Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-12-06

found in the vault, were then btoug 1T up
from the labratOry, and laid before him.
lie gazed at The mutila,ed fragments. with
an agitation and wldness of dcmeal or bor-
dering upon phrenZy, bu, he did not speak
lie was shortly after conveyed back to the
Jail The who's scene was pa nGu in the
extreme, 10 witness.
On Saturday afternoon, q short time NJ ior
- the assembling OF the Jury of Inquest at
ias ''o'legc, officer Fuller, in making some
further search in Prof, Webstcrs labratery
dis covered in the southeast corncr-whch
is an extension of the main room 10 a mar
row point, where The light can hardly pen
et:ate, and used apparently for The storage
ofempty bottles, sp 'cimens of geology &C.,
"a tea chest lying upon one ofthe shelves,
and covered over with various articles, gis-
ing to It the appearance of having occupied
that position for long time. He removed
the chest TO the centre of the roc m, and
took olfthe top, when he discovered il to
be filled apparently with gro nd hent.cck
bark. Upon emp.yng its contents, the
trunk and right thigh ofa human icing
rolled out on The floor
This discovery was another and terrible
confirmation tina, deed of blood had been
committed. A large single bladed jack
knife, with deer horn handle, the blade
about inches in length, was also found
packed away in the chest. The blade Of
the knife bore unqnestionable evidences of
the partial erasure of blood by some chemi-
cal substance. On taking the muiilatcd
fragments found in the tea-chest and pac-
ing them in their natural position with
those recovered from tho vault, they were
at onoe discovered to belong to one and the
same body
Upon entering the College building by
the front door, we turned to the right and
passed through the lecture room, which is
furnished with benches capable Of seating,
perhaps, one hundred and fifty persons
1t was in this room that Professor Webster
delivered his chemical lectures Tho lee
turer's desk is at the back part Of tho room,
and is reached by descending steps. To
the right, and contiguous to the desk, is
door which connects with the experimental
room, and wherein was ranged, upon
shelves, every variety of chemicals known
to the scientific world. twas in this room
whe!e the murder-if murder there has
bcen-was con- miltcd. The floor which is
constructed of brick, exhibited in many
places, the marks Of blood partially obltcr-
ated by the application Of chemical acids.
Turning to the right, we descended some
eight or ten stone step,,-every one of
which xhibied similar proofs tf the at
tempted oblteration Of blood spots, aud we
com to the Professors laboratory This
room is in the rear of the building, imme-
dlaiely beneath the experimental room, and
constitutes the basement OF this wing Of
the college building.
The first object which met the eye on
entering the laboratory, was the horribly
mutilated remains OF human body ! The
head, arms, (beIow the eIbows) and feet,
inclu ing the righ, leg from tie knee
downward, were gone The breast, abdo-
men aui intestines, had $50 been remov-
ed, with the cariilcgcs Of the ribs. The
shell Of 'hc trunk, from the pelvis upwards,
to nearly the top of the spinal column, with
the posterl)r muscle attached, was all that
renamed of the upper part Of the body -
The detachment Of the head from the 81 in
al column showed that the dissection had
been very carefully performed.
The appearance of the remains denoted
that the person to HON they belonged was
an aged man. One remarkable feature in
the construction of the parts, was their ex-
treme nariowness across the pelvic region.
The parts taken out of the vault were
bleachei by the action Of sea water. and
those found IN the tea chest were dlscolored
oy the tdnin from the baIk with which they
had been packed
The furnace was at tho east end Of the
laboratory, constructed Of ire-brck, and
was of small dimensions Mr.. L!t,lefeld
informed US tina; fire had been kept up in
il almost constantly for nearly a week,
which was an unusual circumstance. The
contents of the grate-among which was
found some artificial te.h, small PARTICLES
Of bones, and some particles Of fused gold
and silver--was placed in vessel in one
corner of the room, and will be carefully
snalyzed.
In the vault was discovered in close
proximity TO the fragments of the body,
three course towels and one Of very large
dimensions. All fsu of them were deeply
stained with blood. A rough board about
six feet in length and one and a half wide,
was also discovered crimsoned with marks
OF blood. 1t was suggested that this board
might have been used in dissec,lng the
body
AS Prof WeLster's department was in