Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-01

OF Canheld, for defense. Defendant lives
near Salem, and is poor laboring man
The defense claims that he always sustained a
aaa good character up to the time of his arrest,
aud that being of but moderate intelligence,
he had been played upon by designing men.
II lie claimed that the materials and coin were
brought to his house by other parties, and
that his culpability in the affair consisted in
nothing more than allowing the material to
~ be lsftOn his premises.
EXTENSIVE RoBBER1Es By SERVANT
6IRL-A sEeULAR CAsE.-Last evening, J.
", Hsisley, Esq, on going to his home in
East Cleveland, found the heuse in great dis
order, and discovered in a short time that
robbery had been committed there. Mrs.
80. Heisley was away, and the house had been
Cd left in charge Of a servant girl, who had been
IN their employ for little over two months.
Yesterday afternoon, it appears, the girl had
asked permission of Mr.. Heisley to 90 to a
party, and he had consented. Her absene>
fvOm the house was not strange to him -
fore, but when be discovered that lis vifs,s
jeHsIrys dresses, &C., had ben ,to1or he
connected that fact with = 80 ob.sncs 81 the
~ c she must have been
the thief He SOU hit the assistance of an
omeer l' once They traced her to the depot,
.trra'gnsfe sse ee'-ne in carriage, with trunk,
ouI eOoia lot ascertain what road she took.
At IS ihfught, however, that cline was OBJ
'ain-d to her baggage, and that it was check
ta 20 to Crestline. There is no sort Of doubt
% that she Is the thief.
Her name is julia QuacKenbusb. She is
Ab0pt sightsAn lyeara5 Of Rgs, and very
AsndsOme, mOdest-appearing young woman.
Her father is a worthy citizen, sexton Of the
baptist Church, at the corner Of Eaelid and
Erie streets, and works in the employ Of
Smith Dodd Julia went to work for Mr..
Heisley about two months ago, under an as
sumed name.
The above is not the first time she has
robbed her employer Previous to going in
to the service Of Mr.. Heisley's family, she
was employed in the family of Mr.. Henry
Willis, No. IS Wilson street, where she work
ed about year Mr. Willis sells tickets for
the Michigan Central Railroad. He first
saw Julia at the Commercial Hotel, where he
went to find servant girl. Julia and an
other girl we're there, having just come from
the Shakers, with whom they had been lfv-
ing for some time past, but becoming weary
Of the strictness under which they lived they
had left the Society. Julia enquired
% 3. of Mr.. Willis ifhe was looking after girl
70 do Homework. He replied that he
was. She informed him that she was
looking after place, He held some conver-
satiOn with her, learned her name, and en-
cT,. ,-.--,,1 r,stLr-1 % -
and behaved SO well that she became great
favorite with the family. Mrs. Lewis liked
her much and favored her in many ways.-
She was SO lady-like that Mrs. Lewis fre-
quently took her with her to parties and on
extensions In fact, she was treated in the
family more like an equal than like servant
girl. She had but one male acquaintance
~ Who was in the habit Of calling on her,
young man, whom she introduced as Charles
Camp, her cousin. She said he worked in
grocery store.
About two months and half ago some one
Of the family found SO 4" greenback " be-
meath Afr. Lewis bed, concealed under boot
jack. Mr.. Lewis then examined his pocket
O. aga book and found that about SIS was missing
from it beside lot Of railroad tickets. He
ut had frequently lost small sums Of money be-
fore from his pocket and he suspected that
Julia vas the thief. Mrs. Lewis was strenu-
Gus, however that such could not be. She would
.s{ats her Life almost on The girls honesty.
One morning the father Of Mr.. Lewis, who
was living with the family found that he had
been robbed of S23. Mrs. Lewis then discOT-
cred that all her jewelry and numerous other
articles were missing The house was in dis
order, and window on the lower Roor was
open, as though the thief had come and gone
in that way. Mr.. Lewis suspicious Of julia
became 50. strong that he tOek her one side
and accused her openly Of being tbe thief.
i1n she denied it, police officer was called,
1-Bl SEreats were made to her, and all means en-
ployed to make her confess. At length, as
The Oficer was about to take her to Jail, she
turned very pale, then crimsoned, and finally
divulged. portion Of the stolen property
was found in the cellar, and a portion in an
out-house. She said her cousin had the
money and she would go and get it. She
went away, but as she was gone but few
moments it was eonjectured that she had the
money concealed about her person. The rail-
road tickets she could not produce, she said,
IS her cousin had burned them up. The
I5b money and tickets amounted to about $780,
She said her cousin had put her up to steal.
She sppeared 50 penitent, plead 50 earnestly,
.-,-o and promised faithfully to steal no more,
that It was concluded best not to prosecute
her, and she wns aleFed to go. I;proved
to be a mistaken elemency, however, for she
entered upoD-the same course of life at her
new place at Mr.. Heisley's. Her cousin
as probably some professional thief, with
whom the unfortunate young woman has be-
.9ili come sntangied. It is a dodge frequently
praetised by thieves of prepOssessing appear
snce, to make love to servant girls for the
10 purpose of indaoing them to steal fof them.