Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-26
STRANGE IF TRUE.
Report that Merrick; the Murderer Left
Confession Concealed In HIS Watch.
Indianapolis Sentinel.

Indianapolis Sentinel
One of the most singular and startling in
oidents of the present century came to light
yesterday in the discovery of a genuine confess
sion of the late William Merrick, which rivals
many Of the stories of the dark ages, when
men kept or hid away revelations of deeds of
darkness in secret panels, drawers, seal rings,
brooches, lockets and other3 innocent looking
articles of ornament or furniture. Merrick
seems to have imbibed the idea of rendering
his name still more famous infamous by
having in his possession watch with its secret
chamber that is destined to be one of the seven
wonders of the Gage The discovery of the
secret chamber was the result of an accident,
or, rather, was purely accidental. DR.. Edwins,
representative from Madison county. after the
purchase of the watch at sheriff's sale last Mon
day it to the jeweler to have it examined and
cleaned, and having some curiosity to see it
taken apart stood by conyersing with the jew
eler while he was doing the work. The watch
is highly embossed stem-winder, with a heavy
dcuble-case, is az handsome an appearing
time-piece gentleman of his taste and
style would wish to carry. After opening the
watch and detaching the works from the case,
there appearing to be some dirt in the groove
where the two sides join, the workman ran
small tool around, and in the groove
which in passing point about half
inch from the hinge and 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 matter)
so that it fell from his hand to the floor, the
fact of it having been carried by Merrick max
ing him somewhat nervous. In picking it up
out fell a carefully-folded piece of tough It's
sue paper, closely covered with writing in
pencil, which, from its singular wording,
would seem TO be confession of the horrible
crime for which Merrick was executed, to-
gether with hints of his connection 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 pass
sions. The paper reads as follows:
What dam fool was; if Ide served her like
| did the other girl, Ide never been found out.
Why didn't / bar'l her up and send her to
| went bad from the day first got her tight and
night, dam her-no its no use to ours her now
done enough of that when abe was Twin, l
wouldent care only for the baby. But its no
use have to swing for it and then-thats what
gifts me- The old man dident truble me much,
he took the dose just as easy, he too drunk
| to know better. served the other cuss right
he stood between me and that girl. he no
business to get in my way. tried hard to
make EN- believe Jul would come in time but
that's played out. wonder who'll find this
| when I'm dead and gone. M.
Any one DESTROYS of seeing the watch and
confession can do SO by calling on DR.. Edwins
at Representative hall or the Occidental.
DR.. Edwins says it makes him feel queer
when he carries that watch, and he don't know
| whether he will keep it or sepd it to Barnum.