The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-25

bouE, i0T tha1 Wa
Time. at which persons having business
n N. in my rooms, were always direct
10 call s..a., .s..
looked into my room on Sunday amer
A,er the first visit Of the officers
- u NEVIS and some Of The limbs
I ~ upper WELL and threw Them into
Uni, and prlvy. ] took the 'horaz
NJ we'll and packed il in the tea
!, !, found. My own impression has
~, his was not done till after the
"a vi,it Of the officers, which was on
's.S,,; but Kingsley's testimony 'ho VS.
M have been done sooner. The
r%roraion Of the thOraz had been made by
tDiIe. All the time of removing the
.,sra, On wednesday, put on kindlings
made a FIRE in the furnace below, haV-
sr. touchdown the ashes Some Of
limbs. / cannot remember which or how
nv. were consumed at that time. The
hov was designed to receive the thorax
Dueb had not concluded where should
.IIy NJ the box. The fish hooks, tied
!. orsooles, were to be used for drawing
~ Osr,s in the vault, whenever ] should
o,r,ioe how TO dispose Of them, and get
NJ enough. had a confused double
IN Il ordering the box and making the
miles. had, before, intedded to- get
i things to send o Fayal; the box TO
4 The ulants aud other articles which |
sbed 10 UrOtect from The salt water and
al, and the hooks to be usedt1 ere in
aiming corraline plants from the sea. II
his previously intended use of them
suggested and mixed itself up with
ida Of the other application. doubt,
u now. 10 which use they would have
n applied; l had NOT used the hooksat
time Of the discovery. The tan put
4 the tea chest was taken from a Darrell
h that that had been in the laboratory
some time.
The bag Of bran brought in on Monday
! not used, nor intended to be used, it
Onged to a quantity obtained BY me a
2 time ago, for experiments in tanning,
was sent in BY the family to get it out
The way. lis being sent in just at that
Z was accidental. was not aware that
Id put the knife in the chest. The stick
nd in the saucer of ink was for making
rse diaglams on clorh, The bunch Of
dkeys had been used long ago byme in
bit street, and thrown carelessly by into
rawer. | never examined them and
not know whether they would fit any OF
locks Of the college Of not. If there
re other keys fitting doors with which
nothing to do, | supposed they must
Ee been all duplicates, or keys Of former
Is left there by the mechanics or jani-
know nothing more about them,
should never be likely to notice them
OngsG the multitude of articles, large
small, Of all kinds collected in my
ms. The janitor had furnished me
a key to the dissecting room, for the
nissiOn Of medical friends, but l had
ler used it,
rhe nitric acid on the stairs was moi
q to remove spots OF blood, but was
pPPed by accident. When the officers
led for me on Friday the Both, | was in
lOt WheIherI was under arrest, or whe.
a search Of my rooms vas to be had,
latter hypothesis being hardly less ap.
ing than the former. When | found
we went tower Cragles' bridge, | thought
arrest most probable. When | found
The carriage was stopping at the Jail,
as sure Of my fate. Before leaving the
rage took a dose of s%trychnlBe from
pocket and swallowed it. | had pre.
"a y IN the shape Of a pill before / LEFT
laboratory 90 the 23d. | thought !
y not bear 10 survive detection.
su' y was a large dose. The state Of
nervous system, probably, defeated the
~ partially. The effects Of the poison
terrible beyond description. Il was
operation at the College, and before
there, but more severely afterwards.
S'e uu' Ope OF the annonymous letters
.u'sa at the ttial-the one mailed Al
Cambridge. The little bundles re.
= . % the letter detained BY the taller.
'alneo only a bottle Of nitric acid. for
ss.f use. ! bad seen it stated IN :
'rapel' that ! had purchased a guam
!. Ssall' acid, which. ii was presumed
=: . S' used in removing blood %s,.in.
= y " parcel to Be Kept untouche ed. lhat
a be shown, if tha,. 49,
sed, !. really was that | had pur-
! nave drawn Up, in separate "a.