The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-16

"She missed II from the drawer" tn
girl told me, I" and she asked me about IL
but knew nothing of it. The next thin
knew, Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseb,
that she saw me take the money from tn
drawer-that she watched me through tn
key-hole. They then went to my trunk
and they found twenty-five dollars oil tn
missing money there. But o, sir, ne'e
took it-somebody else put that none.
there !"
! then asked her IL she suspected any one
81 don't know" she said, 60 who coui'
have done it but Nancy. She has neve
liked me, because she thought l was treate'
better than she was. She is the cook, ant
| was the chamber-maid.
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me-
She was stout, bold-iaced girl, about two
and'twenty with a low forehead, small gre.
eyes, a pug nose and thick lips. i caught
her glance at once as it rested upon the fail
young prisoner, and the moment l detected
the look of hatred which read there, wal
convinced that she was the rogue.
"oh, sir, can You help me?" my client
asked in fearful whisper.
+" Nancy Luther, did you say that girl,
name was?"
"Yes, SIR"
is there any other girl Of that name
about here?"
"No, sir"
"ThCn rest 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 him-the ones that had
been stolen from the mailbag. lie 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. l
then returned to the court room and the case
went on.
Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony
She said she entrusted her room to the pris-
oner's care, and that no one else had access
there but herself. Then she described the
missing money, and closed by telling how
she had found twenty-five dollars of it in the
prisoners trunk. She could swear it was
the identical money she had lost, it being
two tens and one five dollar bill.
"Mrs. Naseby," said |, "whcn you first
missed your money, had you any reason to
believe that the prisoner had taken TT"
"No SIR" she answered.
Had you ever before detected her in dis
honcsty?"
"No sir"
"Should you have thought of searching
her trunk had not Nancy Luther advised
you and informed you?"
"No sir
Mrs. Nascby then left the stand, and
Nancy Luther took her place. She came
up with bold look, and upon me she cast
u defiant glance, as much as to say trap
me if you can" She gave evidence as fol-
lows:
"She said on the night the money was
stolen, she saw the prisoner going up stairs
and from the manner in which she went up,
she suspected that all was not right. So
she followed her up"
Elizabeth went into Mrs. Naseby room
and shut the door after her. stopped
down and looked through the key hole, and
saw her at her mistress drawer. saw her
take out the money and put it in her pocket.
Then she stopped down to pick up the lamp,
and us saw that she was coming out, |
hurried away" Then she told how she had
informed her mistress OF this and proposed
10 search the girls trunk.
/ called Mrs. Naseby back to the stand.
Z" You say that no one, save yourself and
The prisoner had access to your room,'
laid, snow could Nancy Luther have en-
cred that room II she wished?"
Z" Certainly, sir. meant no one else
,ad any right there"
I saw that Mrs. N, though naturally n
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 como to my
room when was there, and have giver
her money with which to buy provisions o.
market men, who happened along with thei'
Wagons"
"Onc more question; have you known o
the prisoners having had any money sinc'
this was stolen ?"
"No sir"
Inow called Nancy Luther back, and she
began to trcmble little, though her look
was as bold and defiant as ever.
"Miss. Luther" ! said, "why did yoT
not inform your mistress at once Of wha
you had seen, without waiting for her Il
ask you about the lost money!"
because I could not make up my mine
at once to expose the poor girl, !" she answer
ID promptly,
"You say you looked through tho ke,
hole and saw her take the money 2"
"Yes, sir"
Where did she put the lamp while sh
did so?"
"On the bureau"
In your testimony You said she stoapet
down when she picked il UP. What di.