The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-01

With her freedom the womam's
trials began anew, however. II,
would be difficult to picture more
pathetic picture thau she presented
Monday at the penitentiary Her
home has been swept away and she
said that she did not oven know
whether she could recover her sewing
machine to take up her work rs u
seamstress.
She has been comely woman aud
when she took her seat with u GER
tain native grace in Capt Gritfith's
office she showed very plainly that
! she felt the shame Of the stripes she
| wore. Her-face WAS rs white as the
| kerchief she wore about her neck and
| she was trembling with excitement
that news of her pardon had prompt
ed in her.
"Have you any plans for your fu
tnre, Mrs. Hall ?" she WAS asked.
"None in the world" was the re-
ply, sadly enough. "Nly home is
gone, my husband il dead, my child
is dead and 1 have not Il penny in
the world. The only relative | have
III the world is Il brother and he has
large family and is dying with con-
sumption [ don't know what !
| shall do"
"Willyou return to yonr old home?"
eyes, | am going back to my old
home at Mars Bluff to soc what can
be done. 1t WAS Il cruel thing to
| bring all this trouble on me. loved
my husband dearly and we mover
had any cross words He belonged
to the Holiness society and so did |.
We were all religious people and had
family prayer threo times day. Hc
always consulted me in matters oI
| business. Why even when he was
going TO make trade he would come
and tell mo everything about it and
ask my advice as TO what WAS best tc
| do"
"Did you not know that You might
have saved yonr lif" if you hal gone
ON the witness stand in your own hn
halfY"
mo sir. How waa to know any
thing about court? had never
been in one in my life and was at
confused with the men all round unC
had never done anything wrong
1t seemed to me impossible for them
to find mo guilty. l knew loved
my husband and it was SO foolish TO,
them to think that should have
killed him or had anything to d,
with his murder that l thought it
would come all right, but it looked
like it WAS all settled for mo to b,
convicted" Mrs. Hall said that She
had never seen any Of the jurors tina,
trIod her. They were in the mail
farmers who did not live in Florenc,
where she was tried bnt in the coun
try round abont the place
"Did the Holiness people have any
rules about testifying in court ?"
"No sir Two or three of then
just came to me and said that
ought not to testify that the Bible
said that we should swear not at ali
and | did not want to do ANYTHING
wrong in any way, oven though
was charged with killing tho person
l loved most in tho world."
The woman positively denied tina,
her relations were other than what
they should have been with Forrel
and tho prison officials who have
watched her all through the long
seven years Of her incarceration are
entirely convinced of her innocence
of all guilt in every particular.
During her prison life she has
been model prisoner. For the first
two years she was employed in the
hosiery factory. There she attracted
the attention of tho prison officials
and Capt, Griffith put her in charge
OF tn" woman's ward rs mntron,
There her moral and religions char
actor has done much for the dcsper-
ate prisoners that come there in the
gnise Of women
| "A curious phase Of the woman's
character Is that she seems to hold
no resentment to anyone for impris.
onment
And the prison officers ara inter.
ested in her future. Are the Hnl;-