MRS MAYBRICK'S REPRIEVE.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7420, 20 September 1889, Page 5

MRS MAYBRICK'S REPRIEVE.

HOW THE CONVICT RECEIVED THE NEWS. A telegram to the New York papers, dated Liverpool, August 23rd, says :— The messenger who carried the order remitting the death penalty in Mrs Maybrick's case arrived at the jail at 1.30 this morning. Governor Anderson and Chaplain Morris entered Mrs Maybrick'a cell together. This is Chaplain Morris* description of the visit:—" We went into the prison at 2.15 o'clock. The women's department, in which Mrs Maybrick's cell is situated, is near the gates on the left. Wβ were received there by the head warden, a woman, who accompanied us to the cell. She knocked at the door. The light in the cell was brilliantly turned up and the door opened by one of the female watchers. We passed in. The cell was lighted by a single gas jet, burning brightly. Mrs Maybrick was undressed and in bed. Sne lay on her back, her hair loosely coiled about her head. She made no sign as we entered. She merely turned her eves and looked at us. She was very weak and had a listless air natural to her condition. The Governor went close to her bedside and said, "Mrs Maybrick, I have just received a message from the Home Secretary which states that he has advised the Queen to commute your sentence to imprisonment for life." Mrs Maybrick said nothing, her •face showed no sign; she merely lifted ncr left hand and stretched it out to take that of the Governor. That was all that was said, and we came away immediately.