The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-07-18

2daughters frequently cleaned it.bence
the marks of oil and polishing found
ION it. / had lately brought it into Bos-
ton to get the silver sheath repaired.
While idisniembering the body a
Sstream of Cochituate was running thro'
shes sink, carrying off the blood in a
3pipe that passed down through the lower
Laboratory. There must have been a
8 leak in the pipe, for the ceiling below
s|was stained Immediately around it.
4 There was fire burning in the fur
mace of the lower laboratory; Littlefeld
Twas mistaken in thinking there had
Hnever been a fire there; he had proba-
8bly never kindled one, but | had done ii
myself several times; had done it tina.
Sday for the purpose of making oxygen
4gas; the head and viscera were put into
THAT furnace that day, and fuel heaped
Con; | did not examine at night to see to
what degree they were consumed; some
Hof the extremities were put in there,
3believe, on that day, The pelvis and
sssome of the limbs, perhaps, were all
aput under the lid of the lecture-room
Stable, in what is called the well, deep
Hsink lined with lead; a stream of Co
Echituate was turned into it, and kept
drumming through it all Friday night; the
4thorax was put into similar well in the
3iower laboratory, which filled with
sswater, and threw in quantity ofpotash
(which | found there. This disposition
sof the remains was not changed till af-
9ter the visit Of the officers on Monday
5Whcn the body had been thus all dis
sposed of, cleared away all traces of
sswhat had been done
0 ] think the stick with which the fatal
elbow had been struck proved to be a
apiece of the stump Of a large grape vine
as-sav two inches in diameter, and two
fleet long 1t was one of several pieces
(which [ had carried in from Cambridge
along before for the purpose of showing
athe effect Of certain chemical fluids in
scolored wood, by being absorbed into
/ the pores-the grape vine being very
i porous wood vas well adapted to this
Spurpose. Another long stick had been
Fused as intended and exhibited to the
gstudents; this one had not been used
II put it into the fire.
4 took up the two notes either from
Sthe table or the floor, l think the table,
Z CLOSE by where DR.. P. had fallen;
&seized an old metallic pen lying on the
5table, dashed 1T across the face and
Through the signatures, and put them in
zmy pocket; did not know why I did
|sthis rather than put them in the fire,
6for | had not considered for moment
awhat effect either mode of disposing of
them would have on the mortgage, or
Emy Indebtedness to Mr.. p. and the other
3persons interested, and | had not yet
.lgiyen single thought to the question as
9 to what account | should give Of the
: objects or result of my interview with
4Dr. Parkman: never saw the sledge-
Hammer spoken Of by Littlefeld-never
alinew of its existence--at least | have
eno recollections of it; left the College
to go home as late as six o'clock; | col
lected myself as well as | could, that l
Knight meet my family and others with
composure. On Saturday visited my
rooms at the College, but made no
change in the disposition of the remains,
and laid no plans as to my future course !;
lon Saturday evening read the notice in
the Transcript respecting the disappear
ance; was then deeply impressed with
sthe necessity of Immediately taking some
3ground as to the character of my inter-
view with Parkman, for / saw that it
: must become known that | had had such
an interview, as | had appointed it first
Sby an unsealed note on Tuesday, and
ION Friday | had myself called at his
house in open day and ratified the ar
arrangement, and had there been seen,
and had probably been overheard by
the man-servant, and | knew not by
how many persons DIR. P. might have
been seen entering my room, Or how
many persons he might have told by the
way where he was going; the interview
would in all probability be known, and
Il must be ready to explain it. The
7question exercised me much, but on
aSunday my course was taken. | would
: go into Boston and be the firstto declare
myself the person, as yet unknown, with
Il "boiI IL HCu LiiC :.
would take the ground that had in
! vited him to the College to pay him
money, and that | had paid it accord
singly. | fixed upon the sum by taking
the small note and adding interest, which
lit appears, cast enormously. I'll had
Thought Of this course earlier should
1 mot have deposited Pcttce's check for
$50 on the Charles River Bank on Sat
urday, but should have suppressed it as
sgoing so far to make up the sum which
was to have protested to have paid the
lday before, and which Pettee knew |
I had by me at the hour Of interview. II
: had not occurred to me that | should
lever show the notes cancelled in proof
of it, or should have destroyed the
! large note, and let it be inferred that it
was gone with the missing man, and ]
should only have kept the small one,
which was all that could pretend 10
have paid. My single thought was con-
scealment and safety-every thing else
swas Incidental to that. was in no state
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