The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
HER BEAUTY Won FRIENDS
A MURDEREss SECURES RELEASE
FROM PRISON THROUGH HER
NATURAL ATTRACTIVENESS
LADIES BECAME INTERESTED
Sweetheart of ssMoonshiner," She
Killed His Betrayer-NOw enc
of the Happiest Women
in Baltimore.

public ward, Louisa Paris is perhaps one
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 1t Is
there that the moonshiners carry on their
secret work. Most of the mountain 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
volyed in one.
The Paris family owns a farm about
four miles from Tryon City, and here
Louisa, typical mountain beauty, lived
until she was sixteen. In spite of her
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 well known moonshiner and out
law Redmond, of South Carolina. In this
family was a, 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 moon
sinner, and he was careful to prevent
her finding it out
In Tryon City Louisa became 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 at heart she was faithful to
Redmond. Very soon the men who were
least in earnest gave way to Johnson,
whose seriousness could not be mistaken,
and who had made every effort to prove
his intentions. Encouraged by the evil
dent hopelessness of the other admirers,
he proposed to Miss Paris and was re-
jected.
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
moonshfner, and it was easy to find
proofs of his connection with the dis
tillery which he had been running for
several years. So far, however, he had
escaped discovery, as hts 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 special officer, Redmond was
caught at work at the still, which was
running at full power.
They were all 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
q 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 ad-
vised never to return.
Johnson became desperate. He tried to
malign the character Of Miss Paris by
slandering her to the other young men
of the town. His declarations were made
known to Miss Paris and she sent him
a 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 a 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
ted to 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.
She was taken to the state penitentiary
at Raleigh and there confined With
short hair and striped clothes as she
q CiC lad tn ~
Ing garments for the other convicts, she
presented quite a different appearance
from what she did as the belle of Tryon
City. She was cheerful, and said she did
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
tshment 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
iberate her. AS 1t was, they were pow
erless.
AS soon as Miss Paris was removed to
1AAO AeoACASQe pSln redmond left
the mountains and followed 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 The prison authorities
never knew that he was a moonshiner. a
fugitive from justice and a lover of the
belle of Tryon City.
The beauty of the untaught noun
taineer Impressed her jailers and the
good ladies who visited the prison. The
Kings Daughters of Raleigh especially
took great interest in the fair convict
They visited her in prison, and did all
they could to alleviate her condition.
Ihey found her young and unsophisticat
ed, without education and training. but
with the making in her Of a good and
true woman. Desiring to remove her
from the ways to which she had been
accustomed, and to surround her with
new environments, the Kings Daughters
set 10 work to get her a conditional par
don. "a
They readily induced Miss Paris to
sign an agreement that If released she
would surrender herself to the Kings
daughters and go to the House of the
Good Shepherd in Maryland, and there
remain until she had been trained. 60
that she could make an honest living.
she was pardoned on this condition.
and was Immediately taken to the House
of the Good Shepherd
Poor Pussy