Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-09-08
KATIE CRANES CRIMES.
She is Sent to The Parish Prison
Without tile Benefit Of Bail.

incest brought against Katie Il.
Craine, and the charge Of incest
credited to W. W. Craine. The man
ut ,be time w2s arrested and sent to
the Parish Prison, in default $4,000
bonds.
Katie Il. Crainr il is alleged, mur-
dered her child at her residence, corner
of White and Thalia streets, on the
morning of the 4th of Angus, but
not being able u leave her bed, was
not taken into custody until Y esterdav
As it was understood that Katie
CRANE would be arraigned before
Judge Smith, the idle and the curious
filed the cOu!t-rcom, anxious to scan
tic cOuntenance Of this unfortunate
woman.
At o'clock all minor cases had
been disposed Of, and the cryer called
the name Of the unfortunate woman
and ordered her to come into court
In a few moments the accused ap-
peared in The court room, supported
by Sergeant Calvin. When she
neaied chair the sergeant freed her,
and she fell exhausted into it.
The prisoner is a young woman
apparently twenty-five years Of age
Though not pretty she has Il pleasant
face, and regardless Of the terrible
charges against her she won the
sympathy of all that eazed upon her
There was hectic flush upon her
checks, her eyes appeared glazed, and
all depicted he agony she had endured
during the past nineteen days.
His honor raised from his desk two
a1idavits and read to the prisoner
their contents one charged her with
incest, and the other with murder.
The Judge then said: On these
two cha ges am foi ccd to SIND you
to the Parish Prison without the
benefit of bail.
The prisoner has a mother and
several brothers aud sisters, but none
Of her family came to comfol her, and
she stood in the courtroom iorsaken
and alone.
She appeared to be a woman of
strong nerve, for she never gave up
entirely until she reached the Parish
Prison and was about to pass through
the massive door, when she read Ike
device tinted in large white letters,
"Who enters here leaves hope behind"
She had no sooner read the few words
when she reeled and fell upon a bench
near By. She was then carried up
stairs and placed in the hospital de-
partment of he prisOn.-N o. Demo
crGt.
The above statement of a case
which We have watched with some
interest, tells a tale of the misery and
shame which is always entailed by
such terrible crimes as this wle,ched
woman and her unnatural brother
stand charged with. Forsaken by
her own relatives, who are without
doubt guilty Of criminal neglect, if
not bad example, in raising her,
scorned by all people, with the marx
Of Cain upon her brow, weighed
down by remorse and confined in
prison to brood over hcr crimes in
solitude, her lot is indeed hard one,
and should be a warning to all who
may be similarly tempted. Added to
the indelibe stain of loss of chastity,
in her case, are those Of incest aud
murder-the murder of her own child
in the attempt to hide her shame. Oh !!
wretched woman! How much better
it would have been for her if she and
her british, unnatural and wicked
brother bad never lived.
The DEGREES Of divine justice in
such cases are memorable, and must
be met by those who thus sin against
the laws Of Nature as well as nan.
Ii is not enough that they should
suffer shame and remorse Of conscience,
but tbey must needs be made an
example to others, aud drink the cup
of shdme which they have brewed to
the dregs, without sympathy or pity.