The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-06-05

ly, am the man that did il; an6
ought to have done it long ago
One of the floor managers called
cut that no man must be allowed tc
leave the room until the matter was
fully investigated. At this juncture
Southern stepped up 20 Kate. and
putting one arm around her, drew a
pistol with the other. pointing to the
doorway which, BY this time, was
filed with people, and said in de
termined way, We are going out
that door. if I have to
SHOOT OUR WAY THROUGH"
His brother by this time was at his
side, pistol in hand, to share his fate.
The crowd rapidly moved back, and
Bob Southern, his wife and brother,
left the house, and that night left
the country in disguise. and made
their way to Marion county, North
Carolina, where they lived happily
on a farm for nearlya year. Dur
ing their stay there child was Dor q
which now shares their captivity
A few months ago they were arrest
ed while they were on the eve of
leaving their farm for the purpose of
coming back to Georgia to stand
trial. Very little excitement was
created by the arrest or trial. Every
body seemed to take it for granted
that it would result in ~an scquittal
During the five days while the trial
was in progress, Kate Southern, who
had lost none of her beauty from
confinement, sat in the courtroom
with her child (about six months old)
in her arms. The clild, unconscious
of the terrible reality Of her sur
roundings, smiled at everybody, and
played and toyed with Kate's hands,
rings, etc, almost necessarily. The
scene was an affecting one. The IA
ther of the murdered woman was in
the court room most of the time,
and toward the close of the trial
seemed to sympathize with Kate as
much as any one. When
THE SENTENCE OF DEATH
was pronounced on her. he wept inn
moderately. She is now under sen.
tence to hang on the 21st of June.
A motion for new trial will be
made on the 18th. The case will
then ge to the supreme court. In
case the supreme court affirms the
decision of the court below, she will
be re-sentenced to hang some time
in October. Here comes another
serious complication. It has been
discovered that Mrs. Southern is now
pregnant, expecting confinement
during the latter part Of October or
the first of November, and the laws
of Georgia declare that no woman
shall be hung while quick with child.
Hence q delay must necessarily be
made. 1t is safe, think, to say in
advance that she will never be hung.
Gov. Smith, our last governor, dug
his political grave by allowing SUI
san Eberhart to be hung. and if
Gov. Colquitt is not impressed with
the justice of communication or par
don, be is too much of a politician
not to interfere. A young married
lady told me to-day that if Colquitt
refused to pardon this woman, every
married lady in the State would use
her influence against him if he was
ever candidate for Office again.
The Southern case is closed for
the present by the Communication of
Mrs. Sothern's death sentence to
imprisonment for ten years in the
penitentiary. The governor took
this action OF Thursday, May Esd.
Amorelli, Mrs. SIS sister. who as
sisted her in the fight, has already
been sent to the penitenriary for
two years. She has been given light
work, and seems to be well satisfied.
AN old lady says: when I was