The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-12-18
AFTER THE VERDICT.
How Merrick Bore Himself. interview
with bis Brother.
The Theories on Which Hopes for a New
Trial Are Based-A Relic of Mrs.
Merrick-Notes.

Yesterday Frank Merrick, youngest brother
of william Merrick, presented himself at the
Jail for an interview. According to his story
he is resident OF an inland town in Illinois
and was on his return from New York, where
he bad been with a load of cattle. lie had
not heard OF his brother for some years, and
the first intimation he had OF his arrest, trial
ard conviction, was when he underworld to
find him at the stable. The NEE ting was not
specially affecting, and in his conversation
s.nade no special proffer of aid and assistance.
AS the interview closed he said: al wish you
could only walk out with me to-day as you
used TO do" To which the condemned man
too cold and damp ootside." The brother
visited the jail twice during the day and left
for home on the evening train.
HoPss FOR NEW THLAL.
Some lawyers are said to have expressed TIT
opinion that the supreme court will reverse
the verdict IN the Merrick case on the ground
that IL does not specify under which count of
the indictment he Is found guilty. The YER
diet, which was published in yesterday
m the 1TS ind ba S SdSTS en MITE
of murder in the first degree as charg-
ed in the Indictment, aud that he SUI
preme court has decided the point repeatedly,
holding such a verdict good in the following
cases:
Lowell against the state 40 Indiana reports,
page $50; Erwright against the state, So In
diana, page $50; BiSsot against the state, 90
held good In a number of other cases.
One polnL relied on by the defendant
counsel TO secure q new trial was the refusal
of the court To compel the doctors to testify
as experts. That point was ruled on recently
by the supreme court, and Judge Elliott In a
civil suit in room tins week held that the
rule applied to all persons called as experts.
RELIC.
Near where the body of Julia A. Merriek
was found, on Eagle Creek, a scrap torn from
one of the city papers was found. On the scrap
was an extract from the Womans Journal,
which was read 10 the jury by Mayor Mitchell
part of the argument, with the statement
that he adopted II as his own language. and
they not know where IL came from. The eX-
tract is as follows:
"Woman's Journal: No man will ever pros
per who has the curse of a ruined woman upon
and execu'e ed by the worlds laws, but the
murderer of the soul is tried by heaven 5 law,
and the execution is as sure as divine JUS ice.'
Aunt Betsy said this as she folded the white
hands of a beautiful girl, and put white flowers
and green leaves about the marble cold fore
head. There w9s a tiny babe beside the girl
mother. The house was hushed, and there
was mourning such as few know. Half glad
TIA at the mother and child We're dead, the rest
of the family must perform the last sad Office
of burial and bear the family shame, n
haunted house! ruined home!-God the
architect and man the spoiler. The curse Is
there, and the destroy er Can not escape.
NOTES.
Merrick was just as cool and Indifferent yes
terday as ever. He was cOmbed and brushed,
and ms clothing was as fauItlessly arranged as
though expecting visitors.
One of the attorneys in the Merrick case yes
terday remarked that If he could have had his
way Merrick would not have appeared on the
stand, as he hurt the case more than he helped
il.