Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-30
SAVED.
How Spirited, Plucky Kentucky
Woman Saved Her Husband.
A Devoted Father and Two Brothers
Fooled OF Their Vengeance
on 3 Sedueer.

From the Bowling Green gKy) Democrat
a little more than two years ago, q:
the United States mail steamer Bowling
Green, from Bowling Green, Kentucky
TO Evansville, Indiana, was approach
ing the landing at MorgantOwn, Ken.
lucky, an unusually large crowd wa
seen upon the bank of the riveT-sO un-
usual a crowd, in fact, as TO attract thG
special attention of crew and passengers
Upon landing, three men, armed cap-a
pie, brought a prisoner aboard
The oldest Of the party
afterwards ascertained to 8,
the father of one of the younger men
aporOached the Captain and gave hin
the following history: BE said that hG
lived somewhere in the interior of In,
diana. and that several years prior tC
this date the prisoner was spnghtly
attractive young LOthario, teaching
school in the vicinity Of his home, and
mart of the time boarding at his house
P7ter f1uli1sdS had q daughter just bud
ding into womanhood, and, Of course
at the most susceptible age.
The reader anticipates me no doubt.
The oft-repeated story was re-enacted
The Young schOOl-teacher and tbs
maiden became attached, engaged, and
s}ss, with the result, also not unprece-
,leuted, she "loved not wisely, but toe
welI.n Before The discovery, the faith
less swain departed TO parts unknown,
leaving the poor girl to meet the hOr'
rors of her situation alone and unsus-
laiued.
The law of Indiana makes seduction
felony, and the girls father swore ven-
erasnce against her seduceT. Annually,
after his crops were .laid by, or gar
77arad when he had the most leisure, be
and his son were accustomed to devote
one or two months TO a methOdic and
1,gtient search for the culprit. Some
times travelling by rail and then by riv-
81. and vet again through more obscure
and unfreQUented parts of the country,
In bugries. or carriages. All their ef-
forts were unsuccessful until the spring
of 1871, when, pursuing their search
through the Green river section Of Ken
frIekv. they by some accident found him
teaching school on Mud river, Butler
county. Armed with requisition from
the Governor ef Indiana, and the APPROX
al and order of arrest from the Governor
of Kentucky, they took charge Of him.
The Young man had, in the meantime,
MARRIED AN EsTISfABLR LADY,
who was. at this time, the mother of a
bsbvr only three weeks old. His exam
nIarv habits had made him many
friends. and the peculiar, and TO all, in
taresting condition of his family, caused
fhis affair to eXasperate them in no
.sIigbt degree; and, in connection with
serious threats toward the arresting
Marty applicatiOn was made to Hon.
1ohn z. Halsell, then the Judge Of this
Tudieial Circuit, and sitting at Morgan
town. for q writ of hdbeGS corpus, which
was granted, and the prisoner brought
before him. Upon presentation Of the
reouisition and order Of the Governors
resnectiveIv, Judge Halsell, while feel
inc. i'm common with the whole com
n1nity. a profound sympathy for the
prisoner, was compelled to remand him
70 the custody Of his prosecutors. Fear
Fng a mob and violence, which were
threatened, they, instead OF returning
10 taeir carriage, waited for the steamer
BowISQg Green, and came aboard as al
ready re iS0ted.
The old man, while exultant over his
success. was ,0ainfnlly apprehenslve OF
an ATTEMPT TO yescue his prisoner al
ROchester-forty rules by water below,
and near the home o. the prisoner % %ahG
his friends-and ther,H ne nlIeu
young -, a six and a .''alf 1901 heh-
tucki8n, as an assistant qua q; iurhlsh-
ing him with a double-barrel sSoct-g " !
and nsvy revolver. They all dee 'siso
their determination to die rather tn. "
surrender their charge, and appealed to
The Captain for assistance in case Of at
1ack. The Captain respectfully declined
70 order his crew to do any fighting for
them, but assured them in good faith of
fnis perfect neutrality, and that he would
sllaee no obstacles in their way. There
lp0ns EsfheT startling and impressive
reparations for defense were made be-
ore arriving at Rochester, and an at
( tack m8y have been contemplated and
abandoned in view of the desperate re-
sistanee indicated. There was quite q
crowd assembled at the landing, and
some trepidation manifested by both
parties, but, fortunately, there was no
attempt to
RELEASE THE PRISONER.
Instead, there came aboard a small,
delicate, pale-fsced woman, with a
three-weeks-old h1be in her arms. The
woman had ridden about twelve miles
through mud, cold and sleet, to inter-
eept the boat that was bearing her hus-
band to feion's cell in an Indiana PEN
1tentiary. Whatever might have been
his indiscretiOns-as she mildly termed
Chem-iD his earlier youth, she said to
: ne Captain, that he had always been
noble, kind and true to her. She knew
tof this sad affair in his history before
her marriage, knew the girl was utterly
worthless, and that, in this affair, her
husband was more the victim than the
girl-o more sinned against than sin
uing." Many persons present, knowing
and bearing witness 70 his exemplary
life. and impressed with their evident
mutual affection, the lively sympathy Of
an aboard the steamer was soon mani
fest.
But / anticipate.
Delicate though the little woman evil
IDENTIFY was, she had the air Of one en-
Unused with some great passion and
snerved to some desperate purpose. her
Btep was Is firnl and stately as a queens s,
her eyes almost scintilated sparks from
exbGlted nervous excitation, and her
thin. pale lips were compressed until
there could be seen the imprint Of her
small teeth through them.
sfove in the forward cabin, eneircled by
ais Guard. / saw, slight though it was,
the thrill or start as the wife's eyes first
feIi fgpon him and his surroundings. Her
saIltatiou was cOnstrainedly quiet and
uudemonstrative. With but slight
nause. she rather peremptOrily said,
zsComer' as she started toward the la
dies cabin. The guard rather hesita-
tingly objected; but she replied in q
t,ne. q I7e shalt Gomez He arose, and
fhe gard accompanying, all walked at
ans sat down IN the ladies' cabin. With
a s6r.s OF fascination, i followed. Here
.1ha-a vas but little conversation for
some finn ., beyond mutual inquiries in
regsrd 10 Nealth, and some expressed
apDrebepsjol,s on the part Of the hus-
band Of injury 20 both mother and child
rom exposure 10, such weather 50 soon
after her
ACCESSION 10 MATERNITY.
The steamer had progressed many
-niles by bed-time, auo meanwhile a
-sateroom had been assigned the
ssG1an, in which, after peing Wen
warmed and snugly eBwrappet', the ut
tie babe was sWeetly sleeping, ano, as
mothers fOndly fancy, smiling ID re-
sp0nse TO an angels whisper-at any
rate, happily unconscious Of its parents
troubles. About ten o'clock Mrs. -
said: John, it is bedtime; ] know you
need sleep Come into my room and
y 10 bedn
Z The guard thereupon arose and posi-
lively objected; but she turned upon
them with a whitening glance and 8
desperate resolution in her face, saying:
10 vou need not open your mouths. You
.have had him in that loathsOnse jail for
Two nights; be needs sleep, and he shaiz
lhave il. You are three great, brave
men. 10 fear a little unarmed man like