Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-10
and then repeated the ques-

emotions, and then repeated the ques
tion.
I-never-sent any, she gasped.
you didP l Numbered, for 1 was
excited now.
II didn't she finally muttered
grasping the railing by her side for
support.
May it please your honor, and gen
tlemen of the jury / said, as soon as
| had looked the witness out of coun-
tenance, Il came here to defend man
who was arrested for robbing the mail,
and in the course of my preliminary
examination | had access to the letters
which had been torn open and robbed
of money. When entered upon this
case, and heard the name of the wit
ness pronounced, | went out and GOT
this letter which now hold, for | re-
membered having seen one bearing the
signature of Nancy Luther. This let
ter was taken from the mail bag; and
contained seventy-fve dollars, and by
looking at the post-mark you will OBJ
serve that it was mailed the day after
the hundred dollars were taken from
Mrs. Naseby's drawer. 1 will read it
to you if you please
The court nodded assent, and I read
the following letter, which was without
date, save the date made by the post
mark upon the outside. l gave it ver-
batim
SISTER DoRCUs, send yu hear
seventy five dollars which want yu to
cope for me till cum hum l cant cepe
it cos ime afeerd it will git stole don't |
speek wun ward to livin sole about
this mony you wont now will yu. | |
am fust rate here unles that guide fur
nothin snipe NV liz madworth is here |
yet-but i hop to git over now-you
no rote yu bout her, Civ mi Luv tn
aul inquirin frens this is phrom yur
Sister unto Deth NANCY LUTHER
Now, your honor l said, as 1 gave
him the letters, and also the receipts,
you will see this letter is directed to
Dorcus Luther, Summers, Montgomery
county. And you will observe that
but one hand wrote the letter and
signed the receipts, and the jury will
also observe. And now will only add,
it is plain to see how the hundred dol
lars were disposed Of Seventy-fve
dollars were sent off for safe-keeping,
while the remaining twenty-five were
put in the prisoners trunk for the pur-
pose of covering the real criminal
Of the tone of parts of this letter
you must judge. l now leave my eli
ent's case in your hands.
The case was given to the jury i'm
mediately following their examination
of the letter. They heard from the /,
witness own mouth that she had no
money Of her own; without leaving
their seats they returned the verdict
of mot guilty
| will not describe the scene that
followed, but if Nancy Luther had not
been arrested for theft, she would :.
have been obliged to seek protection
from the officers, or the excited people
would have MANNED her at least. if
they had not done more. The next
| received note, handsomely
in which l was told that the
within was but a slight token of the
gratitude due me for the effort in be-
half of the poor defenseless girl. 1t
was signed by Several Citizens and ,
contained one hundred dollars. Short
ly afterward the youth who first beg
ned me to take up the case called upon
me with all the money he could raise,
but | showed him that | had been al {
ready paid, and refused to take his $
hard earnings. Before I left town l $
was a guest at his wedding-my fair {
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