The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-07-10

Cambridge as a curious ornament. My
daughters frequently cleaned it; hence the
marks of oil and whiting found on it. | had
lately brought it into Boston to get the silver
sheath repaired.
While dismembering the body, a stream
Of Cochtuate water was running through
the sink, carrying off the blood in pipe
that passed down through the lower labrato
ry. There must have been leak in the
pipe for the ceiling below was stained I'M
mediately around it.. There was a fire burn
ing in the furnace of the lower laboratory
Littlefeld was mistaken in thinking there had
never been a fire there. He had probably
never kindIed one, but had done it myself
several times. ! had done it that day for the
purpose of making oxygen gas. The head
and viscera were put into that furnace that
dav. and the fuel heaped on. | did not ex-
anime at night 70 see to what degree they
were consumed. Some Of the exhemities
were putin there believe, on that day; the
pelvis and some Of the limbs perhaps. were
all put under the lid of the lecture room table,
in what is called the well-a deep sink, lined
with lead a stream If COchituate was turn
ed into it, and kept running through Il all
Friday night; the thOrax was put into
similar well, In the lower laboratory, which
filed with water. and threw In a quantity OF
potash, which found there. This disposition
of the remains was not changed till after the
visit of the officers on Monday. When the
body had been thus all disposed OF. [ cleared
away all traces Of what had been done.
think the stick with which the fatal blow had
been struck, proved 10 be Il piece of the stump
Of large grape vine-say two inches in d..
ameter, and two feet long. 1t was one OF
several pieces which l Lad carried in from
/ Cambridge long before, for the purpose of
/ showing the effect of certain chemical fluids
/ in colorug wood, by being absorbed into the
pores. The grapevine, being very porous
wood, was well adapted to this purpose
1 Another longer stick had been used as inten-
| ded, and exhibited to the students. This one
| had been used. put it into the fire. | took
up the two notes either from the table or4he
! floor think the table, close by where DR.. P.
/ had fallen. | seized an old metallic pen ly-
ing on the table, and dashed it across the
| face and through the signatures and put
them in my pocket l do not know why did
this rather than put them in the fire. for
/ had not considered for moment what effect
either mode Of disposing Of them would have
on the mortgage, or my indebtedness to DR..
=. and he other persons interested. ani hal
not yet given asiuglc thought to the cue .,jca
as to what account | should give Of the OBJ
! Iect or result Of my interview with DR.. Park
man. never saw the sedge hammer spo-
/ ken OF by LIttleGeld; never knew of its eX-
istence. or at least, have no recollection Of it.
| left the college to 90 home, as late as six o.
clock ! collected mys If us well as I could.
| that might meet my family ana others with
cOmposuTe. On Saturday, | visited my
rooms at the college, but made no change in
the disposition Of the remains, and laid no
! plans rs to my future course. On Saturday
evening, | read the notice in the Tran
script respecting his disappearance. I was
then deeply impressed with The necessity of
immediately taking some ground as to the
character OF my interview with DR.. Parkman.
Tor / saw that it must become known that |
had had such an interview, as | had appOn-
ted It first by an unsealed note on Tuesday
and on Friday had myself called at his house
III open day. and ratified the arrangement.
and had there been seen, and had probably
been overheard by the maa servant, and /
knew not by how many persons DR.. p might
have been seen entering my rooms, or how
many persons he might have told by the way
where ne was going-the interview would in
4 all probability be known and | must be ready
to explain it, The question excited me much,
but on Sunday my course was taken.
would 20 into Boston and be the first TO de-
cllre myself the person, as yet unknown.
with whom DR.. p. had made the appoint
ment. | would take the ground that | had
invited him to the college to pay him money.
and that had paid it. Accordingly. fixed
upon the sum by taking the small .ote and
adding interest, which It appears cast cr?o-
| neously. II / had thought Of this course
earlier | should not have deposited Peuee's
check Tor $50 in the Charles River Bank on
I Saturday, but should have suppressed 10, as
going so far 10 make up the sum which | was
! to have protested TO have paid the day before.
and which Pettee knew had by me at the
hour OF interview; il had not occurred to me
/ that l should ever show the notes cancel cd in
proof OF it, or | should have DESTROYED the
large note, and let it be inferred Ihatit was
gone with the missing man. and should only
! have kept the small one, Whieh was all that
| could pretend to have paid. My single
thought was concealdent and safety; every
/ thing else was incidental to that; wasin no
state To consider nay uIterior pecuniary inter-
est. Monday. though / needed it so much.
was Of no account W,th me in that condition
OF mind. If had designed and premedi.ate,l
/ the homicide OF Dr. Parismaa in order 10 get
| possession Of the notes and conceal my deat.
l not only should notdeposited Pe,tee's ch (
/ the next day but should have made some
show OF getting and having the money lua
morning before. | should have drawn my
money from the bank and taken occasion 10
mention to the cashier that I had sum to
make up for DIR. Parkman, and the same to
Henchman, when l borrowed the SO. I
should have remarked that was so much
short Of a sum that was to pay Pdrkman-
l borrowed the money Of Hcnchman as mere
pocket money for the day. L had intended
4 the homicide ofDr. P. l should not have made
the appointment with him twice. and each
time in so open u manner tlat other persons
would almost certainly know Of il and