Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20


what had been done, and obtain assistance ];
saw nothing but the alternative OF a success
ful movement and conceament of the body,
on the one hand, and of inlamy and perdltlon
on the other. The first thing did as soon as
| could do any thing, was to draw the body
into the private room adjoining; there took
oil the clothes and began putting them into
the fire, which was burning in the nprer
laboratory; they were all consumed there
that afternoon, with papers, pocket book, and
whatever they contained did not examine
the pockets, nor remove any thing except the
watch | saw that or the chain Of it hanging
as went 10 Cambridge; my next move was
10 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 sirk myself, ! succeed
ed in drawing it up there, it was entirely dis
membered--it was quickly done as u work Of
terrible and desperate necessty--the only in
strument was the knife found by the officers
In the chest, which kept for cutting corks.
made no use of the Turkish knife, as il
was called, at the trial, that had long been
kept on my parlor manilc-piece in Cambridge
as curious ornament. My daughters fre-
qnen,ly cleaned il, hence the marks of oil
and whiting found on it. had lately brought
IL into Boston to get the silver sheath repair
ed. While dismembcring the body a stream
Of Cochituate water running through the sink
carried off the blood in a pipe that passed
down through the lower laboratory,
must have been leak in the pipe, for the
ceiling below was stained Immediately
around it. There was Il fire burning in the
furnace Of the lower laboratory. Littefeld
was mistaken in thinking there had never
been a fire there. He had probably never
kindled one, but had done it myself severil,
times. had done it that day for the pur.
pose of making oxygen gas.
The head and the viscera were put into the
furnace that day, and the fuel heaped on.
| did not examine at night 10 see TO what de-
gree they were consumed. Some of the ex-
tremties were put in there, | believe, on that
perhaps, were all put under the lid of the lec-
ture room table, in what is called the we'll
a deep sink lined with lead. A stream OF
Cochituate water was turned into it and kept
running through it, all Friday night. The
thorax was put into a similar well in the
lower laboratory, which filled with water
and threw in a quantity of potash which
found there. This disposition of the remain:
was not changed till after the visit of the
officers on Monday.
When the body had been thus all disposed
of, cleared away all traces Of what hao
been done think the stick with which the
fatal blow had been struck, proved TO be ;
piece of stump of a large grape vine-sa.
two inches in diameter and two feet long
1: was one of several pieces which had car
ried in from Cambridge long before for thu
purpose of showing the effect of certain
chemical fluids in colorng wood, by bein;
absorbed into the pores. The grape vine be
ing very porous wood was well adapted Il
this purpose. Another longer stick had beer
used as intended, and exhibited 10 the stu
dents; this one had not been used | put
into the fire.
took up the two notes either from the ia
Bile or the floor, think the table, close b.
where DR.. Parkman had fallen. / seized al
old metallic pen lying on the table, and dash
ed it across the face through tho signatures
and put them in my pocket. do not kno,
why did this rather than put them in III
fire, for had not considered for momer
what effect either mode Of disposing of ther
would have on the mortgage, or my indebt
edness to DR.. Parkman and the other person
interested, and l had not yet given singl
thought to the question as TO what account
should give of the objects or result of my ii
terview with DR.. Parkman. never saw tn
sledge hammer spoken of by Little6eld, nevt
knew of its existence, at least, | have no II
collection of it.
left the College to 90 home as late as 81
O'Clock; collected myself as well as | coul
that might meet my family and others vii
, composure.---On Saturday visited my room
at the College, but made no change in II
disposition of the remains, and laid no plaI
as to my future course, on Saturday evenir
: read the notice in Transcript respecting II
: disappearance; was then deeply impressc
. with the necessity Of Immediately takir
; some ground as to the character of my int
= view with Parkman, for saw that it mu
: become known that had such an interview
: as had appointed it first by an unsealed mo-
> on. Tuesday, ard on Friday | had myself ca
led at his house in open day and ratified II
S arrangement, and had there been seen, al
: had probably been overheard by the ma
Il servant, and know not by how many pc
u sons DR.. P. might have seen him entering N
!, room, or how many persons he might ha'
9 told by the way where he was going, Il
o interview would in all probability be know
y and must be ready 10 explain it.
:; The question exercised me much, but
u.