Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-01-24
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Jail.
Strangely enough, notwith-
standing the fearful predica-
mentin which her brother found
himself, she did not seem to be
very deeply affected. The Jail
er whe admitted her 10 the pris-
on at once noticed the girls
singular indifference. She said
to him:
II want to have a private in
iterview with my brother"
The Jailer refused to comply
with this request, in accordance
with the rules of the prison.
Now Miss Waters became in
tensely excited.
81 must see my brother a
lone!' she said, with flashing
eyes, angrily stamping her lit
tie foot.
The Jailer's suspicion now be-
came fully aroused. He pre-
tended TO yield, and said TO her:
"Well, | will let you see him,
Miss"
"But all alone?"
"No one shall be present"
He conducted her to the cells,
in the darkest and strongest of
which her brother, whose hands
and feet were heavily ironed,
was confined.
The Jailcr walked rapidly
back to the Office of the prison,
but entered Immediately dark
and narrow corridor, along
which he walked on tip toe un-
til he was close to Joseph Wat
er's cell. There he listened at
tentively to the conversation
which the sister was holding
with her brother. The very first
words he heard the girl utter
produced
A STARTLING EFFECT
Upon him. The conversation
between Augusta and her BROTH
er lasted about fifteen minutes,
when the Jailer heard her say to
the prisoner:
"Good bye; l will write to
you in a few hours"
The Jailer hurried back to
the Office, which the young girl
likewise entered in a few mo-
ments afterward.
"Here, Jailer, is a ten dollar
BILL" she said to him. 81 shall
soon send you a letter to my
brother, about which you must
not breathe a word to anybody"
He nodded his head and she
left the prison. The Jailer re-
mained at the Office Of the Jail,
evidently prey to profound ag-
itation. He was pacing the
room excitcdly when the Dis
trict Attorney entered.
"This is very sad casc,"
said the latter to him, alluding
to the homicide Of young Sey-
mour. "There is
IN INFAMOUS PLOT
at the bottom of this foul muir
der, Mr.. District Attorney" re-
piled the Jailer.
"What do you mean, sir?"
asked the District Attorney.
The Jailer then told him that
he had heard Augusta Waters
say to her brother that she was
glad that he had killed Seymour;
that she was not encae1ate at all
by the latter; that she had in
her possession forty thousand
dollars belonging to Seymour;
that her brother should have
one-half Of that sum, and that
she would marry her real para
mour, one Loutrelle, a French
dancing-master, who had plann-
ed the whole affair, and who
was now in the neighborhood
of Richmond to hire a few des-
peradoes, who were to help the
prisoner that very night from
the county Jail.
"Why, this is horribleV" cx-
claimed the District Attorney.
"But where is the corrobora-
ton, my friend?"
The Jailer then told him a
bout the ten dollar bill and the
letter which Miss Waters was
to send to her brother.
The District Attorney re-
mained at the Jail until the let
ter arrived.
1t fully corroborated the Jail
er's statement, and gave the
place where Loutrellc could be
fousl
Af an hour later Augusta
W .Aers was arrested, and later
in the day Loutrelle, the French
man.
When old Mr.. Waters re-
turned next day to the city the
terrible news affected him so
profoundly that he became a
raving maniac, and had to be
removed to a lunat;c asylum.
The three prisoners were tried