Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — FROM PRISON TO ALTAR. [ARTICLE]

FROM PRISON TO ALTAR.

Female Life Convict Pardoned on Agreeing to Be Married. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 16.—Gov. Brown on Thursday pardoned a female lifeeonvict on condition that she go direct from the prison doors to the altar of Hymen. The woman, Reuie Beck (colored), had, while in prison, promised to marry Sanford Young, an old colored prisoner, on condition that he secure her release. When Young gained his freedom beset patiently to work to win a pardon for his dusky sweetheart, and Gov. Brown, touched by the old man's devotion, granted the long-sought boon. The wedding occurred Thursday night.