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akable evident contact r toothsomeBussell were ft one of the 9lt;?k.—Uncle re a donhle-ie forthcom-jnty.—John ;gy, like the string, con* •Mrs. Lewis of Knights*MeMillen’s t.—Mrs. De~ ; (?) one ofw the hair-rever being i, but never is squatted ith’s woods* their clogs •headed ai-er.—A band the parasiti-these parts, —It is saidd bachelor, valley, told making fune kept that rink for old der Danielo congregate ChristianJ. Bekke.ES.go last week, and the su-s. Gruwell, his room all will be out o. W. OffuttU'olis 011 the 3y and Herts is visiting two week.— ig the public vcek.—Thos. * his face last 3d eirl.—We 3 of some of erred to some3ung, that iti at home ifome to this r the painful them on ac-Snyder, of f this place, His wife has ■inter, which angement of again.—The d houses are int, between 3e under the Bloomer did s auction, as of the delay ods. Better—Jeff. Van-ave arrivedmrn is very is under theiGaughewo *ostitute was in this place wney prcsid-is said that }f the teach-in fractions. ?ut to house-house lately -Frank Ha-house with thage Bank three hund-the name of rhich Gartiuforger rep re-that ho lived .his way sue-ashier of the ed a reward —Curt. Mor-for ten daysreturned to lomer Stan-to Fayette ’eek, to visit , of Liberty, last week.— t doing much bad roads.—=as last fall, returned to judgment.— ip, will soon his removal tizen.—Wra. r were mar-bride’s aunt, rsdnv of last , of Homer, last Monday ling tour.— ttie and two y stock sale,Fle Blue.?KKAl)OES.« to fine.Arrestitl.)I'he criminal s has raisedicre to-day. ning, SheriffMerrlch and Aebey.These two murderers were hanged on Wednesday of last week, at a few minutes past 12 o’clock, noon, in the jail-yard at In dianapolis. There is a general sentiment of satisfaction over the execution of Merrick, and little is said of the fate of Achey, now the worst is over. Instead of petitioning Governor Williams for the commutation of Achey’s sentence, as was reported, the widow of Achey’s yfctim addressed him the fid-lowing note, written on fashionable mourning paper:Indianapolis, January 27, 1879.Jaroeg Williams, Governor of the State of Indiana :Honorable Sjr—I appeal to you in the name of George Leggett’s widow, and of his fatherless boy and aged mother, not to commute the sentence of John Achey, the murderer of my husband, if you have one spark of feeling. Mother is bowed down with grlfcf at the loss ofher idolized boy, you couilt;j nol but feel sorry for her. She is now past seventy-five, and is too feeble to come to you, or Bbo would. George was her last boy, aivd a more devoted son to a mother I never saw, nor a kinder husband or father no one ever bad. I will not add more words, but trust to your honor and sense of right to let the law take its ful) course in this matter. YoUrs with respect, Mrs. Lucy Leggett,18S North Illinois street.MERRICK’S LETTER.The following letter, written by Merrick the night beforedris execution, on a piece of legal cap, with a soft pencil, given here verbatim, was given by him into the possession of Rev. J. S. Tevis, one of his spiritual advisers, a short time before his death. It was to-day sent to his sister, to whom it is addressed, “Mrs. Anna White, Milroy, Rush Co., Ind.” It reada :Indianapolis, January 28,1879.Deares sister—The last night on earth as far as I know at the present and on to morrow morning I go as a lamb to the slaughter and to stand be for the. great holy and impartial Judge. I should Been glad to had theoper tunity to haf talket with you one mor Be four leavcing this life and explaned more perfect to you and the rest of the Family. I still remomber th last nit that Our Dear mother and sister that is in heaven was ou earth and my promise to meet them in heaven. The same Jesus is with me hear in this loanley sell tonight and with the hope that the same voice that spoak to Abraham, when he said stay thy hand, may speak to-morrow to stay the execution that one can talk to friends once more. Thy good will be done and not mine ami should we never meet on this earth, when we meet again it will be on the other siue of Jordan and in the Place that our dear mother so often spoke of to all of us when we was ail together and may we all meet again with her without the loss of one.Dear sister Mr. Achey the condemd man has laid dowu to sleep after we boatli praid to our God. I will write and pray in the sell with God with mo the only one.Wish I could see you and tell you how sorry I feal when praying to bear me above to my heavenly father that something may yet happen to clear the great mystery away to you and all my word and all seem to fail to explain. God so dear to mo and Hope he will some day yet to you and the publick. Brother Balas and Brother Tevis with me on and I hope they will tel you the words all I have said to them and they have beeu with mo. *Brother Isaac oh how glad I would have been could I have bad the pleasure to talk to them once more hear on earth that can not be.Dear sister, wish the world was onemouth that I might kiss it and one hand.that I might shake it good bye.Dear sister I am iuocent of the crime charged with, the Lord knows that the trial that Pontis Pilut gave the nasereen was fair and impcrlial to the one Judge Heller gave me hear in this city. I had no show what ever hear.Dear sister that matters not now. I still feal as though I should see you yet and talk to you again once moro.Dear sifter it is after 10 o’clock and I will close for the nit till to-morrow morning. Your Brother,Wm. Merrick.My purpose of this life is broken is ever the thought of my heart. Give my love and respect to Mr. Wbighfc and Iho rest, may God bless you all. My diinge request. Jesus lover of my soul let me to the bosom fly. Still heaping something yet for meeting you a gtiiuc-Moro awful than the doom of the hangman’s rope was the utter isolation of Merrick in his last hours. Not a friend came near him, and upon the gal-lowsho looked around as if searching fora kindly face. Instead was a gleam of detestation from almost every oye, for, in the language of one of tho bystanders, “it was no more than seeing the death of a dog.’’at the place where it was subsequently discovered ; that it had not been his intention to allow the corpse to remain there, and that he had accordinly asked a man named Bill Wombaugh to go to woods and fetch it away. Merrick afterwards became aware that Wombaugh had failed to remove the body. All the time during the trial (added Mr. Davis) Merrick was constantly afraid that Wombaugh would be placed upon the stand to testify as to the service he hadbeen requested to perform, but the prosecution failed to do ao, not being in possession of those facts. Mr. Davis also recalled Mr,-Wright’s attention to the circumstance that Merrick testified upon the tftand that the man he called 'Bill/ whose other name, he said, he di.vl not know, could give an account as to his (Merrick’s) whereabouts on the evening of the murder; but when afterwards Bill Wombaugh was singled out by the prosecution as the individual referred to, and he was subpoenaed, the defendant’s lawyer protested against his being called A3 a witness, and asserted that he was not the roan to whom Merrick had reference. After Mr. Davis bad made this statement, Mr. Wright came to me and told me the whole story. It was not told to me as any special secret, and I had expected every day that the fact of Merrick having confessed to hi9 crime would be made public.Attorney Ben Davis was sought out. While not denying the statement, Mr. Davis declined to be interviewed at present, and nothing definite could be obtained from him. It is safe to say, however, that the statement made by Judge Heller very nearly covers the whole ground of the confession.LEII CoAN INTERVIEW WITH WOMBAUGH.JJournal, Tuesday.}A Journal reporter succeeded, last evening, in finding William Wombaugh and obtaining from him a statement in regard to the confession Merrick is supposed to have made to Ben Davis, his attorney. Wombaugh says that Merrick never made any direct proposition to him, but that on one occasion, a few days before the murder, Merrick took him driving, and while out told him to call at the stable the next day, as lie had a job he wanted done.“Did he explain the nature of thejob ?” inquired the reporter.“No; I asked him what it was, and he begun talking about the trouble lie was having with his wife. I tokl him I didn’t want to get mixed up in aDy trouble between him and his wife. Merrick then dropped the subject, and said he would see me again.”“Did he 'see you again V ”“Yes, but not until several days afterthe murder, and a day or two before his arrest. Then he told me lie would pay me a email debt he was owing me soon ; that lie had just got rid of some trouble (referring probably to the murder of bis wife), and that as soon as be could make it, he was going to soli out and go West. I know now bv the hints thrown out during the ride I spoke of, what he wiis driving at, but he made no direct proposition to me,”Tho « Teller C the sectimakes Ipledges the cotieI Dcuiners fill blini horeatte dictions Southort filled in Laumr, with sen of every con for rethorn ag themi Jdcgreo o ' to tret «) !that tin butchery political ; tortures j been jn found u 1 partisan I their int | eognizar I States aI small II:appear *poet thi I apologis j remorse' . adders t • partisan out of Bayard have inc and infli an oppt mitigate in the S vided 11era lie sithey ha v tive adh have th have inii and loy that tii! in whic their fet nantly lt;1 and eou perpctrn sensible men \vhlt; would c fiuoncei tion. Bi eney uiiand hotgreat c would 1 they ck .Q o far a to drop.tcrest w ones wo 01 her tho Com tent to ; money! bill jusl Shertnaiconies ifor in t revcnuc raesintr iley thin'of the i $150,0'‘0, is remcileft, itlti present The i best to ; his supj Cnr.gro*| Ohsilmei j Brigadi: | earnest and in ! ps the :*] lira as c: i enviabi* , under t j Chahnei ! thsiir :»r J seems u! inase m; tion usrebel I iojruits o L)e inner; when y lt;v»GLEN WOOD.iJim Murphy has shipped his Mg hog, which weighed 945 pounds. The carload averaged, in Cincinnati, 407 pounds. —The contract for the building of the Grange Hall was let last Monday and business commenced in earnest. Jim Feitz was the lucky man.—Sick list: Lillio Stevens, Widow Butler, J. H. Hinchm#n, Mrs. John Reed, sr., and Isaac Harris.—Tim. Welsh went to Indianapolis to see Merrick and Achey hung, and was so affected by the shock that he has not been able fur duty since. —Geo. Reese has got his education and quit school. Hereafter the drippings of bis quill will come from his home near Buzzard Roost. Brother CampbellTliniw, fh probabl; bittern ohas o«*e; the Re]prettystrentftins«istanDomocr.can pmliayeH aAn e dri vimrniiE \.1. a netlUaeklit Indiauapreached a good sermon last Sunday and from the attention given the {subject by his hearers wo judge was well received. —The old song—you can bear farmers cursing and saying that this cold snap has killed a11 the wheat, and that wheat ought to he $1 per bushel, and so forth. —Grandmother Murphy, who is near 95 years old, is very sick, with little hopes of recovery.—There is a fine prospect for a good business year. Hope the people will realize that there is yet plenty and to snare. IIaman.All the ins to t!i n s ‘l f hof firm IS headlt;I tilOOMIf/I) Vllr wheat ir1 farm ^p.eis, 1 lraw. bin of furm fimiitui on It u nilv i I! »• A 31 Ij U .»jover tin her, 1ST!?ivins J'muter tiWm. 2'I'cb ruDEALER INa.r*i
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