The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-02-04
MRS. MAVERICK FREE?
Report Comes from London that Par.
don Has Been Granted UnSortu.
nate American Woman.

Lloyd's weekly Newspaper Gon-
don) says that Mrs. Florence May
brick, the American woman who was
serving a life sentence on the charge
Of having poisoned her husband, was
released from tic Aylsbury female con-
vict prison at 6:45 O'Clock on the
morning of January IS. On special IL
cense.
The Daily Mail says that Mrs. May.
brick is now in Liverpool and that the
following conditions attach to her re-
lease from prison: That she will not
appear on the public stage or write a
book of her experience and shall in
no way endeavor to attract attention
to herself.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
In spite of the mystery with which
officials shroud the action in connec-
ton with the reported release Of Mrs.
Florence Maybrick, il can be definitely
said that she has been removed from
Aylesbury prison. At the United
States embassy it was most emphati-
cally declared that she had not been
pardoned, and that she was still a
prisoner. -: ...~
Mrs. Maybrick. the paper concludes,
during the last few months in prison,
was employed in the lightest work as
a reward for good conduct
Mrs. Florance Elizabeth Chandler
Maybrick is a native Of Mobile, Ala
where she still enjoys a reputation for
beauty and refinement Of character.
In 1881 she met James Maybrick, a
fashiona abIe Ie4Englishman at Liverpool,
and after d brief courtsh.p they: were
married. The frst years Of their we'd
ded life seemed happy. Two: children,
a boy and a girl, were born to them.
Shadows began to: fall over the family
in 1889. There Rere hints of heavy
drinking and abuse on the part Of the
husband. One spring day in that year
he attended the Wirral races in y
heavy rain and contracted a severe
cold. Returning. hcme, after eating
and drinking, he took to his bed. Grow.
ing worse, he insisted that his wife
give him a certain white powder,
which she did, following, his instruc-
tions es where to find It.. Thirteen
days later Maybrick died and his wild
ow suffered a severe collapse.
Coming out of this, sne was con.
fronted with charge Of murder. At
ter sensational trial, during which
evidence in favor Of the woman sufi-
cieHt to have set her free by any
American jury, was. brought to light,
she was convicted and sentenced to
death. 1t was shown that her hus-
band had been a confirmed arsenic
eater for years. -
Immediately following her convic-
ton, petitions began to pour in from
the United States and other civilized
countries, protesting against the Yer.
dict and praying the release of the
prisoner For years diplomatic CORE
spondence has passed between Wash.
ington and London concerning the
case. Every administration of recent
date has taken up the Maytrick case
with resolution.
The fSst favorable step was the
Communication of the death sentence to
life Imprisonment, By Queen Victoria.
Then came the reduction to twenty
Eve years, which was a.:ain shortened
by allowances for good behavior. The
south is tremendously interested in
the case, ,notsalene from the fact that
Mrs. Maybrick is of the south. and. a
woman, but because her TESTIMONY is
necessary in the settlement Of case
Involving thousands OF dollars.