Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1850-07-12
WILMINGTON AieEs--FR1DAY. JULY 12, 1850

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which found isars. ,Sbis disposition Of II
remains eas uaAhaBss al after the visit,
the officers on Monday. When the bod ma
been thus all disRnsed Of, | cleared away
traces OF what had been done think III
stick with whish the fatal blow had bee
struck proved to be piece Of the stump Of
large grape vine say two inches in diameter
ana Two feet long. IL was one of seyera
pieces which had carried in from Cambrdg
long before, for the purpose Of showing tn
ehect oil certain chemical fluids ia colorinl
wood, by being absorbed into the pores. Tn
grape vine, being very porous W ood, wa
Wen adapted 10 this purpose. Another lonqe
stick hao been used as intended, and exhibit
cd 10 the students. This one had not beer
used. put it into the fire. | took up tn,
Two notes either from the liable or the floor,
think the table, close where DRIP. had fallen
seized an old metallic pen lying on the tabl.
dashed across the face and through the sigma.
lures, and put them in my pocket. do moi
Know why did this rather than put them in
The fire, for had not considsred for moment
what effect either mode of disposing of them
would have on the mortgage, or my indebted.
ness TO DR.. Z. and the other peIsons interest
ed, and had not yet given single thought
to the question as to what account should
give Of the object or result of ny interview
with DR.. Parkman. | never say the sledpe
hammer spoken of by Ettlefeld never knew
ol its existence, at least have no recollection
Of It. left the College to 70 home, as late
as SIN o'clock. | coseeted myself as we'll as
could, that might meet mylfamly and 9th
ers win composure. Ga Saturday,. ! visited
NY rooms at the College, bu.made no change
in the dicnocitia, ~ al.
plans as to my future COURSE On Saturday
evening, read the notice in the ~ ranserist',
g respecting his Disappearance. was then
deeply impressed with theIjecessiiy ofinme.
diaiely taking some gronndas to the character
OF my interview with DR.. Parkman, for saw
that il must become known that had had
such an interview, as | had appointed il first
by an unsealed note on Tuesday, and on Fri
day had myself called at his house in open
dnJ ana ralified the arrangement and had
sueIe oeen seen, and Pad probably been over
nea.o py The man serslpt, aad knew not by
nov I,' many peFsogss might have been
seet - I. ny roo ~ 4 y,
q knas1, an I H. IN r4d ~ ex xpszh /
The o,pstien exersAsf N1ne ntc,i,1bnt on Sun
day hy'course was If .la. / would ., into
Boston and be- the fret toi declare myself the
persen, as yet unknown, with whom DR. p
had made The appointment. | would take thf
ground that had invited him to the Colleg,
to pay him money, and that ! had paid it,
Accordingly, fxed-uppn the sum by taking
the small note and adding interest. which i
appears cast enormously. II l had thought o
this course earlier, | should not have deposit
ed Petee's check for 800 in the Charles Rive
Bank on Saturday, but should have suppress.
i "a -. Cd rtr IL. la
which was to have professed to have pal.
the day before, and which pel,ee knew ha,
by me at the hour oi interview 1t had no
occurred 10 me that should ever show tn
notes cancelled in ploof Of it. or ! should hav
destroyed the large note, and let il lie inf rre
that it was zone with the missing man, and
should only have kept lhe small one, whic
was all lha, could pretend 10 have paid
My single lhoughrwas concealment and safety
leveTythng else was inc dental TO that. | wa
! in 40 state 10 consider my ulterior peeuniar
interest. Money, though needed it so much
was of no account with me in that condition {
mind. If I had Designed and premeditaed ID
homicide of Dr.. Pakman, in order to get tn
possession o. the1ioies, and cancel my debt, 4,
! not only should not have deposited Peltee'
check the next day, but should have mad
some SHOW of geliiag and having the Nope
the morning before. | should have drawn IN
money from the Bank, and taken occasion
mention TO the cashier that had a SUN to NAL
up on that day for DR.. Parkman, and The san
\ 10 Henchman, when borrowed the $40.
should have remarked that | was so muI
] short of a sum that was to pay Parkman.
borrowed the money from Henchman as me
pocket money Tor the day. Had / intend'
.. the homicine of DR.. p, | should not have mat
the appointment with him twice, aud each tin
, in So open manner that other persons won
/ almost certainly know of it; and should n
3 have invited MIN to my rooms at an hour VIII
, the College would be full Of students al
! others, and an hour when was most likely
: receive calls from others for that was 1
9 hour, just after lhelsciure, at which perso
(, having business wilf me, or in my room
0 were always.directed to call. | looked il
/ my rooms on. Sunday afternoon, but did moi
: ing. After ihs first visit of the officers, to
3 the pelvs and some limbs from the upper VI
| and threw them into the vault under the priv
d took the ihorax from the well below, a
o packed it in The ten chest, rs found. My ol
: impression has been, that this was not do
e till after the second visit OF the officers, viii
2 was on Tuesday, bat kingsleYs testmo
n shows that il must have been done sooner.
It The perforation Of the th1rax had been ina
q by the knife. AT the time Of rempving
: viscera, OH Wednesday, put on kindlin
. and made fire in the furnace below, havl
n first poked down the ashes. Some Of
: limbs, cannot reMemher which or how maj
d were consumed at that time. This was
it last | had to do with the remains. lhe
m box was designed to receive the thorax, toor
at had not concluded where shonld finally
| the box. The fsh-hooks, tied up as gFappl
,e were to be used for drawing up the parts IN
i vault, whenever | should determine how t.
pose of them, and get strains enough.
s, a confused double object in ordering the
IN and making the grapples. | had before,
k, tended. TO get such things to send to Fay
as the box to hold the plants and other ar'i'
III which wished to protect from the salt W
IL and the sea air, and the hooks, to be used tt
ed. in obtaining eorraling plants from me sea-
III, was this previously intended use OF them