Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-09-21


She said she intrusted the room to tn,
prisoners care, and that no one else hac
access there save herself Then she de-
scribed about missing the money, ant
closed by telling how she found twenty f W
dollars of in the prisoners trunk. She
could swear it was the identical none,
she had lost, in two tens and one Eve dol,
lar bank. mote.
Mrs. Naseby,' said I, when you FIRST
missed the money, had you any reason to
believe that the prisoner had taken it7'
"Nosir,' she answered.
Had you ever before detected her in
any dishonesty?'
"No, SIR"
Should you have thought of searching
her trunk had not Nancy Luther advised
and informed your
"No, sir"
Mrs. Naseby left the stand, and Nancy
Luther took her place. She came up with
a bold look, and upon me she cast def
ant glance, as if to say "Trap me if you
can" She gave her evidence as follows 4:
She said that on the Light the money
was taken she saw the prisoner going up
stairs, and from the SLY manner in which
she went up she suspected all was not
right. So she followed her up. Eliza
beth went to Mrs Naseby's room and shut
the door after her. stopped down and
looked through the key hole, and saw her
take out the money and put it in her pock
ct. Then she stopped down and picked
up the lamp, aud as saw ,ha, she was
coming out hurried away
Then she went on, told how she had in.
formed her mistress Of this, and how she
proposed to search the girls trunk.
! called Mrs. Naseby to the stand.
=" You said that no one save yourself
aud the prisoner, had access to your room,'
l said Now could Nancy Luther have
entered the room if she wished ?'
Certainly, sir; meant that no one
else had any right there"
I saw that Mrs. Naseby, though naturally
a hard woman, was somewhat moved by
poor Elizabeth's misery.
" Could your cook have known, by sny
means in your knowledge, where your
money was ?"
Yes sir for she has often come to
my room while was there. aud have
often given her money to buy provisions
of market men who happened to come
along with their wagons"
One more question: Have you known
Of the prisoners having used atty money
since this was stolen p
d" No, sir
| now called Nancy Luther back, an
she began to trsmbe little, though ber
look was a. bold and defiant as ever.
" Miss Luther | said, why did you
not inform your mistress at once of what
you had seen, without waiting for her to
ask about the lost money p
" Because | could not at once make up
my mind to expose the poor girl she an.
swered promptly.
You say you looked through the key
hole and saw her take the money p
"Yes, sir.'
"Where did she place the lamp when
she did SO p
"On the bureau
" In your testimony you said she stopped
down when she picked it up. What do
you mean by that?'
The girl hesi,ated. and finally she said
did not mean anything, only she picked
up the lamp.
Very well,' said I, chow long have
you been with Mrs. Naseby?"
Not quite year, sir"
How much does she pay you week ?"
IA dollar and three quarters
Have you taken up any Of your pay
since you have been there p
"Yes, SIR"
How much p
!" don't know, sir.
"Why don't you know"
"How should /? l have taken it at
different times, just as l wanted it. and
kept no account"
I" Now if you had wished to harm the
prisoner could you have raised twenty FIVE
dollars to put in her trunk p
/" No, SIR she replied with virtuous in
dignation.
Then you have not laid up any money
since you have been there ?"
"No sir, only what Mrs. Nsseby may
owe me-"
"Thsn you did not have any twenty-6
dollars when you came there p
No, sir and what's more, the money
fouad in the girls trunk was the money