The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-08

p and the other persons interested, and had not
YET given single Thoughts 10 the question as to
what account should give of the object or result
| Of my interview with DIR. Parkman. never saw
the sledge hammer spoken OF by Littlefed; never
knew of its existence, at least have recollec-
ton of Il. left the college TO go home, as late
as o'clock. collected myself as well l could,
that might meet my family and others with
composure. stqt
On Saturday, visited my rooms at the College,
but made no change in the disposition of the re-
mains, and laid no plans as TO my future course.
On Saturday evening, read the notice in the
Transcript respecting his disappearance. was
| then deeply impressed with the necessity OF i'm
medately taking some ground as TO the character
| OF my interview with DIR. Parkman, for l saw
that II must become known that had had such
an interview, as had appointed it first by an
unsealed note on Tuesday, and on Friday had
myself called at his house in open day, and rati-
fed the arrangement, and. had there been seen,
and had probably been overheard by the man
servant, and know not by how many persons.
DIR. +. might have been seen entering my rooms,
or how many persons he might have told by the
way where he was going--the interview would in
all probability be known, and must be ready to
on Sunday my course was taken. would 60
into Boston and be the first to declare myself the
person, as yet unknown, with whom Dr. p. had
made the appointment. would take the ground
that had invited him TO the College to pay him
money, and that bad paid it--Accordingly liked
upon the sum by taking the small note and adding
interest, which il appears | cast enormously. II
had thought Of this course earlier, should not
have deposited Pettee's check for $50 in the
Charles River Bank on Saturday, but should have
suppressed 1t, as going so far TO make up the sum
which was TO have professed to have paid the
day before, and which Pettee knew had by me
at the hour of interviews il had not occurred to me
that should ever show the notes cancelled in
proof Of it, or / should have DESTROYED the large
note, and let il be inferred that il was gone with
the missing man, and should only have kept the
small one, which was all that could pretend to
have paid. My single thought was concealment
and safety; everything else incidental To that.
Twas IN no state 10 consider my Interior pecuniary
interest Money, though l needed il so much,
was OF no account with me in that condition of
mind. say @t8I ia !.
| II had designed and premeditated the homi-
eide Of DR.. Parkman, in order to get the posses
sion OF the notes and cancel my debt, II not only
should not have deposited Pettee 3 check the next
| day, but should have made some show OF getting
and having the money the morning before. L
| should have drawn my money from the bank and
| taken occasion to mention to the cashier that
had a sum to make up on that day for Dr. Park
| man, and the same TO Henchman, when Dor
rowed the $40; should have remarked that
was SO much short Of a sum that was to pay
Parkman. I,borrowed the money Of Henchman
as mere pocket money for the day. IL l had
| intended the homicide of DIR. 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 an hour when l was most likely to
receive calls from others, for that was the hour,
just after the lecture, at which persons having
business with me or in my rooms, were always
directed to call. e.ss .. .as4g-% ~ Z
i looked into my room on Sunday afternoon
After the first visit Of the officers, took the pelvs
and some Of the limbs from the upper well, and
threw them into the vault and privy. | took the
thorax from the well below, and packed it in the
tea chest, as found. My own impression has
been, that this not done until after the second
visit Of the officers, which was on Tuesday, but
Kingley's testimony shows that il must have been
done sooner. The perforation of the thorax had
been made by the knife. At the time of removing
| the viscera, on, Wednesday, put on kindlings
and made fire in the furnace below, having first
poked down the ashes. Some of the limbs,
cannot remember which or how many, were con-
sunied at that time. This was the last | had to do
| with the remains. The tin box was designed TO
receive the thorax, though had not concluded
where should finally put the box. The fish
hooks, tied up grapples, were to be used for
drawing up the parts in the vault, whenever I
| should determine how to dispose Of them, and get
strings enough. had a confused double object
| in ordering the box, and making the grapples. |
had before intended TO get such things TO serd to
4 Fayal; the box to hold the plants and other
\ articles which wished to protect from the salt
water and sea air, and the hooks TO be used there
in obtaining coralline plants from the sea. 1t
1 was this previously intended use OF them that
suggested and mixed itself up with the idea of the
other application. doubt, even now, to which
! use they would have been applied, had not used
4 the hooks at the time of the discovery. The tan
\ nfn tho tan chast fako
it that had been in, the laboratory for some time.
The bag Of tan brought in on. Monday was not
used or intended to be used; it belonged to a
4 quantity obtained by me long time ago, for ex-
! periments in tanning, and was sent in by the
family to get it out Of the way. Its being sent in
j had put the knife in the chest. The stick found
/ in tie saucer Of ink was for making coarse dia-
grams on cloth. The bunch of filed keys had
been used long ago by me. in Fruit street, and
l thrown carelessly by into drawer. | never ex-
| amined them, and do not know whether they
would fit any of the locks of the college or not. II
there were other keys fitting doors with which
4 had nothing to do, supposed they must have
been all duplicates, or keys of former locks left
there by the mechanics or jafitor. | know
nothing about them, and should never be likely
/ to notice them amongst the multitude Of articles,
large and small, Of all kinds, collected in my
4 rooms. The janitor had furnished me with a key
to the dissectiDg room, for the admission of med-
cal friends visiting the college, but had never
used il. ,..~., sr f. sra a' #<& .., .. '~.rsE|
The nitric acid on the stairs was not used to re-
| move spots of blood, but was dropped by acci-
dent. When the officers called for me on Friday,
the 30th, was in doubt whether | was under
arrest, or whether a more strict search of my
rooms was to be had, the latter hypothesis being
| hardly less appalling than the former. When l
found that we went over Cragies' Bridge thought
the arrest most probable. When found that the
carriage was stopping at the jail, was sure Of
my fate. Before leaving the carriage, L took a
dose of strychnine from my pocket and swallowed
it. / had prepared it in the shape Of pill before
| / left my laboratory on the 23d. l thought 1
could not bear to survive detection. thought it
was large dose. The state of my nervous sys-
TEN, probably, defeated the action partially. The
effects Of the poison were terrible beyond descrip
ton. 1t was in operation at the College, and be-
fore went there, but most severely afterwards.
wrote but one Of the anonymous letters produced
at the trial--the one mailed at East Cambridge.
The little bundles referred to in the letter detained
by the jailor contained only bottle Of nitric acid
! for domestic use. had seen it stated in news