Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-05-22
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twenty, with low forehead, small grey eyes,
a pug nose and thick lips. l caught her glance
at once as it rested on the fair young prisoner,
which read there, was convinced that she
was the rogue.
"Oh, Sir, can you help me ?" my client ask
ed in fearful whisper.
Nancy Luther, did you say that girls name
was ?"
"Yes SIR"
Is there any other girl of that name about
here p
"No, SIR"
"Then rest easy. I'll try hard to save you"
l left the court room, and went to the prose-
cutting attorney and asked him for the letters
had handed to him-the ones that had been
stolen from the mailbag. He gave them to
me, and having selected one, returned the rest,
aud told him l would see he had the one kept
before night. / then returned to the court
room and the case went on.
Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony. She
said she entrusted her room to the prisoners
care, and that no one else had access there but
herself. Then she described the missing money,
and closed by telling how she had found TWEEN
ty-ive dollars of it in the prisoners trunk -
She could swear it was the identical money
she had lost, it being two tens and one five dol
lar bill
Mrs Nascby," said /, "when you first
missed your money, had you any reason to be-
lieve that the prisoner had taken it I"
No, sir" she answered.
Had you ever before detected her in dis
honestly
NO SIR"
Should You have thought of searching her
trunk had not Nancy Luther advised you and
informed you p
"No SIR"
Mrs. Naseby then left the stand and Nancy
Luther took her place She came up with
bold look as much as to say trap me If you
can" She gave evidence as follows
She said that on the night when the money
was stolen, she saw the prisoner going up stairs,
and from the manner in which she went up she
suspected that all was not right So she fol-
lowed her up.
Elizabeth went into Mrs. Naseby's room
and shut the door after her. stopped down
and looked through the key hole, and saw her
ut her mistress drawer. saw her take out
the money and put it in her pocket Then she
stopped down to pick up the lamp, and as
saw that she was coming out, hurried away"
Then she toll how she had informed her mistress
of this and proposed to search the girls trunk.
called Mrs. Eascby back to the stand
" You say that no one, save yourself and the
prisoner, had access to your room," l said
Now could Nancy Luther have entered that
room If she wishedy"
Certainly, sir. l meant no one else had
any right there"
saw that Mrs. ". though naturally hard
woman, was somewhat moved by poor Eliza
bcth's misery
Could your cook have known by any means
in your knowledge, where your money was ~
Yes, sir for she has often come up to my
room when was there, and have given her
money with which to buy provisions of market.
men, who happened along with their wagons"
g One more question. Have you known of
the prisoners having had any money since this
was stoleny
NO sir"
now called Nancy Luther back, and she
began to trcmble a little, though her look was
as bold and defiant as ever.
a. Miss Luther" l said, why did you not
inform your mistress ut once of what you had
seen, without waiting for her to ask you about
the lost money p
because could not make up my mind at
once to expose the POOR girl" she answered
promptly.
You say You looked through the key-hole
and saw her take this money!"
Yes, SIR"
"Where did she put the lamp while she did
so!"
"On the bureau"
:" In your testimony, you said she stopped
down when she picked it up. What did you
mean by that p
The girl hesitated, and finally said she didn't
mean anything, ouly that she picked up the lamp.
Very well" said /. How long have you
been with Mrs Naseby?"
6 Not quite year, sir 7"
"How much does she pay you week :"
"A dollar and three quarters"
a. Have you taken up any Of your pay since
you have been there 7"
Yes, sir"
How much 7"
II don't know, sir.s
why don't You know p
How should /! I've taken it at different
times, just as wanted it, and have kept no
account"
Now il you had any wish to harm the pri-
soner, couldn't you have raised twenty-five dol
lars to put in her trunk p
No. sir" she replied with virtuous indigna-
ton.
Then you have not laid up any money since
you have been there :"
No. sir-ouly what Mrs. Naseby may owe
me-" :