The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-11-27

hle " ueleuu heI' 0ho eaiu Co. lueH
informed the court that was ready, to en-.
ter into the case, aud was admitted at once,
The loud murmur of satisfaction which ran
through the room, quickly told me where the
sympathies OF the people were.
Iusk ed for u moments cessation, that
might speak to my client. Invent and sat
down aud asked her to state to me cundidy
the whole case. She told me that She had
lived with Mrs. Naseby nearly two years
ard duriug all that time she never had any
trouble before. About two weeks ago, shs
said her mistress lost hundred dollars.
"She missed it from the drawer" the girl
told me, "aDd she asked me about it, but
knew nothing of it. The next thing knew,
Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseby that she
saw me take the money from the drawer
that she watched me through fhe key-hole.
They then went to my trunk, and found
twenty five dollars of the missing money
there. But, oh, sir never took it-some-
sody else put the money there"
asked her if she suspected any one.
Il don't know" she said, "who could
have done it bat Nancy. She has never
liked me, because she thought was better
treated than she was. She is the cook and
was the chambermaid. s.. ..,e .
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me =
| ho hr,IJ -
and twenty, with a low forehead, smaIl grey
eyes, pug nose and thick lips. caught
her glance at once, as it rested on the fair
young prisoner, and the moment | detected
the look OF hatred which read there, was
convinced that she was the rogue.
"Oh, sir, can you help me!' my client
ask ed in a fearful whisper.
"Nancy Luther, did you say that girls
name was
"Yes, SIR" .... .,.
SIS there any other girl o. that name
here!'
"No, SIR"
"Then rest easy. I'll try hard to save
you"
left the courtroom, and went to the pros.
ecuting attorney, and asked him for the let
ters had handed him-the ones that had
been stolen from the mail baas He gave
them to me, and having selected one, re-
turned the rest, and told him that | would
see he had the one kept before night.
then returned to the court room and the case
went on. Mrs. Nascby resumed her testi-
mony. She said she entrusted her room to
the prisoners care, and no one else had ac-
cess 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 lost, being two
tens and one five doItar bill.
"Mrs. Naseby," said'fI, "when you first
missed your money, had you any reason to
believe the prisoner took It'll" - ..a
"No, sir" she answered. ..
"Have you ever before detected her in
dishonesy"
"No, sir"
Should you have thought ofsearching her
trunk had not Nancy Luther advised and in
formed yuu!"
mo, sir"
Mrs. Naseby then left the stand, and
Nancy Luther took her pluce. She came
up with bold look, and upon me she cast
defiant glance SO much as to say, ''trap me
if you can!" She gave her evidence as fol-
lows: She said that on the night when the
money was stolen, she saw the prisoner 60.
ing up stairs. and from the manner in which
she went up, she suspected that all was not
right. So she followed her up. Elizabeth
went1nto Mrs. Naseby's room, and shut the
door after herss,L Lslooped down and looked
through the keysholer and saw her at her
mistress drawer. | saw her take out the
money and put il in her pocket, Then she
stopped down to pick up the lamp, and as
saw that she was coming out, / hurried
away. Then she told how she had inform.
ed her mistress of this, and proposed to
search the girls trunk. Il
Icalled Mrs. Naseby to the stand. "You
say that no one but yourself and the prisoner
had access to your room!' I ssid. "Now
could Nancy Luther have entered that room
il she wished!" i rarrsiHca97 gl .Hst
"Certanly, sir. I meant that no one else
had any right there '' '.,-
saw that Mrs. NJ, though naturally
hard woman. was somewhat moved by poor
misery, "Could your cook have
known by any means in your knowledge,
where your money wasp"
"Yes, sir, for she has often come up to
my room when was there, and | have Civ.
en- her money with which to buy provisions
Of market men, who have come along with
their wagons" '.' .+an 5o's ~ 2a'@ +
"One more question: Have you known Of
The prisoners having sny money since this
was stolen?1 81 a@aE I
"No. sir" @af# "'@'ao s''i a@ ft
now called Nancy Luther back, and she
began to tremble a little, though her look
was Us bold and defiant as ever. ssMiss Lu,
Iher." said, "why did you not inform your 7,
mistress at once Of what you hat seen, with,
out waiting for her to ask you about the lost