The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-05-27

ihe eltv. snai leave srervt ct defS t.
have the Be ea the Globe Bank Of
Isoaon. snsserihs the description Of
,hc~e .hich haze becn lost. pariica.
is'lv ma:chea. Tac clerk assures tie
,i.s, ii,ey are a ncw issue, snd uoi sc.
iii general rirv a'a;ion. t.lef tbs is
do,.t sc eill make olhcs arrange aeuts
Tor the dcieEse.'
The iatcrsal oi lime Lcie cen u,c
rssL@iasry examination assd the day
Il uial vas ho' stea, Ia idleness,altho'
the dc!ctse gave nc clue 10 the course
they h''ca'.rd TO p',rsur. o,her cir
oums;anees had some te Light Nhicl,
seemed 10 Gs the c,io,c still more sate.
" ulon Miss Kendall I, had been
ascct'aincd tia, her father had re
rcivei n package Of i've hundred dol
lars about the ,i,ne Of the theft, viii,
which be had aid h NOR, &c on hi.
farm. The IN men, he heard Of his
daughters arrest, lac had fastened to
see her. and was Immediately subpc.
ned s,.d compelled to witness asains,
his own Child.
The tide Of public opinion. which OF
6v. Was in her favor, set stronger and
stronger asains. her. Us one fact after
another ca,ae 70 light GA which the
rrcsccution deTcrf ID 10 make cus
their case. IL seemed that some &C.
tive agent was to work ia secret. to
prejudice The community against her
but Nhere it was or for what objcc,
rcmaiGed;conccalel The paleness Ct
her check the depression of her M.
nraly buoyant spirit. weighed down
by the terrible suspicion that vas fix
ed upon her, and the disposition to
shun all unnecessary intercourse, OF
to alntc to the coming trial, were in
tcrrre,sd to her disadvantage, and
Sc. down by the gossiping news.mon-
gers as unmisiakeable evidences OF
gull. Her intimate friends, however.
interpreted them far otherwise. aud
read with anxiety the effect Of that
agony ofmnd attendant upon the con
sciousncss Of impending but unreriit.
ted dissrace-a burden which. unless
speedily removed, would end in bro.
Ken constitution, land M un,imcly
grave. Johnson had gone no one
knew whittier. lie had obtained leave
Of absence for a few weeks, on the
lrctcx: Of visiting friends in Ohio
The drsertion Of one whom gossip had
fixed upon as her champion and lover,
was also interpreted against her.
AT length the time arrived for the
sitting Of the criminal court. The ia.
ny wore cmpanneled and found an in
dictmcnt Of grand larceny asainstAliss
Kendall, and tho case was set down
Tor trial on the next day but one. A,
the opening Of the court on the dav
Of trial, dense crowd that had been
waiting around the door rushed in.
and filed every nook and corner oil
tho spacious court room. Hope and
fear. anxiety and doubt and cnrins;tv
were depicted OIL every countenance.
The prisoners appearance, unlike the
calm and diynificd demcanor we arc
apt 10 associat in our INA sination with
innocence, in a trying scene ike this
was pale and asitated. Shame and
fear aud grief were written on every
hncamcnt of her wan face. Her faith
cr, a white haired old man. was sitting
by her side, and Counsellor Nj
VAS consulting with them, while the
cIicr wac making order in the court
aud tic Court was cmpauncing a in,
ry 70 try the case. The District At.
torney then proceeded to open the
case III behalf Of the people, and sta.
ted III substance that he expected to
prove by circumstantial evidence, be
You'd all reasonable doub., the guilt O,
the accused. The clerk Of .l.e cor,
| pora,ion vas first called and sworn
lie testified tina. on the Saturday be,
!)re the arrest Of the prisoner, he had
been paying off the operatives in the
mlll-that all the bills paid out were
upon the Lowell Bank but that in
addition to the sum paid he had taken
from the safe package. in a brown
paper envelope, Of five hundred dol,
lars III tens and ,weniies, on the Globe
Bank of Boston, which we're lying Oh
the desk inside the railins that fenced
on his place Of business from the res,
OF the offce-that the prisoner was
the last OF the operatives who were
pail that day and tina, after having
received her money, she sat down be.
side a table to make AL entry in a
small book III her possessiQl.- at which
time he stepped out of lis Office for a
few moments, and en- his return she
was gone, aud the package Of mo,le Y
had also disappeared. The wi,nes,
Was here shown a torn envelope mark,
ed 5000, $40, $50, Globe Bank.
lie identified it as the envelope of the
missing pacLage, and the writing was
IN his own hand.
Jalia Mason was the second witness
caiiei by the prosecuting officer. She