The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-21
"will you tell me u you belong In thia
S,str;"

| S,stei'
~ 10, sir."
| ''ln what town."
STE hesii"tod, and for an instant The bold look
| tots1ok her. Bat she finally answered, 81 be-
| long to sum.rs, Montgomery county"
| next turned to Mrs. Naseby.
DO you ever take receipt from your girls
! whcn you pay them1'
"Always.'
"Can Won send and get one Of them fee vne;-
'She has sold YOU the truth. sir, a. out IA,
payment, enid Mrs.. Niseby.
40, don't doubt it, | rrph-l particular
proof is III, iling for the courtroom. SO II you
can, wish you would procure the receipt"
| ST. AID sle would willingly go II the cour;
said 50. a. tie cour said so, an she wen;
| Her lwclln; WAS not far off, and she soon r..
turr 81 and handed me four receipts, which toll
and examined. They were signed in strang,
staggering hand by the witness.
"Now, Nancy Luther" I said. turning TO The
witness anil speaking in quick, startling tone
at he same time looking lcr stcrnly in the eve
''plcase tell the court and jury, and me. wber,
you got the seventy five dollars YOU sent IL YOU
/ letter TO your sister In Sumers!'
| The witness started as though a volcano ha
burst at her feet. She turned pale "a death
and every limb shook violently. l waited un
I'll the people could have an opportuni,,
TO sec her motions, aud then repeated the quei
| tion.
"l--ncver-sent any she ga,pcd.
! You dill | thunjcrcl for | was .xcie
now.
Ill didn't" nc family muitcrcd. srasrin,
the rsilirl; by her side for support.
| MAY II please our honor anil gentlemen
| the jury, ! said, a- soon as hal lpukcl the wit
mes out Of coun,cnanco, al came here to dccn.
a man who was arrested for robbipg the mail an
in the course Of my preliminary examinations
had access to the letters which had be II tor
open and robbed Of mousy. When out,. ID NJ
on this case, and heard the name OF this witn,,
| pronounced, went out and got thi. letter wl.c
| now hold, for remembered having seen vu
| bearing the signature oi Nancy Luther. I'll
| letter was taken from the mailbag. aul !; COZ
tanned seventy-iiye dollars, aud ly loo,E-;
the post-mark you will observe that it was mai
ed the day after tho hundred dollars " 10 take
from Mrs. Naseby's drawer. will read it
YOU. If you please
Tho Court rold,i assent, aud read the 70
lowing, which was without date, save ihat ma'
by the postmaster upon the outside. | give /
| retbdfim.
sisrra poucus tt send you hear seven,y.6y
doers wlith want you TO cepo for ti I cuA
| hum cant cope II COS i'm Altered IL will git stos
don't spoek wun word 20 n Twin soul about this doH
want nobody T. no Two 80, eny mony, you wo,
| nov vii you. am st rte hear uuly That gu,
for notlin siipe Of li' illdN 'rth IL hear yt--bu
| hop - ri, over nov. yIno rote yu !. Il her. x
my luyt7, all inI.u.Hs frcn' t.Is is from -
| b.
Now, your honor" .iiI d, ir.IrLi
| tho letter. aul also tho r,c,ipt. ''you vail p
that the l''tor Is directed to por,u- l.uthc
| Namor-. Montgomery county. AMI You
observe that oIo land wrote the lelter NJ
| si-,nci IL, re, pi, aii he Jlry VIII IT,
And now | viii only odd, ii j. plain 60 &C ho
the hundred dpllaic were disl l.,l o. Seven.
| five dollar, y ere sent of Tor sll1 keeping. VIII
| the remaining twenty-five were placrl in {
prisoner. trunk, igr The purpose oi covering
| real criminal. OF the tone Of paris ct the lett
you must judge. INV leave my cleDi's c.
| IN your hands"
The case was given TO the Jury immediate
following tAeir examination or the letter. H.
had heard ffodR ~ witeness'- own mouth III
| she had no md her own, and witho 4 lea
"Not guilty"
viii not describe the scene that followc,
but il Nancy Luther had not been immediate
to eek protection Of the officers, or the
cit! people would have manned her at least
tn, had not lone more. The next mori,ir.
received a not, han ,somly written, in which
was told that the within was hut a slight tok
Of the gratitude duo me for the efforts in beh
Of the poor, dcfrncecss maiden. II was sign
by Several Citizens" and contained one u,
bred dollars. Shortly a1ierwarl the youth W
first begged me to take up The case called up
me- with all the money lie could raise, but
showed him that had already been paid,
refused his hard earning. Before | left town
was guest at his wedding fair client bel A.,
the happy bride \