New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-09-13
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cano burst at her feet. She turned pale
as death, and every limb shook violent
ly. I waited until the people could have
an opportunity to see her emotion, and
then Irepeated the question.
sent-any.' she gasped.
,Yor did, thundered. for I was ex-
cited now.
III didn't she family muttered,
grasping the railing by she side for sup
port. .#.H 4.
May it please your honor and gen
tlemen of the jury 1 said as soon as l
looked the witness odt of countcnance,
L came here to defend a man who was
arrestedfor robbing the mail, and in the
course of my preliminary examinations
1 had access to the letters which had
been torn torn open and robbed of mon
ey. When entered upon this case,
and heard the name of this witness pro-
nounced, went out and got this letter
which l now hold, for l remembered
having seen one bearing the signature
Of Nancy Luther. This letter was taken
from the mailbag, and it contained
seventy-fve dollars, and by looking at
the post.mark you will observe that it
was mailed the day after the hundred
dollars were taken from Mrs. Naseby's
drawer. u R read it to you, if you
please
The court nodded assent, and 1 read
the following, which was without date:
save that made by the postmaster upon
the outside. l gave it verbatam:
Sister Dorcus:
1 1cend yu hear seventy-fve dollars
which want yu to cope for me til cum
hum cant cope it cos i'm teered it vii
git stole don't speek wun word to a liv-
in sole bout this i don't want nobodee to
no i've got eny mony, yu wont vii yu.
i am fust rate hear unly that guide for
nothin snipe ofliz madworth is hear yit
but i hop to git over her now. yu no
i rote to yu bout her. Civ my luy to al
inqulrin frcns. this is trum yur sister
til deth. ..
Nancy Luther
Now, your honor l said: as 1 gave
him the letter, and also the receipts,
you will see that the letter is directed
to Dorcas Luther, Somers, Montgom-
cry county. And you Will observe that
one hand wrote that letter and signed
the receipt, and the jury will observe.
And now will only add, it is PLAIN to
see how the hundred dollars were dis
posed of. Seventy-fve dollars weresent
off for safe keeping, while the remain
ing twenty-five dollars were placed in
the prisoners trunk for the purpose of
covering the real criminal. OF the tone
of parts of the letter, you must judge.
1 now leave my clients case in your
hands,
The case was given to the jury i'm
mediately following their examination
Of the letter. They had heard from
the witness own mouth that she had no
money Of her own, and without leaving
their seats they returned verdict Of
Not Guilty. -
will not describe the scene, that fol-
lowed; but, if Miss Luther had not been
immediately arrested for theft, she would
have been obliged to seek protection Of
the officers, or the excited people would
have MANNED her at least. if they had
not done more. The next morning 1
received a note, handsomely written,
in which / was told that the within
was but slight token of the gratitude
due me for my efforts in behalf of tho
poor, defenceloss maiden. 1t was sign
ed, Several Citizens and contained
one hundred dollars. Shortly sitter
wards, the youth who first begged me
to take up the case called upon me with
all the money he could raise, but 1
| showed him that l had already been
paid, and refused his hard earnings.
Before l left town / was guest at his
Wedding my fair client being the hap