Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-28
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had fixed upon ss her champion and lover
was also interpreted agninst her
At length the time arrived for the sitting
Of the criminal court The grand jury were
|empanneled and found an indictment Of
grand larceny against Miss Kendall, and the
case was set down for trial on the next day
but one. At the opening Of the court upon
that. day of trial, dense crowd that had
been waiting round the door, rushed in and
filledevefy nook and corner Of. the spacious
courtroom. Hope, and fear, anxiety and
doubt and curiosity were depicted on every
countenance The prisoners appearance,
unlike the calm and digni6ed demeanor we
are wont 10 associate einourimagination with
innocence, in trying scene like this, was
pale and agitated; shame and fear and grief
were written on every linearnent OF her wan
face. Her father, whitelhaired old man,
was sitting BY her side, and Counsellor NJ.
was consulting With thcfas swifiic the crfer
was making order in the court, and the
court was cmpanneling a Jury to try the case
The District Attorney then proceeded to
open the case on behalf OF the people, and
stated in substance that Unexpected to prove
by circumstantial evidence, beyond all rea-
sonable doubt, the guilt Of the accused. I.
The clerk of the corporation was called
and sworn He testified that on the Satur-
day before the arrest of the prisoner, he had
been paying off the operatives in the mill
that he had taken from the safe about the
amount necessary for that purpose, in pack
ages Of from one to five hundred dollars
that all the bills paid out were on the Low
ell Bank but that in addition to the sum
paid, he had taken from the safe package,
IN brown paper envelope, of five. hundred
dollars, in tens and twenties, on the Globe
Bank Of Boston, which were lying on his
desk inside the railing that fenced off his
place of business from the rest of the office
that the prisoner was the last of the op-
erativcs who were paid that day and after
having received her money, she sat down by
a small table to make M Santry. in a small
book in her possession at which he stepped
out Of the Office for few moments, on his
return she was gone, and the package Of
money had also disappeared, The witness
was here shown a torn envelope marked
$500, ,O01-$l0s 500 s-Globe Bank. .
He identified it as the envelope of the miss
ing package, and the writing was in his own
hand q0Fol ,1Nt
Julia Mason was the second witness called
by the prosecuting officer. She testified that
she worked in the same house with the pris-
oner. 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 reticule instead Of he,
own as they were much alike. That or
hor return, in removing the articles she had
purchased, the envelope introduced in the
court was found undcr them, but the sea
was broken and no money in it; and that
she Immediately called the attention of the
clerk OF the corpOrationto the fact, and gave
the paper to him. ~ as n /r1 {
--The .expresst AGENT. taSjfed. that abontths
| same time, q package of live hundred dollars
was deposited in the Office, directed to j
Kendall, -, New Hampshire, and by
him forwarded to its destination; by whom
it was deposited it was impossible for him tt
tell.
The next witness name was Miller. HI
was employed as second overseer by the
corporation--ha a reputation for low
cunning, and was universally disliked. Hi
was man who, it was generally believed
would sacrifice friendship and honor to hi
own advancement, and who had shown him
self, in more instances than one, vindictivt
and revengeful to the last degree. 1t wa
known in confidence to few, that he was
rejected suitor of Miss Kendall, and that h,
had sworn that he would be revenged on he
that if any other man ever made her hi
wife it should be after she had been dis
graced forever. 1t was also whispered tina
he had lately been paying marked attention
to Julia Mason, who had sworn to the find
ing of the envelope. Miller testified tina
on the afternoon the larceny was committed
4 he was passing across the yard near the Of
fee that he saw the, clerk come out, and il
few minutes the prisoner likewise; tina
on seeing him she appeared confused an
thrust something into the bosom of he
dress that he thought nothing Of it at til
4 time, nor until after the tbefthad been mad
/ public and Miss Kendall was arrested. on
II I, Old Mr.. Kendall was now called to tn
I stand. Although he felt in his own sol
that his daughter was innocent of any crime
) he feared and believed that the weight g
4 his own testimony would seal her fate
, After being sworn, the District Attorney il
quired, 'osDid you, on or about the Goth da
!, Of August last, receive package Of none
by express from this city?'' Answer q
: die" How much money did it contain
and of what denomination We're the bills !?
: Five hundred dollars, in tens and twenties
ibid any communication accompany th
G money, and ifsso, what was iti - "A to
) lines, merely. y ! was directed in the sui
) pena to bringit into the court This p'
! per Is the one" Its contents were as to
! lows a..
al "August %, Ia.
a i"DxAn Sin: Please apply the accompanying FIVE hu
dred dollars toward the satisfaction OF the mortgage
your farm and obge one Interested in you and ID. %
Question by the District Attorney-'''il q
y that your daughters handwriting r.
0 cannot say, positively; itisnot her ordinal
J, hand" 0sDo you think it is her hand di
guised ?'' II can conceive no reason wi
t She should disguise her hand to me.n''l;l'tA
: swer the question, and do not comment 1uip'
d The old man really supposed that y
It money had come from her, and iconscquer
o ly, as the writing bore some faint resel
it blance to. hers, he had made up ismind
i its reception that it was his daughters.
e There was q struggle in his breast al the !
T. petition Of the question. He cast an II
ut rploring look upon the unrelenting question
to and then turned his eyes slowly and sorro
ie fully upon his daughters. face. He So
Dr. pressed his emotions, however, in momei
plil and then answered slowly and distinctly
eel should call the writing hefs
!, 1"What bank were the bills upony'
ii The counsel for thedefence objected to t
y question on the ground that the bills the