The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-30
BURGLARS WIFE
TELLS OF HER LIFE
MRS. ]. C. MOORE RELATES En-
CITING INCIDENTS COVERING
PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS.
(From The Cclumbi" State)

A Wdlh
n,nions from a girls boarding house;
:, meeting with an ardent admlrer IN
mark: a quick ccurtship and an en-
qsgement; unyielding objection to the
match by the girls father; on eiope-
ment through a window from the
school; hasty marriage and then
well then, an awakening to the 1ac'
that her husband was safe blower
Nv nrofession. Did they live happily
over after? The husband, J. Z.
Moore, was shot to death Ut trenton
l.st Monday morning when ne was
IN the act of blowing oper safe
ord the wife is . prisoner On 1ne
third floor OF the Richland county JAIL
Mrs. Moore, who didn't care TO give
be,. maiden name when seen yesof
aay in the county jail is a decioeu
blonde of sturdy type. She says sue
is 20 years old and even after hasins se
undergone during the past TWO Gays
close questioning at the hands OF OIL
s.ers who have been endeavorlng TO
rrocure information from her, sne
docs not seem wcrn nor exhausted
She smokes necessarily, lighting one
cigarette after the other and ihnai-
;re deeply almost all the smoke
There was no evidence Of nervousness
=, her behavior yesterday, but she mas
been given opportunity to rest our
ing the day. ,..;,, 70
talking about her career with the man
,rho met deoth at Trenton while blow
ing a safe. &C.. {,
81 thought l loved him at frst'
che said, "but l know now there can
he no real love unless there IS re-
spect. -.,o, 7
"You see, was just kid when l
mot him. / was attending ooaro-
i,q school near Huntington, W. va
ssveral wears ago, and the authori-
ties would permit the girls to walk
out through the park.
"once when we were in the park l
mot Mr.. Moore. l was just klo
and he seemed very fond o. me-he
was a prince to me. He wanted me
to clone with him, but 1 told him 10
ask nv dad and he would give me
to him. Fill.
az was the youngest in the family
.nd I guess l was spoiled. Well, dad
nearly ran Mr.. Moore off the place
vben he asked foc me-he was sus-
n;cious of him from the first. was
t.ken ont of school and was kept at
hcme. ...l
"After some time I persuaded fath-
or to let me return to school, anu
then one night Igot out OF the WIN
dow and went away with Mr.. Moore.
Since that time we have been in every
state in the union, l suppose. For a
rood while 1 did not know what my
husband did-see, l was young ana
ignorant. 49,,
"He was 4 prince to me. Never
spoke a cross word to me through
out our acquaintance and while
would sometimes get mad all over
.rd ffy off, he always was kind and
considerate.
"My husband was always kindness
Itself. but 1 wanted to leave him.
tried to make hira jealous-would let
him hear conversations over the teie-
phone 60 that he would get mad and
leave. But he w&s so kind and con-
siderate that l could not make up my
mind just to quit him.
al really was the cause of his beng
arrested and serving time IN Georgia.
One morning wher we We're in Colum-
hus. Ga, he came into my room and
lid $4,000 in cash and bonds on my
bed.
81 took some Of the bonds to At
Ianta with whitn to buy some clothes.
Twas afraid to try to cash the 81 900
bonds so 1 tried my hand or one for
$500. 1t sold readily. was all puff
ed up over my success; see, | was
Young and ignorant. Then I tried to
cash more bonds, but these bonds had
been registered and between my Wis
its there had beer some investigation.
Word had reached the office to hold
me in conversation if l came back
tc cash more bonds. So the clerk
talked to me-tried to flirt-and when
came down in the elevator it SEEM
cd like the whole detective force OF
Atlanta was after me. l squealed
then-there didn't seem to be any
thingelse to do.
$50 my husband was sent to the
Georgia penitentiary on 20 year
sentence. He served two years OF it