Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1909 — Young Woman’s Devotion To Murderer Is Marvelous. [ARTICLE]

Young Woman’s Devotion To Murderer Is Marvelous.

Michigan City Neute. From Jeffersonville comes a story of a woman’s devotion for a man behind prison bars. The woman in question is Miss Mary Watkins, a school teacher^at Memphis, and the young fellow whom she holds so dear is Fred Wilson, Jr., serving a life sentence here for murder. Miss Watkins is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daily Watkins, who reside near Jeffersonville. She gave up her school that she might come here and be near young Wilson, who is serving life with his father, both of whom were convicted for murder committed last June. Miss Watkins is making her home with Mrs. Wilson, wife and mother of the two Wilson men. The devotion of Miss Watkins was brought out in a letter she wrote to County Superintendent of Schools S. L. Scott, relative to a sum of money that is owing her for services rendered as a teacher.