CUPID IN PRISON.
_.__.l,__.___. A school ulist.rc~ss 2'(l(:clltl_v‘ foil in love with a. convict while 111:1l<':ng her rounds as a pl'iso.u vi:-.ifol' in Sirig Sing Gaol. .l.,utcr they were m.al'l'ied. This is not an i::ol:1i;od case or Cupid brozlkillg through }ll'i.<oll b:11-s. A few: years ago :1 w«,mlull foil in love with ax .Frollch convict, who was sci-\'illg' :1 sellt«=.llco of I'l'allspol't'ation to the 1.1011111 colony of Czlyonno. She :.:*.':-,u‘l'(‘-<_i 1>01'111is5i«111 to l]ll.ll‘l'_§' him, and 1111: c('.1‘0111o11_V took place :11’ .Rl'olll, in ;\llvel-gne. The prisoner nos uf'tol'\\'Lll'ds taken back to his cell to await tl'allspol'tation, while the bride rel'lll'lled to her sitll2ltioll.A as a dolllo.<tic' so'.'\‘:.lnf. to earn sll.fficiellt 11101103‘ to pay for her pas__;glg(\ to (:'ayellllo. The most. c.\'tr:1o1'(li11:11'y 111:11‘1'iz1gc on record took p"h'lco by pel'miss'lun of the (}ovorllor'oit' f1..u011 }.’ri.s'oll, when 21 1111311 sentenced to penal sol'vitlldo for life wzls m:lrl“.ed to :1 pl'o’rty young wo1‘11:u1 of'that town. The sfrzlngost part of this 111211'1'iage \'\':ls tlmt Iho bride was the-persoll who had dcllollll<.'-,(=d her ‘hush:lll<] :15 a 111111'do1'e1'! A uxxique 111:11'ri:1ge look phuzo :11 .\‘i1111(:l1osfo1' b(*l'\'»'€-.1111 :1 _vollllg gipsy who 1171.4: 11111101" :I:’l'r\>:l for (111901-tioll from his regiment and a pretty gipsy girl of eightoell. ’l.‘hl'ough the kind--11055 of (he polivo -.luthol-itios tho <3-ol'o~ mo-ny was celebl-a.ted at 21 local church. The -«detective who had ax-roster! the bridegroom acted. as host" 1111111. Thon. nmicl the foal's of’ ‘rho bride. HlO new'\,'lll:oll'riell hl,l.=h:llld was takoll away.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 10 June 1920, Page 3
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237CUPID IN PRISON. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 10 June 1920, Page 3
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