Show A romance have been laid for the presentation at the douglas county jail in a few flays of a drama of love and law the like of which has never been attempted with one exception on the dimio atal or in real life the climax of the play will be the marriage of a condemned murderer and self confessed thief aad ex convict to a woman who has clung to him through all his tron blea and is willing to clasp his hand red with the innocent blood of two helpless old people and swear to love honor and obey him until death directed by the strong arm of law doth them part ed neal who is to be executed ia to be married to a woman of the town known as jospphine clarke the story of their wooing is nn equaled in the annals of love shortly after his arrest and return to this city and after be was confined in the county jail she appeared upon the scene she talked with him through the bars and offered words of encouragement both to the accused and his attorney t long before the case waa called for trial in the district court this woman not only rendered valuable assistance si in the way of looking ap testimony but even went further and out of her own earnings paid many of the bills incident to the trial when the case waa called each day she was an interested spectator occupying a front seat within the har and as near the prisoner us possible after each session of the cour she followed him to the jail door and after the man was locked in bis cell she would stand under his window for hours at a time talking in a low tone of voice trying to cheer him when he was convicted she made several efforts to effect his escape omaha C or bt louis globe democrat |