TO MARRY CONVICT

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 17

TO MARRY CONVICT

TITLED LADY'S ROMANCE

A convict and a.jwoman of title are to be married at a fashionable London church on tho man's release from prison at Easter. The "Sunday Express" reveals tho astonishing story behind this romance—a romance that was born within prison- walls and brought to fruition' by means of smuggled love letters. Convict C -~ and ex-public school boy, is serving, a long. term, of imprisonment. One day he asked a prison visitor to call on his mother and sister, and to' arrange a reconciliation with them. They had cast him off since his conviction, and the knowledge had made him doubly unhappy. : ■: ..'. !, ..: .-.,".. ■ The prison visitor promised to do all in his power, but: decided that his sister, and not himself, would bo the better person to heal the' breach between the convict and his family; The prison visitor's sister was a ■-. titled woman; she carried out. lifer brother's request; she succeeded in her mission; and from that event there has: sprung one of the most thrilling and extraordinary of prison, romances, Convict C-^ was so grateful that, when the next privilege of writing a letter fell due, he wrote his thanks to the woman who had helped him. She in her turn visited him in prison, and, the sequel was that they fell deeply in love, and became engaged. ' . SMUGGLING LETTERS. Prisoners are allowed only one letter every two months, and, naturally, the lovers could not bear such long intervals of silence between them. So- a means of smuggling letters in ' and out of the prison was found —a means that baffled the1 authorities for nearly three years. The method was simple, and' involved neither tho bribery of warders nor tho help of the titlod woman's brother; but while it remained undetected, it was effective, and not only love' letters, but photographs, found their way into the convict's cell. Eventually the smuggling was stopped, and the prisoner lost his remission marks for breaking the rules. But the lovers have agreed to marry, and they are waiting until Easter, when Convict C— -7 will be released. Then the expublic school boy who involved himself in dishonour through wild finance and the titled woman -who reconciled him to his family will be married at a fashionable London church. The final human touch to the story is the fact that the deputy-governor and the chief officer of the prison have promised to be present at the wedding.