Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-03-15
)UNTY, OHIO, Friday, MARCH 15, 1861.

kendall, and the case was set down for
1.-the trial on the next day but one. At
1.-THE opening of the court that day OF
: trial, a dense crowd that had been
!, waiting round the door, rushed in and
TITLED every nook and corner of. the spa
4 cious courtroom. Hope, and fear, anx-
d iety and doubt and curiosity were de-
e lplcted on every countenance. The pris-
II 1oner's appearance, unlike the calm and
81 dlgnlled demeanor we are wont to associ-
"a ate IN our imagination with innocence.
y in trying scene like this, was pale and
sEagitated; shame and fear and grief were
written on every lineament of her wan
face: Her father, a white haired old
5 man, was sitting by her~side, and Geun-
81 sellor NJ. was consulting with them,
while the crier was making order in the
icourt, and the court was empannellng a
Hjury to try the case. The District At
7 torney then proceeded to open the case
1 ON behalf of the people, and stated in
4 substance that he expected to prove, by
circumstantial evidence, beyond all rea-
{ sonable doubt, the guilt of the accused.
q The clerk of the corporation was first
1 ..tlcalled and sworn. He testified that on
4 the Saturday before the arrest of the
Il prisoner, he had been paying off the op-
Il eratives in the mill-that he had taken
from the safe about the aSeunN neces
d sary for that purpose, in Packages iof
j from one to. FIVE hundred dolIars-that
TALL the bills paid out were on the Lowell
! Bank; but that in addition to the sum
Il paid, he had taken from the safe pack
4 age, in brown paper envelope, of five
i hundred dollars, in tens and twenties, on
! the Globe Bank of Boston, which were
i lying On his desk inside the railing that
/ fenced off his place of business from the
trest of the office-that the prisoner was
! the last of the operatives who were paid
that day; and after having received her
money, she sat down by a small table
to make an entry in small book in her
posssssion-at which he stepped out Of
the Office for few moments, and on his
return she was gone, and the package of
money had also disappeared. The wit
ness was here shown a torn envelope
marked s'S500 06-S10's-S20' s-Globe
Bank" He identified it as the envelope
Of the missing package, and the writing
was in his own hand.
| Julia Mason was the second witness
called by the prosecuting officer. She
testified that she worked in the same
house with the prisoner. That on the
day but one after the money had been
distracted she had gone out shopping in
the city and by mistake had taken Miss
Kendall's s reticule instead of her own, as
they were much alike That on her re-
turn, in removing the articles she had
Ipurc hased, the envelope introduced in
fe=e0uTt WIS Tuu1rr rrrtsT y
seal was broken and no money in it; and
that she Immediately called the attention
of the clerk of the corporation to the
fact, and gave the paper to him.
The express agent testified that about
the same time, package of five hundred
dollars was deposited in the office, di-
rected to j. Kendall, -, New Hamp-
shire, and by him forwarded to its des-
tination; by whom it " as deposited it was
impossible for him to tell.
The next witness name was Miller
He was employed as second overseer
by the corporation-had reputation
for low cunning, and was universally
disliked. He was a man who, it was
generally believed, would sacrifice friend
ship and honor to his own advancement,
and who had shown himself, in more in
stances than one, vindictive and revenge
full to the last degree. 1t was known in
confidence to a few, that he was re-
jected suitor of Miss Kendall, and that
he had sworn that he would be revenged
on her-that if any other man ever made
her his wife it should be after she had
been dsgraced forever It was also
whispered that he had lately been pay
ing marked attention to Julia Mason,
who had sworn to the finding of the en-
velope. Miller testified that on the af-
ternoon the larceny was committed he
was passing across the yard near the Of
flee; that he saw the clerk come out, and
in few minutes the prisoner likewise;
that on seeing him she appeared confused
and thrust something into the bosom of
her dress; that he thought nothing of it
at the time, nor until after the theft had
been made public and Miss Kendall was
arrested.
Old Mr.. Kendall was now called to
the stand. Although he felt in his own
soul that his daughter was innocent of
any crime, he feared and believed that
the weight Of his own testimony would
| seal her fate. After being sworn, the
District Attorney inquired, "Did you,
on OF about the goth day of August last,
receive package OF money by express
from this city?' Answer, 'I did"
81 How much money did it contain, and
of what denomination were the bills?'
Give hundred dollars in tens and TWEEN
ties ''Did any communication accom-
pany the money, and if SO, what was it?''
GA few lines, merely. was directed in
the subpoena to bring it into the court
This paper is the one its contents were
as follows:
"August 20, 18-.
DEAR SIR: Please apply the accompanying
five hundred dollars toward the satisfaction of
the mortgage on your farm, and oblige one in
terested in ycl and- Yours
Question by the District Attorney
"is that your daughters hand -writing?'
Il cannot say, positively; it is not her
ordinary hand" "Do you think it is
her hand disguised?' Il can conceive
no reason why she should disguise her
hand to me- "Answer the question,
and do not comment upon or evade it. "
The old man really supposed that the
money had come from her, and conse-
quently, as the writing bore some faint
resemblance to hers, he had made up his
mind on its reception that it was his
daughters. There was struggle in
his breast at the repetition of the ques
ton. He cast an imploring look upon