Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-10-18
AImon Meaker,s Confession.

The following is the confession of Al
mon Meaker, relative to the murder COM
mitted by him and his mother:
|. Almon L. Meaker of Waterbury, VT.
now confined in state prison under SEN
tence of death, knowing that the time Of
execution draws near, desire to leave to
the public statement of all the facts re-
lating to the crime for which | was
convicted. Alice, the murdered child,
came to live with my father l. May. 1879,
and was murdered April, 1880. She was
ten years old. She came to live with father
by contract with the overseer of Char
lotte. She was not at all times kind in
the family. My mother was not satisfied
with having the girl live at our house.
and complained to my father about it
and wanted him to get another place for
her. My mother often punished her
severely Twice she stripped her of
her clothing and whipped her bare body
and drew blood. About two weeks before
the murder my mother told me if father
did not get another place for her, she
should dispose of her in another way.
During that week, one day. l was in the
house and father was in the field. my
mother came into the pantry where
was getting a lunch, and asked me ii
would help her take Alice to the mountain
and leave her there to Starve. told her
no, | would not. 1t run along for few
days, and she urged me to help her to GET
rid of her She persisted in taking her
off and leaving her where no one would
find her and let Der starve | proposed
- take her back to Charlotte, and have
u n take her back. NV mother said
that if | would not assist her in the course
she wanted to take. she proposed to kill
her outright Sac urged me to help her
do it; and did not consent until the
Tuesday before. She continually urged
me. and said it could be done by poison,
and it would be an easy death. l will
say here that if had thought her death
would have been so terrible, | never
could have consented to aid her. She
made the plan to procure strychnine, and
| procured it of Druggist Carpenter, of
Waterbury village, and paid ten cents for
it. This was Friday night. the night of
the murder. went Immediately to Mr.
Bates, a livery keeper, and got team
and went over home and put the team
back of the barn. Mother had put Alice
to bed with her clothes on; and mother
took her out of the window, telling her we
were going to ride. My father was in
bed. Mother and Alice walked short
way up the hill through the field, and
came to the road where | had the team
They got in and drove through the street
and gave the poison on the "Ilenry hill
below the street, when we put it in same
sweetened water and gave it to her, We
drove on, and in about twenty minutes
the poison took effect and she went into
commissions. My mother held her hand
over her mouth, to prevent her making q
noise. We started for sandbank toward Is
Stowe, and took shawl to buy her with
But she died so soon we stopped ~ a
swamp, where the body was shown Mr.
Atherton. ! agreed with my mother
after we were arrested (Which she urgel
me to do) to take all the blame on myself
and clear her, which have done, until
feel it duty to tell the facts rs aho"c
stated. No other person, or persons, had
knowledge Of the aff,ir but my mother
and myself. had no motive in commit
ting the act, and only did it--what die
do-at the request and advice of my
mother. did not realize what | wa
doing, nor consider its consequences.