The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1852-05-26

Their had received a package OF five hun
dred dollars about the time Of the theft,
with which he had paid of. the mortgage
on his farm. The moment he heard OF his
daughters arrest,he had FASTENED 10 see her,
and was Immediately subpGnaed and com.
PEELED to appear as a witnessin behalf OF
the People, and agains, his W child.
The tide of public opinion, which a
first was in her favor, set stronger and
stronger against her, as one fact after an,
other came to light on which the prosecu-
ton depended to make out their case. II
seemed that some active agent was at work
in secret, TO prejudice the community
against her; but where it was, or for what
object, remained concealed. The paleness
of her cheek-the depression of her ma
turally buoyant spirit, weighed down by
the terrible suspicion that was fixed upon
her, and the disposition to shun all neces-
sary intercourse, or TO allude to The coming
trial, were interpreted TO her disadvantage
and set down by the gossiping news-mon-
gers as unmistakable evidence of guilt
Her intimate friends, however, interpreted
them far otherwise, and read with anxiety
the effect of that agony of mind attendant
upon the consciousness of impending but
unmerited disgrace-a burden which, un.
less speedily removed, would end in a
broken constitution, and an untimely grave.
Johnson had gone, no one knew whittier.
lie had obtained leave Of absence for a
few weeks on the pretence Of visiting
friends in Ohio. The deserlion Of one
whom gossip had fixed upon as her cham.
pion and lover, was also interpreted against
her.
At length time arrived for the sitting Of
the criminal court. The grand jury were
empaneled and found an indlctmen ofgrand
larceny against Miss Kendall, and the
case was SET down for trial on the next
day but one. At the opening of the court
on the day of trial, a dense crowd that had
been waiting around The door rushed in,
and filled every'noOk and corner of the
spacious court ROOM. Hope and fear, anx.
iely and doubt and curiosity were depict
ed on every c%ountenance. The prisoners
appearances; unlike the calm and dignifed
deIneanor we are apt to associate in our
inauguration with innocence, in a trying
scene like this, was pale and agitaled;
shame and fear and grief were written on
every lineament of her wan face. Her ia
ther, a white haired old man; was sitting
by her side, and Counsellor NJ. was con.
sulling with them while the crier was ma.
king order in the court. and the Court
were empaneling a jury TO try the case
The District Attorney then proceeded 10
open the case on behalf Of the people, and
stated in substance that he expected 10
prove, by circumstantial evidence, beyond
all reasonable doubt, the guilt of the &C.
cused.
The clerk Of the corporation was first
called and sworn. He testified that on
the Saturday before the arrest of the pris-
oner, he had been paying off The operatives
in The mill-lhat he had taken from the
safe about the amount of funds necessary
for that purpose, in packages of from one
to five hundred dollars-lhat all of the
bills paid out were upon the Lowell Bank;
but that in addition to the sun paid he had
taken from the safe a package, in a brown
paper envelope, Of five hundred dollars in
tens and twentIes, on the Globe Bank of
Boston, which were lying on the desk in.
side the railing that fenced off his place
Of business from the rest of the office
that the prisoner was the last of the ope-
%raliyes who were paid that day; and that
after having received her money, she sat
down beside a table TO make an entry in a
small book in her possession-at which
lime he stepped out Of the office for a few
moments, and on his return she was gone,
and the package of money had also disap.
peared. The witness was here shown a
torn envelope $500, 00-Sl0-S2O-Globe
Bank" And identified it as the envelope
of the missing package, and the writing
was in in his own hand.
Julia Mason was the second witness
called by the prosecuting officer. She
testified that she worked in the same mill,
and boarded in the same house with the
prisoner. That on the day but one after
the money was distracted, she had gone
out shopping in the city, and by mistake
had taken Miss Kendall's %relicule instead
Of her own, as they were much alike
That on her return, in removing the arti-
Giles she had purchased, the envelope in.
lroduced in court was found under them
but the seal was broken and no money in
ii; and that she Immediately called the al
tenlion of the clerk of the corporation 10
the fact, and gave the paper to him.
The express agent testified that about
the same time, a package of FIVE hundred
dollars was deposited in the office, directed
TO J. Kendall, -, N. Hampshire,
and by him forwarded TO its destination;
by whom it was deposited it was impossi.
bic for him 10 tell.
The next witness name was Miller
He was employed as a second foreman
by the corporation-had a reputation foI
low cunning, and was universally disliked
He was a man who, it was generally be,
lieved would sacrifice friendship and no
nor for his own advancement, and who
had shown himself in more instances than
one, vindictive and revengelul to the las
degree. 1t was known in confidence TO a
few, that he was a rejected suitor of Mis-:
Kendall, and that he had sworn he would
be revenged on her-that if any Other
man ever made her his wife it should only
be after she had been disgraced forever
1t was also whispered that he had lately
been having markell oiieniion I'm Jul;, M