The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-08


! | knew Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseby
that she saw me take the money from the
drawer that she watched me through the
key.hole. They went to my truna and
found twenty-five dollars of the missing
money there. But, oh sir, never took
it-somebody else put that money there y
| then asked her if she suspected any
person.
IL don't know" she said, "who could
have done il but Nancy. She never liked
me. because she thought was treated bet
ter than she was. She lis the cook, and
was the chambermaid'
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me.
She was a stout, bold.faced girl. about two
and.twenty, with a low forehead, small
grey eyes, a pug nose, and thick lips.
caught her glance at once, as it rested upon
the fair young prisoner. aud the moment
detected the look of hatred which read
there, was convinced that she was the
rogue.
"Oh, sir, can you help mc?' my client
asked. in fearful whisper.
Nancy Luther, did you say that girls
name was ?"
yes sir
lis there any other girl of that name
about here?
No, sir
Then you may rest easy. I'll try hard
to save you.'
left the court room, and went to the
prosecuting attorney, and asked him for the
letters had handed to him-ths ones that
had been stolen from the mailbag. He
gave them to me, and having selected one,
| returned the rest, and told him ! would
see that he had the one kept before night.
then returned to the court room, and the
case went on.
Mrs. Nasbey resumed her testimony.
She said she intrusted her room to the
prisoners care, and that no one else had
access there but herself. Then she de-
scrbed the missing money, and closed by
telling how she had found twenty-five dol
lars of it in the prisoners trunk. She could
swear it was the very identical money she
had lost, it being two tens and one five dol
lar bill.
Mrs. Naseby," said l. "when you first
missed your money, had you any reason to
believe that the prisoner had taken it "
No, sir, she answered
9" Had You ever before detected her in
dishonesty"
No. sir.
"Should you have thought of searching
her trunk, had not Nancy Luther advised
and informed you?'
NO, sir
Mrs, Naseby then left the stand, and
Nancy Luther took her place. She came
up with bold look, and upon me she cast
Il defiant glance, rs much rs to say: Trap
me if you can She gave evidence as
follows
She said that on the night when the
money was stolen. she saw the prisoner
going up stairs, and from the manner in
which she went up she suspected that all
was not right. So she followed her up.
Elizabeth went into Mrs. Naseby's
room, and shut the door after her.
stopped down and looked through the key
hole, and saw her at the mistress drawer.
| | saw her take the money and put it in her
pocket Then she stopped down TO pick
up the lamp, and as | saw that she was
coming our, | hurried away" Then she
| told how she had informed her mistress of
this, and proposed to aIch the girls
! trunk.
called Mrs. Naseby back to the stand.
You say that no one, save yourself and
the prisoner, had access 10 your room !
said. Now, could Nancy Luther have
entered that rsom if she wished ?
Certainly, sir. meant 10 one else had
any right there"
saw that Mrs. Nasehy, though naturally
a hard woman. was somewhat moved by
poor EliZabeths misery.
Could your cook have known by any
means in your knowledge, where your
money was "
Yes. Sir for she has often come up TO
my room when | was there, and | have
given her money to buy provisions of
marketmen who happened along with their
wagons
One more question: Have You known
of the prisoners having any money since
this was stolen"
No. sir"
| now called Nancy Luther back and she
began to tremble i little, though her look
was as bold and defiant as ever.
Miss Luther" said, why did younot
inform your mistress at once of what You
had seen, without waiting for her to ask
you about the lost money!"
Because could not make up my mind
at once to expose the poor girl she an
swered promptly
You say you looked through the key
hole and saw her take the money!"
Yes, sir"
Where did she put the lamp while she
did it?"
"On the bureau
"ln your testimony, you said she stopped
down when she picked it up. What did
you mean by that?
The girl hesitatcd, and finally said she
didn't mean anything, only that she picked
up the lamp.
Very well, - said |. How long have
you been with Mrs Naseby?'
Not quite year, sir"
How much does she pay you a week?
\ dollar and three-quarterS.
Have you taken mp any Of your pay
since You have been there?
Yes, sir"
How much ?"
Il don't know sir"
why don't you know ?"
GLOW should I? I've taken it at differ.
ent times, just as | wanted it, and have
kept no account"
Now, if you had amy wish to harm the
prisoner couldn't you have raised twenty
five dollars to put in her trunk ? +"
" No, sir" she replied with virtuous
indignation.
" Then you have not laid by any money
since you have been there "
No, sir-only what Mrs. Naseby may
owe me-"
"Then You didn't have twenty-five dol,
lars when you came there
NO sir: and what's more, the money
found in the girls trunk was tho money
that Mrs. Naseby lost. You might have
known that, if you'd only remember what
you hear"
This was said very sarcsstcally, and was
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