The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-08
Gould you send and get one of them

/ for me
She told the truth, sir, about my pay.
monts, Mrs. Naseby said.
"Oh, | don't doubt IT," ] replied but
ocular proof is the proof for the court
room. So if you can, wish you would
procure me the receipts
She said she would willingly go, il tho
court said SO. The court did say SO, and
she went. Her dwelling was not far of,
and she soon returned and handed me four
receipts which took and examined. They
were all signed i'll u strange, struggling
hand, by the witness.
Now, Nancy Luther" said |. turning to
the witness, and speaking in a quick, start.
! ling tone, ut the same time looking her
sternly in the eye, please tell the court,
and the jury, and tell ne, 500, where you
got the seventy-iive dollars you sent to
your sister in Somers."
The witness started as though volcano
had burst at her feet. She turned pale as
death, and every limb shook violently. |
waited until the people could see her emo
tion, and then repeated the question.
Il never -- sent - any she fairly
gaspcd.
You did :" Numbered, for was OK
cited now.
IL didn't she family uttered, grasp
ing the rail for support.
/ May it please your honor and gentle
men OF the jury said, rs soon rs | had
looked the witness out of countcnanCc, " |
came hure to defend youth who had been
arrested for helping TO rob the mail, and in
my course of preliminary examinations, /
had access to the letters which had been
torn opca and ritlod Of money. When |
entered upon this case, and heard the name
of this witness pronounced, went out and
got this letter which ! now hold. for re-
mcmbGrcd tn have seen one bearing the
signature of Nancy Luther. The letter was
taken out of the mail bag, and contained
sevcnty-fvo dollars and by looking at the
post mark, you will observe it was mailed
on the very next day after the money was
taken from Mrs. Naseby's drawer | will
read it to you, if you please
The court nodded assent and read the
following, which was without date, save
that made 10y the postmastcr's stamp ON the
outside give it here, verbatim:
SlsrER DoRcAs: send You hecr sevcnte five
dolers which want you to kepe il for me til cum
hum, cant kope it here coz iIne afraid it will get
stole don't speak wun word tn livin sole bout this
COZ don't want nobody to know I've got emmy
money, yu wont will yu. am first ate hcer only
that guide for nothin snipc of liz madwurh is heer
! DH-Dul nope lu Rlt Flu oI lleT now. Nh hnO l
roc yu bout her. Civ my luv TO awl cnqurin
friends. this is from your sister til deth
"NANCY LUTHER"
! "Now, your honor" said, as | handed
him the letter, and also thc receipts, you
will see that the letter is directed to Dorcas
! Luther, SOmcrs. Montgomery county. And
you will also observe that one hand wrote
that letter and signed those receipts 1t is
! plain how the hundred dollars We're dis
posed Of seventy.tive were i'll that letter,
and sent away for safe keeping, while the
remaining twenty-five were placed III the
prisoners trunk, for the purpose oI cover
ing the real criminal. OF the tome of the
other parts of the letter | leave you to
judge. And now, gentlemen Of the jury, |
leave my case in your hands. only | will
thank God. and know YOU will also, that
an innocent person has been thus strangely
saved from ruin and disgrace"
/ The case was given ia the jury, immcdi-
ately following them examination OF the
letter They had heard from the witnesses
own mouth that she had no money of her
own and without leaving their seats. they
returned a verdict Of" Not Guilty"
The youth who had first asked me to de-
fend the prisoner, caught me by the hand,
but he could not speak plainly. He simply
/ IoOhCu III lilc lll OuSH MS lculS IDl ~ mo
mcnt, and then he rushed to the fair priso-
ner. lie seemed to forget where he was.
for he flung his arms around her, and she
laid her head upon his bosom aud wcpt
aloud.
| will not attempt to describe the scene
that followed; but If Nancy Luther had not
been arrested for the theft she would have
been obliged to seek the protection of the
officers; for the excited people would have
surely manned her, if they had done no
more. Next morning, | received note,
handsomely written, III which | was told
that the within was but q slight token of
gratitude due me for my efforts in behalf of
poor, defenseless. but much-loved maiden.
1t was signed, Several Citizens" and con-
tanned one hundred dsfiars. Shortly after
wards. the youth came to pay all the money
he could raise. | simply showed him the
note had received, and asked him 10 keep
his hard earnings for his wife, whom he got
one. lie owned that he intended to make
LiZZy Madworth his wife very soon.
Next day | succeeded in clearing my
other client for robbing the mail and made
a considerable handle of the fortunate dis
covcry of the letter which had saved an
innocent girl on the day before, in my APP
peal TO the jury; and if made them feel
that the finger of Omnipotence was i'll the
work, it was because | sincerely believed
the young man was innocent OF all crime {;
and | am sure they thought SO too