The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-11
A WOMAN'S LOVE.
held PRISONER NINE MONTHS
By BRUTE HUSBAND.
shs and Child Cruelty Bea 'en, Yet
When Rescued She Clings to the
Sceu1 drel.

For niae NJ ;nths in the city Ct
" .ohing-on, the center OF govern
Lent, waare security to Life and liz
,rty slc I'D Be greatest, q simple anc
;oa6d,ng county girl has been held &
o-i5ors7- By sr r1as*sr: lover ants
gu 'uda bueb I'd. Her Imprisonment
as ben continuous and attended 9,
sucl ci1cumst1 noes OF brutality
and cruelty Is to shock and horrtf.
ne unacc1ssonec ear.
TIE victim is F .n:ie SnsGh, or
F4nnia D,ncn3t--s ia the abandon
o. her love she thougat at first she
lad right to be called. Hsr jai!o:
" F ank D5mant1, a bricsla7eE, t.
whom she had condded her life anc
sho is now niasslf pCisorsr in tn.
ii@srics ] I'll.
I!;as esc*pe OF the woman from th'
licked doors in the house at Oil
E gata street ,1taWes' he c2arga
against Den2p.t she % !ce TO the 30
ic !; his capture and ocelin nary tria
n the police court were desc ibed II
the Tines Thursday. Tnere were tb
oali details OF Une lite tragedy, I,
'; l5ing enougl, In al truth. Bl
tor the Times the girl has told lie
own story OF her suff2rings.
She told it Thursdly afternoon
sitting IN the room 10 which mos
recently she had been hsld z prisoner
Her little daughter, Adele Smith
5Yo and one bali years Old, played
around the mothers knee while the
simple sentences we're spoken. Botf
noSner and child gaVs visible evidence
of the brutal blows that had beer
,ho Heced upon them ny D9nertt
Foe wonaa's face a,d neck weE'
narred BY great bruises and dtscora
.iOrS.
She did not rant nor use the Ian
guage OF abuse. Sne ;c,'c=ly INDUCED
aers if in the terms Of complaint
The lists OF her wrongs fell with0u
emphasis from her lips. Wnsn so:
could she even seemed to be trying
ind an ecuse for or a pallia:ion OF th,
orussl ties OF which she had b en- the
hapless and helpless victim.
Almost, it appeared, sae had be
come immune to misery aad 81 f ,riog
.he friends she had found since he
iel ve:ence sought TO BE- kiId an;
good to her, she received their auVan
:9s " tn tinid and unconprehendins
gratitude She hardly knew what tt
do with her neT-found libsrty.
Il don't love hin-I don't
DON'T" she declared, as though, Wit:
5nis Venenend terance, sue sough
80 support hsr own Tagging dstermt
nation.
But ev v;rboly who heard aud say
Ter then bsiieVed she does still loY'
0em snta-dssptte every cruelty b.
las practiced--aad that smile and !
7oId from hin would draw her, /.
morous gratitude and affection
3ack to his feet. 1t sound incredible
And absurd, but within 6Vs minute
+ ths passiona5e aVoWsl OF tha deati
II her love, she was prattling OF D,
nent!'S big brown eyes, when ht
TUNED than upon me,' and smiling
foolishly aud tenderiy, over th
though.
Auu yet for nine months with :
lew OCCASIONAL, and tr:tlivg ce2Eions
;ae has been aIlo we'd no JnV.rsatioE
With auy person other than D:nent
ind her child. For I'll toau he Ea
Kept her uldsr lock and kay, not per
nitted 10 stray from her room say
uuder bis eve. In four OFF rea:
a.uses in off rant sections Of th
city, she has ossn prisoaar. treated
wi what would appear noenfur~bl
atfocity. Wnen see has been move
from one hcu;e to anounet IL ha'
been in the darkcess Of the night.
She has seen her Child inhnmanl!
beaten, time and time again. Al
first she in5erfere0, but the resul
was only a beatiT 6 for herself ant
more severity me1eo cut to the little
girl. At the last she has kept be-
peece and watched while her mothe'
neart bled for tee sufferings Of hel
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