Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-01-02


never took it, and somebody must have put it
there :. 1856 uf ..
| then asked her i: she suspected any one.
don't know, she said who would have
done 1t but Nancy. She has never liked me-
because she thought was better treated than
she. She is the cook, | am the chambermad.' ,
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me. She
was stout, bold-faced girl, somewhere be-
tween FIVE and twenty years old, with low
forehead, small gray eyes, pug nose and thick
lips. l caught her glance at once as it rested
on the fair young prisoner, and the moment
detected the look of hatred which | read there
L was convinced that she was the rogue
Nancy Luther, did you say that girls
name was p l asked, tor q new light had bro
ken in on me.
Ges, SIR .I
Then rest easy | will try hard to save
you . ..' H
left the court room and went to the pros
ecutng attorney aud asked him for the letters
l had hauded him-the ones that had been
stolen from the mail bag. Selecting one which
promised to res.ore 10y night, returned to
the court room aud the case went on.
Mrs Naseby resumed her testimony She
said she entrusted he room to the prisoners
care, aud that no one else had access there
save herself Then she described about the
missing money, and closed by telling how she
found It in the prisoners trunk She could
swear it was the identical money s"e had lost,
ia two teus and one one five dollar bank notes
'iMrS. Naseby, IL said when you first missed
the money, had you any reason to believe the
prisoner had taken it 2
No, sir
Had you ever before detected her in any
dishoneSry?'
No, sir
Should you have thought of searching her
trunk, had not Nancy Luther advised and in-
formed you 2
No, sir
Mrs Naseby left the stand and Nancy Lu
ther took her place She came up with
bold look, as if to say, trap me if you can
She gave her evidence as follows
She said that u the night the money was
taken she saw the prisoner going up stairs,
and from the sly manner in which she went
up, she suspected all was not right. So she
followed her up. Elizabeth went TO Mrs.
NaSebv'S room aud shut The door after her |
stopped down and looked through the key
hole and saw her take out the money ard put
1t III her pocket Then she stopped down and
picked up the lamp and as | saw she was com
ing on | hurried away
Then she went on and told how she propos-
ed to search the girls trunk
called Mrs Naseby to the stand
'You said that no one, save the prisoner
and yourself had access to your room, | said
now could Nancy Luther have entered the
room if she had wished {?
~
had any right there
saw that Mrs Naseby, though naturally
hard woman, was somewhat moved by poor
EIizabeth'S misery
Could your cook have known by any
means in your knowledge, where the money
was 2
Yes, sir {; for she has often come to my
room while / was there, and | have given her
money to buy prov isious of market men who
happen to come along with their wagons.
One more question. Have you known of
the prisoners having aDV money since this was
stolen 2
No, sir
now called Nancy Luther back, and she
began to tremble little, though her look was
aS ooId and defiant as ever.
Miss Luther, said |, why did you not
inform your mistress at once of what you had
seen, without waiting for her to ask about the
lost money?
Because could not at once make up my
mind to expose the poor girl she answered
promptly.
You say you looked through the keyhole
and saw her take the money =
Yes, sir ....
Where did she place the lamp when she
did so /? 7E .... n .
On the bureau
In your testimony you said she stopped
down when she picked it up. What do you
mean by that 2 -..r
The girl heSitated and finally she said she
did not mean anything only that she picked up
the lamp. .... .a.
Very we'll said |, how long have you
been with Mrs Naseby ?
Not quite year, sir ... a-
How much does she pay you week
A dollar and three quarters
Have you taken up any of your pay since
you have been there
Yes sir
: How much ?
don't know, sir
Why don't you know =
How should /? | have taken it at vari-
Gus times, just as I wanted it, aud kept no ac-
count f..s.-. ..... .. aa0.
Now if you had wished TO harm the pris-
oncr, could you have raised twenty-five dol
lars to put in her trunk ? .
No, sir she replied, with Virtuous indigna-
ton.
Then you have not laid up any money
since you have been there z
No, sir; ouly what Mrs. Naseby may owe
me-
Then you did not have any twenty-five
d liars when you came there 2