Mrs. Maybrick’s Own Story
[Illustration: FLORENCE ELIZABETH MAYBRICK]
MRS. MAYBRICK’S
OWN STORY
MY FIFTEEN LOST YEARS
By
_FLORENCE ELIZABETH MAYBRICK_
[Illustration]
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK and LONDON
1905
Copyright, 1904,
By FLORENCE ELIZABETH MAYBRICK
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published December, 1904
To
ALL THOSE FRIENDS IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND
WHO, WITH UNWAVERING FAITH IN MY
INNOCENCE, WORKED STEADFASTLY FOR MY FREEDOM,
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
FLORENCE ELIZABETH MAYBRICK.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
MRS. MAYBRICK’S OWN STORY
PAGE
FOREWORD.--Sketch of My Ancestry, 9
CHAPTER 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, 23