The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-10-28

MUSE ndu occasion 10 leave nome 1Or d Time,
and was about to get into his carriage, when
it occurred to him that there might not be
money enough in the safe for household and
business purposes until his return. He
looked through his account book, and found
that there should be some 1915 in gold in
the safe, besides some paper money. On
looking to see whether he was right, he
found the paper money, but the gold had
disappeared. Here was ga co. "Who
was the robber?" was the next question:
He decided in his own mind that there was
but one servant in the house with wit
enough to get hold of the keys and remove
the money unobserved And she was the
favorite and trusted nurse of the grand-chil
dren, whose mistress was then absent. 1t
was determined, therefore, that she should
be arrested, her trunks searched, &c. A
search warrant was accordingly obtained,
with directions to the officer to stand in
readiness to come when sent for.
AS if to confirm the business of these sus-
picions, the girl informed the son-in-law,
whose children she had nursed, that she was
going to leave in few days-although she
had previously expressed desire to always
live with the family, who had uniformly
treated her with great kindness. "What
do you mean Mary, by this sudden determi-
nation?' 81 only mean that l cannot stay
here any longer. shall leave on Monday
morning" So the officer was told to be on
hand early Monday morning, just before the
stage left, so as to have the absconding SER
wants trunks searched. Before he came,
however, the girl herself asked her employer
to search her trunks. This was "was con-
firmation strong as holy writ that she
was the thief. why do you want me to
search your trunks ?" "To see that they
contain nothing but what belongs to me-"
|" Did you suppose that you We're suspected
of theft ?" "No, but suppose that might
be- Why?' because there are those
about the house who are stealing every thing
they can lay their hands on; and cannot
stay where they are "Why did you keep
this information from us? "Because,
when went to tell Mrs. -, she said
she would not listen to any complaints from
servants about each other, and compelled me
to be silent" ''To whom do you refer ?"-
|" To Elizab beth, who has been stealing some
thing every day" She then proceeded to
name several articles which she knew
" Elizabeth y had stolen, and to Justify her
self for the course she had resolved upon.
This revelation changed the aspect OF
affairs, and the fact that the same day
Elizabeth" announced her determination
to leave the next morning, did not render
them any the less interesting, but promised
more speedy denOuemeat than was antici-
pated. 1t was against her trunk that the
search-warrant was now directed, just as it
was ready to be placed on the stage. She
demurred, but the law, at this stage of the
proceedings, knows no demurrers, and the
trunk was uncovered. And such an un-
covering Rolls of linen, silk hoods, a
dozen fine linen chemies, fine dresses, pieces
of cotton cloth, shoes, dressing gowns, lace,
one mans linen shirt big enough for daddy
Lambert" and sundry other commodities,
indicating the wardrobe of an heiress rather
than that of cook. The spectators looked
on amazed, and the mystery was not render
ed any the less a mystery, by very badly
written letter, to the following effect-
Dear Lizzy-Hurry to us, as your moth
er is dying. When you come will do all
| promised. Ihave the money for you; and
if you havn't enough TO get here with, ifI
your friends will furnish it we will return
it. There will be wagon for you at Lam
bertville. Come Immediately
This letter, it afterwards appeared, she
had induced a servant in a neighboring fam
lily to write, saying that she wished to show
it as an excuse for her desire to leave so sud-
denly. "But," said the girl, =" this wont