Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-04-28
ALLIPoLIs, OHIO, APRIL 28, 1870.

how she had found Twenty-Five dollar
of IL id the prisoner trunk.
aSheteould swear itswas the identica
money she had lost. in two tens and
five dollar bank note. IN, .t
"Mrs. Naseby," said I, "when yo1
first missed the money, had you an,
reason to believe that the prisoner haC
taken it?,' ava. 49, 81
s,No, sir" she answered,
"Had you ever before detected he
in any dishonesty" sa-is'o
ls'No sir" fss sEris
! Mrs. Naseby left the stand, anc
Nancy Luther took her place. Sh,
came up with a bold look. aud upon me
/ she cast defiant glance. as if to say
trap me'if youcan." She gave hel
evidence as follows: s4ls-
I She said ftthat on the night the
money was taken she saw the prisoner
A going up stairs, and from the sly man
ner in which she went up, she suspect
ed all was not right. She followed her
up. Elizabeth went to Mrs. Naseby's
room and shut the door after her. ]
! stopped down and looked through the
key-hole, and saw her take out money
and put it in her pocket. Then she
stopped down and picked up the lamp,
and Isaw she was coming out and |
hurried away" -..- I.-,-r -.-
i called Mrs. Naseby to the stand.
"You said that no one save your
self and the prisoner had access to
your room" said. "Now could
Nancy Luther have entered the room
if she wished?"
I Certainly sir, l mean that no one
else had any right there t
| l saw that Mrs. Nsseby, though
naturally hard woman, was some
what moved By poor Elizabeth's mise
Try. s7Vie E.l s
"Could the cook have known by any
means in your knowledge where the
money WASP"
"Yes, sir; for she had often come to
my room while / was there, and | have
often given her money to buy provi-
tsions of market men who happened to
come along with their wagons
"One more question. Have you
known of the prisoner having used
any money since this was stolen?'
''No sir" tlA fa..
/ now called Nancy Luther back,
and she began to ramble a little,
though her look was as bold and de-
fiant as ever. o." aA
"Miss Luther" said I, "why did
you not inform your mistress of what
you had seen without waiting for her
to ask about the lost money!"
"Because l could not at once make
up my mind to expose the poor girl, +"
she answered promptly.
."You say you looked through the
key-hole and saw her take the
money!"
Eyes sir" -z
"Where did she place the lamp when
she did so?"
''On the bureau"
"In your testimony YOU said she
stopped down when she picked up the
lamp.'' 7'rea 1aa se'
The girl hesitated, and finally said
she did not mean anything, only that
she picked up the lamp.
"Very WE'LL" said /. show long
have you been with Mrs. Naseby?"
"Not quite year, sir
elbow much does she pay you
week?'' 1d ' or
ga dollar and three quarters"
''Have you taken any of your pay
since you have been there?"
eyes, sir" iF'
SHOW much?"
81 don't know"
"Why don't you know?'
"How should 1? | have taken it at
different times just as / wanted it, and
kept no accounts -
"Now, if you had wished to harm
the prisoner could you have raised
twenty-five dollars to putin her trunk?"
"No, sir" she replied Indignantly.
"Then you have not laid up any
money since you have been there?"
"No sir, only what Mrs. Naseby
may owe me-"
''Then you did not have any twen-
ty-fve dollars when you came there?"
b "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 remembered |
what you asked her. -
B This was said very sarcastically, and |
for crusher upon the idea
that she shonld have put the money in
the prisoners trunk. y However, l was
not overcome entirely.
"Will you tell me If you belong in
this State?',W 1oiag-1s Ess
"Ido, sir.,s aHs h-ae I
Z ttIn what town. fs+--
''She hesitated, and for a moment
the bold look forsook her But she f.
nally answered, "I belong in Summers,
Montgomery county, '7fsi
2 Inext turned to Mrs Naseby.
"Doq you ever take a receipt from
your girls zWheh you pay them
"Always."
"Can you send and get one of them
for me?" ,...-
"She has told you the truth, sir,
about the payment" said Mrs. Nase-
by. alfP t-f
30, I don't doubt it," I replied;
eparticalar proof is the thing for the
So if you can, | wish
you would procure the receipt"
She said she would be willing to go
if the court said SO. And the court
said so and SO she went. Her dwell
ing was not far of, and she soon re-
turned and handed me four receipts,
which ! took and examined. They
we're signed in strange staggering
hand by the witness.
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