Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-07-11

do anything, was to draw the body iniol
|the private room adjoining, where |
took off the clothes and began puttingI
Them into the FIRE, which was burning
lin the upper laboratory; they were all
Iconsumed there that afternoon, with
naners. pocket-book and whatever theyI
contained. | did not examine the Pock-
cts, nor remove anything except thel
watch. saw that, or the chain oil NJ
hanging out, took il and threw it oyerI
/ the bridge as went TO Cambridge. MyI
next move was to get the body into theI
sink which stands in the small priVateI
room, by setting the body partially erect
against the corner, and by getting upi
Into the sink myself, | succeeded I'M
drawing it up there; il was entirely dis-|
membered; it was quickly done, as al
work of terrible and desperate necessl-|
|ty. The only instrument was the kniieA
found by the officers in the tea chest, n
which kept for cutting corks. l madel
no use of the Turkish knife, as it wasl
called at the trial; that had long BEEN
kept on my parlor mantel-piece in Cam
Ibridge, as a curious ornament. My|
daughters frequently cleaned it, hencel
{ the marks of oil and polishing found
on it. l had lately brought it into Bos-|
ton to get the silver sheath repaired.
While dismembering the body al
stream of Cochituate water was run
nning through the sink carrying off
! 1.-THE blood in a pipe that passed down
th r ough the lower laboratory
There must have been a leak in the
kpipe, for the ceiling below was STAIN
led Immediately around it.
There was fire burning in the fur
mace of the lower laboratory; Little
field was mistaken in thinking there
Hhad never been a fire there; he had
probably never kindled one, but u
fhad done it myself several times; i
had done it that day for the purpose
of making oxygen gas; the head and
viscera were put into that furnace
that day, and fuel heaped on; did not
zexamine at night to see to what de-
gree they were consumed; some OF
The extremities were put in there, |
believe, on that day. The pelvis and
some Of the limbs, perhaps, were all
put under the lecture-room table, in
what is called the well, deep sink
lined with lead; a stream OF Cochi-
stuate was turned into il, and kept
running through it all Friday night;
the thorax was put into a similar
well in the lower laboratory, which
i filled with water, and threw in
Quantity of potash which |. found
there. This disposition of the re-
mains was not changed till after the
visit of the officers on Monday
When the body had been thus all
disposed of, | cleared away all ira
ces of what had been done..
| think the stick with which the
fatal blow had been struck proved
10 be piece OF the stump OF a large
grape vine-say two inches in diam.
eter and two feet long. 1t was one
of several pieces which / had carried
in from Cambridge long before for
the purpose Of showing the effect Of
certain chemical fluids in coloring
1 wood, by being absorbed into the
pores-the grape vine being very
j porous wood was well adapted 10
this purpose. Another longer stick
y had been used as intended and ex-
hibited 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, ! think
the table, close by where DIR. P. had
fallen; / seized an old metallic pen ly-
ing on the table, dashed it across the
face and through the signatures. and
put them in my pocket; / do not
! know why l did this rather than
| put them in the fire, for / had moi
! considered for a moment what effect
either mode of disposing of them
would have on the mortgage, or my
to DIR. P. and the other
persons interested, and l had not
vet given a single thought to the
Question as to what account | should
give of the objects or result ofmy in
terview with DR.. Parkman; never
saw the sledge-hammer spoken o. by
! ALiulefeid-never knew of its exis-
tence at least have no recollec-
ton of it; 1 left the College to go
home as late as six O'Clock; | collec-
ted myself as well as | could, that ]
might meet my family and others
with composure. On Saturday |
visited my rooms at the College,
but laid no plans as 10 my future
course; on Saturday evening read
the notice in the Transcript respec-
ting the disappearance; l was then
deeply impressed with the necessity
of Immediately taking some ground
as to the character of my interview
with Parkman, for saw that il must
become known that had had such
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