Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-12-20
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THE CRIMINAL WITNESS

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.o,,s.d to defend q young man Who had
h.., ..c,..d of robh,ns IA. mail. I arrived
..,,, 4, ,h. mo,ni,v and imme ,iatsly had
,c,x ,onf,,.,es with nv client. The
,,o,., mai, b., had been recovered, as we'll
n. IN. Letter. from which the money bad
h.., ,,a.J rh,.. latter, ver. given m.
q, .,.u,,.,i,,. and I returned them TO
a.. ,,o...,,i,, attorney. Having finished
IN. arr.nssuen, OF my pr,liminsries abou,
Nom. and n, the casa would not come ofI
hsIors the ne1t day. wen, into the court
in the afternoon to zee what was going on.
The ir,t case that came up was one Of ,hsis,
and the prisoner was young girl no, moro
than seventeen ycar' OF ago. named E'ia.
beth MAiworih' sh' W" very pre"!' s"a
bore that mild innocent LOOK 'hs' "s~''
dom lind IN eu'pr''' She hal oee" weep
INK rro'usey' out - '"' 'o"na =" "."!
eyes upon ne' cue oeca"' ''' "'S"'"s' W
weep more.
The complaint against her set forth that
she had stolen hundred dollar. IRON Nrs.
N.sshy. and as the case went on found
that this Ms. Naseoy. . wealthy widow
living in the town. was the eirl's mistress.
The poor girl declared her innoesnes in the
widest erm'' but circumstances were na'o
against hef' honafeu ao''''' !" '~".
notes had been stolen IRON her m't'r''
room. and she VI" 'ns o''J ons '"A' 'a'
seerss 'here'
Al this jupctur-, when the mistress w~.
upon the witness stand. . yoone man cane
aud cAosht ms by Oh. arm. lie Was hne
looking man. big tcars stood in bis eyes
They tell me you are . good lawyer.
he whispered.
lam lawyer I answered.
Then save her. You certainly can DO
II. for .hs !. innoc.n,.'
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anil III give YOU all I've got. I can't rpe
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into ,h. casa. and wa. admitted a, oncr.
Tn. l,ud murmur Of .ati.iac,,on tha, ran
o.i.lIv through ,h, roo,n told me whore
IN, .,mt.,h,e, Of N, r.opls were. Is.kcd
n, , m,m.n,.. cessation. ,h., nigh, speak
:, m, client. went and "a, down h., her
eide. and asked her 10 state cAndidly the
whole case. She told TN SHE bad lived With
Mrs. Sh.e'y two years. and had never had
any trouble before About two weeks as''
she sait. her mistress Loot a hundred dol
lar
.sb. ui,.cd |, from her drawer the girl
aid 10 me. and asked me about IL. I sad
I knew nothing about IL. That evening !
know Nancy Luther told Mrs. Na'eoy that
che .a~ me TAX. the money from the drawer
-,ha, she watched n'e 'hrough the tsyhol'.
Then they went TO my trunk and found
twenty-five dollars OF the missing none,
there. Hut, CIR. ! never took IT, and some.
body must have pot 1t there.
| then asked her II che suspected any one.
4 don't know che said. who could
b.,, done |, bat Nancy. She ha. never
liked m.. because shs thought Was better
treated than che. She 10 the cook. wA'
tho chamb'rma:d.'
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me.
She Was q stout, boldfaced girl, somewhere
.bou, Eve and twenty years old. with low
forehead, small gray cyes. . pug noss and
thick lIps. I caught her glance at once. as
!, re.,ed on III. fair yoong prisoner. and
the moment detected the look Of batr-d
xh;,b I real there. I was convinced tha,
.h. ,a, the rogue.
Name, Luther. did you say that girls
mama ,,.r Is.tsd. for . new light bad
h,ol., in unon me.
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Il.n m. eour, room and wen, to the
r,o..eu,ior .,,orn., and asked him for III,
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