The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-15

q woman of good sense, and appeared
just such All one as might soften the
heart of the hardest criminal or call fol-
sympathy from the most tender.heartcd
at first she declined 10 talk about her
troubles, but OF becoming interested in
the reporters account of what was said
about her when she left so suddenly las,
November, she gave her side of the
story.
NO, there is no use of me denying
that let Bill out, and then ran away
with him." she said. IL had learned Ia
love him months before, aud determined
if I ssible to keep him from hanging. so
selected as the last opportunity the time
when my uncle was about to give up the
Jail, after his term expired. / knew he
would move out of the building, which
IS connected with the Jail, in few days
SO, on Tuesday morning, the 10th OF
November, | slipped the Keys out of the
drawer where my uncle kept them and
gave them to Bill. At signal from me
he unlocked the door, and, taking a gun
l had placed in the yard hall, he walked
out. soon followed. We went through
the snow to his fathers house, about ten
miles from Lebanon and there concealed
ourselves for ten days. Then we saw that
was not safe place to remain. So Bill
procured tor inc suit of boys clothes
and with pair Of dull scissors he cut oti
my long hair, and one night we mounted
par of his fathers mules, and were
soon on our way out of the State. We
vent to Howell county and there traded
Off the mules for pair Of horses, and
rode these until we came to the Missis.
sippi River, somewhere down in Arkan.
sas. About that time one Of the horses
died and Bill sold the other. We then
took boat and went to Memphis, and
from there through Tennessee, Alabama
aud several other States 1 do not remem.
Der, and went to Martin Station, in Vir-
ginia."
when were you married ?" interrupt
ed the reporter.
"At Martin Station Bill and went to
Justice of the Peace and had him per-
form the ceremony. Bill gave his namc
as Frank Ratcliffe, and told them my
right namo-Maggie Wilson. Bill got
work in blacksmith shop and was do
ing we'll. But one day two North Caro-
lima detectives went TO the shop to arrest
Bill, thinking he was man who com.
mitted some crime in that State; and he,
thinking they wanted him for the Mis-.
souri, crime, struck one of them with n
hammer and the other with q piece of
iron he was welding. Then they shot
him, once i'll the arm and once under the
arm. Then he ran away, and afterwards
they found he WAS not the man they
wanted. We packed up our goods and
went to Piney Flats, in Tennessee, and
was there when Dir. Goodall arrested
Bill. The first knew of the arrest was
when DIR. Martin came after me in n
buggy. Our household goods were sold,
and We left there the next morning early.
Bill got the money for the goods"
Ihe reporter suggested that she would
have Jared better had she remained at
home without following Martin in his
efforts to escape justice.
mo, sir, wouldn't. l saw more of
the world than ever saw before, had
lots of fun, and would let Bill out again
II had chance. did not get along
with my uncle or his wife. I liked his
daughter, though, and used to tell her
all about my love affairs, and she knew
was going to let Bill out"
What will you do now in your pres
ent delicate condition ?" asked the re-.
porter.
81 will go to Bill's folks and they will
take good. care of me. They are good
people. I will never desert him under
any circumstances. | don't believe he
killed his uncle, and l don't think he
ought to be punished any more"
Martin will likely be hung, or at least
sentenced to IL long term in the peniten.
tiary. The circumstantial evidence is
very strong against him.
MARTIN AGAIN ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY.
a dispatch from Lebanon, Mo-, SAWS
that Martin, the murderer, who was re-
Gently recaptured, has again made his
escape. A detailed history of Martins
crime end his romantic release from
prison by the jailor's niece appears above,
in which it is stated that the prisoner
was on his way to the Lebanon Jail, in
charge of an officer. 1t appears that the
Sheriff had fallen into doze, and short.
ly after midnight, when the train was
rounding the upgrade curve near Dixon,
running slowly, Martin jumped from the
open window. The train was stopped as
soon Us possible, but not within several
hundred yards of where the escape was
made. Sheriff Goodall at once started
in pursuit of his prisoner, but it is not
known whether he was successful or not
Martin was in shackles, but it was an
easy matter to break them with stones,
and if he succeeded in doing so he will
doubtless give his pursuers q long chase.
After his escape his wife, who occupied
seat near by, seemed much relieved
and went on with the train to her old
home ut Lebanon.