The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-04-17
During the week just gone the beau


During the week just gone the beau
tifnl town of Lebanon, Maury county,
Tenn, has been greatly excited over
a drama In real life, which threaten
ed more than once tq develop into
terrible tragedy. The history of the
case given briehy-the Nashville pa
pers have published many columns
about its this: A beautiful young
girl, Miss Bette Mcdaniel, daugh-
ter Of II prominent citizen Of TAylOrs-
vile, Tenn, became the pupil Of a
young professor named Scobey, who
taught school at several points in
Middle Tennessee, and OF late in the
Normal School at Lebanon. From
the first, it seems, there grew up a
friendship between the two, which
in time ripened into deep attach
ment. 1t was certainly so in the case
of the young girl, who was then only
in her sixteenth year, AS the years
went by an engagement was entered
into, which, however, was postponed
from time to time by the teacher. In
the end the loving ana trusting girl
fell a victim TO her lovers wiles, un-
der the solemn promise Of marriage.
Recently events so shaped themselves
that the young woman, now in her
nineteenth year, found herself COM
PEELED to announce to her father her
relations with the man into whose
hands she had been sacredly placed
by him for training and instruction.
The events which followed this con-
fession followed rapidly upon each
other. Prof. Scobey, after a hasty
conference with the principal of the
Normal School, in which be asserted
his entire innocence, left overnight
for Nashville, to which point he was
followed by Mr.. Mcdaniel, who caus
ed his arrest. The father, almost
crazed with grief, was accompanied
by his daughter. An offer by the
father 10 Scobey to cure the trouble
by marriage ceremony was indig-
nantly rejected by the latter, who an
nounced that he would fight the mat
ter to the bitter end. He went furth-
er, declaring that Miss McDaniefs
trouble had been brought about by a
cousin, who had afterwards deserted
her for another. Miss McDanief gave
the details to the newspapers, and the
case came up for trial Wednesday at
Lebanon. The courthouse was crow
ded to its utmost, and twice during
the trial it was feared that either the
father or the girl would shoot
Scobey as he sat in the
courtroom, The witnesses were
placed on the stand, the father and
the daughter closing for the State.
Just before the young woman was
placed on the stand, she was seen to
rise from her seat. With measured
step she walked up to Scobey, and
laying her hand firmly on his shout
der, and looking him squarely in the
face said in a calm, clear. voice, sol
emn and impressive, whose notes
penetrated every ear: "Do you mean
to look me in the face and say before
God and in the presence of the good
people of Lebanon that you are not
guiltyw She paused for reply,bu
there was no time for words. Before
Scobey could have opened his lips
her father and her cousin Louis
sprang to her side. Scobey thrust
his hand into his inner pocket as If
TO draw q pistol. The room was a
scene of CONSERVATION. Only the
woman was calm. Her face was
deadly pale and her eyes glittered
with dangerous light. She moved
her hand and the whisper went round
the courtroom, ,"She's going to shoot. -
But she made no demonstration. Of
fioers rushed to the rescue. and quiet
was restored. After the young girls
story had been told it was soon evi-
dent that the attorneys on both sides
were parleying for a compromise,and
soon the crowd was electrified by the
announcement that Scobey had
agreed to marry the injured girl. The
license was soon procured, and the
Judge, who was seated on the bench
to determine the guilt or innocence
of the accused, arose, and in solemn
and impressive manner pronounced
the words that united for life the
and the prisoner at the
bar, The scene, says q correspon-
dent, was one never to be forgotten.
Standing side by side and hand in
hand, these two young people, so
lately divided and bitterly antagonis-
tic, renewed the pledges of their ear
ly betrothal, and vowed to love honor
and cherish each other until death
separated them. Such a denonement
of what seemed at one time likely to
end in bloodshed was entirely unex-
pected, and when the judge had fin
ished his words of hearty congratu-
lations the spectators cheered long
and loudly, while the friends of both
parties rushed forward to extend
their congratulations. The newly
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