The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-31
low she proposed to search the girls

called Mrs. Nasty to the stanu
! You said that no one save yoursel
and the prisoner had access to you
ROOM I said. Now could Name,
Luther have entered the room, if sh
wished r
CT sainly, sir; meant that NJ
one else had any right there
l saw that Mrs. Nasby, though
naturally hard woman, was some
what moved by poor Elizabeth
misery. e
Gould your cook have known, BY
any means in your knowledge, ,whor'
your monoy was2 ?" a
ssYes sir !; for she has often come x
| my room while / was there, and
hsve often given her money to buy
tnroyisiens Of market men who, hap
pcncd 10 come along with their wag
one.'
sOne more question: Have you
known OF the prisoner having used
any money since this money wat
stolen p
No, sir
now called Nancy Luther back
and she began to tremble little,
though her look was as bold and de.
fiant as ever.
Miss Luther l said, why did you
not inform your mistress at once 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,
she answered promptly.
sYou said you looked through the
keyhole and saw her take the mon-
eyT -
Yes, SIR
where did she place the lamp
when she did SOP
sOn the bureau
'ln your testimony you said she
stopped down when she picked it up.
What do you mean by that?'
The girl hesitated, and finally she
said she did not mean anything, only
that she picked up the lamp.
Very well,' said /, how long have
you been with Mrs. Nasty p
Not quite a year, SIR
How much does she pay you a
week p
"A dollar and three-quarters.'
Have you taken up any of your
pay since you have been there?
Yes, SIR
How much 2
Il don't know, sir
why don't you know
sHow should L? [ have taken it
at different times, just as wanted
it, and kept no account.
'Now, if you had wished to harm
the prisoner, could you have raised
twenty-five dollars to put in her
trunk p
No, SIR she replied with virtuous
indignation.
Then you have not laid mp any
money since you have been there F.?
NO, sir, Only what Mrs. Nasty
may owe me.
fTben you did not have any twen-
ty-fve dollars when you came thereg
No, sir, and what's more, the
money found in the girls trunk was
the money Mrs. Nasby lost. You
might have known that, if you'd re-
member what you asked her. This
was said very sarcastically, and was
intended as crusher upon the idea
she should have put the money in
the prisoners trunk. However was
not overcome entirely.
will you tell me if you belong to
this State?
Il do sir
In what town.
She hesitated and the bold look
forsook her. But finally she answer
ed.
next turned to Mrs. Nasby.
sDo you ever take q receipt from
your girls when you pay themT
Always
sCan you send and get one OF them
for me?'
She has told you the truth, sir,
about the payments, said Mrs. Mas.
by. ;.
80, don't doubt it, l replied, but
particular proof is the thing for the
court room. So, if you can, | wish
you would procure the receipt
She said she would willingly go, if
the Court said SO. The Court did
saw 30. and she went. Her dwelling
was not far off, and she soon return
ed and handed four receipts, which
took and examined. They wer'
| signed in a strange, staggering han'
by the witness.
Now, Nancy Luther ] said, turn
ing to the witness, and speaking in
quick, startling tone, at the sam
time looking her sternly in the eye
splease tell tho court and jury, AM
me, whore you got the seventy-tiv
dollars you sent in your letter to yon
sistor in Somers p
| At this she started as though |
volcano burst at hcr feet. She turn
ed pale as death, and every lin,
shook violently. waited until th'
people could have an opportunity !,
see her emotion, and then repeato
the question.
.I-never-sent any, she gasped
you didr l thundered, for l WA
excited now.
IL didn't she family mutteret
grasping the railing by her side TO
support.
May it please your honor, All
gentlemen of the jury SAID as 500
! as looked the witness out OF count
: nance, Il came here to defend ma
: who was arrested for robbing tn
mail, and in the course of my preliu
mary examination | had access
, the letters which had been tor
open and robbed of money. Whe
/ entered upon this case, and hear
the name Of the witness pronounce
I went out and got this letter whit
now hold, for remembered haviI
seen one bearing the signature
Nancy Luther. This letter W
4 taken from the mailbags. and it co
a tanned seventy five dollars, and
n looking at the post mark you w
hsa.vo that II WAS maiIad tho A.