Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-07-19

should have made some show of gettinl
land having the money the morning be.
fore. should have drawn my money
from the Bank and taken occasion Ia
Emention to the Cashier that I had a sum
Ito make up on that day for DR.. p. ant
1.-THE same to Henchman wien borrowed
kthe $l0. should have remarked that
Twas SO much short of large sum that
Twas to pay Parkman. borrowed the
money of Henchman as mere pocket
money for the day. If had intended
Lthe homicide of DIR. p. should not have
made the appointment with him twice,
land each time in SO open manner that
Bother persons would almost certainly
4 know OF il and should not have invited
Thin to my rooms at an hour when the
College would be full of students and
Fothers, and an hour when | was most
likely 10 receive calls from others; for
THAT was the hour just after the lecture,
|at which persons having business with
Ime or in my rooms, were always direc-
tied TO cali. looked into my rooms, OH
Sunday afternoon, but did nothing. AT
tier the first visit OF the officers l took the
Epelvis and some of the limbs from the
upper well and threw them into the vault
under the privy. | took the ,horax from
The well below and packed it in the tea
chest as found. My own impression
has been that this was not done till after
THE second visit of the officers, which
twas on Tuesday; but Kingsley's testi-
|mony shows that il must have been done
sooner. The perfora,ion of the thora x
had been made by the knife at the time
'of removing the viscera.s On Wednes-
day l put on kindlings and made a fire
lin the furnace below, having first poked
down the ashes. Some of the limbs-I
cannot remember which or how many
were consumed at that time. This is
the last hade to do with the remains
The lin box was designed TO receive the
'thorax, though had not concluded
where | should finally put the box. The,
,hsh-hooks, tied up as grapples, were TO
be used for drawing up the parts in the
vault whenever ] should determ inc how,
to dispose Of them and get strains enough.
i had confused double object in order
dering the box and making the grapples.
! had before intended to get such things
to send to Fayal--the box TO hold the
plants and other articles which | wished
TO protect from the salt water and the
sea air, and the hooks 10 be used there
in obtaining Cerralliner plants from the
sea. twas this previously intended use
of them that suggested and mixed itself
up with the idea of the other application
i doubt even now to which use they
would have been applied; had not used
the hooks at the time of the discovery.
THE tan put into the tea ches, was taken
from barrel of it that had been in the
laboratory for some time; the bag of TAM,
brought in on Monday, was not used,
NOR intended TO be used; il belonged to a.
Quantity obtained by me long time ago,
for experiments in tanning, and was
sent in by the family TO get i. out Of the
way. Its being sent IN just at that time
was accidental. | was not aware that L
had put the knife in the chest; the stick
found in the saucer of ink was for mark
ling coarse diagrams on cloth; the bunch
|of fled keys had been used long ago by
me in Front st. and thrown carelessly
into a drawer; | never examed, them, and
do not know whether they would fit any
of the locks of the College or not; if
there were other keys fitting doors with
which | had nothing to do, suppose
they must have been all duplicates, or
keys of former locks, left there by the
mechanics or jani,or; ] know nothing
about them. and should never be likely
TO notice them among the multitude of
articles, large and small, of all kinds,
collected in my rooms; the Janitor had
Furnished me with a key to the dissecting
room, for the admission of medical
friends visiting the College, but | had
never used it. The nitric acid on the
stairs was never used to remove spots OF
blood, but was dropped by accident
When the officers called for me on Fri
day, the 30th, was in doubt whether i
was under arrest or whether more strict
search of my rooms was 10 be had, the
latter hypothesis being hardly less ap-
|paIiing than the former. When found
|that we went over Cngie's Bridge. i
Thought the arrest most probable: when
II found that the carriage was stopping
lat the Jail was sure Of my fate. Before
leaving the carriage ! took a dose of
from my pocket and swallow
led 1t. ] had prepared it in the shape of
IA pill before ! left my Laboratory on the
(23d. thought could not bear to sur
(vise detection. thoughtit was large
dose. The state of my nervous system
probably defeated its action partially
|fhe effects Of the poison were terrible
beyond description, il was in operation
lat the College, and before went there,
but most severely afterward. | wrote
but one Of the anonymous letters pro.
yduced at the trial-ihc one mailed al
East Cambridge. The little bundle re.
Lferred to in the letter detained by the
iailor, contained only bottle Of nitric
kacid fol domestic use. / had seen j,
stated in a newspaper that ! had purchas
eda quantity of oxalic acid, which i
was presumed was to be used in reno
wing blood stains. wish the parcel tc