Squatter sovereign., 1856-07-01
ArcHsoN, KANSAS TERRITORY, TUESDAY, JULY l, 1856

aiken out Of the mail bag. and contained
dollars. and by looking at the
you will observe it was mailed
on the very next day after the money was
taken from Mrs. Naseby's drawer. will
read it to you. if yous please.
The cour, nodded assent, and read the
following. which was without date save
tha, made by the pos,master's stamp on the
outside. l give ii here verbatim:
"Sister Dorcas: I send you heer sevente
five dolers, which want yut kepe 1t ior
me til cum hum, cant kcpe It here coz
ime afraid it will get get stole, don't speke
wan wurd tn a Twin sole bout this coz
don't want nobodi to know have got eny
money, yu wont will yu. am first rate
hecr. only that guide Tor nothin snipe oil ilz
madwur,h is heer yit-but hope tu git rid
of her now. yu kno rote you bout her.
Civ my luv tu awl enquirer friends. this
is from your sister til deth.
/ NANCY LUTHER"
"Now, your honor" I said. as handed
him the letter, and also the receipts, "yoo
/ will see that the letter is directed to Dorcas
Luther, Somers, Montgomery county
And YOU will olso observe that one hand
| wrote that letter aud signed those receipts.
It's plain how the hundred dollars were
disposed of. Seventy-6ve were IN the let
ter and sent away for safe-keeping, while
the remaining twenty-five were placed IN
. the prisoners trunk for the purpose oil Gov
ering the real criminal. Of the tone o.
other parts of the letter, l leave you tf
i. Judge. And now, gentlemen OF the jury
I leave my case in your hands, only vii
y thank God, and 1 know you will also, tha
an innocent person has been thus strangel,
Y saved from ruin and disgrace"
The case was given TO the jury lmmedl
|. ately following their examination oil tn
letter. They had heard from the witness
~ own mouth that she had no money OF he
" own, and, without leaving their seats. the
20 returned virdict of-"Not Gully.
=, TIE Youth who had first asked me to de
fend the prisoner caught me by the han'
I'd put he could not speak plainly. lie SIN
"a ply looked at me through his tears tor
he moment and then rushed to the fair prlsol
.r. or. He seemed to forget where he wa
for he flung his arms around her, and 81
ne laid her head upon his bosom and we
aloud.
l will not attempt to describe the scei
that followed; but if Nancy Luther h;
h. not been arrested for the theft, she wou
N. have been obliged to seek the protection
the officers; for the excited people wou
.rv have surely manned her, if they had do
no more. Next morning. received
note, handsomely written, in which l W
mr. told that the within was but slight tok
of gratitude due me for my efforts IN
half of a poor, defenceless, but much-ios
EN- maiden. 1t was signed "Severai u
zens." and contained one hundred dolla
s. Shortly afterwards, the youth came to P
all the money he could raise. | SIM
Cd. showed him the note / had received, q
,rt. asked him TO keep his hard earnings
uld his wife, when he got one. He owned
intended to make Lizzie Madwurth
the wife very soon.
and Next day, succeeded in clearing
off other client from conviction Of robbins
me mail, and made considerable handl'
ed the fortunate discovery of the letter wh
an. had saved an innocent girl on the day
fore, in my appeal to the jury; and,
,;ng made them feel that the finger of Omn
,;cI ,ence was in the work, il was becau'
ting cincereiy DeheVea tue youns '
o,,rt nocent of all crime; and l am sure I
YOU thought SO too.