The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-07-18

| no second blow: he did not move; | STOPPED
down over him, and he seemed to be lieless
blood flowed from his mouth, and got some
ammonia and applied it TO his nose, but without
effect; perhaps spent 10 minutes in attempts to
resuscitate him, but found he wa. alb olutely dead
in my horror and CONSERVATION ran instinctvely
! to the doors and boted then-the doors of The
/ ecture-room and cf the laboratory below; and
| then vi hat was 10 do! II never occurred to ms
to go out and declare what had been done, and OBJ
tain assistance; l saw nothing but the alternative
Of successful movement and concealment ofihe
body on the one hand, and of inlamy and des,rnc-
| ton on the other The first thing did, as soon
as could do any thing was to draw the body into
the private room adjoining, where took off the
clothes and began putting them into the fire
which was burning in the upper laboratory; they
were all consumed there that afternoon, with pa.
| Eers, pocket-book and whatever they contained
| did not examine the pockets nor remove any
thing except the watch. saw that or the chain
Oft, hanging ont. l took it and threw il over the
bridge as went 10 Cambridge. NJ next move
was to get the body into the sink which stands
in the small private room, by setting the body
partially erect against the corner, and by getting
up into the sink myself, succeeded in drawing
it up there; il was entirely dismembered: it was
quickly done. as work of terrible and desperate
necessity The only instrument was the knife
| found BY the officers in the tea chest, which
kept for emitting corks. make no use Of the
Turkish knie as it was called at the trial that had
long been kept on my parlor mantepiece in
| Cambridge, as curious ornament. My dangh-
ters frequently cleaned it, hence the marks of oil
and polishing found on it. l had lately brought
it into Boston 10 get the silver sheath repaiEed
! While dsrnembering the body stream OF
Cochitua.e was running through the sink carry
ing off the blood in pipe that passed down
through the lower laboratory. There must have
been leak in The pipe, for the ceiling below was
stained Immediately around it,
! There was fire burning In the furnace of the
| lower laboratory; iitilefeid was mistaken in
thinking there had never been fire there; he had
probably never kindled one, but had done il
myself several times; had 1ne il that day for
the purpose Of making oxygen gas; the head and
vscera Were put into that furnace that day, and
fuel heape' Of; did mol examine at night TO see to
| what degree they Were consumed; some OF the
extreme'es were put in there. believe, on that
day. The pelvis and some of the limbs, perhaps,
Were all put under the lid of the Iecture-roon
table, in what is called The well. deep sink lined
with lead; stream Of Cochituate was turned into
it, and kept running through il all Friday night
| the thorax was pnt into similar well in the low :
er laboratory, which filed WITH water, and
threw quantity Of potash which | lnnnd there.
/ This disposition Of the remains was not changed
/ Ill! after the visit of the officers on Monday
| When The BODY had been thus all disposed OF, |
cleared away all traces ofwha, had BEEN done.
| Think the stick with which the fatal blow had
been struck proved 70 be pieca Of the stump o.
| a large grape vine-say two inches in diameter
and two feet long. II was one of several fieces
which had carried in from Camb bridge long be-
fore for the purpose Of showing the effect OF GER
tain chemical fluids in colored wood. by being abb
| sorbed into the pores the grapevine beng a
very porous wood was well adapted 10 this pur-
pose. Another long stick has been nsed as in
tended and exhibited 10 the students; this one had
not been used-l put it into the fire
| I took up the two notes either from the table
or the floor. think the table, close by where
Dr. p. had fale'; l seized an old metallic pen
living on the table, dashed il across the fnce and
| through the signatures. and put them in my
| pocket; do not know WHY did thisra her than
put them in the fire, for Ihad not considered for
| a moment what effect either mode OF dsposlag
| of them would have on the mortgage, or my ln-
debtedness 10 MIR p. and the other persons inter-
ested, and had not vet given single though, to
| tho question as TO what account / should give OF
| the OBJ ects result of my interview with DIR.
| Parkman: never saw the sle3ge-hammer spok-
| en- of BY Littleield-ncverk knew Of its existence
| at least have no recolectons OF il; left the
| College TO go home as late SIX O'Clock col
| lected myself as well as l could, that might
meet ny family and others with comnosure. On
Saturday visited my rooms al the 'llege, but
made no change in the disposition OF the remains,
and laid no plans as TO my future course; on Sa-
| turdnv evening read the notice in the Transcript
respecting the disappearance; was then deep
| " impressed with the necessity of immediately
| taking some ground as 10 the character ot my m
tervew with Park man, for saw that it must be-
come known that had had such an interview,
as had appointed il first by an unsea}ed note on
Tues sdav, and on Friday had myself called at
his house in open day and ratified the arrange
mens, and had there been seen, and had proba-
hly been overheard by the manservant. and
knew not by how many persons DR.. p. might
have been seen entering my room, or how many
persons he might have told on the way where he
was going; the interview would IN all probability
be known, ard might be ready TO explain it,
| The question exercised me much, hut on sun
day NV course was, taken. Iwould 90 into Bos-
ton and be ,he first to declare myself the person
as vet unk nown with whom DIR. p. had made the
appointments: would take The ground that had
invited him 10 the College 10 pay him money,
and that had paid it accordingly. fixed upon
the sum by taking the small note and aiding
interest. which, it appears, cast erroneonslv.-.
| Ii | had thought of this course earlier should
not have deposited Pe,tee's heck for 500 on the
Charles RIVER Bank on Saturday, but should have
suppressed il as going far TO make up the sun,
which was 20 have professed 10 have paid the
day before, and which Pettee knew had by me
at the hour of interview. Ii had not occurred 70
me that should ever show the notes canceHeu
lin proof of it, should have destroyed the large
note and let il be inferred that il was gone with
the missing man, and should only have kept
the small one, which was all that ! could pre-
tend to have paid. My single thought was con-
cea!mept and safety-eyery .hing else was met
dental to that. was in no state 10 consider my
ulterior pecuniary interest-moneN; though
needed il so much, il was of no account to me IN
that condition of mind.
/, had designed and premedita'ed the honi,
eide of Dr. Parkman in order to get possession o,
the notes and cancel nv debt, not only should
not have deposited Pettee's check the next day;
but should have made some show Of getting
and having the money the morning before
should have drawn my money from the BANK
and taken occasion to mention to the Cashier
that had sum to make up on that day tor Dr
p. and the same to IIenchman when borrowed
the $40. ] should have remarked that wos &C
much short of a large sum that I was topay Park