The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-20

money there. But, oh, sir, never
took it, and somebody else put that
money tberei"
then asked her if she suspected
any one.
II don't know she said, "whc
could have done it but Nancy. She
I has never liked me because she
thought was treated better than
she was. She is the cook and was
the chambermaid
She pointed Nancy Luther out tc
me. She was stout, bold faced girl
somewhere about 25 years old, with
a low forehead, small gray eyes, a
! pug nose and thick lips.
"Oh, sir, can you help me2" my
client asked in q fearful whisper.
Nancy Luther, did you say that
girls name was2" / asked, for a new
light had broken in upon me.
'Yes, sir"
rs there any other girl of that
name about here"
! mo, sir"
"Then rest easy. I'll try hard to
save you"
! | left the courtroom and went to
the prosecuting attorney and asked
him for the letters l had handed him
the ones that had been stolen from
the mailbag. He gave them to me,
end having selected one / returned
the rest and told him | would see
that he had the one / kept before
night. then returned to the court
room, and the case went on.
Mrs. Nasehy then resumed her tes-
timony. She said she had intrpsted
her room to the prisoners care, and
that no one else had access there save
herself. Then she described about
the missing money and closed by
telling how she found S25 of it in the
prisoners trunk. She could swear it
was the identical money she had lost,
it being in two tens and one S. bill.
Mrs. Naseby," said l, when you
first missed your money, had you
any reason to believe that the pris-
oner had it2"
mo, sir, she answered.
Had you ever before detected her
in any dishonesty"
'No, sir"
SHOULD you have thought of
searching her trunk had not Nancy
Luther advised and informed you"
mo, sir"
Mrs. Naseby then left the stand,
and Nancy Luther took her place.
She came up with bold look, and
upon me she cast defiant glance, as
much as to say, Trap me, if you
can" She gave her evidence as fol-
lows:
She said that ON the night when
the money was stolen she saw the
prisoner going up stairs, and from
the sly manner in which she went up
she suspected all was not right. So
she followed her up. Elizabeth went
into Mrs. Naseby's room and shut the
door after her. / stopped down and
looked through the keyhole and saw
her at the mistress drawer. l saw
her take out the money and put it in
her pocket. Then she stopped down
and picked up the lamp, and as l
saw that she was coming out hur-
lied away" Then she went on and
told how she had informed her mis-
tress of this, and how she proposed
to. search the girls trunk
l called Mrs Naseby back to the
stand.
You say that no one, save your
self and the prisoner, had access to
your ROOM" l said. Now, could
Nancy Luther have entered that room
if she wished?"
Certainly, sir. Imeant no one else
had any right there"
l saw that Mrs. Naseby, though
naturally hard woman, was some
what moved by Elizabeth's misery.
Gould your cook have known, by
any means in your knowledge, where
your money was?"
Eyes, sir, for she has often come
up to my room when / was there,
and ] have given her money with
which to buy provisions of market
men who happened along with their
wagons"
Zone more question: Have you
known of the prisoners having used
any money since this was stolen?"
mo, SIR
I now called Nancy Luther back,
and she began to tremble little,
though her look was as bold and de-
tiant as ever.
Miss Luther" I said, why did
you not inform your mistress at once
Of what you had seen, without wait
ing for her to ask you about the lost
money"
Because l could not mG Ike up my
mind at Cnce to expose the poor
young girl, she answered promptly.
You say you looked through the
keyhole and saw her take the mon
eyl"
Yes, sir"
Where did she place the lamp
while she Gid so!"
ION the bureau"
tIO yoIJI, Testimony vf,I, cold g a.