PART ONEMRS. MAYBRICK’S OWN STORYPAGEForeword.—Sketch of My Ancestry,9Chapter I.—Before the Trial—My Arrest—A Prisoner in My Own House—At Walton Jail—Alone—The Coroner’s Inquest—A Plank for a Bed—The Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury—The Doctors Disagree—Letters from Walton Jail—Lord Russell’s Opinion—The Public Condemns Me Unheard,23Chapter II.—The Trial—The Injustice of Trying the Case at Liverpool—An Unexpected Verdict—The Judge’s Sentence—In the Shadow of Death—Commutation of Sentence,50Chapter III.—In Solitary Confinement—Removal to Woking Prison—The Convict Uniform—In Solitary Confinement—The Daily Routine—The Exercise Hour—The Midday Meal—The Cruelty of Solitary Confinement,61Chapter IV.—The Period of Probation—A Change of Cell—Evils of the Silent System—Insanity and Nervous Breakdown of Prisoners—Need of Separate Confinement for the Weak-Minded—Reading an Insufficient Relaxation—My Sufferings from Cold and Insomnia—Medical Attendance—Added Sufferings of the Delicately Nurtured—How Criminals and Imbeciles are Made,76Chapter V.—The Period of Hard Labor—Routine—Talk with the Chaplain—My Work in the Kitchen—The Machine-made Menu—Visitors to the Kitchen—The “Homelike” Cell—The Opiate of Acquiescence—Visits of Prisoners’ Friends—My Mother’s Visits—A Letter from Lord Russell—Punished for Another’s Fault—Forms of Punishment—The True Aim of Punishment—The Evil of Collective Punishment—The Evil of Constant Supervision—Some Good Points of Convict Prisons—My Sickness—Taken to the Infirmary—The Utter Desolation of a Sick Prisoner,93Chapter VI.—At Aylesbury Prison—Removal from Woking—New Insignia of Shame—Arrival at Aylesbury Prison—A New Prison Régime—The Board of Visitors—Regulations Concerning Letters and Visits—My Letter to Gail Hamilton—A Visit from Lord Russell,127Chapter VII.—A Petition for Release—Denied by the Secretary of State—Report of My Misconduct Refuted—Need of a Court of Criminal Appeal—Historic Examples of British Injustice—The Case of Adolf Beck,145Chapter VIII.—Religion in Prison Life—Dedication of New Chapel—Influence of Religion upon Prisoners—Suicide of a Prisoner—Tragedies in Prison—Moral Effect of Harsh Prison Régime—Attacks of Levity—Self-discipline—Need of Women Doctors and Inspectors—Chastening Effect of Imprisonment on the Spirit—A Death-Bed Incident,167Chapter IX.—My Last Years in Prison—I Am Set to Work in the Library—Newspapers Forbidden—How Prisoners Learn of Great Events—Strict Discipline of Prison Officers—Their High Character—Nervous Strain of Their Duties—Standing Orders for Warders—Crime a Mental Disease—Something Good in the Worst Criminal—Need of Further Prison Reform,194Chapter X.—My Release—I Learn the Time When My Sentence Will Terminate—The Dawn of Liberty—The Release—In Retreat at Truro—I Come to America—My Lost Years,211PART TWOANALYSIS OF THE MAYBRICK CASEIntroduction.—Petitions for a Reprieve—Illogical Position of Home Secretary—New Evidence of My Innocence Ignored—Lord Russell’s Letter—Efforts for Release—Even New Evidence Superfluous—The Doctors’ Doubt—Public Surprise at Verdict—Character of Jury—The “Mad Judge”—Justice Stephen’s Biased Charge—Lord Russell’s Memorandum Quashed—Repeated Protests of Lord Russell—The American Official Petition—Secretary Blaine’s Letter to Minister Lincoln—Henry W. Lucy on Lord Russell—Lord Russell’s Conviction of Mrs. Maybrick’s Innocence—Explanation of Attitude of Home Secretaries—Upholding the Justiciary—Need of Court of Criminal Appeal,225The Brief of Messrs. Lumley & Lumley.—Opinion Re F. E. Maybrick—Justice Stephen’s Misdirections—Misdirections as to Mr. Maybrick’s Symptoms—Misdirections as to Mrs. Maybrick’s Access to Poisons—Misdirection as to “Traces” of Arsenic—Misdirection as to Arsenic in Solution—Mr. Clayton’s Experiments—Misdirection as to Arsenic in Glycerin—Misdirection as to Evidence of Physicians—Misdirection as to Times When Arsenic May Have Been Administered—Misdirection as to Mrs. Maybrick’s Changing Medicine Bottles—Misdirection as to Administration with Intent to Kill—Exclusion of Prisoner’s Testimony—Misdirection as to Identity of Meat-Juice Bottle—Misdirection in Excluding Corroboration of Prisoner’s Statement—Misdirections to Jury to Draw Illegal Inferences—Misdirections Regarding the Medical Testimony—Conflict of Medical Opinion—Misdirections as to Cause of Death—Misdirection to Ignore Medical Testimony—Misreception of Evidence—Cruel Misstatement by Coroner—Medical Evidence for the Prosecution—Maybrick Died a Natural Death—The Chief Witness for the Prosecution—Medical Evidence for Defense—A Toxicological Study—Medical Weakness of Prosecution—The Administration of Arsenic—The Fly-paper Episode—How Mrs. Maybrick Accounts for the Fly-papers—Administration of Arsenic not Proved—Intent to Murder not Proved—Absence of Concealment by Prisoner—Some Important Deductions from Medical Testimony—Symptoms Due to Poisonous Drugs—Death from Natural Causes—Prosecution’s Deductions from Post-mortem Analysis Misleading—Recapitulation of Legal Points,262Mrs. Maybrick’s Own Analysis of the Meat-Juice Incident,366Memorials for Respite of Sentence.—From the Physicians of Liverpool—From the Bars of Liverpool and London—From Citizens of Liverpool,381New Evidence.—Arsenic Sold to Maybrick by Druggist—Arsenic Supplied to Maybrick by Manufacturing Chemist—Depositions as to Mr. Maybrick’s Arsenic Habit—Justice Stephen’s Retirement,384