The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-07-03
WESTERLY, r. l., THURSDAY, JULY 8 1856.

prisoners care, and that no one else ha(
access there but herself. Then she dc
scrltlng the missing money, and closed
by telling how she had found twenty.
five dollars Of it in the prisoners trunk
She could swear i, was the idcntca
money she had lost, it being two ten
and one five dollar LiIl.
Mis-. Naaeby,' said 7, when you
FIST missed your money, bad you any
reason to believe that the prisoner had
taken it,
No, sir she answered.
Should you have thought of search
ing her trunk, had not Nancy Luther
advised you and informed you =
No, SIR
Mrs. Nascby then left the stand, anG
Nancy Luther took her place. She
came up with bold look, and on me
she cast a dcfaut glance, as much as to
say, trap me, if you can!' She gave
evidence as follows:
On the night when the money was
stolen, / saw the prisoner going NJ
stairs, aud from the manner in which
she went up, suspected that all wa:
not right. So | followed her up.
Elizabeth went into Mrs Naseby'
room aud shut the door after her.
stopped down and Looked through ,h,
kef hole, and saw her at her mistress 4
drawer. | saw her take out the money
ADA put IL in her pocket. THEN she
stopped down to pick up the lamp, and
as saw that she was coming out, | hur
ried away Then she told how she
had informed her mistress Of this, and
proposed to search the girls trunk.
l called Mrs Naseby back to the
stand.
You say that no cne, save yourself
and the prisoner, had access to your
room. Now could Nancy Luther have
entered that room if wished =
Certainly, sir. | meant no one else
had any right there
saw that Mrs. n. though naturally
hard woman, was somewhat moved by
poor Elzabeth's misery.
Gould your cook have known, by
any means within your knowled.c
waere your money wasF
Yes, sir for Sh, has often come
up to my room when | was there, and |
have given her money with Which to buy
provisions Of marketmen, who happen,
ed along with their wagons
'Oae more question Have you
known of the prisoners having had any
money since this was stolen 2
No, sir
I now called Nancy Luther back, ana
she began to trembl: little, though
her look was as bold and defiant as ever
Miss Luther | said, why did 20.
not inform yeur mistress at once Of whs
you bad seen, without waiting for her tC
ask you about the lost money; =
Because | could not make uD my
mind at once to expose the poor girl,
she answered promptly.
You say you looked through the key
hole and saw her take the money!
Yes, sir
'Where did she put the lamp while
she did so ?
On the bureau
In your testimony, you sad she
stopped down whcu n, picked 1t up -
What did you moan by that
The girl hcsitatcd, and finally said
she didn't mean anything, not that she
picked up the lamp.
Very well said I. How long have
you been with Mrs Naseby"
Not quite year, sir
'IIow much does she pay you a
week p
"A dollar and three quarters.
Have you taken up any of your pay
since you have been there =
Yes, sir
How much ?
/ don't know, sir
Why dou't you know =
How should II I've taken it at
different times just as l wanted it, and
have kept no account
Now if you had wished to harm the
prisoner, could not you have raised
dollars to put in her trunk -