New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-10

| g In ss ~ twenty in nurnber-the household Va
startled nv the boisferous aughie- Of the men. On
il Touring the cause, II appeared that " Entsbeth
had on banter. jumped square over toe oro@i table
S.has and all a; bound. ana offered 70 wage new
h,nrs, that she would DO the same thing Il chair
were plsced top of the tahle-oniy stpniaunz 20,
iii gle step backward. No one however,. aocep'ei
tie wager but al coDcurted thai she was 'eoN0
Il I'll artes; criiter IN the disgins ,,,..,-
In the course of time, fellow-servsnt gir vita
whom the strange girl roomed informed her mistress
II t she could not remain any longer IN the fanny
4" Elizabeth" did not leave Size refused 20 assign
any reason for this iniimstion but Elizabeth
wien srraiyned said the other servants were angry
with her because she retssed 70 contribute dolH
to The priest. As this was known to be true, EAI
aieth told to GO ~ her work and the other gu
"a leave II she persisted ia her demand
" Elizabeth continued TO grow in favor with al
hands, in spite OF her apparent stupidity bui she ~as
particularly intimate with one " Pstrck with whom
she often took evening rambes Her mistress ehldei
htr for this intimacy. warning her against all gay
deceivers but she closed al reproo BY ne very un-
expected piece Of information that Patrick anu she
W re engaged 10 be married.
No one suspected any thing aniss in " Elizabeth.
until one morning, I'll the return OF the gentemso at
the house, after several weeks absence. The family
consisting of sons. Daughters, sons-iulaw. grand
children &c. were quietly seated a. breakfast, with
" Elzabeth" serving at table. The gentleman scra-
tizei her pretty closely. when, a. she retired, the
breakfast circle startled by his throwing down biz
knife and fork and eScaimng, that g'ri ssmsn-
nd n
isb viii your nonsense from his wife. and hearty
LAUGH from the whole group, was all the response he
received for bis wonderful discovery. Elizabeth
continued to work wlh greater NiSG anu etect thSn
any girl ever did work before, ana the family re-
sUned their congratulations atther s"od ucA Ia nav
ing picked up 50 " good girl
In week or two the gentleman OF the house hal
occasion To leave home Tor time. ana was about 10
get into his carriage. when it occurred TO him that
there might not be money enough IN The safe FOX
household and business purposes until his return
He looked through his account book, and found that
there should be 1913 IN gold IN tue safe besides
some paper money. On looking 10 see whether no
was right be found the paper money hut the gnld hal
disappeared. Here was "a 60. Who was the
robberl" was the next question. He decided IN hs
own mind that there but one servant in the house
with wit enough TO git hold of the keys and remove
the money. unobseryed And she the flyorite
ard trusted nurse of the grandchildren. whose mis-
ress was then absent. II was determined therefore,
that she should be arrested, her trunks searched Nc
A search. warrant accordingly obtained, with d.
rections the officer to stand IN readiness to come
when sent for
As II TO confirm the business of these suspicious the
girl informed the son-in law whose children she had
pursed that she going 10 leave in a few days
although she had previously frequently expressed a
desire 10 always live with the family, who had uni
fornly treated her with great kindness - What do
won mean Mary, by this sudden determn alton 20
II only mean that cannot stay here any longer. |
shall leave on Monday morning. 80 the olicer WA
told 10 be on hand early Monday morning just before
the stage left 10 have the absconding servants
trunks searched Before he came however the grl
herself asked her employer 10 search her trunks.
This was confirmation strong ~ Holy Writ, that
she was the thief. "Why do You want me to search
your tunksl" ITO see that they contsln nothing
but what belongs 20 me- Did you suppose you
.,oye susrec,ed of theft ?" " No but snppos ed
MIGHT he" "Whyf' Because there are those
about the house who stealing everything they can
lay their hands on; and cannot stay where they
are" "Nby did you keep this information from us =
Because when went to tell Mrs. -, she said abe
would not lsteu to any complaints from servants
about each other, and compelled me 70 be silent
ITO whom do You refer! ITO Elizabeth, who
has been stealing something every day She then
proceeded to name several Articles which she knew
Elizabeth had stolen and a. justify harself fof
the course she had resolved upon.
This revelation changed the aspect OF affairs, AMI
the fact that the same aay Elizabeth announced
her determination to leave the next morning did not
render them any the less interesting, but promised
more speedy denouement than was anticipated. IL
was against her trunk that the search.warrent was
now directed ust as II was ready to DO placed on the
stppe She demurTtd but the lgy, ~ this stage OF
proceedings knows fenuuers and fhe trunk VA.
unco, cred And such an uncoveiing' Rolls OF linen,
silk hoods n dozen tine linen chemse, nne dresses,
pieces OF cotton cloth, shoes, dressing gowns lace,
one man linen shirt big enough for daddy Lam
bert and sundry other commodities, indicating the
wardrobe Of beress rather than that of cook.
The spectators looked on amazed, aud the mystery
was not rendered any the less = mystery, bys very
badly written letter to the following effect
-DrAe LEY Hurry your mother Is dying When
you will do all PomSed have the money ior YOU
and n Won haven't enough here with, your friends viii
furnish vii return IT, There sil' avalon for you st
Lnmtertvlle. Come Immediately
This letter it afterward appeared she had induced
a servant in ueghboring family to write saying
that she wished to show IL as an excuse Tor her desire
10 leave 20 suddenly. al But. said the girl, this
won't have a post-nark, and they gill detect you
"Oh you leave that to me- wa her reply when
hand the letter will take II out of the envelope
But the letter found prenaiarely' and, in spite
ah. h. all s..l-
officer believing that when sine saw the bars she
would relent and confess. But not she On enter
ing the cell she looked round rs'her complacently,
and ordered up her baggage. This was refused her,
but she persisted resouely that her request sSs
complied with, ON the ground that she should only
take out what she required for her use while In prs-
o. On doing 40, q razor and strap feil out % =
bundle ana being told that she could not retain
articles 50 useless to ber she begged piteousy for
them as the only thing left 10 her by her dear dead
father" OF course, 10 humane officer II the law
could resist such ples and she was allowed 70 re-
tain them.
nevs thai her trunk had b. found filed with stolen
goods the neigbbor with whom she associated came
aoekg 10 the house with ail sorts of articles which
thew had received from her ns presents. Many the
articles were recognized by the family, bnt others
were not: but enough were Identified TO render the
guilt Of the prisoner clear enough for jury.
Her trial came on when her counsel advised her
10 plead guilty This at first she refused 10 do but
finally cODsenfed-not, however. until she had
manned over night in custody OF The Under Sheriff At
his house. He persuaded her to this course, and took
so much interest in her that very uind suspi-
clone found utterance; how uBustly tho sequel wall
show. In consideration Of her plea Of guilty, the
Judge was very mercifui, ana sentenced her 10 three
months in the Albany Penitentiary.
Here she srriyed few days ago. and the worthy
usiron received her kindly introduced her to the fe
male department, and from thence into the bathing
room from whence series OF .o1d screams for Mr..
PiIIsbury" were soon heard and his appearing
the Inatron hid her blushes, and requested him 10
take that man away Mr.. Pillsbuy, like gen
he a. co,npiied with this reasonable