The Russellville Democrat., 1882-02-23

twelve o'clock she saw her husband ster upon the floor with his wife's fair rival by his side. She went 10 him and re monstrated, but in vain. Her husband turned from her to engage in the mazes of the dance with woman whom she hated. Mrs. Sothern watched the dance for while and then left the room. She weGt 10 her father, who was out of the | house, and under the pretense of want. ing to cut toothbrush, borrowed his pocket-knife. She returned to the room where the dancing was going on. The dance had just ended and Miss Cowari was walking toward a seat. With all the frenzy which rage and jealousy could arouse, the maddened wife seized her by the shoulder and said:
 You have danced enough"
 At the same time she drew from the i folds of her dress the open knife and with terrible energy plunged the blade l into the girls neck. The gash was a l frightful one and extended toward the region of the heart, The warm blood ! spurted for several feet. The knife again descended, this time entering the left breast. fine victim, already staggering, was dealt another blow, and fell to the floor dead. ~
 One of the men present rusked for ward and shouted:
 "Where is the man thst struck that woman?" ..-e--e~---ee
 Kate S)thern, in tone of defiance, re- piled: E<f NEIf&
 "I am the man that did itl"
 The horror-stricken crowd surged about the door, when Bob Sothern, real izing what had come of his firtations, strode to the front, and said: Ef
 "Gentlemen, l am going to leave this l house and take my wife with me; and we are going through if we have to shoot through"
 He drew his pistol, hourshed it and the dazed crowd gave way while the man and wife darted through and dis appeared in the darkness. A reward of $250 was offered by the Cowart family, and $50 by the State. but for a full year the fugitives were never heard of. -s
 Finally they were heard of in North Carolina, and were brought back to Georgia. They were incarcerated in the jail of Pickens county, and with, them was little baby girl that had been born to them since their flight.
 Kate Sothern was tried for murder, convicted and sentenced to death lHiOuSu lil0 ShOItS VI liIClllS, NDNtIuOI Colquitt was induced to commute her sentence to ten years in the penitenti- ary.
 Onthe 295h of May she passed through Atlanta on her way to begin the serving of her sentence at the camps of Captain Jack Smith, in Washington county. The crowd which pressed about the car shed on the arrival of the train was one of the largest, if not the largest, ever seen in Atlanta. It was simply overwhelming. She was accompanied by her husband and her baby. When the train stopped at the depot little ruse enabled them to reach the saloon and avoid the crowd. As soon as the crowd discovered that the trio had evaded them, they made wild rush for the saloon. Every imaginable thing was done to secure a glimpse of the fair convict. Some clinched on cars and others pressed up to the win dows. Through all this, Mrs. Sothern was calm, and wore an almost spiritless and dejectsd air. She was dressed in a dark dress and wore black hat and veil. She left at eleven o'clock at night, and was gone for about three years, when the course of events brought her hack tO Atlanta to live