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THE MORNINGr OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, MABCH 24, 1903. IN ONE YEAR MORE Olds, Wotman & King Washington Street, Comet Fifth Mrs. Maybrick's Imprison ment Will End. PROMISE FROM GREAT BRITAIN Tlii a Will iHnare Postponement ef Trial on Which Title to Valaahle Property Depend Story of the Famous Poisoning; Case. LONDON, March 23. Sirs. Florence llaybrlck, the American woman who was convicted at Liverpool in 1&9 on the charge of poisoning her husband, James Maybrlck, by arsenic, and whose sentence of death was commuted to penal servitude for life, will be released in liOi. The an nouncement comes from the Home Office, which authorizes her Washington law yers to use the fact of her release next year as a reason for securing the post ponement of the trial of the lawsuits bearing on the prisoner's Interest In lands in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Those who are in a position to know ray that Home Secretary Akers Douglas has shown great courtesy In connection with the suits .now pending in America, that the decision to release Mrs. Maybrlck was entirely duo to efforts on this side of the Atlantic, and that Ambassador Herbert has never been called upon to act In this matter. (Mrs. Maybrlck. who was Miss Florence Elizabeth Chandler, and a member of a well-known and prosperous Southern fam ily, was married July 27, 1SSL in St. James' Church, Piccadilly, to James May brlck. of Liverpool. She was then IS years of age, vivacious and beautiful and a social favorite. Her husband was 34 years of age. In the Spring of 1SS9 Mr. Maybrlck became ill, and In a few days he died. His brothers Investigated his death and charged Mrs. Maybrlck "with the murder of her husband. A long trial followed, and a number of doctors swore Mr. Maybrlck died of arsenical poisoning. The defense proved that for 20 years Mr. Maybrlck had been a confirmed arsenic eater, and that ho dally took doses that would have killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrlck was eventually sentenced to death by the Judge, Sir Fitzjames Stephen, who spoke for two days in charg ing the jury, and who said it was impos sible for them to find her guilty In the face of the medical evidence. He died some time later in a madhouse. From the time of Mrs. Maybrick's con viction, her mother, the Baroness von Roqucs, has been unremitting in her at tempts to obtain the prisoner's release, in which she has been aided by influential friends on both sides of the Atlantic In 1000, after the death of Lord Russell, of Klllowen, Chief Justice of England, a let ter was recleved written to Mrs. May brlck in 1S35. It showed that the eminent lawyer was convinced that sho ought never to have been convicted, and it has been generally understood that all the re cent American Ambassadors to the Court of St. James have done everything pos sible to obtain Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. Had she not been able to testify in tho suit pending in the United States, Mrs. Maybrlck and her mother would havo lost all title and interest in large tracts of lands situated in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.) Will Be Liberated In July, 1004. WASHINGTON", M,arch 23. Mrs. May brick's attorneys in this city received a telegram from the American Embassy in London this afternoon confirming the news of her forthcoming release, and oddlng that she will be liberated in July, STORY OF SHAME. (Continued from First Page.) makes me fear that sometime I might kill him.' Do you remember reading that letter?" "No. sir." Mrs. Burdlck said that she did not know -whether her husband was aware of the fact that she was receiving letters from Pennell. Her habit had been to keep her letters locked in a box. Her husband ilrst knew of her Intimacy with Pennell, sho thought, on January 1, 1901, when sho told him in reply to a question that she had been walking with Pennell. He told her she was very imprudent. She agreed with him then, and did not now. Forced to Give Up Letters. "Did you give the letters to Burdlck?" "I don't know." "Did you take some letters from that box and give them to him?" "I unlocked it." "How did you happen to unlock It?" ' "Ho forced me to." "How did he force you?" "Ho took me by the throat." She did not remember whether at that time Pennell was the subject of a discus sion with her husband. She did not know whether some of tho letters read were in tho box at that time. It was in January, 1901, when he choked her. She could not remember whon she rented a box in a safe deposit company's vault. It was about the time her husband bad choked her, but recently when she received papers from detectives about Burdlck, her husband had not started the divorce proceedings. It was sho that wanted a divorce from him. She had no love for him. but did love Pennell, whom sho expected to marry. He had a wife, but he expected they would be divorced. In reply to a question as to whether Mrs. Pennell had consented to a divorce, she said: "Sometimes she did and sometimes she did not." Witness admitted, however, that she had never talked with Mrs. xennell on the subject. Pennell had hired the detectives who ehadowed her husband. Her husband went away in May, 1901. on account of PcnnelL BcKRed to Be Taken Back. Mr. Coatsworth showed her a. letter written by her from Atlantic City May 27. 1901. in which she begged to be taken back, promising never to see "Arthur." and that she would be a loving and true wife. In the letter she said she could not promise that Pennell would leave town, but declared that he would do what ehe asked. She admitted writing the letter, and said at that time she had hired no detectives. A second letter written by. Mrs. Burdlck to her husband in the same year was read, in which she spoke of having re ceived Burdick's letter, and said that Pennell had promised to leave town If Mr. Burdlck took her back: that she and Pennell had realized that they must give each other up, but that Pennell declined to do anything that would mean a loss of his self-respect. Another letter written by Mrs. Burdlck to her husband referred to her being ta ken back home. She promised never again to voluntarily see or communicate with Arthur. She made a plea on behalf of the children. She promised to be a good girl to him. Mrs. Burdlck admitted that the wrote the letter In good faith and that she did not keep her promise. An other letter was read in reply to the one Suit Section This Yea Showing a C own ing Ttiumph. "The finest showing 1 ever saw in Port land " exclaimed a lady in our Suit Section yesterday. And so it is. We have left noth-1 4 " ing undone to make it so. Everything in it is the very top notch of fashion. Every fshinnhlf material, everv n.w stvlft in color, finish and trimming of every fad. All models or good taste ana Tine worKmansnip. EASTER GOWNS, WAISTS AND SKIRTS "SHUSHINE" SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION AND SALE It pays to take good care of your shoes. TEey wear longer and improve your general appearance very materially. "Shushine" gives tne shoe a brilliant black polish and preserves the leather, is easy to apply and does not spill. See demonstration on our main floor. 25 CENTS Children's Dresses Our Children's dresses have been the standard for style, fit and make for years. This year they are more charming than ever. Over one hundred styles to start with. 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Come in and examine the great variety we have in Push Carts, Folding Go-Carts and Buggies. Prices $2.75 to $45.00. BEST AND SAFEST from Mr. Burdlck. In -which he had evi dently declined to take her back. Juno 6 -was tho date of another letter written by Mrs. Burdlck to her husbandL Sho -wrote of having been notified of the divorce suit brought against her. On one occasion Burdlck wrote her that she could not be trusted. He said that If she loved Pennell. as sho said she did. ho did not blame her for -what she did; that If he loved a -woman as she did Pennell. he -would do as she was doing. He declared that he loved her "honestly long after she had ceased to love him, and that If she tried she might win back both his love and respect. He referred to the fact, that Mrs. Burdlck was wearing a ring given to her by Pennell over her lawful wedding ring. Burdlck declared that he had no faith In Pennell's promises, and that sho wished to be taken back only until Pen nell was freed from his wife. In another letter Burdlck wrote that ho "forgave his wife tho wrong she had done him. In another Burdlck declared he had deter mined to fight for the little honor she had left him, and. after getting a divorce, to ight for the children. He would insist on the countersult by Mrs. Burdlck being fought out In open court. Three weeks after this letter Mrs. Burdlck was taken back by her husband. After returning from Atlantic City and after promising her husband to be a good wife, she met Pennell. It was not her habit to meet him, she said, but he was constantly begging her to do so, and she did meet him in a house on Seventh street. She was there one time when Burdlck came, but he did not see her, as she step ped out of the window and went to church. She did not hear that Mr. Bur dlck and his friends on that occasion caught Pennell as he was Jumping out of the window and that they took him back to the room. Mrs. Burdlck admitted having met Pen nell In another house on Seventh street after that Incident. Sho at first denied meeting Pennell elsewhere, but. on Mr. Coatsworth's telling her that Pennell had told him differently, she admitted that she had met Pennell at a house on Whit ney place two or three times. George C Miller, attorney for Burdlck In the divorce proceedings against Mrs. Burdlck, was the first witness of the day. He told In detail all the steps that had been taken at the request of Mr. Burdlck on tho afternoon of the day he was mur dered. Mr. Burdlck spent half an hour with him discussing the divorce matter. He did not state that he had an appoint ment with any ono at his home that night. "Mr. Burdlck was ready at all times to his children," said Mr. Miller. He car ried a revolver, but I never heard him say that he feared harm from Pennell. At a conference held at my office Pennell made one or two. statements from which an Intimation of suicide could be drawn. I never heard Pennell say that unless the divorce action was withdrawn he would kill himself and Mrs. Burdlck." The testimony given by Henry J. Or rett, the furnace man at the Pennell home, was unimportant. He simply stated that he removed the ashes from Pennell's fur nace on the morning after the murder. He found no buttons, buckles or metallic substances in the ashes. Pennell put on the coal and shook down the furnace, as had been his custom. Lizzie Romance, a maid at the Pennell houso at the time of the murder, gave testimony favorable to Pennell. She said Mr. Pennell was with his wife in their room reading at 7:45 on the night of the murder. She saw them again at 10 o'clock when she passed their 'door. She did not see them again until the next morning. The servant said she did not notice the suit of clothes Pennell had on Thursday night before the murder or the one he had on Friday morning. The girl admitted that she pressed Pennell's trousers, but she said she could not re member which he wore on either occa sion. She had not noticed whether any j of his trousers were missing; whether j Pennell went to the furnace Friday morn ! Ing or whether or not either Mr. or Mrs. j Pennell left the house after 10 o'clock j Thursday evening. Miss Romance did not I notice anything unusual in Pennell's man ner on the evening he and Mrs. Pennell started for the automobile ride which ended In their death. It was after the incidents related by I Mrs. Burdlck today that Mr. Burdlck sent j her away from home the second time. ! Her second exile from home began last 1 Thanksgiving and lasted until the murder of her husband. Mrs. Burdlck probably will be called upon to tell what she knows of the move ments of Pennell just before the murder. been attempting In an unlawful and cor rupt manner to ascertain the opinions of tho Jurors on the subject of the contest, and have arranged with persons to un lawfully influence certain individual Jur ors on the panel. Three Burned In Hotel. WEST UNION, la., March 22. The Arl ington Hotel was destroyed by fire today and three persons badly Injured. They are: Mn McCllntock, a guest, both legs brok en, hand and arms bumed, may die; Julia Olsen, right leg broken and body badly burned; Bertha Olsen, severely burned about arms. The fire started in the basement and spread so rapidly that the firemen were unable to check Its progress. The financial losi was small. Tryingr to Fix Strati on Jarors. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 23. 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