The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-07-11

(iI was; stick of woody and dealt him an
instantaneous blow with all the force that
passion could give it. | did not know, or
think, or care, where should Int him. nor
how hard, nor what the effect would be.
1t was on the side of The head, and there
was nothing TO break the force of the blow.
Ii fell instantly on the pavement. There
was no second blow; he did not move. l
stopped down over him, and he seemed TO
be lifeless. Blood flowed from his mouth
and got sponge and wiped il away. |
got some ammonia and applied it TO his
nose, but without effect. Perhaps spent
ten minutes in attempts to resucitale him,
but | found he WAS absolutely dead. In
my horror and CONSERVATION, ran instinc-
lively to the doors of the lecture room and
of the laboratory below. And then, what
was to dc? 1t never occurred to me to
90 out and declare what had been done,
and obtain assistance. | saw nothing but
the alternative of a successful movement
and concealment of the body on the one
hand, and of inlamy and destruction on the
other. The fast thing did as soon as |
could do anything, was to draw the body
into the private room adjoining, where |
took of the clothes. and began putting
them into the fire, which was burning III
the upper laboratory. TheY were all con
sumed there that afternoon, with papers,
pock et-book, and whatever they contained.
| did not examine the pockets, nor remove
anything, except the watch. | saw that,
or the chain of it, hanging out. | took it,
and threw it over the bridge as went to
Cambridge. Ny next move was get the
BODY into the sink, which stands in the
small private room; by setting the body
partially erect against the corner; and by
getting up into the sink myself, succeed
ed in drawing 1t up there. 1t was entirely
dismembered. Ii was quickly done. as a
work of terrible and desperate necessity.
The only instrument was the knife found
by the officers, in the tea-chest, which |
kept for cutting corks. ! made no use of
the. Turkish knife, as it was called at the
trial. That had long been kept on my
parlor matlepiece. in Cambridge as Gu
rious ornament My daughters frequently
cleansed II; hence the marks of oil and
whiting found on it. had lately brought
J it into Boston to get the silver sheath re-
/ paired. While dismembering the BODY,
stream of Cochtuate water was running
through the sink, CARRYING off the blood in
pipe that passed down through the low
er laboratory. There must have been a
: leak in the pipe for the ceiling below
was stained Immediately around it. There
was fire burning in the furnace of the
! lower laboratory. Littlefeld was mista-
: ken in thinking there had never been
fire there. He had probably never kim
died one. but | had done II myself several
| times. had done il that day for the pur-
! pose of making oxygen gas. The head
J and viscera were put into the furnace that
! day, and the fuel heaped on. did not
! examine, at night. TO see 10 what degree
! they were consumed. Some of the ex-
tremities were put in there, believe, on
/ that day; the pelvis, and some ofthe limbs
perhaps. were all put under the lid of the
! lecture room table, in what is called the
well-a deep sink, lined with lead;
! stream of Cochituate was turned into it,
1 and kept running through it all Friday
! night; throax was put into a similar well,
in the lower laboratory, which filled with
! water, and threw in quantity of potash,
/ which found there. This disposition of
| the remains was not changed till after the
/ visit of the officers on Monday. When
the body had been thus all disposed of.
cleared away all traces of what had been
/ done. think the stick with which the
fatal blow had been struck, proved TO be
the stump OF large grape vine-say two
! inches in diameter, and two feet long 1t
was one of several pieces which | had
carried in from Cambridge long before,
for the purpose of showing the effect of
certain chemical fluids in coloring wood,
| by being absorbed into the pores. The
grape vine, being very porous wood, was
well adapted TO this purpose. Another
! longer stick had been used as intended,
and exhibited to the students. This one
had not been used. ! put it into the fire.
| took up the two notes either from the
| table or The floor, think the table close
by where Dr. p had fallen. seized an
old metallic pen lying on the table, dashed
it across the face and through the sigma
lures, and put them in my pocket. do not
know why | did this rather than pat them
in the fire, for | had not considered for
moment what effect either mode Of dispo-
sing of them would have on the mortgage,
or my Indebtedness TO DR.. p. and the 9TH
er persons interested; and had not yet
given single thought 10 the question sto
what account should give of the object
or result of my interview with DIR. T. |
never saw the sledge hammer spoken of
J by Lit1lefeld; never knew of lis existence