Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-12-30

"She missed ii from her drawer" the
girl said TO me, land and asked ne about
it. That evening. know Nancy Luther
told Mrs. Nasby that She saw mo take the
money from the drawcr-that she watclI
ed me through the kryhole Then they
went to my trunk and found twenty five
dollars of the missing money there. But,
sir. never took it, and somebody must
have pnt it there"
then asked her if she suspected any
one
Il don't know" she said, "who could
have done il but Nancy. She has never
liked me because she thought was better
/ treated than she. She is the cook was
| the chamheimaid.
She pointed Nancy Luther out 10 me.
She was stout. bold-faccd girl some
where about iivc-and twenty years old.
with pug nose and thick lips. lcaught
her glIncr at once, rs itrcSicd on The fair
young prisoner, and the moment | dc.
tcctcd the look OF hatred which read
,hc,c. WAS convinced that she was the
rogue.
Nancy LuJhcr did Y II say that girls
name wasp asked for a new light had
broken in upon me.
"Ycs. sir.
left the court room and went 20 The
prosecuting attorney and asked him for
the letters had handed him-ihc ones
that had been stolen liom the mail
bag He gave them /" me, and hav-
inc selected one returned the rest and
told him would see he had the one |
kept before night. | then returned to the
court room and the ease went on
Mrs. Nasty resumed her testimony
She said size intruslcd the room 10 the
prisoners care aul that no one else had
access there, save herself Then She de.
sclibcd about missing the money, and
closed by ,elliag how she found twenty
five dollar, OF the missing money in the
prisoners trunk She could swear it was
the identical money She had lost, in two
tens and one tivc-dollu bank note.
Mrs. Nasty" said |, "Whcn YOU first
missed the money, hal YOU any reason to
believe lha, the prisoner htd taken it ~
"No, sir she answered
Had you ever detected her in any dis
honcsiy?'
NO. sir"
should You have thought OF searching
her trunk. had not Nancy Luther advised
and informed you?"
"No sir"
Mrs Nasby LET the stand, and Nancy
Luther took crplacc. She came up with
4 bold look, aad upon nc east i defiant
look. as if ia say, Trap nae il You can"
She gave her evidence IL follows:
She said tha; ON the night Tie money
was taken she sat the prisoner going up
stairs. and from he sly manner in which
she wcul up she suspected all WAS not
right. So sh,' followed her up Eliza
beth went to MIS- Nasiy's room aud shut
the doorallcr her. stopped down and
looked through the keyholc. and saw her
take the money and put it in her pocket.
Then she stopped doNn and picked up
the lamp. and u, saw She WAS coming
out hurried away
Then she went on, told how she had in
formed her mi,tr,SN of this, and how she
proposed to search The gins trunk.
called MIS- NaSby 10 the stand.
You said th,' 10 one save yourself and
the prisoner had acceS, to yout loom," |
said. "Now, could Nancy Luther have
entered the room. ii she wished?"
Certainly, sir; meant that no one
else had any right there"
saw that Mrs. Nasty, though natural
IL :, hard woman, was somewhat moved
by poor Elizabeth's misery.
Could your cook have known, by any
means in your knowledge, where your
money was?'
Yes, sir; for she has often come TO my
room while was there, and | have oilcn
given her money to buy provisions OF
market rnen who happened 10 come along
with their wagons"
"One more question: Have YOU known
OF the prisoner having used any money
since this money WAS stoIen?"
NO SIR
Inow called Nancy Luther back. and
she began to tremblc a little, though her
look was rs bold and defiant rs ever.
Miss Luther" said, "why did you
not inform your mistress at once OF what
YOU had seen, without waiting for her to
ask about the money"
Because could not at once make up
my mind to expose the poor girl, she an
sNeIcd promptly.
You say you looked through the key
hole and saw her take the money!
Yes, sir
Where did she place the lamp when
she did SOP"
ION the bureau"
'In your testimony You said she stoop-
ed down when she picked it up. What
do you mean by that?'
The girl hesitatod. and finally she said
she did mol mean anything, only that she
picked up the lamp.