Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-11


ton which ran through the room, quickly told
me "here the sympathies of the people were
| asked for moments cessation. that might
| speak 70 my client. went and sat down by
her side, and asked her to state to me candid.
| ~ the whole case. She told me she had lived
with Mrs. Naseby nearly two years, and that
she never had any trouble before. About two
weeks ago, she said her mistress lost Sl0O.
"She missed it from the drawer" the girl
said, sand she asked me about it-but knew
nothing OF it. The next thing knew. Nancy
Luther told Mrs. Naseby that she saw me tax
the money from the drawer-that she watched
me through the key-hole. They then went to
my trunk, and found twenty y-five dollars of the
missing money there. But, o, sir, 1 never
LOOK n--sonnebody else put the money there!''
| then asked her if she suspected any one.
81 don't KNOW she said, sswho could have
done it but Nancy. She has never liked me-
because she thought 1 was treated better than
she was. She is the cook.''
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me. She
was stout, bold-faced girl, about two-and-
twenty, with low forehead, small grey eyes.
a pug nose and thick lips. caught her glance
at once as it rested upon the fair young priso-
ner, and the moment detected the look of ba
tired which read there, was convinced that
she was the rogue.
son, sir, can you help me ?'' my client ask
ed me in a fearful whisper.
''Nancy Luther did you say that girls namc
was % eyes sir" Sis there any other girl
OF that name about here?'' ssNo, sir'' ssTben
rest easy. I'll try hard to save you.''
left the court room, and went to the pros
ecuting attorney, and asked him for the letters
had handed to him-the ones that had been
stolen from the mail bag. He gave them to
me, and having selected one, returned the
rest, and told him l would see that 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 twenty
five dollars in the prisoners trunk. She could
swear it was the identical money she had lost.
being two tens and one five dollar bill. esMrs.
Naseby," said 1, s.whea you first missed vour
money, had you any reason to believe that the
prisoner had taken it 7'' sNo sir,'' she an
swered. ''Had you ever before detected her
in dishonesty - s:No, sir.'' ssShould You
have thought of searching her trunk had not
Nancy Luther advised you and informed YOUR
.No, sir.''
Mrs. Naseby then left the stand, and Nancy
Luther took her place. She came up with
bold look, and upon me she cast defiant
glance, as much as to say, strap me if you
cann' She gave her evidence as follows = /
She said, that on the night when the money
was stolen.she saw the prisoner going up stairs,
and from the manper in which she went up.
she suspected that all was not right. So she /
followed 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 at her mistress's drawer. / saw
her take out the money and put it into her !
pocket. Then she stopped down to pick up
the lamp, and as l saw that she was coming |
out, hurried away. Then she told how she |
had informed her mistress of this, and propos-
ed TO search the girls trunk.
called Mrs. Naseby. back to the stand.-
s'Yo say that no one, save yourself and the |
prisoner, had access to your room,'' l said
Snow could Nancy Luther have entered that |
room if she wished 7'' ssCertainly, sir, I meant
no one else had any right there
saw that Mrs. N, though naturally hard |
woman, was somewhat moved by poor Eliza
betf's misery. s'Could your cook have known |
by any means in your knowledge, where your
money was? 20 eyes, sir; for she has often /
came up to my room when 1 was there, and | |
have given her money with which to buy pro-
visions of market men, who happened to come |
along with their wagons" One more question
'sHaYe you known of the prisoners having
had any money since this was stolen rs ssNo, |
sir.''
I now called Nancy Luther back, and she be-
gan to tremble little, though her look was as
bold and defiant as ever. ssMiss Luther, / said, |
"why did you not inform your mistress at once |
of what you had seen, without waiting for her
to ask you about the lost money ~ s'Because
could not make up my mind at once to ex-
pose the poor giri,'' she answered promptly. |
"You say you looked through the key-hole |
and saw her take the money ?'' eyes, SIR"
esWhere did she put the lamp while she did /
SO pa son the bureau.' .'In your testimo-
nv, you said she stopped down when she pick
ed it up. What did you mean by that 2''
The girl hesitated and finally said she didn't
mean anything only that she picked up the I
lamp.
"Yery WE'LL said l. 'fHow long have you
been with Ms. Naseby ?" s'Not quite year,
sir.n "How much does she pay you week q"
ssA dollar and three-quarters." s'Have you