Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-07-31

done it but Nancy. She has never likeC
me, because she thought was better treat
ec than she was. She is the cook, and
was the chambermaid."
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me-
She vas a stout, bold-faced girl. somewhere
abou, fve-and-twenty years old, with low
forehead, email gray eyes, pug nose, and
thick lips. caught her glaLce once, as il
rested upon the fair young prisoner, and tie
moment detected the look Of hatred which
| read there, was convinced that she was
the rogue.
80. sir, can you help mel" my client
asked in fearful whisper.
"Nancy Luther, did you say that girls
name was!" | asked, for a new light had
broken in upon me.
"Yes, SIR"
"Is there any other girl of that name
about here!"
| "No, SIR"
Then rest you easy. III try hard to
save YOU"
| left the court room, and went to the
Prosecuting Attorney and asked him for the
letters had handed hm-the ones that had
been stolen from the mailbag. He gave
them to me, and, having selected one, | re-
turned the rest, and told him | would see
that he had the one kept before night. |
then returned to the courtroom, and the
case went on.
| Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony. She
1 IL foI hor IN
er's care, and that no one else had access
there save herself. Then she described
about missing the money, and closed b.
telling low she found twenty-five dollars OF
it in the prisoners trunk. She could swear
it was the identical money she had lost, it
being IN two tens and one five dollar till.
Mrs Naseby,'' said I, "when you first
missed your money. had you any reason to
believe that the prisoner had taken it!'
mo, sir" she answered.
"Had you ever before detected her in her
dishonesty"
mo, sir"
"Should you have thought of searching
her trunk had not Nancy Luther advised
you and informed you!'
mo, sir"
Mrs Naseby then LETT the stand, and
Nancy Luther took her place. She came
up with bold look. and upon me she cast
defiaRr glance, as much as to say, trap
me, if you can" 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 sly manner in which she
went up, she suspected all was not right
So she followed her up. Elizabeth went
into Mrs. aseby's room, and shu, the coo-
after her. | stopped down and looked through
the key-hole, and saw her at her mistres-'7
drawer. I SAW her take out the money and
put it in her pocket. Then she stopped down
and picked up the lamp, and as | saw that
she was coming out, hurried away" Then
she went on and told how she had informed
her mistress of this, and how she proposed
to search the girls trunk.
called Mrs. Naseby back to the stand.
You say that no one, save yourself and
the prisoner, had access to your room!" said
T. "Now could Nancy Luther have entered
that room, if she wishedl"
"Certainly, sir. / meant no one else had
any right there"
saw that Mrs. NJ, though naturally g
hard woman, was somewhat moved by poor
Elizabeth'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"
"One more question. Have you known of
the prisoners having used any money since
this was stolenl"
| "No, SIR"
now called Nancy Luther back, and she
began to tremble little, though her look
was as bold and defiant as ever.
"Miss Luther said, "why did you not in
form your mistress at once of what ycu had
seen, without waiting for her to ask you
about the lost money!'
because J could not make up nv mind at
ouSC " c~PoSc ehc PoOi Jung gun SHc
answered, promptly.
"You say you looked through the key -hoIe
and saw her take tie money!"
"Yes, sir"
"Where did she place the lamp, while she
did sol"
"On the bureau"
ain your testimony, you said she stopped
down when she picked it up. What did you
mean by that!"
The girl hesitated, and finally said she
didn't mean anything, only that she picked
up the lamp.
"very WELL" said =. "How long hav.
YOU been with Mrs. Naseby!"
"Not quite year, sir"
"How much does she pay weekw
"a dollar and three-quarters."
"Hsve you taken up any of your pay since
you have been there!"
"Yes, sir"
I. "How much!'
"T don't know, SIR"
"Why don't you know!'
I SHOW should Il I've taken il at difieren
> times, just as wanted it, and have kept n
account"
= SNOW if you had had any = sf to harr