The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-11


: hiu sad ~"r INV own temper was up
forgot everything was espitcd 10 .h
hixhoA degrc &c p.ss,ca; and while h
WAS Speaking and Evs~ie',laiing in Tho mos
violch, and Densc'ng manner. tbrist,ng ths
letter aud h,. fist into my facc. in my fury
seincd whatever thing was hs'plicst, II VA
a sta of w@i--a,ri 3eali him an inSsn.
t,nrous blow, xifi Mn thr kscc that yrs.;ou
could give il did not know. uur think.
nor care. whcre ] should ha hin, nor low
hard. nor what thu cit~t w.uld ia. |, Vt ~
m ths side Of his head. and tlnrc was II, III.
ing TO hsrak tic frcc II the blpx. ua
fell instantly upon che I~Ssmcat. Thers
was no seond hiow. lie did uot now -
] sscpcd over .,aa. aud be seemed ~ be
lifclcss. l,lsrl flowed ftym his mouth. End
! got sponge and wiped Il away. ] got
~ ne amnn mia and applied il 10 his norc.
ba' without cff,ct Perhaps ! spent ten
minutes in attempts TO rcsusi'aie him; but
| found that hc was absolutely dead In
my horr"r and CONSERVATION. | ran instinct
iveiy tn the doos AMI bolted thcm---,he
doors of the lecture rom anil of the labo-
raiory below And then what was 70 doy
II never occurred 10 me 10 20 out and d.
clare wha, had done and obtain assistance.
! saw nothing hut the alternative Of sue
cessful removal and ronccalment 1t The
body on the one hand, and 1T infamy and
destruction on the other. The first thing
did ~ scon ~ ! could do anything. wM to
drag the body into the private room adjoin
iny There took oil the clothes. and be-
gan to put them into the irc which was
burning in the upper laboratory. They
were all consumed there that afternoon. with
papers, pochct-book, or whatever elsc they
may have contained. did not examine
the pockets, nor remove anything except
the watch, saw that, or the chain Of il.
hanging ont, and took it and threw il over
the bridge, as wen, to Camb,idee.
My next move WIS Ia grt the body into
the snk which stands in the s,usu private
r ,om. by setting the body partially erect
against The corner, and cutting up into tho
sink myself, succeeded in drawing it up.
There /, was entirely dismc,nlrr.d. II was
quickly done, ns work Of terrible and dcs-
r,rto necessity Tho only instrument used
WI, the knife iound by the officers in tho
tla-,hcst. which kept for cutting corks.--
made no uc If the Turkish ku,te M il
WAS called at the trial. That hal long been
kept On my parlor mantle piece in Gam
bride as a curious ornament. My daugh
trrs frequently cleaned thence the marks
Of oil and whiting found on it, had la,c-
ly brought it into Boston 10 get the silver
sheath repaired,
While di-ncmbcring Tho body, stream
of Cnitua,e was running through the sink.
carrying of the blood in pipe tina, passed
down through the lower laboratory There
must have bc)n leak IN the Iape. for the
ceiling below was stained Immediately round
it.
There was a fire burning in the furnace
of the lower laboratory, Littefrh was
mistaken in thinking there had never bccn
n fire ,herc. lie had probably never kin.
dled one bat had done it myself several
times had done it that day for the pnr
p,se Of making oxygen gas. The head and
the yocera were put into that furnace that
day. and the fuel healcd "n. did note.-
snine at night To rec TO what degree they
were consumed Some Of the eAtmmit,cs
believe were put in there on tho, day
The pclvis and some Of the linl~, per-
haln all were p,, under tho lid II the lee.
tum room table in what II called the cell
deep sink lined with lead. A stream Of
C@h,tuatc wiz turned into IT, and KEEP,
running through nlI Friday night Tho
tborax was put int" n sinilM w'a IN the
how ,r laboratory. which filled with water,
AMI threw IN "A quantity of Istash Which ]
found there. This disposition Of the re-
imiins was not changed till after the visit Of
the officers on Monday
When the body had been thus all div
posed Of, cleared away all traces of what
had been done. took up the s,irk with
which the fatal blow had been struck /,
proved to be- piece Of the stump Of lsrg,
grape vine. say two inches m diameter, and
two feet lnng. II was one Of Two Or moro
pjecc, which had carried in from Cam.
bndgc, long before, for the purpose Of show
ins ,h" effect of certain chemical fluids in
cnIoging wood, ly Icing absorbed into the
pores. The grape vine being very po-
rrus weed, was well ruiteI To ti,is puiyose
Anoth + longer stick had been used IA in.
ten led, and exhibited To the sui,I,s This
oDo bad nh been ufod. put il in,s ,is
fire.
to1k up the lso nD;cs eiies fioD tho
table of ,ls f"n, tbii,k the taLls, clys., by
shese Dr., T. had isllcn. seiAed 10 Old
~ .ai.c pan lying On Ic talle, dashed il
aero7s ihD fare an1 through the signatures.
and Iu' t!,ele in NY pocket. do M, know
Why I lid tllis r.t,ief ihan PIT them In tho
Ire for li,i np considered for ron,ent
whai ,f.et either wou.d have Oh the mort
gage or my inici,tednea. TO Dr. Parkman
and the ",hcr IeTso's interested ard had
na ye; given sibslo thought 10 tbs que,-
t'1l a. D what ACCOUNT should give ef IA.
objers or r'-sls II ny urtsssiew With DR..
Psfim1a.
n",er ss~ il.e slelge hsntaer sp1ken
VI b. L.,aeGlli. lad nclcg lley Il it, eI-
i.icGri---.., !rsst ] haze na re.ollc,ion ofi,.
| lef tie College u 20 hosse a. late a.
9 o'elyt oony;ed uyosif ss well A. !