The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-08-25

key-hole and saw her take the money 2"
Il. ..Yes sir" sss i,
Where did she place the lamp when
she did so 2, E..'
son the bupeau.'
"In your Testimony you said she
stopped down'when she picked il up.
What do, you mean by thatY' AZ,
The glrl hesitatcd, and finally she
ssid she did not mean anything but
taat she picked up the lamp.
VERY we'll" said I. show long have
you been with. Mrs. Naseby?"
"Not quite yer, sir"
elbow much does she pay you
week? p
GA dollar and three quarters"
'"Have you taken of your pay since
you have been here ?"
eyes sir"
"How much p
81 don't know."
"Why don't yon know?"
"How should +? I.have taken it at
different times, just as wanted it, and
kept no account" ..s
"Now, if you had wished to harm
the prisoner, could you have raised
twenty-five dollars TO put in her
trunk"
mo, Sir she replied, with indigna-
ton. -.a.st-.
Then you have not laid up any
money since You have been there ?"
No, sir only what Mrs. Naseby
owes me-" ,.s
"Then you did not have twenty-five
dollars when you came there I"
enc sir; and what's more, the mon
ey found in the g';ls trunk was the
money NJ 8, N.seby lost. You might
have known that, if you remembered
what you asked her.
This was said very sarcasticallv, and
intended for a crusher upon the idea
that she should have put the money
in the prisoners trunk. However, I
was not overcome entirely.
'.Will you tell me you belong to
this Sta!e?'
II do"
'.In what town.
She hcsitatcd, and for an instant the
bold loo!, forsook her. But she finally
answered:
IL belong to Sumers, Montgomery
county"
/ nest turned 10 Mrs. Nasebv.
"Do you ever take receipt from
your girls when you pay them p
always
"Can you send and get one Of them
for me!''
'Shc has told you the truth about
the payment" said Mrs. Naeeby.
"Oh, l don't doubt it," replied; ;
"pariicular proof is the thing for the
court room. So. if you can, l wish
you would produce the receipt
She said she would willingly go If
the court said so. Aud the court said
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 sisued in a
strange. staggering hand, by the wit
ness. ......
Now, Nancy Luther" I said, turn
ing to the witness, and speaking in a
quick startling tone, at the same time
looking her sternly in her eyes, ;'pleasc
tell the court and jury, AMI me, where
you got that seventy,Gve dollars you
sent in your letter to your sister in
Sumers ?" +"-'
The witness started'as though vol
cano had burst at her feet Then turn
ing pale as death, ever, limb shook
violently I waited till the people
could lave an opportunity to see her
motions, and then 1 repeated the ques-
ton. rz
"I-never-sentan any," she replied.
"You did,! / thundered, for i was
excited now. " isra 3.
II didn t." she family muttered,
gras ping the railing by her side for
support. --------.--
"May it please your honor, and gen.
tIemen of the jury" I said, as soon as
I had looked the witness in the face,
81 am here to defend uan who was
arrested for robbing the mail, and in
my preliminary examination had ac-
cess to the letters which had been torn
open and robbed of money. When !
entered upon this case and beard the
name of this witness, I went ont aud
got this letter which now hold, for I
remembered having seen the signature
of Nancy Luther. This letter was Ia
ken from the mail bag, and II contain
ed seventy. five dollars, and by looking
at the postpark you will observe that
it was mailed the day, after the hum
dred dollars were taken from Mrs