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

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resolved me in q moment, ,se g.,
l arose and went to the girl and
asked If she wished me to defend her.
She said yss. 12thcnl infotjncd the
court that was ready to enter into the
case, and the murmur Of satisfaction
that ran quickly through the room
told me where the sympathios Of the
people were. I asked for d moments
cessation, that I might speak with my
client. / went and sat down by. her
side and asked her to state canddly the
case., She told me that she had lived
with Mrs. Naseby two years, and had
never had any trouble before About
1.-TWO weeks ago, sbe said, her mistress
lost hundred dollars. jt
i "She missed 1t from her drawer" the
girl said to me, "and asked me about
lit said ! knew nothing about ii.
That Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseby
that she saw ME take the money from
the drawer, and tina: she watched
me through the keyholc. They went
to my trunk aud found twenty live dol
|lars of the missing money there. But,
Isir, Inever took it and somebody must
have put it there"
IL don't know" said she, "who could
have done It But Nancy, She has nev-
er liked me because she thought / was
better treated than her. She is cook.
was chambermaid." oyr -
She pointed Nancy Luther out to
me. She was u stout, bold.faccd girl,
somewhere about twenty five years old,
with low forehead, small gray eyes,
a pug nose, and thick lips. l caught
her glance at once, "a it rested upon
the &ir young prisoner, and the mo,
ment I detected the look Of hatred
which I read there, | was convinced
that she was the rogue.
| 'Nancy Luther, did you say that
girls name was ?" ] asked, for new
light had broken in upon me.
"Yes, SIR" .............. ..
I left the court room and went 10
the prosecuting attorney and asked
him for the letters l handed hm--the
ones that had been stolen from the mail
bag. He gave them to me, and having
selected one, I returned the rest, and
told him l would see lie had the one l
kept before night. l then returned to
the court room and the case went on
Ms. Naseby resumed her testimony.
She said she entrusted the room to the
prisoners care, and that no one else
had access there save herself. Then
she described about the missing money
and closed by telling how Size had
found twenty-five dollars in the pris-
oner's trunk.
She could swear it was the identical
money she had lost, in two tens and
five dollar bill.
"Mrs Naseby," said !, "when you
first missed the money, had you any
reason to believe that tue prisoner had
taken it1'
'No SIR"
"Should you have thought orscarch.
ing her trunk had not Nancy Luther
advised and informed your
mo sir" a- ,..
Mrs. Naseby left the stand, and Nan.
cy Luther took her place. She came
up with a bold look, and upon me she
cast a defiant look, as much as to say,
strap me ifyou can" She gave her
evidence as follows:
She said that on the night the money
was taken she saw the prisoner going
up stairs, and from the sly manner in
| which she went mp she suspected all
was not right. She followed her up;
Elizabeth went to Mrs. Naseby's room
and shut the door after her. 1 stopped
down and looked through the key hole,
saw he. take out money and put it in
her pocket. Then she stopped down
and picked up the lamp. and as l saw
that she was coming out I hurried
oway." aas
I called Mrs. Naseby to the stand.
"You said that no one save yourself
and the prisoner had access to your
room," l said. "Now, could Nancy
Luther have entered tue room if she
wished p, 1900 lat.}ViJ IL
"Certainly, sir; I mean that no lone
else had a right there" eIB
I saw that Mrs. Naseby. though nat.
urally hard woman, was somewhat
moved by poor Elizabeth's misery.
"Cou!d the cook have knYwn by any
means in your knowledge where your
money wasr p '-'' 80
A Eyes sir; for she has often come TO
my room while was there, and have
often given her money to buy provi-
lsions of market men who hsppened to
Icome along with their wagon" oaf
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