The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-03

han Johnson one Of The yoarg men
CT the sowa. fen desperately ia love
with the girl
Louisa accepted attention from al
her admirers without encouraging any
one Of them for at heart she was
faithful to Redmond
Very soon the men Who we're least
il earnest gzve way 20 johnson. whose
seriousness could not be mistakes. and
Who had made every effort TO prove
his intentions
Encouraged by the evident hopeless
ness OF the other admirers, he pro-
posed 10 Miss Paris ard was rejected.
This was the beginning OF his jeal-
ousy- But as one after another OF the
Soung men we're rejected also. his sus-
piei0ls were fixed Upon Redmond. who
came regularly to see the girl
Johnson had heard il reported that
Redmond was a moonshiner, and it
was easy to ind proofs OF his connec-
ton with the distlIery which be had
been running for several years. So
far. however, he had escaped iiscoy-
cry. as his plant was so well hidden
in the mountains that the revenue Of
ficers had never Heen 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 az fun power They were all
put in Columbus jail. but with the as
sistance OF friends on the outside they
soon escaped to the mountains Red
mond's absence gave Johnson a clear
field and he renewed his suit
The friends of Redmond had not
been idle. They had satisfied them
selves 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
advised 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 AMI
she sent him note asking that he call
TO see her
He came promptly. They met on the
front porch. After accusing him of
telling 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
led to Jail without bail. and was sent
to HendeTso nyille, y. c., TO prevent
her rescue by Redmond and 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 plead
guilty of murder in the second degree
and was sentenced TO the penitenuary
for fifteen years.
She was taken to the state peniten-
tiary at Raleigh and there confined.
With short HAIR and striped clothes,
as she assisted in washing, mending
and making garments for the other
-convicts, she presented quite differ
ent appearance from what she had as
the belle of Tryon City. She was cheer
full and said she oId not regret what
she had done. that her reputation as
a yirtuous woman was more to her
than life. and that under the same cir
cumstances she would again take the
life of any man who attempted to slam
der her good name.
In the meantime Redmond was hid
ing in the cliffs of Tryon Mountain.
His relatives and friends brought him
news of the murder of Johnson and OF
the punishment of his sweetheart Had
she been confined in the Polk county
Jail Redmond and a hundred of his
friends might have destroyed the jail
house in their efforts to liberate her.
AS it was they were powerless.
AS soon as Miss Paris was removed
to the Raleigh penitentiary 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 friend
his sweetheart was informed of his
presence and personal interview was
arranged with Miss Paris. The prison
authorities never knew that he was
moonshiner. a fugitive from justice
and lover of the belle of Tryon City.
The beauty of the untaugnt 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.
They found her young and unsophisti-
Gated. without education AM 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 to work to get ner con-
diuonal pardon.
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 so
that she could make an honest living.
She was pardoned on this condition
and was Immediately taken to the
House of the Good Shepherd.
Time has added to the charms and
Sraces of Miss Paris Her education
has been much advanced and she has
seen something of the world She has
accepted her detention in the House OF
the Good Shepherd in good faith, and
in some part as penance for the life
she took.
She looks forward to the time when
BY the consent of the Governor. she
can once more be free and become the
wife OF the man whose affection for
her increased with her perils and grew
with her trials.
Redmond's friends succeeded in hav-
ing the indictments against Linn in the
federal court settled. and he followed