The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-28
MRS. MAVERICK FREE
Given Her Liberty by the English and
Sails for France Where She will
Remain for Benefit of Health

rlofelce MdyDFlcK is Tree. She left at
11:43 a. m. today on her way to France.
Mrs. Maybrick's Imprisonment was
not terminated with the clang of doors,
the last sound which remains in the
ears OF so many of her fellow prisoners
who had preceded her to liberty from
Aylesbury prison, where she spent more
than fourteen years of her life. 1t is
closed before the arched doorway of the
white convent of the sisterhood of the
Epiphany in this little town, with the
black robed sisters softly uttering their
blessings and good wishes for her
future. With two companions, Mrs.
Maybrick entered the carriage of Miss
Dalyrumple, secretary Of the sisterhood
and was driven rapidly to StaustelI,
small station fourteen miles away,
where, after exchanging good-bye's
with her companions, she boarded a
train and started on her journey to
France. She will not go to America
until her presence there is considered
lnpefaulVely necessary.
The greatest secrecy was thrown
about Mrs. Maybrick's departure.
Mother Superior Julian, of the convent,
said to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press that under her instruc-
lions she must refer all inquiries to the
home office. Others at the convent
were equally uncommunicative.
At the railroad station orders were
issued forbidding the employees to dis
cuss Mrs. Maybrick or even to admit
that she was in the convent.
The little town has taken deep inter-
est in this international figure. Crowds
daily stood at the iron gates of the
grounds, waiting for Mrs. Maybrick to
appear, but they were rarely rewarded,
she going out only when the road was
reported clear.
When Mrs. Maybrick first arrived
here she was kept under strict surveil-
lance, never leaving the convent walls:
even for walk in the grounds she
would have to be under the escort of
one of the sisters. Subsequently she
was allowed to walk in the quiet streets
OF this picturesque place and in the
shady, country lanes in the vicinity.
Those who have seen the published por-
traits of Mrs. Maybricl soon got to
recognize the black robed woman, with
black bonnet and flowing strings, and
gave her kindly greetings, which fire.
quently passed unnoticed, Mrs. May
brick seeking so far as possible to avoid
the attention of the curious. Her time
at the convent was taken up by sewing,
reading and chatting with the sisters,
endearing herself to them by many acts
showing that even the many years of
servitude at the Aylesbury prison had
been unable to stamp out her innate
kindly disposition.
Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Flor
ence Elizabeth Chandler, a member of a
well known and prosperous southern fam
lily, was married July y, 1881, in st. James
church, Piccadilly, to James Maybrick
of Liverpool. She was then IS years
old. Her husband was over 40 years OF
age. In the spring of 1889 Mr.. May.
brick became i'll and in few days he
died. His brothers investigated his
death and charged Mrs. Maybrick will
the murder of her husband. A Ions
trial followed and a number of doctors
swore that the deceased died of ARISEN
ical poisoning. The defense proved thai
for twenty years Mr.. Maybrick had beer
q confirmed user Of arsenic and that he
daily took doses large enough to have
killed dozen ordinary men. Mrs. May
brick was eventually sentenced to deatl
by the judge, Sir Fitzjames Stephen
who spoke for two days in charging the
jury. He said it was impossible fol
them to find her not guilty in the face
of the medical evidence. The Judge
died short time later in mad-house
From the time of Mrs. Maybrick's con
| FASoAOil uOI IA iHoCllSI, U!lC DdFOll0SS Ut
Roques, was unremitting in her efforts
in behalf of the prisoner. She succeed.
ed in having the death sentence com.
mutted to penal servitude for life and
finally has obtained the freedom of hel
daughter, to whose release from prison
she had devoted her life. The baroness
was aided by influential friends on boil
sides of the Atlantic. In 1900, after the
death of Lord Russell of Killowen chic
Justice of England, letter written tx
Mrs. Maybrick in 1895 was discovered
1t showed he was convinced that she
fought never to have been convicted
and it has been generally understood
that all the recent American ambassa
doris to the court of st. James have don,
Everything possible to obtain Mrs. May
bricks pardon.
| The factsof her probable release wa.