Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-07-13

enough, had q confused double obiac, IA erS
deflng the box, and making The orannless
bad before Intended to get such things 10 send
% teYnli the box to hold the plants and otl,.
IS articles which wished 70 protect from the
sait watet and the sea air, and the hooks 70 IS
used there IN obtaining Corallme plants from
che sea ss',''s s's's
~ was this previously intended use. Of then,
inal suggested aud mixed itself up With theI
idea al lbs other application / doubt even now
70 Which use they would have been applied. "A
had not used the hooks at the time of the
discovery. The tan put in the tea chest was
taken from barrel OF it that had been IN the
labratory for some time: the bag of tanH
brought in on Monday was not used, MOI. IN
tended to be useds belonged to quantity OBJ
tanned By me long time ago for experiments!
n tanning, and was sent IN by the family toI
gat Il out Of the way. Its being sent in just
at that time was accidental / was not aw are
that had put tnc knife in the chest The|
stick found IN the saucer Of ink was for maxi
ing coarse diagrams on cloth The bunch oil
fled keys had been used long ago BY me iuI
Fruit street, and thrown carelessly into 81
drawer; / never examined them, and dc notI
know whether they would ft any Of the locks
Of the college or not If there were other
keys 6tting doors with which ] had nothing
to do supposed they must have been all du-
piicatesor keys of former locks left there by thcl
mechanics or ianitor. | know nothing about
therns and should never be likely to noticeI
them among the multitude or articles largeI
and small of all Kinds, collected in my rooms
The janifor had furnished me with a key to the
dissectins room for the admission of MEDICAL
friends visiting the College, but had never
used = The nitric acid on the stairs was notl
used 70 remove spots Of blood, but Was drop
ped by accident When the oficeFs called for|
me on Friday, the Sosh. Twas IN doubt wheth.
er / was under arrest on whether more strict
search Of my rooms was to be had-the latterI
hypothesis being hardly less appalling thanl
The former. When found that We went oyerE
Crngies Bridge, I thought the arrest most
probable; when found that the carriage wasl
stopping al the Jail was sure OF my fate
Before leaving the carriage took dose OF
strychnine from my pocket and swallowed il
had prepared il in The shape of a pill before
lctt my labratory on the twenty-third. II
thought could not bear to survive detectionsI
thought it was large dose--the state ojl
my nervous system, probably defeated its ac-
tlon partiallY-the effects of the poison werel
terrible beyond description it wasin operationl
nl the college, and before / went there, butt
most severely afterwards / wrote but oneI
OF the synonymous letters produced at thel
trial. the one mailed at East CanbTidges theI
little bundle referred TO in the letter detained
by the jailor contained only a bottle of nitrici
acid. ior domestic use. had seen it stated
IN newspaper that had purchased guam
lity Of oxalic acid. which. twas presumed. wasI
70 be used IN removing blood stains. wish
ed the parcel 10 be kept untouched. that ID
might be shown if there should be occasion.
what II really was chat | had purceaseds
have drawn up ia separate papers an eSpla
nation Of The use intended TO make of theH
blood sent for on Thursday, the 256, and oI
ahe conversation with IiitEle6eld about the dis
secting vault; think that Pettee, in his ties
timony ON the trial. put too strongly my words
about having settled with DR.. p; whatever
did say of lhe kind Was in The hope enter
tanned that should be able 70 pacify DR.. P.
and make some arrangements with him, aud
was said Ia order 70 quiet Pettee who was be-
coming resliTe under the solicitations Of DR.
PaFkman
After pF. Webster had stated most Of the
faets recorded above on the twenty third oJ
May. tbis question with al The earnestness, SO
lemnity and authority of tone that DR.. Putnam
was master of addressed him ssDT Webster,
in 81 probability your days are numbered
you cannot, you dare not speak falsely 10 me
noW--You must not die with lie in your
mouth so prove 70 yourself that your repent
ance for the sins Of your past life is sincere
Tell me the truth then Ia confidence to be n
kspt sacred during your life time, and as
much l0ngeT as my regard for the happiness
Of your family shall seem to require. and the
interest Of truth and justice shall permit
search to the bottom Of your heart for the his
tory of your motives and tell me before God,
did il never occur TO you before the decease
of Dr. Parkman; that bis death, If you could
bring il to pass. would be Of real advantage to
you or that personal injury 70 him might pos
nibls be the result Of your expected conference
with him As dying man charge you to
answer me truly and exactly or else be silent;
had you not such a lhonght?" No never =
said be. with energy and feeling. As / live
and God is my witness, neveri / am no more
sapbIe Of such thought than one Of my in
nocent childFeu, Tnerer had theremotest idea
Of iniuring Dr. p until the moment the blow
was struck Dr. p was extremely severe and
sharp, and the most provoking of men. and
am irritable and passionate quiskness and
brief violence of temper has been the beset-
ting sin Of my life. I was an only child much
INDUCED, and have never acquired the con-
troll over my passions which 1 ought to have
acquired early and the consequence is all this
But yon notified DR.. Parkman 10 meet you at
q certaia hour, and told him you would pay
him, when yen knew you had not the means
>No,s be replied, 4 did not tell him would
pay him. and there IS no evidence that told
him 30. except my own words spoken after his
disappearance, and after had determined to
take the ground that bad paid him, those
words were The miserable tissue Of falsehood
to which was committed from the moment
had began 10 conceal the homicide ney-
ar had fhoughtof injuring DIR. p lThis
vas accompanied BY the statement in which
Prof Webster attempts to explain as to his
sssinc Lii,ie6sld, sending for blood. and in
qnir1ng about gases from the vault After
reading the statement. Or Putnam proceeded