The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
Merrick, the Indianapolis
Murderer, Leaves a Con-
fession Concealed in His
Watch.

III we PIES
ent century came to light YES.
terday IN the discovery Of a gen
uine confession of the late Vim.
Merrlck, which rivals many of
the stories of the dark ages.
when men kept or hid away re-
Violations of deeds Of darkness
in secret panels, drawers. seal
rings, brooches, locke and 9th
er innocent looking articles of
ornament Or furniture. Mvrrick
seems to have imbibed the idea
Of rendering his name still more
famous or Infamous by having
tx his possession a watch with
its secret chamber that is des-
tined to be one of the seven
wonders of the age. The dis
covery of the secret chamber
was the result Of an accident, or
rather, was purely accidental.
DR.. Edwins, representative from
Madison county, after the pur-
chase of the watch at sheriff's
sale, took it to the jeweler to
have it examined and cleaned,
and having some curiosity to
see it taken apart, stood by con-
versing with the .jeweler while
he was doing the work. The
watch is a highly embossed,
stem winder, with a heavy
double case, is as handsome an
appearing time piece as a gen
tleman Of his taste and style
would wish to carry. After
opening the watch and detach~
ing the works from the case,
there appearing to be some dirt
in the grooves where the two
sides join, the workman ran a
small tool around, and in the
groove, which in passing a point
abo-t hat an inch from the
hinge that seemed to resist the
passage of the tool, suddenly an
inner plate or cap sprung open,
startling the jeweler land DR..
Edwins also, for that matterII so
that it fell from his hand to the
floor, the fact of it having been
carried by Merrick making him
somewhat nervous: In picking
it up out fell "a carefully-folded
piece Of tough tissue paper,
closely covered with writing in
pencil, which, from its singular
wording, would seem to be a
confession Of the horrible crime
for which Merr.ck was executed,
together with hints Of his con-
nection with the murder of the
young man at Connersville, and
the old man who was found dead
in his stable. He also mentions
the name of another who seems
to have been a victim to his
hellish passions. The paper
reads as follows:
What a dam fool | was !; if lde
served her like / did the other
girl, Ide never been found out.
Why didn't | bar'l her up and
send her to Michigan like | did
Fan. Somehow every hing went
bad from the lime | first got her
tight and took her to my room
till [ took her out that night.
Dam her-no lis uo- US 20 curse
her now | done enough of that
when she was livin. [ wouldent
care only for the baby. BIT lis
no use | have to swim for i and
then-thats what gits ne. The
old man dident truble me much.
he took the dose just as easy, he
was too drunk to know better.
| served the other cuss right, he
stood between me and that girl.
he'd 10 business to get In my
way. | tried hard to make EN-
believe Jul would come in time
but that played out. | wonder
who'll find this when I'm dead
and gone. M.
Any one de ;irous of seeing the
watch and confession can do so
by calling on DR.. Edwins at
Representative hall or the Occl-
dental.
DR.. Edwins says it makes him
feel queer when he carries that
watch. and he don't know
,botb.r h O will koon If or send