The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

ttttt N}0ES OF PAINFUL suspense fhev
returned and announced that thcv had
their verdict. The foreman roe. and
.u z scarcely audible voice said
We pronounce the defendant
guilty.
~fI.'7TEATioS cE 4GE PEI-gNER-
IT tbs Ms. Southern broke doxn
ioT the ir-r time since the trial lad
opened She fell forward over the
CHILD IN Ler lap and gave way - terri
bic spts The scene was fearful. From
the Judge uu the bench TO the bashfF
there was scarcely a dry eve in the
room. The father and brother. 81
Mss toNart gave way Ia their feel
in->, and. hiding their faces. cried
HAe children. Every moment or 80.
Mrs Southern would strain her baby
T. her breast ami rise a. If she was
gong out ana then fan back in her
clalr, bend forward and sob again. II
was noticed thar tie baby waS unu~u-
ally bright and cheerful. lis uncon-
>clous prattie touched the hearts IF
the Spectator. Judge Lester. in a
solemn speech. pronounced the death
sentence. naming the 2ist of June as
the date OF execution. The prisoner
WAS then taken back 10 Jail and 10 her
Eustand-ior the first time since the
murder broken down in mind and
boly.
MOTION FoE A NEW TRIAL.
The counsel FOR tile defence at once
made motion for a new trial. The
Judge VIII hear their motion on the
10TH DIST. X Is hardly possible that
lie Viii grant a new trial. as he SAID in
rendering his sentence that the prison
er had been given a fair trial. Ii he
refuses a new trial the case Will be
brought to the Supreme Court on a
blsl OF exemptions. If the Judgment
OF the Court below is affirmed. as il
doubtless Will be. the trial having been
correct. the Judge of the Supreme
Court Will have to resenteuce the
prisoner. The case viii 20 before the
Supreme Court in August. 1t will 90
back 10 the September term of the
superior Court for resentence. The
law requires that the sentence shall be
executed between thirty and sixty
days from the session of the court.
Mrs. Southern Will. therefore. be final
~ sentenced To hang between the
10Th of October and November, un-
less there is some interference now
not deemed possible.
4 TERRIBLE FACT.
Thi calculation derives a terrible
interest from the fact that the wretch
ed woman, who has been living with
her husband III jail. IS enciente, and
may be expected TO give birth to a
child late IN November. There is no
possible way to arrest the execution
Of the judgement at the time men
toned, except by the interference of
flnl taTor,A.. A. fanlInr hoe
been aroused as to the verdict, and the
most strenuous efforts will be made to
prevent the hanging of the omar
Governor Colquitt is exceedingly firm,
and is opposed on principle to inter
fering with action of the judiciary
except III the most extraordinary
cases. He has never yet saved any
one from the galiows.
The case of Bob Southern, the hus-
band, las been continued until the
next term of the court. The lawyers
say it Will be hard to convict him, but
it is generally acknowledged thai
nothing but executive clemency can
save Mrs. Southern from the gallows.
| heard a distinguished man say to-
day that il no other alternative offered
he would organize a lobby of men and
wonderland 90 before the November
session Of the Legislature with the
case. 1t is safe to say that an unpre-
cedented excitement viii be created
over the case before it it finally dis
posed Of. One of the prosecuting
counsel told me flat the feelings Of
the court fairly had undergone great
change since the trial, and that they
would now be willing to see Mrs.
~Southern's life saved. "A more effect
ing trial" he said, ''the walls OF no
court house on this earth ever wit
messed