National Republican., 1878-06-25
KATE sOUTHERN,s CAMP.
The Way In which the State Of Georgia
Disposes of Its Criminals.

The Way In which the State Of Georgia
Disposes of It's Criminals.
Mrs. Kate Southern husband and child have
gone into quarters In the Georgia Penitentiary
On the way south ffom the mountains of
Pickens County to Macon they were greeted
with great popular demonstrations. II was a
triumphal train that carried them. At Atlanta
especially the curiosity was intense enough to
keep the city awake all night waiting for the
train to arrive The people assembled In and
around the depot as thick as they could stand
and as far as they could see the building. Kate
southern was quiet, melancholy, and interest
ing. Her husband was at her side, and the
baby smiling in her arms. She was surprised
at the popular stir her case had made, and was
littlc inclined to be communicative. Tho pcn.
itentiary convicts of Georgia are divided into
three or four companies, or colonies, In differ
ent parts Of the State, and are hired out for
labor under guard.
They are employed on railroads and other
public works. on FARMS &C., and the women
are placed at domestic service. Kate Southern
has been assigned to Captain Jack Smiths
camp, in Baldwin County, and IL Is stated that
the popular sympathy for her has extended to
her jailer. She is permitted to have her child
with her, and will be favored with light du.
to have been made man by the terrible fam.
lily troubles and the ordeal through which his
wife has passed from the scatold to the ten
years imprisonment communication, will get
work somewhere near his wife, and has OBJ.
taincd permission to live with her during her
term of imprisonment. This Is au unusua
privilege, and Kate Southern Is happy. Her
sister, Amorcli Hombrick, who was convicted
as an accomplice in the killing, Is also in Cap.
tain Smiths convict brigade. So there is a
happy family pGr in this pentcntiary camp.
Bob Southern is also under indictment for par.
ticipation in the crime, If crime 1t was; but as
he has gone into voluntary exile with his wife
and child, 1t Is thought there will be no prose-
cution of his case.
The family were reduced to poverty by their
troubles at law, and this fact becoming known
liberal subscriptions of money were made for
Kate at different points on the way to the
camp. The representative people and the pa
pcrs are full Of expressions Of sympathy. One
writes, Bravo Kate Southern !" another ar
raigns Governor Colquitt before the bar of
public opinion for "condemning this noble
woman to punishment that Is worse than
death" He demands for her full pardon
Another says: Every true husband In Georgia
should admire Mrs. Kate Southern-the woman
who knew her rights and had the courage to
maintain them" Some go so far as to say that
Kate Southern's crime would have made hero
of man, and cite Instances which substantiate
the assertion. This sentiment Is becoming
widespread In the State, and the ladies In all
the cities are taking the lead In circulating
petitions for full pardon, and are giving the
case this color-that the law has unreasonably
punished a woman, when a man would have
como out of similar trouble with freedom and
ectdt. Under pressure Of the continued and
still increasing excitement it is confidently cx-
pected that the Governor will soon extend to
Kate Southern full pardon and release. Then,
aud not till then, will the moral sense of
Georgia be satis6ed.-St. Loais Republican.