The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-02-01

The complaint against her set forth
! that she had stolen S1OO frel Mrs.
| Naseby, and us the case went I foand
that Mrs. Naseby, wealthy widow,
living i'll town. was the girls mis;re: 5.
The poor girl declared her innocence
in the widest terms, but circumstances
were hard against her. A hundred
dollars in bank notes had been stolen
! from her mistress's room, and sslie
| was the only one that had access there.
At this juncture, when the witness
was upon the stand, young man
came and caught me by the arm. He
was fine looking man, and big tears
stood i'll his eyes. E .-
'They tell me you arc q good lazy
YER he whispered.
Il am Il lawyer l answered.
'Thcn do save her. You certainly
can do it, for she is Innocent
Is she your sister?, . i--
No.. sir he added, 'but--but,'
He then hesi tated.
HAS she no counsel p [ asked.
None that's good for onythiug-
nobody that'll do anything for her.
o, save her and I'll give you all I've
got. | can't give you much, but l
can raise something
IrcRected q moment. l cast my
eyes toward the prisoner, and slrc was
at that moment hooking at me. She
caught my eye, and the volume of ell
treaty | read in her glamoc resolved
me in moment. | arose and went to
the girl, and asked if she wished me
to defend her. She said yes. l then
Informed the court that was ready
To enter into the case, and was adnrit-
tel at once. The loud murmur of
satisfaction that ran quickly through
the rosir trld me where the sympa--
thics of the people were. | asked for
4 moment cessation that l might
speak to my client. | went and sat
down by her si,lc, anil asked her to
state camli'lly the whole case. She
told me that she had lived with Mrs.
Nascly nearly two years, and never
had any trouble before. About Two
weeks ago, she said, her mistress lost
300 -.-
She mis- cd it from her drawer
IiC 3'Il S'ti't w Iic, uht ihShSi IiC
about it. [ said | knew nothing about
it. That evening, | knew Nancy Lu
thcr told Mrs Nascby that she saw
me take the money from the drawer
that she watched INC through the
keyliole. Then they Went t6 my trunk
and found S25 of the missing money
there But, sir, | never took it
somebody FAUST have got it in there
l then asked her if she suspected
anyone.
Il don't know she said, 'who could
have done it but Nancy. She has
never liked me, because she thought 1
was better treated than she. Size is
tie cook. was the chambermaid.'
She pointed Nancy Luther out to
me. She was stout. boll faced girl,
somewhere about five and twenty years
old, with Il low forehead, small gray
eyes, Il pug nose and thick lips. I
caught her glance at once, as it rested
on the fair young prisoner, and the
moment l detected the look of hatred
which read there, I was convinced
she WAS the rogue.
Nancy Luther did S6u say that
girls name was p asked, for a new
light had broken in upon mo.
'Yes, SIR .. ....
l left the court room and went to
the prosecuting attorney and asked
for the letters l had handed hini-the
ones that had been stolen from the
mail bag. He gave them to mc, and
having selected one, L returned the,
rest, and told him l would see he hal
the one l kept before night. / then
returned to tic court room and the
case went Oil. " ..... ...- TO-.
Mrs. NaSeby resumed her testimony.
She said shc intrusted the room to the
prisoners care, and that no one else
had access there save herself. Then
she described about missing the mon
ey, and closed by telling lrcw- she
found twenty dollars of the miss
ing money in the prisoners trunk.
She could swear it was the identical
money she had lost, in two tens and
one five dollar bank note. -
'Mrs Naseby,' said I, when you
first Eeisscd the money, had you any
reason TO believe that the prisoner
had taken itY' m .-F .;...-, -3utr
No, sir she answered. --l
Had you ever before detected her
in any dishonesty? T. --.E .f-l
No, SIR ..-.-. ... .tt.,-. ..5
Should you thought of searching
ner trunk had not Nancy Luther stl-
.vised and informed you ?
No, SIR . 70. .raTLt I
Mrs. Nascby left the stand, and
Nancy Luther took her place. She
caIno up with bold look, and upon
INC she cast defiant look, rs if to
say, Trap me if you can She gave
her evidence os follows: o., j..
She said that on the night the mon
eY was taken she saw the pris0lierg
ing up stairs, and from the sly man.
ner i'll which she went up, she suss
pcCto'l- all was not right. So she fol-
lowed her up. Elizabeth went to
Mrs. Naseby's room and slut the ,
door after her. I stopped down and
looked through the keyhotc and saw
her take tAc money and put il in her
pocket. Sfe then stopped down and
picked up the lamp, and az L saw she
was coming out | hurried away
Then she went or, told how she had
Informed her mist ess of fins, and :
how she proposed to search the girls
trunk.
1 called Mrs. Naseby to the stand.
You said that no one save yourself
and the prisoner had access to your
ROOM L safd, Now, could Nancy
Luther have entered the room if she !,
wished?'
Certainly, sir; I meant that no one !,
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