The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-20
4 LITTLE ROMANCE
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Develops IL Virginia MMo9'1nsh!asl'a y 1
Case a. Court ss Is
JOHN .. laAuLTLEY SENTENCED:

His "Hrntiicr" Appears ana Wants
f"Iiclp, Serve Johns Sentence.
The "Brntfcr'l Proves tn i,s .g !;
hciJnbn's wife. -
Into the sombrc, prdsaiei routine! Of
legal business in the United States
district court at l{ornollc, Va,, Friday
morning crept.a as prcttya ~ bit OF, .ro-
nance as was ever discovered outside
the pages Of II modern Twentieth
century novel. The old saying. that
fact is stranger than fiction,r wts
demonstrate ted IN the most remarkable
manner possible, and yet there we're
few in the crowded court room WHO
realized, outside Of a rcw otIlc,als, that
the love Of Il woman for u man had
tempered the hard OF justice in one
particular case, and that there had
been disclosed Il tender story OF dcvo-
tiOn and Self-sacriiicc that has few
parallels in the history or grim court
procedure. f,!. .
Arraigncd before tho bar, were two
prisoners charged with Il common Of
fcnsc against the, United States revc-
nue. laws, viz, retaining moonshine
whiSkcy without q license. Their,
names were respectively John y. and
NJ. Nj. Gaultlcy. They were arrested
on Il joint warrant served on them in
the mountains Of Tazcwell county. y
On bcirg arraigncd in court they
were the cynosurc of all eyes, so great
In, NJ l,ot
pcarancc. John d. Gaultlcy, the tall
er Of the two, is Il man of fine proper
lions, il typical rugged mount;lincer,
standing six feet tive, weighing 2S5
pounds, and clad in tho picturesque
rough dress suggestive Of the soil it,
self His massive throat was guilt
less Of Il collar save one formed by the
thick WOODEN shirt he wore, and from
his heavy, mud-bcspattcrcd boots to
his ruddy looking face, he was u uni
que figure. by his side, stood a
smaller figure, rs straight as Shinglc,
but So much more diminutive IN fact,
as to arouse the Immediate interest Of
all present. This was NJ. NJ. Gaultley,
presumably brother OF the man who
lowered nearby.
The younger prisoner was dressed in
the same rough garb as the man above
described, even to the coarse WOODEN
shirt, big-lcggcd trousers and red
topped boots. Bet there was some
thing in the bearing of the younger
Of the two-perhaps it was the frlil-
hess Of the figure, Or perhaps it may
have been the plaintivc, frightened
look turned towards the bcy0~ncd
judgc-that rivctcd the attention OF
all present on the smaller prisoner
apparently about five feet three inches
and weighing l25 pounds Both pri-
sOnerS, at The insligation OF counsel,
pleaded guilty to the charge against
them. Judge Henry Clay Mcdowell,
in measured tones sentenced the larger
Of tho Two, John D., to serve six
months in Jail, and pay a fine of 500.
y look OF sympathy llaSlcd from the
younger prisoner, whose black eyes
and comcly face still held the attcn-
tion Of all. Something in the manner
Of the latter had aroused the sympa-
thy Of the prosecuting attorneys, who,
amid brcaihlesS silence, turned to
the grave Judge and asked that nollc
PROSE- he entered against the smaller
prisoner, on account OF apparent
youthfulncss. The Judge assent ed and
after giving the prisoner Il severe lee
tlrc, ordered that the papers for
for.nal dismissal he prepared The
prisoner turned To the Judge. and In a
pleading manner, asked to be allowed
to serve Il portion OF Brother Johns
sentence. This, the Judge denied, and
ordered the prisoner removed. The
prisoner again begged the court to be
allowed to 20 to jail with Brother
John" and again the judge refused.
On being taken to their cells, the
GaulticyS were visited by The taller.
his intention being to release the
smaller prisoner on an order from the
court. Something in the behavior of
NJ. NJ. Gaultley, however, aroused the
suspicion Of the wise keeper of the
baStilc, and the awkward manner in
which some Of the garments were ar
ranged, as we'll rs feminine air,
caused the jailer to put forth some in
Qniries. So suspicious had the jailcr
grown that he ordered an invcstiga-
tion, Which quickly revealed the fact
that NJ. NJ. Gaultlcy was Il fully dcycl-
opcd woman. Then it was that the
young mOonshincr stated that she was
the sister OF John ID. Gaultley. After
further questioning, however, she
broke down, and amid womaniSh tears
she told her story that she was the
big mans wife, and not his sister
certainly not his brother, us the rcve-
nue. officers had supposed; Of how she
had more than II year ago, adopted
male attire, so us TO be able to assist
her husband in his work; or the war
rant being sworn on them, when her
husband alone was guilty Of the crime
Asked why she had sought punish
mcnt when she had been cXoncratcd
by the court, the woman declared her
only object was to be by her husbands
side, and to work out with him, the
sentence imposed by The court.
The GaultlcyS moved to Iazewcll
county, this State, from Allcghany
county, n. C.,a year ago, and have
passed rs brothers ever since coming
TO Virginia Mrs. Gaultlcy was re-
lcascd,and will be furnished with pct
iicoalS before leaving for her noun
tain home. The case viii no doubt,
call to mind some Of the experiences
of Little" Bill Howard Of the Dark
Corner Of Grccnvillc county. Column
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