Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-08-14
MERCER JAIL, Aug. d ls1;

s~aAA O~SOPh SaTttT, u
MERCER JAIL, Aug. 4, 1875
To The Editor Of the State Gazette:
As am about to leave This world. anil
soul 10 be sent to the world Of spirits, there =.
answer 10 God its maker for all have sail
done, knowing that he is God of Justice anil
mercy, one that cannot err, bu, will Judge m,
in righteousness and truth. He knowsp,v;.
nocence and am willing to abide his deci,
trusting in him who knows all things rb,, :
done by day or night. will no. there b.. urs
upon suspicion or with prejudice, nor false WI.
nesses. Trusting in him for Iha, Justice which
has been denied me in this world. Jv,trs =.
all ask.
feel it duty that l owe 10 myself, my f..
mily and my friends and my country, that
should make a brief statement Of fact, and h,v.
them published to the world before eare
was in the field al work all the Afternoon Of
Monday ill dark. went TO bed about min,
o'clock, and was not up agaIu that night MI
SutlIlcc lnC HCAt 'IIdt SUuEie Was
taken as TO the day he took the letter to En-.
ton; was not in Washington on Monlay afer-
noon or evening. nor Tuesday allernonn, ba.
was there on Wednesday afternoon, aud sp,s,
10 Cougle to take the letter, and gave II to hn,
OH Thursday morning. He went there bo,p
days and is mistaken as to the day. As to h..
wagon that went up the creek know not wht,.
i, was the wagon was not mine, or If il Wi.
it was taken unbeknown TO me. As for III.
Story of Jesse Tiger and Mrs. Marrenus, they
have both testified falsely against me, anG God
knows it as well as they aud me- Tiger ,4I
he was afraid Of his life; II was the rc,son why
he did not tell IL sooner. This spGIua Wear
ago, my father built me house, and 1iger
done part of the mason work. tended hIn,
all the time, and we done The work alone.
never seen any fear about hIm. II be va,
why did he come 10 work where | was! Dlc.
it stand 10 reason? was Tried shortly after
and he knew nothing or he would have been
brought against me but they was hard ma
or they never would have wanted such aPer-
son.
ARd as for my money, had saved it through
the fall and winter before. | was in debt AMI
did not know how soon my creditors would
come on ne, aud kept all The money couII
get together TO support NY family with, anil
when any one would ask me for money | wOuIl
say.I had none There done wrong and am
very sorry for it, and ask forgiveness lor bOh
TO God aud man.
do solennly declare before God and man
that am entirely innocent of the crime in any
way-thai know of nothing that would lead
to its discovery-and that did no, see Peter
w. Parke or any other person excep The IT.
mates of Ny own house, and that The first
knew or heard any thing about The murder, was
when told of It by Peter w. Parke. abou elsh
o'clock or little after, on Tuesday in presence
of Hummer.
Remember that we must all meet at the bar I
Of God to render up the final account. Myen-
emies are many and hard, but forgive them
all, and pray that God will bring them 10 true
repentance, as will bring them safely to The
Heaven Of rest.
If any person should attempt, after | am
gone, 10 pass off on the public any other con-
fession contrary to this statement, 1t will be
forgery. BY publishing the above you vii
confer favsr on a humble and perseculed e0'
zen Of New Jersey. \
JOSEPH CARTER, JR.
The salary Of President Jones OF Texas IS
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