Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-06-06
SIS there any other girl of that name about

1nen rest easy. Wits clear you, II al
goes right,
left the court room, and went TO the
prosecuting attorney and asked him for the
letters ] haze had handed 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 / would sec
that he had the one / kept before night. I
then returned to the court room, and the case
went on.
Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony
She said she entrusted the room to the
prisoners care, and that no one else had
access there save herself, Then she de-
scribed about missing the money, and clos
ed by telling how she found twenty-five
dollars of it in the prisoners trunk She
could swear it was the identical money she
had lost, in two tens and one FIVE dollar
note.
sMrs. Naseby,' said /, 'when you FIRST
missed the money, had you any reason to
believe that the prisoner had taken it 2
ne, sir
sHad you ever before detected her in any
dishonestys'
mo, SIR
Mrs. Naseby left the stand, and Nancy
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
can.''
Nancy gave her evidence, in effect, as fol
lows:
She said that, on the night when the mon
ey was stolen, she saw the prisoner going up
stairs, and from the sly manner in which
she went up she suspect tied 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 locked
through the keyhole, and saw her take out
the money and put it ir her pocket. Then
she stopped down and picked up the lamp.
and as / saw that she was comming 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.
sYou say that no one, save yourself and
the prisoner, had access TO your rocms,' /
said. sNow could Nancy Luther have en-
tered the room if she wished 2
'Certainly, sir. mean no one else had
any right there
/ saw that Mrs. Naseby, though naturally
a hard woman, was moved by poor Eliza
beth's misery.
Gould your cook have known, by any
means in your knowledge, where your mon
ey was q
Yes, sir: for she often came up to my
room when was there and have given her
money with which to buy provisions OF
market men, who happened to GO along With
their wagons.
s0ne more question: have you known
the prisoner having used any money since
this was stolen
NO, sir
now called Nancy Luther back, and
she began to trenble little, though her
look was as bold and defiant as ever.
Miss Luther | said, why did you not
inform your mistress at once, of what you
had seen, without waiting for her to ask about
the lost money!
Because, could not make up my mind
to expose the poor girl, she replied prompt
ly
'You say you looked through the key
hole, and saw the prisoner take the mon-
ey9'
g Yes, SIR
sWhere did she place the lamp when she
did so =
s0n the bureau
sIn your testimony you said sho stopped
down when she picked 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 lamp.
very well,' said /. 'How long have you
been With Mrs. Naseby 9
Not quite gear
How much does she pay you week 2
"A dollar and ilrcc quarters
sHave you taken up any Of your pay since
you have been there.'
sYes, SIR -.
Fl slow much 2
81 don't know, sir
sWhy dou't you know 2
slow should IT Pye taken it at differ
ent times, just as wanted it, and have kept
no account
.Now, if you had any wish to harm the
prisoner, could you have raised twenty-five
dollars to put in hef trunk =
NO, SIR she replied, With vir.nous in