The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-15

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8 The Confession.
] On Tuesday, 20lh Noyeuaber, i sent the note X
Iyr. PaFkham, which ii appears, was carried by tbe
~ Maxwell. i handed il To Litfleiield ,,ysesf.3
,tsyas ask DR.. Parkha 10 cali a. NV rooms 5a
r. ~, the I'D after my lecture. He had become.
sbfss very imPortunate Tor his pay He had
49,, sed me with suit; 10 put an officer in m y
IA -, q 70 drive me from my prefessorsbip, Il
s;'n,'Iv % W hirn- The pnFport Of my note was
s,'nPy Z X the conferences | did NOT tell bin,,
a 3, what Aould do; or what had 10 ssv aboui,
wished to gan for those few DAYS.
~ .,.-s ~ solicitations, TO which was ia
says Vccasions, and IN snanner very
1nns ,.s a. rming, and also to avert for 50
Il ssvars ,ns,s.,r fu6nent Of recent threats
him when Friday sh5s s e Ds ao.e 2 pay
il he should aecede ID a,s,J ~. Poss was
i, ~ -, - nents and utter inabiIitv
| IL nv cooduct winch had ne for those things
/ mvse,f mon b;s uercvt tSsnded himto throw
and indulgence, Tor The sake for further time
for myself and to make as 90 Wy " lainlly' N not
as could have any hopes Of kee .o''''sss % nlm
did not hear from hun on thats
"Wednesday but found on Thurse not .ne next,
abroad pursuit Of me without tindii ne mac been
/ gined he had forgotten the appointment me una
| not mean to wait forit. feared he wot else dld
upon me at my lecture hour, or while / wGoine IN
ing my experiments for il therefore cail9e ePaf
house on that morning, friday between eigd bus
nine o'clock, to Femiad him Of my wish TO seed
a. the College at half-past one--my lecture closA
at one. 1 did not stop 10 talk with him, forI eli
pected the conversation wou d be long one ans
4 had my lecture TO prepare for, for it was neces
sary for me 70 have my time, and, also, to keep M
mind free fr0m other exciting matters. DR.. Park
man agreed to cali on me as | proposed. He came
accordingly, between half-Past and two 0 clock
entering at the lecture door. was engage,
in removing some glasses from my lecture room
table into the room in the rear, called the uppe
laboratory. He came rapidly down the step, AMI
i followed me into the laboratory. He immediatel,
addressed me with great energy Are you read
for me, sir Have you got the money ~
replisd, No, DR.. PaFkman, and was thei
beginning 70 state my condition, and my appeal /
him, but he would not listen 20 me, and interrupte
and has. and went on heaping on me the most bi
1 Ter taunts and opprobrious epthets. While he WI
= speakiRes 4he draw haAdfel OF zpapsts from h
pocket and took from among them my two note
!. and also an old letter from DR. Hossack, write
many years ago, congTatulating him on his sncce
| in getting me appointed Professor Of Chemistr
"You see,n he said, 8 got you into your ofic
and now will get you onf d ii He put bat
INTO his pocket all the papers Snrept che letter an
the notes, cannot tell bow long the torrent
~ I-t.1t N
call to my memory but small portion of what h
said at first kept interposing. trying to pacii
| him, so that might obtain the object for which
sought the interview, but could not stop him, an
soon my own temper was up; Fforgot every thin
and felt nothing but the sting Of his words.
was excited 10 the highest degree ofpassion an
while he was speaking and gesticulaling in the mos
violent and nienacing manner, thr1sng the Iette
and his fist into my face, in my fury seized whai
ever thing was handiest, (lt suck Of wood
and dealt hlm an Instantaneous blow. with all th
force that passion could give IL, did not know, O
think, or care where should hit him. nor how hard
nor what the effect would be. It WAS On the side
his head, and there was nothing TO break the fore
Of the blow. He fellinstantlY upon the pavement
| There was no second blow; be edid moi move
stopped down over him and he seemed 70 be ifeless
1 Blood flowed from his mouth, and got a spong,
and wiped it away. Igot some ammonia and 40
pliedit TO his nose, but without effect Perhaps
spent ten minutes In attempts to resuseate him. bu
Il
CONSERVATION | ran insiinctively to the doors an,
boed them, the doors of the lecture room and OF III
| laboratory below. And then what was 10 do 1
i never occurred to me TO go out and declare wba
had been done, and obtain assIstance, saw moth
ing but the alternative of q successful movemsn
and conceaiment of the body on the one hand an,
OF infamy and destruction on the other. The frs
thing did, as soon as could do any thing, was t
draw the body into the private nom adjoining
where took off the clothes and began putilng then
fha utitis. d,rItni
ratory. They were all consumed there that afler
noon, with papers, p0eket-book and whatever the
contained. did not examine the pockets, nor re-
move any thing, except the watch. | saw that, o
The chain of il, hanging out. took il, and thfey
II over the bridge, as went TO Cambridge. NJ
next move was 70 get the body into the sink, whic
siaRds in the small private room; by settlng III
body partially erect against the corner aud by gel
ing up into The sink myself, succeeded in draw
ing IT up there. Ii was entirely dlsmembered.
was quickly done, as work oiterrlble aud desps
fdie necessity.
The only instrument was the knife found by til
officers IN the tea-chest which i kept for cultin
corks. made no use Of the Turkish knife, as
was called ut the trial. That had long been keI
on my mantel-p,ece in Cambridge, as a curious o.
nament. My daughters frequently cleaned ii; henc
The marks OF OIL aud whiting found upon it. ha
lately brought i into Boston get the silver sheat
l'sepaiFed While dlsmembering the body, streal
of Cochitua,e water was running through The sinI
carrying of the blood in pipe that passed dow
ehrougll The lower laboratory. There must hay
been leak jnlhe pipe, for the ceiling below wi
stained immediately around IT, There was q fiji
burning in the furnaces of the lower laboratory. Ii
tefieid was mistaken in linking there had new,
! been fire there, Hs had probably never kindle
lone; buI had done II myself several times. ma
done lt that day, for The purpose Of making oxyge
: gas. 5
II The head and viscera were put into that furnac
that day, and the fuel heaped did not examln
at night to to what degree they were consulnet
I | Some OF the extremites were put in therei be
. lieve, on that day; ths pelvis, and some Of tn
& limbs, perhaps, were all put under the lid Of tn
lecture room table, in what is called the we'll
i | deep sink lined with lead stream OF Coehltuai
was turned into it, and kept running through it
I | FRIDAY night; the thorax was put into snalls
. we'll in the lower laboratory, which filled wit
, | water and threw in quantity OF potash, which
: found there. This disposition OF the remains wa
not changed till after the visit OF the officers
/ Monday. When the body had been thus all d.
: | ,,osed Of, cleared away all traces Of what ha
been done. think the stick with which the fac
) blow had been struck proved TO be piece Of ii
4 stump of a large grape yine--say two inches
| diameter, and two feet long, 1t was one of sever
pieces which had carried in from Cambridge Ion
before for the purpose OF showing the effect OF ce
! | tain chemical fluids in coloring wood, by ben
absorbed into the pores. The grape vine, being
very porous wood was well adapted tosthis pu
. pose. Another longer stick had been used
intended, and exhibited to the students. This OF
had not been used. | put it into the fire. | toe
up the two notes either from the table or the foo
II think the table, close by where DR. p. had ialle
: | seized an old metallic pen lying ON the tabl