The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-07

and fatal act. She was committed " J"ii
without bail and was sent to HenuerSon
Vile for safe keeping to prevent nv
rescue by Ralph Redmond and his 1rlenus .
AT the next term of the Superior court
| with Judge Boykin presiding, MISS ar -
was indicted for murder. She was rep
| resented by the ablest lawyers VINO a.
tended that court. and by their adFics
she pleaded guilty of murder IN the seo-
ond degree and was sentenced 10 tne
penitentiary at Raleigh, N. G., for nlteeh
years. The acceptance of this plea was
an act of mercy on the part of the prose-
cutting attorney, because the State coula
| have easily proven generalization and de-
liberation to commit the murder, and II
she had gone to trial she would have
been convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, and the pardon of the governor
could only have saved her from death by
the hangman.
She was carried to the penitentiary at
Raleigh and there confined. With short
hair and coarse striped clothes she as
sisted in washing, mending and making
garments for the other convicts, and pre-
sented quite a different appearance 10
what she did as the belle of Tryon City
She was exceedingly cheerful all The
while, and said she did not regret what
she had done: that her reputation as
virtuous and honest woman was more
than life to her, and that under the
same circumstances she would take the
life of any man who attempted by slanaer
to destroy her good name and reputation
and make her on outcast on society.
In the meantime Ralph Redmond kept
in hiding in the craggy cliffs of old Tryon,
and his relatives and friends brought
him the news of the murder of Johnston
and of the punishment of his sweetheart
Had she been corfned in the Jail of Polk
county Redmond and 100 of his friends
would have destroyed the jail house from
'turret to foundation stone" in their
efforts to have liberated Miss Lou.
AS soon as Miss Lou was removed to
the prison near Raleigh Redmond left
the mountains and went to Raleigh,
where he had never been before. and
therefore was entirely unknown. He was
recommended to a lawyer who kept his
secret, and through him he found work.
This lawyer was a friend of Miss Paris
and was engaged by the rescue circle or
the Kings Daughters to look after her
interests while she was in prison.
Through the assistance of the lawyer
Redmond was allowed a personal inter-
view with Miss Paris, without the
prison authorities knowing who Redmond
was. Or that he was a moonshiner, Il
fugitive from Justice, and the lover of
the belle of Tryon City.
The press of the State of North Caro-
lima at the time of the homicide gave
the simple facts of the Islander and the
killing of Johnston and the illiteracy Of
Miss Paris. After she was carried TO
Raleigh the Kings Daughters of that place
under the lead of Miss F. p. Hayes, took
great interest in the fair female convict.
They visited her in prison and did all
they could to alleviate her condition as
a prisoner.
Being young and without experience III
the world, without education and train
ing, and appearing to have the making
in her of a good and true woman, and
desiring to remove her from the walks
of life to which she had been accustomed,
and to surround her with new environ
ments, the Kings Daughters set to work
to secure a conditional pardon for Miss
Paris They readily induced Miss Lou
to sign a statement and agreement that
she would voluntarily surrender herself
to the Kings Daughters as soon as re-
leased and go with Miss Hayes to the
house of the Good Shepherd. in Balti-
more, and there remain until she had
been thoroughly reformed and trained so
that she could go out into the world and
make an honest living.
She was pardoned on this condition by
Governor Elias Carr on the Sth of De-
cember. 1896, and was carried imme-
diately to the house of the Good Shep-
herd. where she remained until the first
day of last January. On that day she
was discharged and went to the home OF
her mother near this town.
Eight years have added much to the
charms of Miss Lou. She is now well
developed woman. Her education is COM
plete and she has seen some little of the
world. She accepted her detention in
| the house of the Good Shepherd in good
for the life she took.
| And what about Redmond during these
| eight years, which have appeared so long
to him and his lady love? His friends
succeeded in having the indictments
against him in the Federal courts set
tied on a fair basis, and then he follow
GU MS SWeeCHedTI u MdT9ldH lie
| same lawyer helped him again and pro-
cured for Redmond place with the street
car company, and he has been in their
employ ever since he left North Carolina
He now holds a responsible position and
is getting a fair salary. From time tc
| time he was allowed to see Miss Lou
and few miles from Baltimore he has a
neat little cottage, flower yard and
garden, with the cottage furnished. These
( home comforts have been acquired while
waiting the release of Miss Lou. They
are there now in that cottage. with hel
mother with them and have commenced
| life anew. And as they travel along
| life's pathway the death of her traducel
| and moonshining will be forgotten in the
| efforts to obey the law and make some
| f,,rthnr .nIn %,