The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-03-29
EXCITEMENT IN
CHATTANOOGA
NEGROES FACE SPAT-
TERED WITH BLOOD.
MyStrey Causes much
Alarm
People Flock to See the Unusual Phe-
nomena-some Predict Great
caINnity-No One Able to Ex-
plain the Case - Officials
Keeping Close Watch.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
Chattanooga, Tenn, March 23.-
The home of one Mr.. Albert Merrill
a resident of this city, has been
shrouded with mystery, and the scene
of much excitement for more than a
fortnight. The cause is a strange
happening, of which every evidence
points to as supernatural. It seems
that through some mysterious way
in the dead hour of night, while the
said Mr.. Merrill and his wife are in
bed, that the face of Mr.. Merrill, as
well as the pillow on which his head
lay, is spatteIed with human blood
preceded by strange coolness in
the room, and peculiar noise Just
before the spatter is made, which
awakens the sleepers just in time
to be conscious of the happening, but
are left ignorant of what it is, where
1t came from or what it means. II
is all over in an instant, says Mr.
Merrill, and he and his wife run in
the adjoining room in which broth ?
er-in-law sleeps, who sees the blood
dropping from his face, but who on
an examination finds no cut or bruise
to justify the blood. On examining
the pillow, they find it spattered with
blood.
The third time it happened was two
weeks ago, when on examining the
pillow, it was spattered as before
with this addition: the print of a
human hand in blood, and this in
scription in large letters formed with
dots of blood; Repent! The wages
of sin is DEATH" The family en-.
deavored to keep the first two oc.
currences as a secret, but the third
was surrounded with greater mystery
and was so astounding they decided
to give publicity to the mystery, and
after it was published in the Chatta.
nooga News, the Merrill home was
daily besieged with Chattanoogans,
white and black of all classes; but
they all go away like Nebuchadnez-
zar's soothsayers and astrologers,
and none seem to be able to play the
part of Daniel, and interpret the mys-
tery> There are many who believe
that it is supernatural occurrence,
and is a warning to that individual.
that family or to Chattanooga. It
has attracted widespread attention
in the community. Some of the curl
GUS visitors to the home asserted that
God does not work any more by signs,
but there are others who say they
forget that God is the same and that
He changes not. One brother who
was frightened out of his wits said
with the eloquence equal to Doug
lass, 'If God is Interchangeable in one
thing, he is unchangeable in all. He
has many ways to warn and
deliver his people; sometimes
by earthquakes, violent storms,
confiagrations and floods, which
destroy the lives of many, to
warn others. Just like the hand
writing on the palace walls of the
monarch king, was a warning of the
destruction and fall of his kingdom.
and an end to his voluptuous and
tyranic reign and rule, strange oc-
currences Of today which can be at
tributed to supernatural incident
can have like significance"
The people are much concerned
about this strange incident, but cool
er heads are not taking it so serious
ly. The authorities are keeping a
close watch on the house to see what
the outcome will be-