Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-01-02
will you tell me if you belong to this

WIN you tell me II you Delong 10 TINS
State p
! Il do, sir
In what town.
She hestated, and for moment the bold
look forsook her, but she finally ans wered,
belong to Somers Montgomery county
| next turued to Mrs Naseby. -.
Do you ever take receipt from your girls,
when you pay them ~. ..-.'-.
| Always
Can you send and get one of them fer me?'
She has told the truth about the payments, ,
said Mrs. Naseby 80.
%, don't doubt it. but particular proof is
the thing for the court room. So, if you can,
| wish you would procure the receipt
She said she would willingly go if the court
said SO. The court did so and she went. Her
dwelling was not far off aud she soon returned
and handed me four receipts which took aud
examined. They were signed in strange stag.
gerng hand by the witness.
Now, Nancy Luther said, turning to the
witness, aud speaking in quick, startling tone
and at the same time looking her sternly 10 the
| eye, please tell the court and jury, anG tell
me, where you got the seventy five dollars you
/ sent in your letter to your sister in Somers 2
! The witness started as though volcano had
opened at her feet She turned pale as death,
and every limb shook violently | waited un-
til the people could have an opportunity to see
her emotion, and then repeated the question.
-neVer-sent-any,' she gasped.
! You did = | hundred for | was excited
now
| dnt,' she family muttered, grasping the
railing by her side for support
May it please your honor and gentlemen of
the jury | said as soon as had looked her
out of countenance, came here to defend a
man who was arrested for robbing the mail and
the in course of my preliminary examinations
! | had access to the letters which had been torn
open and robbed of money When l entered
upon this case, and heard the name of this
witness, | went OUT and got this letter which
| hold in my hand, for | remembered having
seen one bearing the signature of Nancy Lu-
ther. This letter was taken from the mail
bag, and by looking at the post mark you will
observe that it was mailed the day after the
hundred dollars were taken from Mrs Nase-
by drawer. | will read it, if you please
The Court nodded assent and read the fol,
lowing which was without date, save that made
by the postmaster on the outside. / give it
verbatim:
SISTER DoRCUs: cend you hear seventy
FIVE dolerS which want yu to cepe fur me till
cum hum cant kcpe it cos i'm a feerd it will
git stole don't speek wun word to livin sole
aboul this don't wunt enybody to no i've got
eny muny yu wont now will you i'm furst rate
hear only that good fur nothin snipe of liz
madEorth is hear yet but hop to git over her
now 20 no wrote to yu bout yer Civ my luv
to all iuquirin freus this is from yeur sister til
death NANCY LUTHER.
Now, your honor said, as | gave him
the letter, and also the receipts, you will see
that the letter is directed to Dorcas Luther,
SOmers, Montgomery county Aud you will
observe that one hand wrote that letter and
signed the receipts, and the jury will also OBJ.
serve. And now l will only add it is plain to
see how the hundred dollars were disposed of.
Seventy five dollars were scot off for safe keep
ing, while the remaining twenty-five dollars
were placed in the prisoners trunk for the pur-
pose of covering the real criminal. OF the
tone of parts of the letter you must Judge. l
leave my Giants case in your hands
The case was given to the jury Immediately
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 followed,
but if Nancy Luther had not been immediate
ly arrested for the theft, she would have been
injured by the excited people. The next morn
ing | received a note handsomely written in
which was told that the within was but a
slight token of the gratitude due me for my
efforts in behalf of poor defenceless maiden.
1t contained one hundred dollars, and was
signed Several Citizens" Shortly afterwards
the youth who first begged me take up the case
called upon me with all the money he could
raise, bat | showed him that | had already
been paid, and refused his hard earning. Be-
fore / left town was guest at his wedding
my fair client being the happy bride.