The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-04-08


Parkman's house, and made an appointment
to meet him at his rooms to pay him. Why
ibid he not pay him then and there He
was not to receive any money in theainter-
val, which he intended to pay him with.
| The prisoner then proceeded to the Medical
college, and there hadan interview Within
Pettee, who told him Of Parkmans pro-
Iceedings and threats. The prisoner replied
81 have settled with him, and you will have
no further trouble about it.. From the be-
ginning to the end, he held out to all ar-
Iquainted with his affairs, that he intendedto
pay DR.. Parkman out Of the proceeds Of The
tickets of his lectures The check he had
treeeiyed from Mr.. Pettee, he had casIed a.
the Charles River Bank, after he had told
himh he had settled with DR.. Parkman.
4, Passing from there financial affairs, Mr..
J | Clifford approached the conduct oftbe pri-
soner. from the disappearance ofDr. Park
}, man, to the discovery Of the remains under
his laboratory week afterwards. His
!, visit TO the afflicted family on Sunday; his
statement there, and his untrue statements
to others; the fires kept up in his room du.
Ting the week, when not needed in,the
course Of his duties. The unusal heat Of
the walls attracted observation. Then
there was the purchase Of large 6sh-hoOks
on Tuesday. and twine on Friday, and the
finding Of grapples made Of the fish-hooks;
| the ordering off large tin box; the taking
away Of keys which he had boen in the
t habit Of fleaving; the directions TO Sawin to
leave the faggots outside; and the tan; his
efforts 10 make itappear that DR.. Parkman
went TO Cambridge that afternoon; the ac-
count he gave of his interview with DR..
Parkn,an, when he paid him; low he start
loft without giving up the note, and,
5 when spoken to about il, turned round,
t seized a pen, and dashed 1t across The sign
ature on the note. Ele had dsaid there were
one or two witnesses present, and then
! that there was no one present.; that one
j of the bills was 500 on the New Eng
. land Bank; and then that he did not know
what kind Of bills the $4S3,74 were paid
4 in.
S Bntabove all was the extraordinary fact.
: that there was found upon him, "a his
}, own handwriting. two different versions
: of what had passed between him and DR..
i Parkman al that interview. Mr.. Clifford
# said it was utterly beyond the power Of his
i. imagination to conceive of any expla-
: nation of that extraordinary paper, which
it should relieve the prisoner from the terri
. BILE suspicious which it naturally gave rise
,e to.
a Then there was the privy key, found
:, in his pocket, after he had said that it
or must have been taken away; the bunch
De Of skeleton keys, filed to fit every lock in
d, the college; his being at the college at
times, sIater 'tiian no pwas over
known TO be before; when the officers yisi-
J ted his room the second time, his turning
: their attention TO another room; the anon
A ymous letters. (which would be proved to
II be written by sort Of pen which would be
= produced y tending 10 turn the attention Of
;e the scarchers away from the college build
II ing. Then would come the array ofblood
: Ion the pantaloons, on the slippers, on the
= = towels, onthe stairs, sprinkled withnitrate
/ ofcopper; his sounding Li:tlefield about
r, being q Free-Mason, and subsequently,
/, denouncing him as conspiraior; the
& intercepted letter to his daughter to keep a
5. fcertpin package ofpapers closed, and the
y = finding among those papers a note, with
= the interest cast on it, in his own hand
! = writing. OF all these circumstances, he
d had afforded no explanation. He hadwaiv-
d ed examination in the police court, but
e as no acted under navice of counsel, il wns
N not perhaps necessary TO draw any dcci-
n sivc conclusion from his Withholding ex-
plantations. s.
y Mr.. Clifford concluded BY referring to
!. the various allegations contained in the in
d dictment, which he said had been the
1t theme of-unmeasured ridicule in the news
N papers. If no had been at liberty to
e consult his own taste, he might perhaps
I. have been contentto allege the offence in
7 loniy two modes; bnt the grand.ury thought
! lothorwise. There was some appearance
n Of stab in the side, and also of q fracture
1t of the skull, and there was proof that a
n sledge hammer had been taken into his
y room by the prisoner--that il stood behind
T. his door some days, andthatit has not been
y seen since the disappearance OF DIR. Park
) ) man. He then made some general re.
n marks in relation to murder and man
IA slaughter, concerning which, he, said, the
he instructions Of the bench, If such a ques-
It ton arose. would be ample and clear.
ID Before calling any witnesses, he suggested
ut to the court the pupriety OF passing an or
der, that the jury should view the scene Of