Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-06-19
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\. Nov, Nancy Luther, \ tsa;;d \, turn,
ing 70 the witness, and speaking 4 !
quick, startling tone, ~ ny same time
llopoking her sternly Il the eye, \ please
tfll,the court and jun, and telI ~, too.
where you got TIE seventyr6ve dollars
you sent your sister III Soners "
Thsw,tnefs started ssthough vol
cano had hurst a her feee
Y she turned pain y dsath, ma svsryI
limb shook Violently, I~s;fss shtil she
people could seo her emotion, spd lhsn |
repeated the question.
s [r-7-ll- II never never ''e'7nt-any' she fair
" gasped.
{ You did !" Numbered, .for ! was
excited now.
/" II didn't" she family uttered,
grasping the rail for support.
May il please your honor, and gem
tlemen Of the jury said, as soon as
i had looked the witness ont Of coun
tenance. II came here tvdefend q youth
who had been arrested for robbing the
mail, and in my course Of preliminary
examinations had access to the letters
which had been torn open and rifled Of
money. When ! entered upon this case
and heard the name Of this witness pro-
.nounced. ! went out and got this letter
which now hold, for remembered to
have seen one bearing the signature Of
Nancy mher. The letter was taken
out of the mail bag, and contained
seyenty-five dollars, and by looking at
the post-mar you will observe. il was
mailed on the very next day after the
money was taken from Mrs. Naseby'
drawer. ! will read it to you, if you
please. &
The court nodded, assent, and read
the following, which was without date.
save that made BY the pos.master's
stamp on the outside. I give i here
verbatim
Sister Dorcas ! send you heer
seyente-fye dollars, which ! want you
TO keep for me till j cum, i.cant kepe il
here coz ime afraid It will get stole, don't
speke wan wurd tu living sole bout
this coz don't want nobody to know
have got emmy money. .yu wont will W.
j am first rate heer. only that guide for
nothing snipe Of liz madwurth IS heer|
yet but i hope tu git rid Of her now.
yu know rote yu bout her. give my
luy to awl enquirer friends. this is from
your sistet till deth. NANcr LUTHER. =
e Now, Your Honor" I said as !
handed him the letter, and also the re-
.ceipts, you will see that the letter is
directed to Dorcas Luther, Somers, !,
Montgomery county. And you will also
observe that one hard wrote that letter
and signed those receipts, II is plain
how the hundred dollars was disposed
Of Seventy-five were in that letter and
sent away for safe keeping, while the re-
naming twenty-five were placed in the
prisoners trunk for the purpose Of COW
ering. the real criminal. OF the tone Of
the other parts Of the letter Ileaye you
70 Judge. And now gentlemen Of the
jury, ! leave my case 10 your hands,
only I will thank God, and I know you
will also, that an innocent person is
thus strangely saved from ruin and dis
grace 81
The case was given to the jury imme-
diately following their examination Of
the letter. They had heard from the
witnesses own mouth that she had 40
money Of her own. and, without leaving
their seats, they returned a'verdict Of
- Not Guilty J"
The youth who had first asked me to
defend the prisoner, caught me BY the |
hand, but he could not speak plainly.
He simply looked at me through his
tears for moment, and then rushed to
the prisoaer. He seemed TO forget
where. he was, for he flung his arms
around har. apdssh laid her head upon
bis bosom and wept aloud.
! will not attempt 70 describe the |
scene that followed but if Nancy Luz
ther had not been arrested for the theft,
she would have been obliged % seek the
projection Of the officers !: for the a.