The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-03
ing him all day and night. He is
sick unto death. The doctors held

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sick unto death. The doctors held
a consultation yesterday. Now all
depends upon how long his strength
will hold out. Both my brothers,
in.law are here and we are terribly
anxious. cannot answer your
letter fully today, darling, but re--
lieve your mind of all fear of dis
covery now or in the future. M.
has been delirious since Sunday.
and know he is ignorant of every
thing, even of the name of the street,
also that he has not been making
any inquiries whatever. The tale
he told me was a mere fabrication,
and only in ended to frighten the
truth ou, of me. In fact, he be-
lieves my statement, although he
will not admit it.
You need not, therefore, go abroad
on this ground, dearest; but in any
case don't leave England until I
have seen you once again. You
must feel that those two letters of
mine were written under circum.
stances which must ever excuse
their injustice in your eyes. Do
you suppose I coult acs as am
doing if 1 merely telt wha, inferr-
ed2 If you wish tn write to me a.
bout anything, do go, as all letters
pass through my hands at present.
Excuse this scrawl, my darling,
but dare not leave the room for
moment, aud I do not know when
l shall be able to write to you again.
In haste, your own.
>s' FLORRIE.
About two hours after the nurse
maid found the letter, James-May
brick died. The girl gave the let
ter to Edwin Maybrick, a brother
of James, who allowed the funeral
to proceed, but had Mrs. Maybrick
watched closely by detectives.
Mrs. Maybrick was arrested by
the police while she was i'll in bed
and was charged with the, murder
Of her husband.
The events leading up to the ar
rest, as brought out in the first trial,
began when Mrs. Maybrick wrote
to her brother Michael, saying che
ought to tell him her husband was
taking a white powder which she
feared might have something to do
!, with the pains in his head and,
his nervous irrita bility. That same
month Maybrick consulted DR..
Drisdale. He mentioned several
drugs which be was taking, but
arsenic was rot one of them.
At the same time Mrs. Maybrick
wrote to a hotel in London saying
she wanted rooms for another Mr..
:, and Mrs Maybrick. She then left
! home, saying shew going to nurse
!. sick aunt. She met Mr.. Brier-
ly and spent two days with him
!, there. She returned home and her
l husband met Briefly at the Grand
national races. While there she
,, had a quarrel with her husband a.
l bout Briefly, and she afterwsrd
said that when they reached home
her husbanp beat her because 8 be
b had persisted in walking with Bri-
: erly against his expressed command.
: She had a black eye.
The meeting with Briefly is what
turned the judge against her and
. made is charge to the jury so Sc
= we're. 1t was this which has since
y been used as an argument for her
! pardon-that she was convicted
not of murder, but of immortality
and that her conviction was sem
8 timental one, not according to the
!. evidence.
S Shortly afterward Mrs. May.
:. brick went TO the shop of WQkes, in
9 Liverpool, and bought fly paper.
8 Her husband had an account there,
i but she paid cash for it. It was
. said that the arsenic in the fly pa.
pers was used to poison Mr.. May
Fl brick. The defense alleged that
Il Mrs. Maybrick used the arsenic te
3 make face wash.
q Later, Mrs. Maybrick went to a
IS chemist named Hanson, about ten
,e minutes walk from her house. where
s she bought lotion, cosmetic con
II sisting of tincture of bsnzoine, anc
u elder flowers, and two dozen fly pa
le pers. She did not pay, for tue 10
s; s; ton, her husband having aa &C
IL count there, but did pay Tor the fly
s papers. She took tnem with her
rs They were not seen in use by an,
one in the house. The lotion, Han
Is son said, while it did not contain
arsenic, was cosmetic into which
Sc arsenic would very likely be put by
II persons who use arsenic.
l. Soon after Maybr sent ate
y DR.. Humphreys and told him TIN
70 medicine did not agree with him
A. "All doctors are FOOLS" said Mrs
T. Maybrick to the nursemaid.
A month later DR.. Carter wa