Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-26

and then the friends of the prodigal |
son renewed their exertions to get
him out Of prison.
Before he got into the trouble that |
cost him his iberty, Nv Skinner had |
met and loved Miss ALA Bet Curry,
daughter Of Capt. Z. G. Curry, the |
present warden Of the Eddyville pen
itentiary. The young lady stood by
him in his tfouble and promised to
wait until he had served out his sen.
tence and &hen become his wife
When the last appeal for executive
clemency wAs made, few weeks ago,
the still constant girl appealed to the
Governor and besought him to par
don the new penitent young man,
who had already served more than
two years pf his sentence. Gov.
Brown was touched by this appeal
and as many influential citizens of
Lyon county united in the petition
for clemency, the Governor finally
granted pardon on condition that
Skinner would leave the State and
never return. Sometime last October
he was given his liberty and returned
to st. Louis, where he had lived for
several years when he first grew to
manhood,
While in the penitentiary Skinner
was given work of clerical character
for which his education and capacity
fitted him, He was employed as
book keeper for the Mason
Foard Company, the prison
lessees, and performed his duties
faithfully and satisfactorily. He
obeyed the prison rules and his "good
time" would have shortened his sen
tence to about five years and half,
so he had served half of his sentence
when released. He Immediately de-
parted for Missouri and did not re-
turn until he came to take back with
him the devoted sweetheart, who, true
to her promise, announced her inten-
ton to become his wife. Her father,
the warden of the penitentiary, plead
ed with her, but the young lady was
determined and Capt. Curry finally
gave his consent for his daughter to
marry at home. Gov. Brown was
again appealed to and gave Mr.. Skin
ner permission to return to the State
to claim his bride. The rest of the
story is best told in the following To-
cal item from the Eddyville Tale of
Two Cities:
| ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
1.-THE marriage of Miss ALA Bet Cur
ry to Mr.. III. L. Skinner on Wednes-
day afternoon, Nov. 20, was the hap
Epy termination of a very romantic
courtship. The couple have been
sweethearts for long time, and were
engaged to be married fully six
months before his trial, which was in
1892. In fact, Miss Curry at that
time urged him to stand his trial and
promised him that she would remain
true to him whether he should be con-
victed or not, and marry him when
ever he should get clear of his trou-
bles. For three and half years they
guarded their plans so well that their
most intimate friends and relatives,
except two or three, never dreamed
they had any thought of marrying.
The accounts published in some of
the daily papers do the parties and
Capt. Curry an injustice, as Mr.. Skin
ner was never sick day while in pris-
on and therefore his daughter did not
attend to him, nor did she go to
Frankfort and secure pardon for
him. His pardon was granted by
Governor Brown upon the strong re
quest of the leading citizens of this
county as well as from influential men
from different sections of the State.
The Tale of Two Cities tenders con-
CALCULATIONS to the happy couple and
wishes them long and prosperous
life."