The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
HER BEAUTY Won FRIENDS
A MURDEREss SECURES RELEASE
FROM PRISON THROUGH HER
NATURAL ATTRACTIVENESS
LADIES BECAME INTERESTED
Sweetheart of a ,"Moonshiner." Shr
Killed HIS Betrayer-Now One
of the Happiest Women
in Baltimore. =

in Baltimore. =
Sweetheart of a "moonshiner" and
slayer of his betrayer, a prisoner and a
public ward, Louisa Paris is perhaps on.
of the happiest women in Baltimore. She
is certainly one of the most beautiful,
says the Philadelphia Times.
Within no long time she expects to be
free to go where she will And free
dom means that she will marry at least
the man for whose sake she has sinned
and suffered.
Tryon City, Polk county, N. c., is in
the heart of the mountains, and it is
there that the moonshiners carry on their
secret work. Most of the mounta'n folk
have been connected in one way Or an
other with the tragedies of unlawful
whisky making, but Louisa Paris had
| never thought that she was to be in
volved in one.
The, Paris family owns a farm about
four miles from Tryon City, and hero
Louisa typical mountain beauty, lived
until she was sixteen. In spite of he
lack of education she was the belle of
the town.
Joining the Paris farm is the home
of the Redmond family, near relatives
of the we'll known moonshrer and cu'
law Redmond, of South Carolina. In this
family was son, Ralph Redmond, and
these two, seeing each other at school
and about the farm work, fell in love.
When the Paris family moved to Tryon
| City, Ralph and Louisa were engaged to
| be married. The girl was ignorant OF
| the fact that her lover was q moon
sinner, and he was careful to prevent
her finding it out.
In Tryon City Louisa became a greater
belle than ever, and soon William john
son, one of the young men of the town,
fell desperately in love with the girl.
Louisa accepted attention from all her
admirers without encouraging any one
of them, for al heart she was faithful to
Redmond: Very soon the men who were
least in earnest gave way to Johnson,
whose seriousness could not be m stakcn.
and who had made every effort TO owe
his intentions. Encouraged by the ov:-
| dent hopelessness of the other adnni. ers,
he proposed to Miss Paris and was
| jected. $3.50.
! This was the beginning of his jealousy.
! But as one after another of the young
| men was rejected also his suspicious
| were fixed upon Redmond, who came
| regularly to see the girl Johnson had
| heard it reported that Redmond was a
| moonshiner. and it was easy to: find
| proofs of his connection with the dis
| tillerys which he had been running for
/ several years. SO far, however, e-!la1 /.
| escaped discovery, as his plant was SO
| well hidden in the mountains that the
+ revenue officers had never been able to
! find him. With Johnson's efforts, and the
| help of a special officer Redmond was
| caught at work at the still, which was
| running at full power.
| They We're ali put in Columbus jail,
| but with the assistance of friends on the
| outside they soon escaped to the noun
| tains. Redmond's absence gave johnson
a. clear field and he renewed his suit
The friends of Redmond had not been
| idle They had satisfied themselves that
| johnson had furnished the information
! on which Redmond had been arrested and
the distillery seized and broken up
Miss Paris was informed of this
| When johnson made his next visit he
| was charged with treachery and was adj
| Vised never to return.
johnson became desperate He tried to
| malign the character of Mss PARIS by
! s1andering her to the other Young .lcr
| of the town. His declarations were made
| known to Miss Paris and she sent bin
| note asking that he call and see her
he came promptly. They met on the
| front porch. After accusing him of tell
| ing lies about her she plunged penknife
| INTO his heart and he died at her feet
| Miss Paris showed no emotion when
| she saw Johnson breathe his last She
expressed no regret. She was commit
| tedto Jail without bail and was sent to
! HendersonVille, N. c., to prevent her
rescue by Redmond and his friends
AT the next term Of the superior court
Miss Paris was indicted for murder.
| She was represented by the best LAWYERS
and by their advice pleaded guilty of
murder in the second degree and was
| sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen
! years. . .s
She was taken to the state peniteatiary
at Raleigh and there confined. With
snort hair and striped clothes. as she
assisted in washing, mending and MAX
ing garments for the other convicts she
presented quite different Appearance
! from what she did as the belle Of Tryon
CITY. She was cheerful, and said she dd
| not regret what she had done; that her
! reputation as a virtuous woman was
more to her than life, and that under
the same circumstances she would again
take the life of any man who attempted
| to Islander her good name
IN the meantime Redmond was hiding
IN the cliff of Tryon mountain His rel:
atives and friends brought him news OF
the murder. Of johnson and of the pun
ishment OF his sweetheart. Had she been
confined in Polk county Jail Redmond
and 100 OF his friends might have de-
stroyed the Jail house in their efforts to
hperate her AS 1t was, they were pow
erless. -sT,'S-+sNs Z
AS soon as Miss Paris was removed to
the Raleigh penftentiary Redmond left
L ..sS AiiouiItdiHS diiO IOilOWed her there,
he had never been in the city before
and was entirely unknown He found
work there, and through "a friend his
sweetheart was Informed Of his presence
and personal interview was arranged
with Miss Paris. Yhe prison authorize,
never knew that he was moonshiner.
fugitive from justice and a lover of the
belle Of Tryon City
Ihe beauty Of the untsugft noun
tanner impressed her jailers and the
good ladies who visited the prison. The
kings Daughters of Raleigh especially
took great interest in the fair convfet
ihey Visited her in prison, and di5 all
they could to alleviate her condition
Iney found her young and unsophfstieat
ed, without education and training. but
with the making in her of GOOD and
true woman. Desiring to remove her
from the ways to which she had ben
accustomed, and 10 surround her wtt,,
new environments. the Kings Daughters
set 70 work to get her conditional mar,
don. - S1 = pa
Ihey readily induced Miss Paris To
sign an agreement that IL released #sh,.
would surrender herself to the KINGS
daughters and go to the House of TIA
GOOD Shepherd in Maryland. and there
remain until she had been trained. b en- &
mat she could make an honest living
She was pardoned on this cnndition
and was Immediately taken to the I5ensa
OF the Good Shepherd
Discretion sometimes seals ones lips.
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