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

e suggested and mixed itself un with the idea
{ the other application. doubtsFven now,
J which Ese they would have been applied
| had not used .he hooks at she tima OF the di
) covery. The tan put Into the tea chest W,
! taken from barrel OF il that had been in Il
laboratory for some time. The bag of ia
, brought in on Monday was not used, nor il
tended TO be used it belonged to quaint
obtained by me long time ago, for exper
} inenls in tanning, and was sent in by the fam
ly TO get it out of the way. Its being sent /
just at that time was accidental. | was nc
aware that had put the knife in the chest
The slick found in the saucer Of inls, was 70
making coarse diagrams on cloth. The bunc
OF filed keys had been used long ago hy me il
I Fruit street, and thrown carelessly by into
drawer. | never examined them, and do no
know whether they would fit any of tile lock
OF the college or not. If there were othe
keys fitting doors with which had nothing t,
do, supposed they must have b, en- all dupi
Gates, or keys of former locks left there by III,
mechanics or janitor. know nothing abou
them, and should never be likely to notice then
amongst the multitude OF articles, large and
small, Of all kinds, collected in my rsoms.-
fhe janltof had furnished me with a KEY te
the dlsseclng room, for the admission of me-
dica. friends visiting the College. but | had
never used 1t. The nitric acid on the stairs
was not used TO remove spols of blood, buI
was dropped by accident. When the officers
called for me on Friday, tie 30ih, I was in
doubt whether was under arrest, or whether
moro strict search of my rooms was TO be
had the latter hypothesis being hardly less
appalling than the former. When found that
we went over Crages' Bridge, thought the
arrest most probable. When found that the
carriage was stopping at the Jail, as sure Of
my faia. Before leaving the carriage, | took
desc Of sWychnine from my pocket and
swallowed II. ! had prepared it in the SHAPE
OF pill before left MY laboratory on the 23d.
thought could not bear to survive detection,
| thought it was a large dose. The state Of
my nervous system, probably defeated Its ac,
tion partially. The effects of the poison were
terrible beyond description. |, was in opera
ion at the College, and before went there
but most severely Afterwards. | wrote but
one Of tAs n, apqePsssaeu letters produced II The
fi'l't ~ ,. .aasa;sat East Cambrd
- r. IL the ei'e' e ni,r,e
"a s ue ssparsr su fat Saiqssab qslS ''li aasai Il
l0xair acid, which il was presumed was 10 be
u-ed in removing blood stains. wish tn
parcel to be kept untouched, that II may b.
shown, if there should be oecssioni what /
really was that had purchased. have draw
up, in separate paperse an explanation Of ili'
use intended to make the blood sent for OF
Thursday, the 22d, and Of the conversation
with Llllefe about the dissecling vault.
think that peuee, u his testimony at the trial
nut too strongly my words about having settle,
with DIR. p. Whatever / did say of the Kind
was in the hope entertained that should b
able TO piciiy DR.. F., ana make some arrange
lucent with him, and was said in order to qule
Peitee, who was becoming resliye under III
solicitations OF DR.. PdTkman.
II After DR.. Webster had stated most of III
facts tecorled above on the 23d May, this que'
ton, with all the earnestness soemniiy, an
Iauthoriiy ofNone that DR.. Putnam was mast'
ot, was addressed hint
"Dr. Webster, in all probability, your day
are numbered; You cannot, you dare not spea
falsely 10 me now, you must not die with
{, lie ia your mouth so, prove 10 yourself lh
YOUR repentance for tie sins of your past u
> lis sincere tell me the truth then-a conhden'
,, to he kept sacred during your liie-time. aad 1
much longer as my regard for the happiness
your family shall seem to me TO require, ar
lhe interest of truth and justice 10 permit
Search to the bottom Of your heart for the hi
tory Of your motives, and tell me, before Go
did it never occur to you, before the decease
G DIR. Parkman, that his death, if you cou
e bring it TO pass, would be of great advantaI
= : 10 you, or al least that personal injury to hi
/, might possibly be the result of your expect'
conference with hint As dying MN,
. sscharge you to answer me truly and exactly,
u else he silent-had you not such thought
e "No, never" said he, with energy and fet
Fling "as | live, and as God is my witnes
never was no more capable Of such
y thought than one Of my innocent children.
y never had the remotest idea Of iniuring Y
~ P, until the moment the blow was struc
" DR.. p. was extremely severe and sharp-t
eimost provoking of men-and am irrlat
and passionate. A quick handed and brief !
3 olence of temper has beeH besetting sin
20 INV life. was an only child-much indulg
~ and have never acquired control over 1
IN passions that ought to have acquired ear
:. y and the consequences is this"
"a But YOU notified DR.. Parkman to meet y
IN at ceraa hour, and told him you would 7
ne hun, when YOU knew you had not the money
ii mo-" he replied " | did not tell hir
~ would pay him, and there is no evidence .
Z told him SO. Except my own words tspoi
ie after his disappearance, and after had de-
he mined to take tue ground that had paid h
rs those words were of the miserable tissue
no iaisehoOds to which was committed from
he moment had began 10 conceal the homie
", never had thought ofinjuring Parkman.
he This was accompanied by .he sIalemen
in which Prof Webster attempts 10 explain al
gh his seeing Littlefed, sending ior blood, au
tut enquirng about gasses from the vault. A
rs, reading the statement Dr. Pullman proceede
he argue as to its truthfulness, saying that II
is made when the writ Of error was still nendi
ad Also, that Prof. Webster's estate was
OK worth several thousand dollars, and tina
in was not in such strait as TO commit SUE
Al crime deliberately. The previous petition
les Prof. Webster protesting his innocence
tier praying for absolute pardon, he said, was
ere up by mis- family, who were unwaverlng
1t their belief in his innocence, until his cor
hat sion was communicated to them about "