The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-08-03

10 keep my mind fom other exciting mat.
te~. Dr. Parkman agreed to call on me
NJ | promised. lie came, accordingly, be.
tween hal'.past l and 2 o'clock, entering
ut the lecture room door. ! was engaged
in removing some glasses from my lecture
table into the room in the rear, called tho
upper laboratory. Hs came rapidly down
The step and followed me into the labors,o.
~ addressed me with great energy -" Are
YOU rcsdy for me. siri Have you 20, The
money!" replied. "No. Dr.. PaTkman..
and was beginning 10 state my condition.
and my appeal to him, but he would no.
listen to me. and interrupted the with much
vehemence. He called mo 4 scoundrel and
liar, and wen. on heapiue on me the most
bitter taun.s. and opprobrious cpithc's.
While he was speaking he drew a hand.
fol OF paper, from his pocket. and from
among them nv two notes, and also an old
letter from Dr.. Hossack, written many
years ago, congra,ulatng him on his sue.
cess in getting me appointed Professor Of
Chemistry. "You see he said. 81 got
YOU into your Office, and now aill &c, yon
on, Of it," lie put back in to his pocket
all the papers except the letter and the
notes cauno, tell YOU how long the
torrent of threats and invec,ives con.
,inued. and canuo. recall 70 memory but
small portion OF what he said; at first
KEEP, iu,erposing, trying to pacifv him. so
thu, nigh, .'.sin the obec for which |
sought the interview, but | could not stop
/ him. and soon my own temper was up;
forgo: every thing. and felt nothing but the
,'ng Of lis words. | was excited to the
highest degree Of passion, and while he
waa speaking and ges'culating in the most
violent and menacinr manner, TRUSTING the
! the letter aud his fist into my face, in my
/ fury | seized Whatever thing was handest
/ q, was a stick of wond) and dealt him an
instantaneous low. with ali the force that
passion could give it, did not know, or
,hink or care where ! should hi, him, nor
| how hard, ror what the effect would be
/ # was on the side of bis head, and there
WAS nothing to break the lorce OF the blow
He fell Instantly upon the pavement, There
was no second blow; lie did not move |
stopped down over him. and he seemed TO
be lifless. Blood flowed from his mouth.
and got n sponge and wiped !, away. !
90. some amonia and applied it to his nose,
bu, vithou, effect. Perhsp. spent ten
| minutes in attempts N rcsuSetate him. but
/ | found he was absolutely dead. In my
horror ana CONSERVATION ran ins'nc,iyely
70 the doors, and bol,cd them. the doors OF
the lecture room and OF the laboratory be-
low.
,,a ,s., ,h.. w,.t,,d,, n never
,,oon,od D. ,no ~ M on, .nd JscI,re wbs,
..d haa, don. ,n1 oh,ir ,ss,.,.nce I
s.,. na.L,n,, h,, no ,l,c-,atiye Of suc.
cessrsl novemen. and conceamen. Of the
hody an tho ono h,nd and of ipl,rnv and
do.,,no,;,, On the other The frs. thiny !
d;d "a 400, ne | c,ulJ do an,thioc was to
e.a,r a., had, into tho ,,;y,,e room sdioi,.
irn crhc,o ,ook og ,he clothes and began
nn,,;n, ,hcm into tho FIRE. which YEA.
hn,,in, IN the MINOR laboratory. They
v.ro all co,su,ncd ther, tia, afternoon.
y,i,h n,os,. norke,.book. and whatever
,bcv =, ,aio.d did no, examine the
no.Lo,, ror remove anv,L,nc. excep, the
watch Jaw ,b,, or the chain. Of il.
b.nc,nc IN, ,ooL !, md threw il over
,Lo IA, =. won, N Car,b idpc Nv
nov, ,no,o ,,.. "a cc, the body into The
si,k wb;cb stand. i, inc smsll ptiya,e
room. he se,,ipr the body partially erec,
,y,i,., the corner. and hv getting up into
~. .;,l uvs.lf I succeeded IN drawing i,
mn ,ho's /, yyas ,n,i,cly d,memhered
IL y,. oui,kly done as work Of terrible
a,a dosncr.t, necessity The only ins,rn
mon, was the knife found hv the officers in