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Evening Bulletin
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
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Official confirmation in London that Mrs. Florence C. Maybrick, convicted of murdering her husband in a famous case, will be released from English prison in May 1904 after 13 years, with King Edward granting pardon.
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[Associated Press Special Cable.]
LONDON, England, March 23.—The rumor which has been current that Mrs. Florence C. Maybrick would be released from prison in May, 1904, has been officially confirmed.
The Maybrick case is one of the most famous in British and American history. Mrs. Maybrick was Miss Florence Chandler of Mobile, Ala. She married Maybrick, a wealthy Englishman, once a resident of Norfolk, Va. Following his sudden death she was charged and convicted with murdering her husband, and has spent thirteen years in an English prison. Her friends, believing in the woman's innocence, have used every measure possible to secure Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. When King Edward came to the throne it was confidently predicted he would pardon the woman, he having taken a personal interest in the case in previous years.
On the evening of her conviction, Mrs. Maybrick resigned all claim to the land in Richmond, Va., in consideration of the sum of $10,000. It is to upset this agreement that a suit is now pending. It is said that the woman will be released in time to obtain these lands, which lie in southwest Virginia, and adjacent States, a million acres in round numbers.
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London, England
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March 23
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release from prison in may 1904; pardon granted
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Rumor confirmed that Mrs. Florence C. Maybrick, formerly Miss Florence Chandler of Mobile, Ala., married to wealthy Englishman Maybrick, convicted of his murder after sudden death, will be released after 13 years in prison. Friends sought pardon; King Edward, interested in case, predicted to grant it upon ascending throne. She resigned land claims in Richmond, Va., for $10,000; pending suit to upset agreement for her to obtain million acres in southwest Virginia and adjacent states.