The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

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farm and at once proceeded to 20 10
work and make a crop ~outhems
father and two brothers were with the
runaway couple The desperate and
devoted family lived in comparative
peace and quiet here for some time.
and at length started TO move further
est. They had already started. and
were Well IN their way when 4 COM
Fany Of Vursuers from GeOr-ia struck
their trail. The Southerns had some
fuss WITH a toll-Eate keeper lust IT,
yoEd Macon, and he sent into the Clty
10 get q force with which TO arrest
them. lie discovered the Georgia
crowd there asking for information a.
10 the run-a-Uays. He continued with
them. and the G~eor1ians and i local
posse started out together to make the
arrests. They found. upon a recon
noisance. that the fugitives had gone
into camp a snort distance out OF the
the town. They had a guard mounted.
and We're evidently ready for a fight
The accommodating party went back
to get the main force. intending to
surround the camp and take it. They
found. however. although it was RAIN
ing and in the dead OF night. that tie
wretched fugltives had put out their
camp fires and renewed their flight.
The p%ursuers pressed on vigorously
and soon heard the wheels Of the lum-
bering wagon IN front Of them.
Il CAPTURE.
Dashing into the woods they made
a detour, and were 5oon posted in
heavy ambuscade on the side Of the
road, awaiting the coming Of their
victims. AS the wagon reached them
they arose at a signal, and presenting
a dozen rifles at the front of the
wagon demanded q surrender. There
was a little confusion inside the wagon
cover, when Bob" Southern put his
head out and said he would surrender
He had no idea that he Was giving his
wife up to trial. but thought his cap
tors We're merely the friends Of the
toll keeper, who wanted to force a
settlement. Inside the wagon tent
was Mrs. Southern. the game for
which they were looking. When she
was taken she had a baby III her arms,
it having been born while she and her
husband were in North Carolina. She
and Bob" Southern were tied, the
others We're disarmed, and the pro
ceSSlOn was turned toward Georgia.
After the SoutherHs. armed with pis-
tolls and clubs, had made a desperate
attempt at rescue, and were repulscd
with a wound or two, the party reach
ed Pickens county, where Mr. and
Mrs. Southern. and their baby, were
locked up la the county jail.
Their arrival, OF course, created
great excitement, and their trial has
been, for months, the sole topic, al
most, of conversation in the rural
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woman having paid out about 500 in
the way of rewards for the capture of
Mrs. Southern. showed their determi-
nation of pushing the prosecution to
the bitter end. They employed Messrs.
Darnell and Allen. two able lawyers.
to assist Solicitor General Greer, and
devoted themselves quietly to getting
up testimony. Tie Southerns and
Hambricks were quite as determined
in their attempts to save the lie Of
the prisoners. They employed five
lawyers, comprising the very best
talent in the up-country, and headed
by Congressman III. Il. Bell.
III TRIAL.
The trial was called last Friday.
Judge Lester presiding 4 jury was
empanelled without much trouble.
and the case was opened. The Court
house. of curse. was crowded to suf-
location. Mrs. Southern. the prisoner,
sat in a large chair. dressed plainly
but neatly, holding her baby. (seven
months old in her arms. She was
much thinner than she was when she
was captured, but her form was still
shapely and rounded. She was bent
slightly forward and had a not UNI
graceful stoop in the shoulders. Her
face was exceedingly white, and heI
checks glowed with a hectic color.
She coughed slightly but frequently
during the trial, and created the i'm
preston that her lungs had been at
fected by her Imprisonment. She was
not at all but on the con
trary, quite composed. She spoke to
her friends casually. and seemed very
much interested in the course of the
trial. At certain parts of the testl-
mony she would raise her head. hel
eyes would flash as if the old passion
of jealousy was still Juggling at hei
heartstrings. She offered no sugges
tons to her lawyers, but devoted hel
time to her baby, and t listening tC
the testimony. The members Of hel
family sat opposite to her. and con
suited constantly with the lawyers
The relatives father and brOthers-oI
the murdered woman attended the
trial every day, but visibly Softened a
the case went on. The sight of thu
pale woman fondling her child anC
listening with a painful wistfulness t
the testimony on which her life wa
hanging. had its effect on every on
present.
THE PROSECUTION y DEFENCE.
She pleaded Not guilty" in a firm
and steady voice. and the witnesse
were brought. The only point show
by the testimony, not already recIte'
above, was that the killing was the re
suit of long-cherished and deliberat
hatred. 1t was shown that Mrs. South
ern's love for her husband, even be
fore their marriage. amounted almos
to insanity, and that her hatred 9
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