Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-24

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pale as death, and every limb shook vi.
olently. l waited until the people
could have an opportunity of seeing her
emotion, and then | repeated the oues.
tion.
I-never-sent-any,' she grasped.
you did?'I thundered, for | was ex-
cited now,
II didn't she family muttered,
grasp the railing by her side for support
May it please your honor and gentle.
men ofthe jury | said as soon as ]
had looked the witness out Of counten-
ance, 81 came here to defend a man who
was arrested for robbing the mail, and
in the course of my preliminary examin-
ations / had access to the letters which
had been torn open and robbed of money.
When l entered upon this case, and
heard the name ofthe witness pronounced
L went out and got this letter which |
now hold, for ] remembered having
seen one bearing the signature of Nancy
Luther. This letter was taken from the
mail bag, and it contained seven ty- fl We
dollars and by looking at the postmarl
you will observe that it was mailed tn,
day after the hundred dollars were taken
from Mrs. Naceby's drawer / will reat
it to you, ifyou please
The court nodded assent and ! reaC
the following, which was without date
save that made by the postmaster on The
outside. Igive it vcrpatum:
"SIsTER DoRcUs:
cend yu here seventy-fve dollars
which want yu to cope fur me til cum
hum cant cope it cos i'm feered it will
get stole don't speak wun word to livin
sole about this don't want nobodee to no
i've goteny money, yu won now will wu
i am fust rate hear unly that guide fur
nuthin snipe of liz madworth is hear vi,
but hop to git over her now, yu no
rote tn yu bout her. Civ mi luv tn al in.
quirin frens. this is fom yur sister til deth
NANCY LUTHER.
Now your honor, said, as l gave
him the letter, and also the receipts, you
will see that the letter is directed to Dor
cas- Luther Somers, Montgomery county
And you will observe that one hand wrote
that letter and signed the receipt. and the
jury will also observe. And now / will
only add. it is plain to see how the hun-
dred dollars were disposed of. Seventy
five dollars were sent off for safe keeping,
while the remaining twenty-five dollars
were placed in the prisoner trunk for the
purpose of covering the real criminal
OF the tone of parts of the letter, you
must judge. l 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 wit.
ness 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 Nancy Luther had not beer
Immediately arrested for theft she would
have been obliged to seek protection O
the officers or the excited people would
have manned her at least if they had moi
done more. I he next morning receiv.
ed note handsomely written in which
was told that the within was but sligh,
token of the gratitude due me for my eff.
forts in behalf of poor defenceless maid.
en- 1t was signed "Several Citizens" and
contained one hundred dollars. Shortly
afterwards the youth who first begged me
to take up the ease called upon me with
all the money he could raise, but l show
ed that l had already been paid, and re-
fused his hard earnings. Before | left
town l was guest at his wedding-my
fair client being the happy bride.