The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-12-25
JOINED IN JAIL.
The Romantic Nuptials Of Q Choir
Leader and a Horse Thief,
A Village Belle Breaks the Law to Join
Her Lover in Prison.
" In Maiden Meditation Fancy Free
Near.Sighted Government Oficers-
A Train Load Of Christmas,
ETC., etc.

up IN the Adirondscks which in tangle d
plot and novel details, claims equality with
the strangast OF the many fabulous Christ
mas tails that are just now being printed
The story is told by man who came to thi.
town to-day from Sangeville, Hamilton
county. Ferd Roderick, young man OF
70 or 20 years, OF bury frame, but with a
certain manly charm in his rough ways, the
son OF q popular old guide up at Indian
Lake, has been confined in the Hamilton
county jail at SageviIe for the past four
or tive months awaiting trial on the charge
OF stealing pair OF horses from farmer OF
that county. Every Sunday afternoon tho
Rev. Arthur Chambers, the pastor OF the
Methodist church In the village, in com.
pany with dozen or fifteen members OF
his congregation, bold prayer meeting in
The jail. For two years it has been the
habit OF
MISS AGNES AUSTIN,
The young and by no means uncomely
daughter OF the village apothecary, to join
the missionary band, and her sweet voice is
credited with having Influenced many a
'ough hearted prisoner to experince con-
version. The first Sunday after Roderick's s
arrest, she became acquainted with him
during the meeting, and on several sue
ceeding sundays IL was noticed, without
exciting remark, she was oftener in a side
corridor with the prisoner than at her Gus
'omary post 10 the choir, lsboring for the
general salvation. After month or so. by
permission Of the Sheriff, she made special
and irregular week day visits to the
prisoner, assuring the jail attendants that
her "heatben' was fast falling under the
influence. Finally she began to neglect her
sunday work, but her week day visits be-
came more frequent. This led to some
little whispering among her CO. workers but
no genuine general suspicion was aroused.
Some five or six weeks ago Roderick con-
fessed conviction at Sunday meeting,
given ststhe time hearty praise and credit to
toe evangelizing efforts Of Miss Austin.
This only bred envy 10 the several bre asts
Of her deserted co-workers and tongue after
tongue began 10 wag until at every fresde
in the community It was the chief topic
discussed. With the
PosToFFICE LoAFERs
A2gie Austin's name was In an opprobri.
Gus sense connected with that OF Ferd.
Roderick, and all sorts of reckless talk was
indulged in. Mr.. Austin vsiuly forbade his
daughter continuing her visits to the jail.
The father then called iu the sheriff, and In
this was more successful, for the visits
we're at once interdicted. Two weeks ago
ast Thursday Agnes disappeared from her
hnfhtnn N aarA ~ hnH
Shereabouts Until last Friday, when q
constable came riding into Ssgeville with
Agnes behind him. She was taken before
II stealing one Of the very horses for the
lheft OF which
HER LOVER
was suffering confinement. The constable
said that she stole the horse In broad day.
light, aud when pursued made but very
feeble attempt to escape. Her story is
nat Ferd told her 10 20 to his fathers
camp and await his ARRIVAL which would
be as soon as an opportunity for escape pre-
sented itself. After waiting for him at the
camp for more than week she says she be-
came desperate, and, resolving to Join him
in jail, ran away from the camp with the
deliberate intention Of committing some
crime that would place her by her lovers
side. Her stealing the same horse that Ferd
had once stolen, she asserts, was a simple
accident. Miss Austin's bail was fixed at
1900, but she refused to accept bondsmen
and resume her liberty. On Friday morn
ing Roderick sent for the sheriff and in
formed him that he wished to wed Miss
Agnes Austin, who, when brought before
the sheriff, declared q similar desire. The
girl being 10 years old, and therefore of
legal age, the sheriff deemed 1t his duty to
comply with their wishes and committing
magistrate Jarvis was summoned At 3
O'Clock In the afternoon. in the corridor of
The Jail with the sheriff and two deputies az
witnesses, the felon lovers were mad,
one. The District Attorney
THEORETICALLY DECLARES
that this mos. remarkable Of Hymen's con.
Solidations will not hinder him FROM prose.
cutting the bride aud groom on the separate
indictments. He promises, however, to
try and bring both cases up at the same
term Of court, and thus allow the pair 10
make their bridal journey together to their
future mountain home at Clinton prison.
The father Of Miss Austin makes some dire
threats against the Sheriff for bis course,
but 1t is evident enough that the romantic
horse thieves have many sympatbizers
among the excited village people, who we're
late to bed Friday night, and neglectful Of
their business yesterday because they were
so absorbed in hearing and so eager to tell
the story ot the wedding Of the Jail birds.
1t has been said by some that no Hamilton
county jury will ever convict the pair, and
hat as no one is loser by their crimes
they should be permitted to try liberty
again. There being but one corridor In
the jail, man and wife are not separated
during the day, but they occupy different