Murder Made a Composer
ANY of our older readers will recall the sensational Maybrick trial, which occurred a little over half a century ago, in which a woman named Florence Maybrick was found guilty of poisoning her husband; James Maybrick, a Liverpool cotton merchant, Although Mrs. Maybrick was sentenced to death, the sentence was not carried out, and after many years’ imprisonment, she was released. But how many know, or having known, remember, that James Maybrick had a younger brother named Michael Maybrick, who was a magnificent singer, and whose platform career was ruined by the tragedy of his brother’s death? Michael was in the house when his brother died; and feeling was so strongly in favour of Mrs. Maybrick after the trial that for a-long time her brother-in-law could not show his face in public. Although his public singing career was terminated, Michael Maybrick had another string to his bow-he was a song-composer. The other day 2YA celebrated the birth centenary of Stephen Adams, who was born in Liverpool on January 31, 1844, and whose songs everybody was singing 40 years ago. Well, Stephen Adams and Michael Maybrick were the same person. Murder destroyed the singer but made the composer.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 243, 18 February 1944, Page 14
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201Murder Made a Composer New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 243, 18 February 1944, Page 14
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