Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-10

hedu, anu 'neTe fNaST'th"'nlhg no OTeah th'
force of the blow. He fell Instantly upor
the pavenent. TI1efewa ssn q second blow
he did non lfoye,. ] s,ocpeJdown over him
and he seemed I'd Id lifsless. Blood flowed
from his mouth, and 60, sponge anc
wiped il away. got some ammonia ant
applied i, to his nose, but without. effect
Perhaps spent 10 minutes in attempts to
recuscitate him, but found he was abso-
lutely dead. In my horror and conste'na-
ton, ran instinclively to the doors and
bolted them, the doors Of the lecture room
and Of the laboratory below. And then
what was Ito do? II never occurred TO me
TO 90 GU. and declare what had been done,
and obtain assistance. saw nothing but
the alternative Of successful movement and
concealment Of the body on the one hand,
and Of infamy aud destruction on the other.
The first thing did, as soon as could do
anything, 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 labo-
ratory. They were all consumed there that
afternoon, with papers, pocket book, and
whatever they contained. ] did not exam
inc the pockets, nor remove anything, ex-
cept the watch. saw that, or the chain of
it, hanging out. took it, and threw i. over
the bridge as went to Cambridge. My
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 my
sell, succeeded in drawing il up there. II
was entirely dismembered. 1t was quickly
done, as a work Of terrible and desperate
necessity.
The only instrument was the knife found
by the officers, in the tea chest, which
kept for cutting corks. made no use Of
the Turkish knife, as it was called at the
trial. Tha. had long been kept on my man.
selpiece in Cambridge, as a curious orna
men.. My daughters frequently cleaned it;
hence the marks Of oil and whiting found
on it. had lately brough. it into Boston
10 &c. the silver sheath repaired. While dis
Numbering the body, a stream of Cochi'uate
water 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. Li,tefeld was mis-
taken in thinking there had never been
FIRE there. He had probably never kindled
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 the furnace that day and the
fuel heaped Oh. did not examine al nigh,
to see to wha. degree they were consumed.
Some Of the extremi,ies were put in 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 wells deep sink, lined with
lead stream of Cechi,uate was turned in
to il, and KEEP, running through it all Friday
night; the ,horax was put into smaller
well, in the lower laboratory, which filled
with water, and threw in quantity of pot
ash, which found there. This disposition
OF the remains was not changed till after the
visi. Of the officers on Monday. When the
body had been thus all disposed of, clear
ed away all traces of what had been done.
| think the stick with which the fatal blow
had been struck proved TO be piece Of the
stump Of large grape vine-say two inch
es in diameter, and two feet long, 1t was
one Of several pieces which had carried
in from Cambridge long before, for the pur-
pose Of showing the effect Of certain chemi-
cal fluids in coloring wood, by being alb
sorbed into the pores. The grape vine, be-
ing very porous wood, was we'll adapted
to this purpose. Another longer stick had
been used as intened, and exhibited TO the
students. This one had not been used.
put il into the fire. took up the two notes
either from the table or floor, think the
seized an old metallic pen lying on the Ia
BILE, dashed it across the face and through
the signatures, and put them in my pocket
I DO not know why did this rather than
put them in the fire, for ! had not considered
for moment what effect either mode Of dis
posing of them would have on the mortgage,
or my Indebtedness to Dr.. P and the other
persons interested, and had not yet given
q single thought to the question as to what
account should give of the object or result
of the interview with DR.. Parkman Inever
saw the sledge hammer spoken of by Lit
alefeld never knew OF its existence, at least
| have no recollection of it. left the col
lege to 90 home. as late as O'Clock.
collected myself as we'll as could, that
might NEE. my family and others with COM
posure. On Saturday, visited my rooms
at the College, but made no change in the
disposition OF the remains, and laid no plans
as 10 my future course. On Saturday even
ing, read the notice in the Transcript"
respecting the disappearance. ! was then
deeply impressed with the necessity of I'M
meda,ely taking some ground as to the cha
racter Of my interview with DR.. Parkman,
for saw that it must become known that
had had such an interview, as had ap-
.pointed it first by an unsealed note on
cSrJ,. I'D IN Er;L.x, had n,1,c.If c,ll a.,