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Show THIRTEEN YEARS IN AN ENGLISH PRISON. "'TVIAYi: Been nml lull -d th ( I J Plnn inc MnW.ri. k. the Au.'i- 1 nun woinuii nlio for lliut ti .-nrs haa liuitnUh.-.l In an I'iiKliVl iiri'.oii lor a irlii." which a'ic has pioli su ,l from the flrH tlie never I oiiililll led I he tn-ir ui-r ot Ii. r hiiahnud. .Mr.v Mtiil.rlik waa romliintieil lo be n.iii-.-.e.i. hul the dnia In lore the tune aei lor her evei itllon her aee-tenee aee-tenee -viia rniuuiitte'l lo life linprlaou-ment linprlaou-ment hi i ause tl quote frotu the court leiorilal "the evlilenin iloea not exclude ex-clude a re-iiioi.alile iloulit whether .tarm a Mnyhilck'a il.-at i waa in fait (u.ise.l by the administration of ttl setili ." 'J'lto ('oiiuuniatlon of Mr. May-I'tlik'a May-I'tlik'a a. 'litem c for the reason Klven by the KiiKllah court ntlraeteil ex truorillnary iitteiillon and tiyuipalhy m if-, Mr. Maybrick. W'hm Sbo Wua Kontrnrcvl. for thi Anipricnn woman, and no prisoner pris-oner arm Mod of a nipilnl ofTriifiy bni ever bud mi' h oviTlul frlrndH rxcrt-I11K rxcrt-I11K all tb. lr conihliud Hin'titli to of-I of-I fi t r. Ii-aso hh nlio Iiuh bud. Klointto Maybrlck'n uiiliuiiy fain ImR alwaMi Inln htnvlly on my brart. Ho wtit n I rm-tHd London, In My. I at onro ft nt work to Kt prrmU-Rion prrmU-Rion to vlxit A1iHbnry prlHon, wbtiro Mth. Muvlirli k hHH for tlie pnut Btncn yen ib Ihmmi iomIU.m. Mm. Mnybrb-k wim nbont twonly nU yeara old, ah I reroUrrt It, bcn Khe was convicted of thn murder nf bor hunband. Hbo ban been In prison tblr-teen tblr-teen ycam and In therefor) nt loost approachlnK bcr fortlt'tb birthday. iler faco In an abxolutn blank ox ccpt for that terrible nort of dumb pro tent frit In each featuro. KIopmh-o ! Maybrb-k in Ik lit h nlxty or thirty, j or any auo bctwfon. Sbo typirti'S dumb andinb nn no other human be- in if I buvu evur Mjiin. I trMrhetl out my band toward the 1 poor woman ai:d thn frill littio figure j n lit nn k buck. '1 am no norry," nlie paid. In a voli soit and low and tit-tcrly tit-tcrly hoprleHH; "p are not allowed to ! ntuikn h n ml n or totn b tiny one." I Mm. Mnyhrlrk Is a little over fivo feet ll) height, ti-ie ciiunut poftKlbly ; welub over ninety pniuidn. Her faco j han the ilt-Hilly waxen look which loitK j dtpilvntlon of rMiill;;)it and frchh air liievltulily prn.lu. n. H'-i lejiHii.H me lint recnlnr, but very plentinfi vrry j;(-ntle. Her even I are blue and lui'K1', iiimI 'xt 'cptlriK ' when t-he IooUm one dierily in tho in'-;, 1 tb y lire m eiri'.-sIonl'sn an to unUv 1 ore wninli r ir t!i re iri uuy nljl lu ttiem. i I tut I I.M.I.ed Into Mm. Maybrlrk"g I tch deleiinli:! d lo evoUr! a renponno j deler lull ed to M'tid a little luenaKe to I fm t poor huplean houl no mutter I whut followed. 1 "I nut from Amerb n," I paid, and bo-foro bo-foro 1 could l" Interrupted, "you bav j tltoutmiidn or frleudn there. You tiuiHt j not think ymi art forgotten. Wo bopu toon you will bo free." Tin blue eveH Krcw human and ton ler and liKiited Into mine, atlll with tm ileHpa.rii.K tax. The colorlpus pi pallet! lu a painful attempt tu test Judga Harman. Who Sentenced Mra. Maybrlrk. smile, dlaclosiiiR beautiful white tenth, and In a low. reflned olco, very Bn-Hah Bn-Hah In pitch and Inflection, Mra Maybrlrk May-brlrk said: "Thank you Yea, I know I hava friends in America. I had nne great and nohla champion In Mian Doiltie Gall Hamilton and while she lived I had amine; hopes, nut ahe is dead my dear unknown friend ia dead." laaked: "I there any message yoa have to aend to America?" "Only the same meaaane," said Florence Flor-ence Maybrlck "my thanks, my ray-ers ray-ers for the happiness of all who have given me a word of aympathy, and romember. I am Innocent." "How have you lived?" 1 ventured. "1 cannot tell." Mrs. Maybrlck re-piled re-piled ; "I often wonder how it Is that 1 1. 11. 1 liio.l. I think It mn-t Im l-. l-. i ii, . my l.i II. f hill n. i. r lii.-.l II. nt 11. e il.iv. hioii. r or Inler. niv Ititio-. Ititio-. I lie,. Will he pniW',1. 1 II in w HIIhc to tile when Hint tlln i. I ll. Hi I ll-.e till then." "Atlil onr hil.lreti?" I aaheil. Th.i lilile e,-K tilled wli'i hlit leara. "I know nothlnc i.r Ineni for I ic pant acveti yenrtt. liurliiK the llret alt yeiii-H of my ImtirlMitinietit Hie May-bricks May-bricks allowed me to f.-e pletnres of them twhe n year noil I was to keep Hie phiitem.-iih In my cell for tweuty four honra em h tlnie. "II wna Hitch a (onifort tn me! 11 nt they stopped without cvphinntlun ai-ven yenra ni:o and I know- nollllli nothirB at all almtit them. My Utile Ut-ile Klrl la slxli i n. my little boy a man ahout twenty. I time never tn-en them aim e they were taUen owny from me nil tlume years airo. "I believe they lire told tin Ir mother Is (lend.'' "What do you do. Mra. Mavhriek?" I naked. "How do you tuuriui:e to livn tiiroui:h (In so weary ilna and miiullo?" "And yenra." the pilMiner anld. erne eluillni! niy aeiiieme lor nte. "The prltmn routine never vnrle.c Thn same, day and week, monlrt and ycat." I was told Hint Mra. Mnvhriclt haa not only been a model prlaoner herself, her-self, hut hua had an unparalleled In-Miietuo In-Miietuo for iiikmI on thn other prison-ors, prison-ors, who ailoro her. Hevernl women convicta hnvo oflered and bi-KKcd to bo permitted to aorve. a life aentnnco If It would earn Florcnro Maybrlrk't rrlenap. While Mra. Maybrlrh waa apenklni; thn door oiiened and another attendant attend-ant nppenred. Once morn I atrolchcd forth my hand, a friendly woman's hnnd to Kloreno Mnyhrlrk, and she-ahook she-ahook her head and threw me a sod lltiln klra from the tips of her waxt-t.-like riliK-ra. In nuother Inslnnt the door bail cloHed ami I foutiil mvitcif In tho cold alone 'enrrfilor, free to leave this huuao of mliery. Ah anon aa I reiieheil London on my return from Ayli shury I Rot tho ad-dn-Ka of Mrs. Mnybrlrk's niolher, thn I'.nrnr.eaa (1e Koipiea. nml wrolo her aaldiiR If alio would aeo mo It I went to ltoueii, h'ranee, whero aho la ll- ItlK. I received uti anawcr aaylni; I ahoul.l be wel.-ome. Thn Unroll, an de Itoipioa Uvea on tho oiiinl.li ib of Kouen In a tiny house- Mrs. Maybrlck. Aa She ia To dny. of a few rooms of lillputlan dimon-alona, dimon-alona, for which ahe puya r.hoiit flu a month. In thla poor HHIn refuco for ten long yearn alio haa lived, attended at-tended only by a faithful Hretoti woman. imrlnic Iheae years Florence Mny-brick'a Mny-brick'a mother haa dcvoti-d Ikt every hour, her every eriery, her laal uvnll-Bhlu uvnll-Bhlu penny, to an edort to secure a new trial or a release for her unfortunate unfor-tunate daughter. A new trial. llaroni-BS do Hoques baa nlwaya con-tenileil, con-tenileil, would show conclualvely that, aa !lr Charles ItiiKaell, tho ittorney (leneral and I.onl f'lilef Juatlce oT Knaland said repeatedly: "Mrs. Maybrlck May-brlck otiKht to be set free, for aho wua never legally convicted." At the end of my visit the Uaronesa de Koquea gave me the picture ot Mrs. Maybrlck, taken shortly before Blio was accused of the crlnio for which ahe waa tried, which la here reproduced. repro-duced. Harriet Hubbard Ayor. In New York World. |
