The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-13


metallic pen living on tle table, dashed il across the
ace and through the sigasiurea. and put t6sm u my
rocket 1 do not know why 1 did this yathsr thsn
pot them into tha fe, for bad not conssderea iofH
moment what effect either mode OF disPosng @ tnem
would have on the mortgage, OF my indebtedness %
Dr.. p and the other persons interested, and had
not vet given single thought to the question: as 70
what account should give Of the object or result o.
NV interview with Dr.. Parkman. l never saw the
sedpe hammer spoken of by Littlehcld never Knew
Of its existence at leasr1 have recollection OF IL
left the college to 90 home, as late as o'clock.
collected myself as we'll could, that might meet
nv family and others with composure On saturday
visited my rooms the college. but made no change
in the disposition Of the remains. ana a'd no pau"
as to any future course On Saturday evening. i
read the notice in the 'sTranscrpt respecting MS
disappearance / was then deeply impressed WIN
the necessity of Immediately taking some g.ouhu as
to the character of my interview with Dr. farx"a"
for saw that it must become known that had suon
an interview, as had appointed it first BY the un
sealed note on Tuesday, and on Friday nad myset
called at his house in open day, and raghed the ar
ran9ement, and had there been SEEM and had Prooa-
bly, been overheard by the man servant. and knew
not bv how many persons. DR.. p. might have been
seen entering my rooms. or how many persons he
might have told by the way where he was go'ng-tne
interview would in all probability be known, and
must be ready to explain it. The question exercised
me much, but Sunday my course was taken'
woud 90 into Boston and be the first to declare N.Y.
self the person. as yet unknown. with whom DR.. r: |
had made the appointment. would take the ground
that invited him to the college to pay him thai mon
ey, and that had paid it. Accordingly. hxed up
on the sum by taking the small note ana aoq1ng III,
terest which it appears cast enormously. had
thought of this course earlier, should not have de-
posted Pettees check for $40 in the Charles River
Bank Saturday, but should have suppressed IT, as
going far to make up the sum which was 10 nave
professed to have paid the day before, and which
Petee knew had by me at the hour Of interview It
had not occurred to me- that ever should show the
notes cancelled in proof of it. or should have de-
stroyed the large noe and left it to be nferred that
was gone with the missing man, and l snonIo on,y
pretend to have paid. My single thought was con,
cealment and safety every thing else was incidental
to that. was in state to consider my uerlor pc
cuniary interest Money, though needed it so much,
was of no account with me in that condition OF mind
If had designed and premediated the homicide of
DR.. Parkman, in order to get the possession o the
notes and cancel nv debt, not only should not have
deposited Pettees check the next should have
made some show of getting and having the money the
morning before. l should have drawn my money
from the hank and taken occasion to mention to the
cashier that had a sum to make up on that day for
DR.. Parkman. and the same to Henchman. when
borrowed the $40 !; should have remarked that was
SO much short Of a snm that was to pay Parkman:
borrowed the money from Henchman mere pocket
money for the day. III had intended the homicide Of
Dr.. p, should not have made the appointment with
him twice, and each time in so open manner that
other persons would almost certainly know Of it; and
should not have invited him to my rooms at an hour
when the College would be full of students and Others
and at an hour when most likly to receive calls
from others, for that the hour, just after the lec
ture, at which persons having business with me or in
my rooms, were always directed to call.
Hooked into nv room Sunday afternoon. After
the rst visit of the officers, took the pelvis aud
of the limbs from the upper well. and threw them in
to the vault and privy. took the thorax from the
we'll below and packed it in the tea chest, as found
My impression has been, that this not done
till after the second visit of the officers, which
Tuesday, but kngley's testimony shows that it must
have been done The perforation Of the horax
had been made bv the knife Al the time of removing
the viscera Wednesday, put on kindlings and
made fire in the furnace below, having first poked
| down the ashes. Some of the limbs, cannot remem-
ber which or how many, were consumed at that time.
This the last had to do with the remains. The
tin box was designed to receive the thorax. though
had concluded where should finally put the box.
for drawing up the parts in the vault, whenever
should determine how to dispose of them, and get
strains enough. had confused double object in
dering the box. and making the grapples. had. be-
fore, intended to get such things to send to Faya; the
box bold the plants and other articles which wish
ed to protect from the salt water and air, and tho
hooks to be used there in obtaining coralline plants
from the 1t was this previously intended use OF
them that suggested and mixed itself zip with the idea
Of the other application. Idoubt, now, to which
,
hooks at the time Of the discovery. The tan put into
the tea chest taken from a barrel Of it that had
been in the laboratory for some time.
The bag of tan brought in on Monday not used,
intended to he used; it belonged to quantity OBJ
taned by me long time ago, for experiments in
nng and sent in by the family get it out Of the
way. Its being sent in just at that time accident
al was aware that l had put the knife in the
chest. The stick found in the Of ink for
making diagrams on cloth. The bunch of fled keys
had been used long ago by in Frnt st., and thrown
carelessly by into drawer. never examined them,
and do not know whether they would fit any Of the
locks of the college not If there were other keys
fitting doors with which had nothing to do. sup.
posed they must have been all duplicates, keys o
former locks left there by the mechanics anitor.
know nothing about them, and should be likely
to notice them amongst the multitude of articles. large
and small, of all kinds collected in my rooms. The
room for the admission of medical friends visiting the
college, but had never used it.
The nitric acid the stairs not used to remove
spots Of blood, but was dropped by accident. When
the officers called for Friday, the 3Oth, was
in doubt whether was under arrest, or whether q
more strict search of my to be had the lat
ter hypothesis being hardly less appalling than the
former. When found that we went over Cragies'
Bridge. thought the arrest most probable. When
found that the carriage stopping al the jail was
sure of my fate. Before leaving the carriage took
dose Of strychnine from my pocket and swallowed it.
had prepared it in the shape of pill before left my
laboratory on the 23d thought could not bear "a
survive detection. thought it large dose. The
state of my system, probably, defeated the
action partially. The effects of the poison were ter
rble beyond descriptions 1t in operation at the
College. and before went there, but most severely
afterwards. wrote but one of the anonymous let
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