quiet country home
Constituted an almost unprecedented
Sc, on the part OF the British authori-
IN. II was due to the mediation Of
me Duchess OF Bedford, who as a visit
or 10 Aylesbury prison for many years,
lad taken q keen personal interest in
4f Maybrick and finally succeeded in
obtaining the mitigation Of her pun
h0ment TO The extent Of her being al
lowed 10 spend the last six months of
walls
FOURTEEN YEARS IN PRISON.
Mrs. Maybrlcks Imprisonment was
10Y terminated with the changing of
uoofs al Aylesbury prison, where she
t,lpgnt more than II years OF her life.
!. closed before the doors Of the white
.gHNeht OF the Sisterhood Of the Epi-
pnany M this little town with the black
ioDel sisters softly uttering their bless.
nn!ss ana good wishes for her future.
WIN TWO companions, Mrs. Maybrlck
inferred the carriage OF Miss Dalrymple.
SSYelaly Of the slsterhood, and was
uIEen rapidly to Stausstel. a small
station IA miles away whore. after ex.
t,anBl,s tood-byes with her compan-
ouS she boarded O train and started
wv W. her Journey TO France. She viii
ny, ny, 80 TO America until her presence
Eay. '''''"'''V'' '''e'-
DEPARTURE FROM CONVENT.
5,eyS!re'y was thrown about Mrs. May
I,ghs departure. Mother SuperIor
ssr,., Oh the convent. said TO a repre-
,,,I,a''Ee OF the Associated Press that
ira"t instructions she must refer an
NJ =, l'a To the home office. Others
,,,n 'ue convent were equally uncom-
da ,.,''y.l'lVe. A. the rallroad station or.
,l.,, We're issued forbldding he en,-
'TSvS TO discuss Mrs. Mavbrlrk
cst In h,le town has taken deep inter-
dalv s 1,'a international figure. Crowds
waIins 'eu ~ the gate Of the grounds
Thev 'pr mrs' Maybrick 60 appear.
rtns.. mere rarely rewarded for Size
was ' r. went out only when the road
''' reported clear - ''' '''
UNDER STRICT suRvEltLANcp
b, nhen Mrs. Maybrick first orr,yod
la1cs was Kept under strict surven.
"a MI subsequently she was allowed
iowa IN the quiet streets Of mo
Tbs "n g, IN the country lanes.
tha villagers soon Rot AZ roooo,,t,.
no. ulack ROBBED woman ,.lth bia.t.