The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-23


S tsMiss Luther" I said, >"why die
] you not inform your mistress at one,
d OF what you had seen, without waiting
for her to ask about the lost money
: "Because could not at once make
{ + up my mind to expose the poor girl, ,
g she answered promptly.
D "You say you looked through the
S keyhole and saw her take the money n
} HYes, sir sr r,s-s- ~,
5 'FWhere did she place the lamp wheer
! she did soi"
"On the bureau "
; "In your testimony you said. she
stopped down when she picked it up.
/ What do you mean by that q"
The girl hesitatsd, and finally she
i said she did net mean anything, only
that she picked up the lamp.
Every well, said I chow long
have you been with Mrs. Naseby ~
, "Not quite year, sir. = -
How much does she pay you a
week 1'',i 80 -
ga dollar and three quarters"
Have you taken UP any of your pay
since you have been therel"
Eyes, SIR"
Chow much 2"
81 don't know, sir
why don't you know ~
"How should II i have taken it at
different times, inst as I wanted it, and
kept no account
"Now, If you. had wished to harm the
prisoner, could ycu have raised twenty
I five dollars to put IN her trunk ~
NO, sir, she replied with virtuous
Indignation. iSGI
"Then you have not laid up any
money since you have been there2"
!" No, sir, only what Mrs. Naseby
may owe me.n - y
Then you did not have any twent1
five dollars when you came there7"
No, sir; and what's more, the mon
ey found In the girls trunk was the
money Mrs. Naseby lost You might
have known that, if you'd remember
what you asked her. This was said
very sarcastically, and was intended as
a crusher upon the idea that she should
have put the money In the prisoners
trunk. However, / was not overcome
entirely. s--urss ~
"Win you tell me if you belong to
this State7"
81 do sir. Z" st7 xEcr
"In what town9n ,l4r
She hesitated, and for a moment the !
bold look forsook her. But she finally .
answered. 1 next turned to Miss Nase- 4
by. .--
: " Do you ever take receipt from
you girls when you pay them rs
= Always =, rF
"Can You send and get one of them
for me2"
"She has told you the truth, sir,
about the payments" said Mrs. Nase-
by. 49,
go, Idon't doubt ii, 1 replied, 'ebut
particular proof is the thing for the
courtroom. So, If you can, wish you
would produce the receipt" /,
She said she would willingly 90, if
the Court said SO. The Court did saw
so, and she went. Her dwelling was
not far of, and she soon returned and
handed me four receipts which I took
and examined. They were signed 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 the eye, "pleaset
tell the Court, and jury, and me, where
you got the seventy-five dollars you
sent in your letter to your sister in
~ ~ -
At this she started as though a vol
,ano had burst at her feet. She turned |.
pale as death, and every limb shook !,
I waited until the people !
,ould have an opportunity to see her :
smetion, and then repeated the ques-
lon. .isstss Z .sse-s = szi
'tYou didi" I thundered, fog 1 was !
excited now. 5,s ,.--s. 80 !
Iii didn't" she family muttered, !
rasping the railing by her side for
support. - F4ErEgr sab
"May it please your Honor and
gentlemen Of the jury I said, as soon 1
s looked the witness out of eounte- T
lance, 81 came here to defend man J
Who was arrested for robbing the mail, 4
md In the course of my preliminary /,
examinations had access to the letters P
which had been torn open and robbed P
# money. When / entered upon this I
ase, and heard the name of the wit = y
less pronounced, I went out and got 8
his letter Which now hold, for re- L
nembered having seen one bearing the
ignature of Nancy Luther. This let
er was taken from the mail bag, and it
ontained seventy-fve dollars, and by
Ooking at the post1mark you will OBJ b
erve that it was mailed the day after o
he hundred dollars were taken from a
drs. Naseby's drawer. viii read it to o
on, If you please Fl
ftNow, your Honor l said, as / Il
ave him the letter, and also the re- t,
eipts, Hyou Will see that the letter is Il
ERECTED to Dorcas Luther, Somers, Il
lontgomery county. And YOU VIII 4
bserye that one hand wrote that letter e
nd signed the receipt and the jury p
Ill also observe. And now Will only Il
id that it is plain to see how the hun |.
red dellars was disposed Of Seventy d
We dollars was sent off for safe-keep- "
ng, while the remaining twenty-five G
lolars were placed in the prisoners o
runk, for the purpose of covering thej v
cal criminal OF the tone Of parts of n
he letter, you must Judge. 1 now a
cave my clients case In your hands. y Il
1ne case was gwen 10 the jury Imme- s.
lately following the examination of "
he letter They had heard from the a
Eitness's own mouth that she had no Ii
money Of her own, and without leaving II
heir seats they returned verdict of C
Not guilty" 9 s b
I viii not describe the scene that q
but, if Nancy Luther had
ot been Immediately arrested for
heft, she would have been obliged to
eek protection of the officers, or the ex- = !
tied people would have manned her at Z
sast, if they acknowledgements. Thenext .
lorning received note handsomely ?
Iritten, in which.I was told that the !
7ithin was but a slight token of the I
due me for my efforts in be- 9
alf of the poor, defenceless maiden. = i
! was signed Several Citizens and u
one hundred dollars. Short q
afterwards the youth, who first beg L Z
ed me to take.up the case, called upon =, !,
lie with all the money he could raise; :; y
ut showed him that I had already u