The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-08
MRS. S0UTHERN'S JEALOUSY.
SPRINGIN0 UPON BER RIVAL IN THE
SWIFT WHTRL or a DANCE
The Murder Trial TINT has Excited such
Intense Interest IN Gcorsia-Wiii the state
Authorities Hang this wire and Mother :

Yesterday ia II conviction for murder in Pick
ems county.
Living for long time near Jasper little
country town. was an old farmer named Ham
brick. He was II respectable, wel-to-do fellow.
with handsome daughter that wns the apple
OF his eye. The girl Kate, was the picture "
country belle. Swift. supple. strong. rosy. full
Of health and spirit. she wns the queen Of all
the hillsidcs. She had. OF course. n number Of
rough lovers but her heart seems to have been
set. with n singular intensity from her early
girhood. on Robert Southern youth OF rather
loose habits. and with n handsome form. a
pleasant face. and good heart. Southern was
himself Il iavorite. and Kate had to encounter
many rivals In her contest for his love The
chirl among thcs" was Mas Nnrcissu Fowler,
who had been married 10 one Conurt. and had
been divorced from him She was a very en-
gnEing woman, being ut the plump. robust
build that takes the rural eye. She was lively.
good -naturrd. md II WIS said was exceedingly
iond OF southern. He was ut any rate very at
tentiyc 10 both women. and they were, Of course.
very hiitor toward cnrh other. They hal soy
'ral dlhrr'lS. ana were often ON ~" point ~
going To wors" than words. The feeling between
thrn was not improved nor was their tiyary
ended when Southern ut last married Kate
Unmhrck.
Souihern's wife soon began to hear thu, her
husband and her old-timc rival were seeking
each others company. and h"r high spirit h"-
came almost uncomfortable under III" influence
90 her JEALOUS snspiciors At length some
Mr.. Hays. Miss Fowler being ot the party Il
va. discovered after the party Wa- made UP
Mr.. llamhricks house v'us selected as sub
S'iui" Miss Fowler ut first rcfuscdto go 10 the
scented. When Mts southern saw her enter the
nous" she at once told her husband that he
must not dance with her. He disrngarded her
request, and once or twice he sought Miss
Fowler hand for n dance. hut his wife inter
Tered, Al last he led Miss Fowler out for 4 st
aud his wife appeared ana snd ne Should dance
that set with her Miss Fowler said that she in
tended To- dance the ST with southern. mhking
some remark about haying known him before
noy"d, stopped awny md the set pro coded.
the husband aud Miss Fowler dancing together
Mrs. southern sat down on n couch and
watched IA" dance through, She then called her
husband To h"r and they had whispered nut
animm"d conversation. White they were talk
i'm 1t length length Mr. souhe s hurried out o Of
tlir room. and asked her father to lend her h!s
knife. He noticed something strange in her
manner and refused TO let her have It. She in
saying u word She reGntered the room, and
hurried across the room 10 whore Miss Fowler
tigress. exclaiming. You have danced
enough!
1t IL supposed that Miss Fowler made rrpy
Tor instantly Mrs, southern screamed. " All
tiun sthnhing her icariuiiy with th" knii";
Miss Fowler was cut ~ the floor. Shr lid not
spenk after her iniuriatrd rival first cuichrd
her thront. She died instantly. even before her
rival had loosencG her clutch upon her pros
trHt" form.
The fret wound was u GU, and n stab. the
knife entering the hrshv shoulder. severinE an
artery. and being dragged up To it, hit throuLh
TIA" busom To- the upper side %. the heart, The
mkt wound WAS a'rn~s the bosom. a fearful
Ea~h. opening rl"ar into III" Nital~. The urft
wound made after 90" victim had fallen and
the murlcress had thrown herself upon ,hs
body. was across the abdomen. the knife having
been forced through the drrss and other rloti-
lng mo the Hhiomen. Eitnrr o. the W0nnes
would probably have been fntnl. II - snid that
when the artery on the neck or shoulder WIS
WAS Hrs, cui the blood spuried for several iect
The killing was done SO quickly that it Was
not at first known who did It; Some ono sked
white. beautiful face from the dead and bloody
body 81 her rival said ! did II; I've been
intending to do II for a long time
\ movement WINS ~ once madc go closo tho
doors and prevent Mrs. Souih"rn'- esonIs. iut
her husband. drawing hi- pistol put his hind
on ms WIZ" shoulder. and. starting toward the
door. si.id. By God. We are going 10 shoot our
way through II necessary. FOR We ARE going 20
Owing to the dinlculty in raising n posse. the
iugiuv"s had several hours in which TO arrange
i"r .siprhs rom NE country, ana th"y lu,
n"rpuntN. llungihg through th"wnpls toward
North aroma. ~" ready resources ni IT." hus-
hnnd throwing on IN" orgHnll"d pursuit. and
h.s strong arm. combined with tao help ~ h.-
brothers and his father. who accompanied him.
enabling him to defy any interference. BAcSed
by his father and brothers. he took his wife tOs
Macon county, North Carolina. Tho couple
lived IN this county for several months. n child
on the farm. Mrs. southern says those
were the happiest months Of her lie At
a PS% to p1sS on to Ee ' great ws and
they packed up and started. 1t was either fate
or chime" that ON the very dizzy Of their start
from their farm party of men from Georgin.
who had discovered their whereabouts. rode
down 10 the farm 10 capture them. The pur-
surrs and pursued pass'd each other on the
road Just at dusk. The pursu"rs 1T n day aud
a hall At III" farm before they discovered the
II sht. II IL, possible that with this start the
tRI 4 NJ lptt
inr difficulty they had with a. toll gate keepor.
This delayed them for some time. and they
finally broke away without settling win him.
tie al once went into the n"ighborlng town OF
lrankHn 10 lodge complaint against them.
By either fate or chun"e be found az the
Marshall Office the party ni Gcorgians. who
w.re looking Tor tn" South.rn-.
Mr. Fndlay. the sheriff OF Licks county.
pressed ON eagerly his own iorr bring re-
enforced by the boss" summoned by the irate
tpli;gate keeper. They came upon the fugitiyrs
at about 10 o'clock encHnucd IN the woods II
was a dark and rainy night. and some time was
spent ia getting the pursuing party togcth n.
Inc Southefns had Their camp guarded. one OF
N" boys Keeping watch white the others
slept The arrangements being com p"trd ant
the camp approached 4 second time, II WIS DIS
covered that The iugitiy"s. taking alarm at
something. had hastily hitched up and moved
ont. Tho pursuit WIS once more pressed phrnd.
At about o'clock in the morning the wagon
WIS ovrrihkcn. OwiHg 70 the rain the men
were all huddled inside. - II rapid movement
the wagon was surrounded aud half n dol'n
wagon over WERE fGSS o Rs e 'Ph s 9 eg
mnnd"d an instant surrender. For an instant
All WIS ns still rs deaih in the wagon. and then
the voice of Bob southern steadily replied
Well, d--n II. what do YOU want :" AT the
same Tim" he lifted the canvas Of the wagon. and
tho whole purity were exposed.
There WIS Mrs. Southern, hall nndressed.
white amt haggnrd. rasping her tiny baby To-
her breast. and shiverng in the cold The men
were huddlcd in the straw. They supposed, OF
course, that the arrest WIS made solely by the
North Carolina authorities. and solely on ac-
count OF the difficulty ut the toll gnte The
whole truth WIS discovered when Sheriff
Findlay stepped forward, and. throwing the
light iull on his iMe. said TO Mrs. southern.
" Do YOU know me-"
Mrs. southern said she had nothing to ho
ashamed OF, and was not afraid to 10 back To
Georgia; that She had done right in Killing the
woman who had tried to step between her hu,-
band and herself. and was glad sne had done II.
and that she didn't caro- what became Of ner ii
they didn't separate her from her husband. on
the way back To Georgia those of the Southerns
who were not held in custody made IA desperate
attempt to rescue Bob and his wife. but wero
met with such prompt and determined resist
nnce thnt they failed, Al an evidence of the
pluck of These men, II may he said that they
made the attempt ~ rescue with only two ps-
tolls, the third boy BEING armed simply WITH Il
hickory club.
Upon arriving in jasper Mrs southern beg
god that her husband and her child might be
placed In the Same cell with her. Her request
was granted and the family held the main cell
in the county lall.