The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-26
LOVE STILL LAUGHS
NOT ONLY At LOCKSMITHS, But
AT THE SALTWATER PRIs-
ON BARS.
ROMANCE OF A TENDER TYPE
SURROUNDS THE RELEASE OF
ANNA SMITH FROM THE
STATE PRISON.
Are to Ring Out the Happy Ending
of Her Troubles and Her
Whilom Employers.

Mrs. Anna Smith, a colored woman
who was serving a sentence of twenty
four years in the Saltwater prison for
manslaughter. has received a hand
some Christmas present from Gov
Clough, in the shape of pardon. Mrs.
Smith has been in prison just four
years, as she was taken to Saltwater
Dec. "a, 1892
The crime was committed at Bass
lake July a. 1892. Mrs. Smith was at
that time living on a farm near the
lake, where she was employed as house
keeper by Charles Henrrge, the owner
Of the farm.
On the morning Of the 4th Mr.. Hen
eige was workin in his garden within
a stones throw of Bass lake, when he
noticed rough-looking stranger on his
premises. The man was standing on
the small boat landing and was fishing
Heneige told him he was on private
property and ordered him off the prem
ises. The stranger replied with abusive
language. Heneige picked up a stone
and threw it at the man. It missed
him, whereupon he rushed at Heneige
| and struck him with his fish pole
y
out of the house and exclaimed:
IF you don't get away from here,
| I'll shoot your
The man called her a vile name and
reaching for his pocket, cried: "Pll
| shoot you" Mrs. Smith fired her re-
| volver and the man fell dead Accord
| ing to Heneige's story, Mrs. Smith fired
| only one shot. She declared that she
| shot three times, twice to brighten the
man and the third time in elf-defense
| The man who met his death at the
hands of Mrs. Smith was August
| Hoppe, a laborer.
Mrs. Smiths pardon was secured
| mainly through the efforts of large
| number of st. Paul people, who got up
| a petition in her behalf and presented
/ 1t to Gov. Clough last summer. They
| maintained that ths woman had prov
| ocation for her act and that, under
proper influences, she would never
| have committed it,
] Mrs. Smiths record as a prisoner
| was excellent
Pie G b e was informed last night,
| on authority apparently reliable, that
| one OF the contingencies upon which
the woman was pardoned was that she
| would either marry Hereige or cease to
live on his farm. 1t is said by those
! interested in securing Mrs. Smiths re-
| lived together as man and wife for
some time previous to the murder, re-
gardless of the latter-day proprieties
! which froWn upon union without the
/ sanction Of church and state. Mrs.
| Smith was asked by her friends when
| the movement to secure pardon was
begun if she would accept one of the
| alternatives offered, and promised that
| she would. She signifed her wiling
ness to marry Heneige, providing that
| "Barkis was willin'. " AS soon as she
was released from prison she went i'm
mediately to Heneige's place at Bass
| Lake and yesterday spent Christmas
| with him.
| Rev S. P. Jones, pastor Of the st.
James A. Nj. E. church, is interested in
! seeing that Mrs. Smith keeps her prom
Use one way or the other, and he will go
/ out to Bass Lake today with a view
to ascertaining just what she intends
to do. The situation is pretty we'll I'M
! derstood by those Immediately connect
| ed with the case, and it is said that
there will be a quiet wedding at Hen
eige's farm tonight which will join the
| white man and African woman In the
| bonds of wedlock. Mr.. Heneige is about
| fifty years Of age, while his said-to-be
prospective bride Of dusky hue is forty
! five.