The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-15
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, PBoGBRssIoNo

succeeded in drawing it up there; it was
entirely dismembered. Il was quickly
done as work of terrible and desperate
necessity.
The only instrument was the knife
found by the officers in the tee chest, which
Kept for cutting corks. / made no use
of the Turkish knife as it was called at the
trial; that ID long been kept on my par
lor mantle piece in Cambridge, os curl.
ous ornament. My daughters frequently
cleaned Thence the marks Of oil and
whiting found on it. had lately brought
it into Boston to get the silver sheath re.
paired. While dsmemberiDg the body, q
stream of Cochituate water was running
through the sink, carrying off the blood in
a pipe that passed down through the lower
laboratory. There must have been leak
in the pipe, for the ceiling below was stain.
| ed Immediately around it.
There was fire burning in the furnace
of the lower laboratory. Liulefeld was
mistaken in thinking there had never been
a fire lhcre-he had probably never kin
died one, but / have done it myself sever
al times. had done it that day for the
purpose of making oxygen gas. The head
and viscefa were put into that furnace that
day and the ,uel heaped on. ! did not ex-
anime at night to sec to what degree they
were consumed. Some of the extremitics
were put in believe on that day, the pei
Wis and some Of The limbs perhaps, were
put under the lid Of the lecture room table,
in what is called the well, deep sink,
lined with lead.-a stream Of Cochitu ie was
turned into it and kept running through it
all Friday night. The thorax was put in
a similar well, in the lower laboratory
which ! filled with water and threw in q
quantity of Potash, which | found there.
This disposition of the remains W not
changed till after the visit Of tha officers
on Monday, When thcEbody had beea'hls
all lldisposed of, | cleared away all traces Of
what had been done. think the sfick
with which the fatal blow had been struck,
proved to be piece of the stump of a
large grape vine-Say 2 inches in diane.
ter, and 2 feet long--it was one of several
pieces which | had c1rried in from Cam
bridge long before for the purpose Of
showing the effect of certain chemical fluids
in coloring wood by being absorbed into
the poros,the grape vine beng very porous
wood, was we'll adapted TO this purpose
another longer stick had been used as in
tended and exhibited to the students, this
one had not been used-I put it into The
fire. took up the two notes, either from
the table or the floor. l think the table
close by where DR.. P. had fallen. | seiz.
ed an old metallic pen lying on the table,
dashed il across the iace and through the
signatures, and put them in my pocket.
pc not know why did this rather than put
them in the firc--ior had net considered
for moment, what effect either mode of
disposing of them, would have on the mort
gage or my Indebtedness to DR.. P. and the
other persons Interested. And l had not
yet given single thought TO the question
as to what account should give of the OBJ
ects OR result of my interview with DIR.
Parkman. never saw the sledge ham.
mer spoken of by LittIefeld; never knew
of its existence, at least | have no recoIlec-
ton of it. ] left the College to 60 home
as late MS six o'clock. | collected myself
as we'll as could, that might meet my
family and others with composure. On
Saturday | visited my room at the College,
but made no change in the disposition of
the rer ins, and laid no plans as TO my
luture course. On Saturday evening
read the notice in the "rranscript" re-
specting the disappearance. | was then
deeply impressed with the necessity of
taking some gro ID as to the character of
nv interview with Parkman, for saw that
it must become known that had such an
interview, as | had appointed it first by an
unscal note on Tuesday, and on Fl day
h, ! myself C lied at his house IN open day
and ra fed tho arrangement, anI had then
been seen, and probably been overheard by
the man servant, and knew pot how many
persons D.. P. might have been seen en-
tering my rooms, or how many persons he
might have told by the way where he was
going. The interview would in all probl-
bility be knowa, and l must be ready to
explain it. The question exercised me
much, but on Sunday my course wos Ia
ken, would 60 into Boston and be the
first to declare myself the person us yet un-
known, with whom DIR. Parkmonl d made
the appointment; ] would ta'.e the gronnd
that II had invited him TO the ColIcge 10 pay
him money, and that paid il accordingly
paid upon The sum by taking the small
note and adding interest, which ii appears
cast enormously. If / had thought Of
this courgSi enriier | should moi have depos-
lied Peisee's cleck 70. 800 in the Charles
River snk on Saturday, but should have
suppIe G'd ii as going so far to m ,ke up
the sum which | was to have proles; ed to
have paid The day before, aud which Pet.
tee knew had by me at the hour of ia
'erview; it had not occurred 10 me that
should ever show the notes cancelled in
prooro of it, or should have destroyed the
large note and let it be inferred that il was
gone with the missing MN, and should
only have kept the small one, which ives
all that could pretend to b, We paid. My
single thought was concealment aud safely
everything else was incidental to that.
| was in nolsiaie to consider my ulterior
intaraet Monax thonoh | nand