The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-20
A STRANGE STORY.
Remarkable Romance from the Caro,ina
Mountains
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u Atlanta Nevs.
mitted to Jail without bail, and was
sent to Hendersonville to prevent her
rescue by Ralph Redmond and his
friends.
AT the next term Of tho superior
court, with Judge Boykin presiding,
Miss Paris waa indicted eoT murder.
She was represented by the best law
yers who attended that court, and by
their advice pleaded guilty Of murder
IN the second degree and was sentenc-
ed to the peniteEtiary for fifteen years.
The acceptance Of this plea was an act
OF mercy on the part of the prosecut-
ing s'.orneys, because the State would
have proved generalization and prep
aration to commit murder, and ;f she
had gone to trial she would have been
convicted of murder in the first degree,
aud the pardon of the governor could
only have saved her from death By the
hangman. .
She was taken to the penitentiary at
Raleigh and there confined. With
short hair and coarse, striped clothes,
as she assisted in washing, mending
aud making garments for the other
convicts, she presented quite differ
ent appearance to what she. diG as the
belle of Tryon City. She was exceed
ingly cheerful, and said she did not
regret what she had done; that her re-
putation as virtuous and honest wo-
man was more to her than life, and
that under the same circumstances she
would take the life of any other man
who attempted, by slander to destroy
her good name and reputation and
make her an outoast in society.
In the meantime Redmond was hid
ing in the craggy cliffs Of old Tryon,
and his relatives and friends brought
him the news Of the murder of j Johnson
and of the punishment of his sweet
heart. Had she been confined in the
Jail of Polk County Redmond and 100
of his friends might have destroyed
the jail house from ''turret to founda-
tion stone" iu their effort to have lib.
Grated Miss Lou.
AS soon US Miss Lou vas removed
to the prison at Raleigh, Redmond
left the mountains and came there,
where ho had never been before, and
therefore was entirely unknown. He
found work there and through friend
his sweetheart was informed of his
presencei in Raleigh, and through the
assistance of friend he had a person
al interview with Miss Lou without
the prison authorities knowing he was
moonshiner, a. fugitive from JUS
tice, and lover of the belle of Tryon
City.
i'ac press Of the State at the time
gave. the simple facts of the homicide,
slander and killing. After she was
taken to Raleigh to the penitentiary,
the Kings Daughters Of that city took
great interest in the fair female con-
vict. They visited her in prison and
did all they could to alleviate her con
dition as prisoner.
Being young and unsophisticated,
without education aud training, and
appearing to havo the making in her
of q true and good woman, and desir-
ing to remove her from the walks of
life to which she had been accustomed
and TO surround her hereafter with
new environments, the Kings Daugh-
ters set to work to produce condi-
tional pardon for Miss Paris. They
readily induced Miss Lou to sign an
agreement that she would voluntarily
surrender herself as soon as released,
to the Kings Daughters, and go with
ono of them to the house of Good
Shepherd in Maryland and there re-
main until she had been thoroughly
reformed and trained so that she could
&c out into the world and make an
honest living. She vas pardoned on
this condition on the 9th day of De-
cember, 1894, and was carried imme-
diately to the House of Good Shep-
herd, aud where she has been ever
since.
She has added to the charms aud
graces of Miss Lou. She is now awcll
developed woman. Her education has
been much advanced and she has seen
some little of the world. She has ac-
cepted her detention in the House OF
the Good Shepherd in good faith and
in some respect as penance for the life
she took. She looks forward to the