THE MAYBRICK CASE.
The following London telegram, dated May 18th, which appears in an American paper, gives some fuller details of a mysterious poisoning case referred to in our cable messages recently:—
Mrs Maybricfc, a niece of Jefferson Davis, and a French Canadian aristocrat by birth, has been arrested at Liverpool on a charge of poisoning her husband.
May brick's brother Michael, known as Stephen Adams, a musical composer, and other relatives, hesitated to act in regard to the reports circulated as to the cause of death. To-day County Magistrate. Colonel Biddell, accompanied by the Chief of Police, went to the Maybrick residence. They were told that the lady was ill in bed. Medical men were summoned, and after, an.examination they pronounced her fit to hear the charge. Her sister demanded to know the nature of thef evidence. The Chief of Police responded that he had grave 'evidence tlat the woman had given arsenic to her husband from time to time. The officials went to the bedroom where the woman lay, haggard, but composed. The ■ Magistrate directed that Bhe be removed to the i Kirkdale gaol, where she is now being attended by doctors and a nurse. The case has caused a great sensation.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1912, 4 July 1889, Page 1
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204THE MAYBRICK CASE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1912, 4 July 1889, Page 1
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