The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-04
Kate Soulhcrn's Camp.

Mrs. Kate Southern, husband aud
child have gone into quarters in the
Georgia penitentiary. On the way
south from the mountains OF Pickens
county to Macon they were greeted with
great popular demonstrations, 1t was a
triumphal train that carried them, Az
Atlanta, especially, the curiosity was
Intense enourh 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
ss iay as they could see the building.
, k8te southern waR quiet melancholy
and interesting Her husbmd WIS at
her side. and the baby smiling in her
arms She was surprised Mt the popular
stir her case had made and was little
/ inclined to be communicative. The
pententiarY Convicts Of Georgia ere
divided into three or four companies, or
colonies, in different parts Of the state,
aud are hired OUT for labor under guard,
TEey are employed on railroads and
other pubic works, on farms, etc, and
the women are placed at domestic
service. Kate SeuLhe,n has been as.
signed to Captain lack Smiths camp, in
Baldwin comfy, and it is stated that
the popular sympathy Tor her has ex-
tended to her taller, She is permitted
to have her child witt her, and will be
favored with light duties. Bob Southern,
her husband, who appears to have been
made man by the terrible family
troubles and the ordeal through which
the wife has passed, ftom the scatfoId to
histeny year3impriS0nment Communication,
will get work somewhere near his wife,
aud has obtained permission to live with
her during the term OF her impti>on~
ment. This is an ususual privilege, and
Kate Southern IL happy. Her sister,
Am0reili iIombrick, who was convicted
as a4 an accompice in the killing, is also
in Captain Smiths convict brigade. -
there j. happy family party in this
venitentiaty camp. BIB Southern is
aso under indictment for participation
in the crime, il crime it was, but as he
hasgone into voluntary exile with his
vie and child it is thought there will
be no prosecution OF his case. The tam
lily we're 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 representa-
tive people and the papers are full OF ex-
pressions Of sympathy. One writes,
Brave Kate Sonthern;" another ar
raiyns Governor Colqnitt before the bar
OF public opinion for "condemning this
noble woman to a punishment that is
worse than death" He demands Tor her
ull pardon, Another says every
true husband in Georgia should admire
Ms. Kate .Outhcrn--the woman who
knew her rights and had the courage to
maintain them" Some 60 so far NJ TO
say that Kate SOuthern's crime would
have made hero 0fa man, and cite In
stances which substantaile 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, aud are giving
the case this coloG that the law has un
reasonably punished a woman when Il
mgn would have come out OF similar
trouble with freedom and eclat. Under
pressure of the continued, and still in
creasing excitement, it is conlidentialIy
expected that the governor will soon
extend to Kate Southern a full pardon
and release. Then, and not till then,
will the moral sense of Georgia be salts.
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