The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-28

She was stout bold-faced girl, some
where about FIVE and twenty years old
with low forehead, small grey eyes,
pug nose, and lex lips. / caught he
glance once, as it rested upon the fai
young prisoner, and the moment detect
ed the look of hatred whie.s ! read there
l was convinced that she was the rogue.
"O!l, sir, can you help mo-" my ellen
asked in a fearful whisper.
"Nancy Luther, did you say the girl
name was?' asked, for a now light hae
broken in upon me.
"Yes, sir"
as there any other girl Of that name
about here2"
"No, SIR
"Then rest you easy, I'll try hard tc
save YOU
| left the court room, and went to the
prosecuting attorney and asked him fol
the letters | 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 see that he had the one | kept be
fore night. then returned to the court
room, and the case went on.
Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony
She said she entrusted hor room to tho
prisoners care, and that no one else had
access there save herself. Then she do,
scr:bed about the missing money, and clos
ed by telling how she had found twenty
five dollars Of it in the prisoners trunk
She could swear it was the identical mon
ey she had lost, it being in two tens and
one five dollar bill.
"Mrs. Naseby," said l, "when YOU
first missed your money,had you any rea
son to believe the prisoner here, had Ia
ken it!"
ono, sir" she answered.
"Had you ever before detected her ii
any dishonesty?'
No, sir"
"Should you have thought of search
ing her trunk had not Nancy Luther ad-
vised you and informed ~ e ot a4fa
tsNo sir. ~
Mrs Naseby then left the stand, and
Nancy Luther took her place. She came
up with bold look, and upon me she
cast defiant glance, as much as to say,
slap me, ifyou cam She gave her evil
denco as follows: a
She said.that on the night when the
money was taken, she saw the prisoner
going up stairs, and from the sly lnannel
in which she went up, she suspected that
all was not right. So she followed heI
up. elizabeth went into Mrs. Nascby's
room, and shut the door after her.
stopped down and looked through ths
keyhole, and saw her at her MISTRESS
drawer. j saw her take out the money
and put it in her pocket. Then she
stopped down and picked up the lamp
and as I saw that she was coming out,
hurried away" Then she went on and
told how she had informed her mistrcs.
of this, and how she proposed to search
the GIRLS trunk.
then called Mrs. Nasehy back to tho
stand.
@You say that no one, save yourself
and the prisoner, had access to your
room?n | sail. "Now could Nancy
Luther have entered that room, if she had
wished?" 2 Il i.' - - +" s'7
"Certainly, sir. l meant no one else
had any right there"
saw that Mrs. N, though naturally q
hard woman, was somewhat moved BY
poor Elizabeth's misery. @
i'o "Could your cook have known, by any
means in your knowledge, where your
money was?" LII m
Eyes, sir; for she has often come az
to my room when l was there, and | have
given her money with which to buy pro
visions of marketmen, who happened a
long with their wagons"
zone more question: Have you known
Of the prisoners having used any money
since this was stolen2'
"No, sir"
now called Nancy Luther back, and
she began to tremble little, though her
look was as bold and defiant rs ever.
"Miss Luther" said I, ''why did you
not inform your mistress at once OF what
you had seen, without waiting Tor her to
ask you about the lost money!"
"Because | could not make up my
mind at once to expose the poor young
girl" she answered promptly.
sY OH say you looked through the key
hole and saw her take the money!!
eyes, sir"
"Where did she place tho lamp while
she did 500"
'On the bureau"
ssIn your testimony, you sad she
stopped down when she picked it up
What did YOU mean by that!"
The girl hesitated, and finally said she
didn't mean anything, only that she pick
ed up the lamp.
every well,a said l. allow long have
you been with Mrs. Naseby?'
'Not quite year"
"How much does she pay youa week !!
"A dollar and three-quarters.'
Shave you taken up any OF your pay
since you have been there "
"Yes, sir"
"How much?"
81 don't know, sir"
"Why don't you know
..Why shouldIs I've taken it at diff
ferent times, just as wanted it, and have
kept no account
Now If you had any wish to harm