THE MAYBRICK MYSTERY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 20 August 1889, Page 3

THE MAYBRICK MYSTERY.

A few facts about the lady con* dieted of the shocking crime may not be amiss. She is the daughter of Mr William Chandler, of New York, and her mother was a Miss Holbrook of the same city. This Miss Holbrook was, from all accounts, a remarkable person. Shortly before the American Civil War she . was on a visit to Mobile, Alabama, where she stayed with her uncle, the Bey. J. H. Ingraham, who early in life was a sensationel novelist and later took Orders and wrote several religious books, notably " A Prince of the House of David." Here she fell m with Mr Will E. Chandler He followed her to New York, where they were mai ried. They returned to Mobil' and lived there, Mrs Chandler's society being very much sought after, especially by yonng men. It was at 'he beginning of tbe Civil War that Frank Dubassy, a Captain of the Ordnance Department of the Conlederaie Government, came upon ' the scene, and there was soon much talk of his attentions to the lady. Suddenly Mr Chandler fell ill. He grew rapidly worse, and soon died having been attended by no one but his young wife, and the report rose that he had been killed by her. Her position became so unpleasant that she took- her two oh ldren and removed to Wacon, Ga., and in less than a year sbe married Dubassy there. Shortly afterwards Dubassy was ordered to go to hurope, and they took passage on a blockade ruuner ; but they had only proceeded a couple of days when Dubaasy, who • had. been complaining sudden y died,; and tlie widow demanded that thi. body breast overboard.

The widow soon drifted back tc I New Yor&, where she became involved i_a a scandal with some acta?-, and coated a sensation. After thi. she went to Europe and married Bayou Von Rogue. After separathim the lady became a T *omah of the world, an<l when last I teardfrom was the "wife" of an j attache of the British Legation at { Teheran, Persia. -James Maybrick ' who married Miss Florence i handler was well known and liked in New Orleans. A gentleman who was well acquainted with Mrs Chand er during her reaidence in Mobile has stated that she had a regular mania for collecting prisons. She was a thorough amateur toxiologist. She had collected poisons from all parts of tho world, and took great pride in her col'ection, which she had in a fine cabinet, with each poison carefully labelled. The gentleman in question once visited the house by invitation to inspect this resu.t of a strange "fad," and iha entertained him for hours discoursing ,on the effect and nature of each deadly agente ___ __