Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-16
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aNaney Luther. did you sa,

"Nancy Luther, did you say
that girls name was?" | asked, fol
. new light had broken in upon
me. :
Eyes, sir - kAAl
| I left the court room and went
to the prosgcuting attorney and
asked him for the letters I had
handed him--the ones that had
been stolen from the mailbag
He gave them to me, and having
selected one, returned the
rest, and told him I would see he
bad the one kept before night.
then returned to the court room
and the case went on. =. szls
Mrs. Naseby resumed her testi-
mony. 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 mon.
icy, and closed by telling how she
had found twenty-five dollars in
the prisoners trunk.
She could swear it was the iden.
teal money she had lost, in two
tens and a five dollar bill.
Mrs. Naseby," said I, "when
yousirst missed the money, had
you any reason to believe that
the prisoner had taken it ?"6as1,
n''No, SIR es-dH a1,4
"Should you have thought of
searching her trunk had not Nan.
cy Luther advised and informed
your s6. .Glissd s7olasas esaaa ssAat
4'No,, sir. "iases..sa sdi % lsils. (
MIS-. Naseby left the stand, and
Nancy 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
if you can. She gave me the
evidence as followssz .ax =
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 up she suspected all was not
right. She followed her up "Eliz-
Iabeth went to Mrs. Naseby's room
and shut the. door after her. l
stopped down and looked through
the key-hole, and saw her take out
the money and put it in her peck,
ct, Then, she stopped down and
picked up the lamp, and as l saw
that she was coming out | hur-
ried away" 'ss .as9 h.o s. l, 8
Icalled Mrs. .Naseby to thestand.
os'You said that no one save your
rselfsand prisoner had access to
your room, Isaid. nNow could
Nancy Luther have entered the
room if she wished"
Certainly, sir; Il mean that no
one else had a right there" :" - .
81 saw that Mrs. Naseby, though
naturally a hard woman, was
somewhat moved by poor Eliza
beth'sgmisery. umTa
eA''Goufd the cook have known
by any means in your knowledge
where your money wasg ~ .
eyes, sir; for she has often
come to my room while l was
there, and / have often given her
money to buy provisions of mar
ket men who happened to come
along with their wagon. "qsas :
"0ne more question: Have
you known of the prisoner having
used any money since this wes
sfoJap 9v1 .TEMF = ~
! Sso.en ..aT ssraos isew as sya
II new called Nancy Luther
back, and she began to tremble a
little, though her lock was as bold
and defiant as ever.
|. ngMiss Luther,Y Isaid, s'why did
not you inform your mistress of
what you had seen without wait
ing for her to ask about the lost
money ?" sTi a.fEs'''' $50 80. - -
"Because / could not at once
make up my mind to expose the
poor girl sheanswered promptly.
You say you looSed through
the key-hofe and saw her take
the money ?"a
Eyes, sir.''ssssF se Saff
"Where did she place the lamp
when she did sofs ssv 7agse .ss
HOn the bureau s .tgs1,
In your testimony you said she
stopped down when she picked it
up. What do you mean by that2"
The girl hesitated, and finally
she said she did not mean any
thing, only that she picked up
the lamp. sasl@ igssz z
y "Very well,R said ], chow long
have you been with Mrs. Naseby 2
- .sNot quite a year, SIR" ?
80 Chow much does she pay you
a week 2" - - as betssia'a1
"a dollar and three,quarters.
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