Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-06
THE HEROINE OF A DAY. 3

Grafton to Kate Southern on Her 4rrtr0l at
the Georgia Penttentiary.
telegram from Atlanta, May Both, says:
A considerable stir was created in this CT ty
to-day by the announcement that Mrs. Kate
Southern, the murderess whose sentence has
just been COMMITTED by the Governor to inn
prisonment for ton years, would reach At
lanta in charge of her guards at half-past 10
o'clock. She has just arrived. An immense
crowd met her at the depot, requiring the
utmost exertions of the police to keep back.
Windows of the cars were smashed in amid
tremendous excitement.
Bob and the baby are both with her and
will stay with her. No such night crowd
was ever gathered in Atlanta before. The
pale, quiet, refined face of Mrs. Southern
won universal sympathy. Petitions for
full pardon are still pouring in.
Capt. Melvis, the principal keeper of the
penitentiary, sent single guard to Pickens
county for her last Saturday evening. The
guard was instructed to make the journey by
long stages, and to report with his prisoner
at Atlanta. In an interview with your cor
respondent, he said:
81 have determined to send her to Capt.
Jack Smiths camp in Washington county.
You know, under our convict lease act we
have three penitentiaries in the State. These
three companies have charge of the one
thousand conyicts. They have established
fourteen camps in various parts of the State.
Some of the camps are engaged in railroad
ing and mining, others in farming, etc.
When l get new convict have some dis
erection as to where shall send him OF her.
OF course each company must have its pro-
portion, but can generally manage to put
the convicts where ! think they should be
placed. have determined to send Mrs.
Southern to Capt. Smiths for several rea-
sons. In The first place her sister Amore]li
is there. Then, Smiths camp is on farm in
and just man. When / sent Amorelli Hon.
brick to them I knew the circumstances of
her case and wrote to Capt. Smith that l
did not wish her put under the lash, and
hoped he would give her as good a place as
could possibly be found for her, You see,
in every camp there are few soft places -
such as cooks, seamstresses, etc. The best
women in the camp are usually made ''trus-
| tees of and given these places. Thus they
have the shakes taken off, escape to great
extent the communicating association with
the convicts and have no very hard labor to
perform.
s..The lessees are simply bound to see that
they do not escape. In Capt. Smiths camp
Amoreli was at once placed in one of these
positions, and she has acquired a very strong
attachment to Mrs. Smith. I was down
there the other day and asked her if she
would not like to be pardoned out. She
said that she would not: that Mrs. Smith
had treated her so cleyerly that even after
| ten years were out she intended to live with
/ her just us she was doing at present. Capt.
Smith and his wife will receive Mrs. South
ern and her baby in just the same spirit
4 that they took Amoreli, and feel sure that
! her condition will be as tolerable as it can be
under the circumstances"
''Did you send any special orders by the
guard who went after the prisoEer?"
''None. I told him to be as lenient as pos
baby if she desired to do so. also sent
come with her he might do so. I had made
arrangements to get him work upon Capt
Smiths farm, with good wages, and the
privilege of being with his wife and baby
He is under Indictment in Pickens fol
being accessory to this murder, but
don't think his trial will take place. think
everything will adjust where it is. Mrs
Southern will be here at 10 o'clock to-
night
It was plain to see that Capt. NEVIS, al
stern and unyielding as he is in the per
Torrance of his duties, did not at all sympa
thize with the verdict that condemned this
poor woman TO punishment, and that she
might count on his friendship to the yer,
limit of his authority.