Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-07-19
VOLUME III. NUMBER Al.

HiH9 through lhe SINK carrying OF the blood
IN a pipe that passed down through the
lower laboratoTy-there must have been n
leak in the pipe, for the ceiling below was
stained Immediately around it.
There WAS fire burning In the furnace of
/ the lower laboratory. Lttlefield was mista-
ken IN thinking there had never been fire
there. He had probably never kjntlled one.
but | had done it myself several times.
had done il that day for the purpose of ma
king oxygen gas. The head and tile viscera
WEI put into that furnace that day, aud the
fuel haaped on. did not examine at night
to see to what degIee they were consumed
Some OF the eXtremities were put in there,
believe, on that day.
The pclviS, and some Of the limbs perhaps.
were all put under the lid of tlfe lecture room
table, IN what is called the wcllA>a deesI sink
lined with lead. A stream of. C6chituate
was turned into it and kept running Though
it. al! + ridny night. The tborqx Wirs plft in
TO similar we'll in the lower labSra-rx.
which | filed with water aud threw pl a
quantity of potash which ] found there
This disposition OF the remains was not
changed till after tue 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 a piece OF
the stump of a large grape vInc-say two IN
ches in diameter, and two feet long. 1t was
one of several pieces which had carried in
from Cambridge long before, for the purpose
Of show ing the effect of certain ch, mcnl flu
IDS 10 coloring wood by being absorbed into
the pores Tee grape vine being a very po-
Tous wood was well adapted to this purpose.
Another longer stick had been used as inten-
ded, and exhibited to the students this one
had not been used; put it into ,he fire
took up the two notes either from the ta-
bic or the floor, | think the table close bv
where DIR. p. had fallen. | seized an old
metallic pen lying on the table, and dashed il
across the face aud through the signatures
and put them in my pocket. do not know
why | did this rather than put them in the
fire, for had not considered for IA moment
what effect either mode OF disposing of them
would have on the mortgage, or any indebted
ness to Or. Z. and the other persons intercs-
ted, and had not yet given a single thought
to the question to what account | should
give Of the objects OF result of my interview
with DIR. Z. | never saw the slcdgC hammer
spoken Of by Liitlefeld, never knew Of its
existence, ut least, have no recollection Of IT.
/ left the college to go home IS late as SIX
O'Clock. | collected myself rs well as could
that might meet my family and others with
composure. On Saturday visited my rooms
nt the College. but made no change in tie
disposition Of the remains, and laid TO plans
as to my future course. or Saturday eve
uing read the notice in the Transcript res
peciing the disappearance.
l was then deeply impressed with the nc
cessIty Of immediately taking some ground
as to the character Of my interview with DR..
parkman, for saw that j! must become known
That had such an interview, as ] had appoin-
ted it first by an unsealcd note on Tuesday
and on Friday hfd myself at his house in
open day, and ratified the arrangeinent-and
ind there been scotland had probably been
heard by the man servant. | know not by
how many persons DR.. p might have been
seen entering my rooms, or how many persons
he might have told by the way where he was
going; the interview would IN all probability
be known, and | must be ready to explain it.
The qucsionexCltcd me much, but on Sunday
my course was taken.
l would 90 into Boston and be the first to
declare myself the person as vet unknown
with whom DR.. Pa1kman had made the ap-
pointment; | would take the ground that
had invited him to the College TO pay him
money, and that had paid it accordingIy.
/ fixed upon the sum by taking the small note
and adding interest, which, il appears, cast
enormously. If | had thought Of this course
earlier | should not have deposited Pettee's
check for 500 on the Charles River Bank on
Saturday, but should have suppressed it as
going so far to make up the sum which | was
10 have professed 10 have paid the dav before.
and which Pettee knew | had by me at the
hour of Interview. It had not occurred to me
that | should ever show the notes cancelled
in proof of it, or | should have destroyed the
large note and let II be inferred that II was
gone with the missing man, and ] should on
ly have kept the small one, which was all
could pretend to have paid. My single
thought was concealment and safety-evefy
thing else was Incidental to that. | was in
no state to consider my ulterior pecuuary in
teTest-money-thoug ! needed It much, 1t
was OF no account to me in that condition Of
mind.
II had designed and premediated the hom-
lcide of DR.. Parkman in order TO get possess
sion of the notes and cancel my debt, | not
only should have disposed Pettee's check the
next day, but | should have made some show
OF getting and having the money the morning
before. | should have drawn my money from
the Bank and taken occasion to mention to the
Cashier that had a sum to make up on that
day for DR.. p. and the same to Henchman
when borrowed the SO. | should have re-
marked that was 50 short of a large sum
was to pay Parkman. borrowed the money
ofIIenchman as mere pocket money for the day
If had intended the homicide OF DIR. i. |
should not have made the appointment with
him twice, and IN SO open manner that 9TH
er persons would almost certainly know of 1t,
and should not certainly have invited him o
my rooms at an hour when the College would
be full of students and others, and an hour
when | was most likely to receive calls from
others; for that was the hour just after the
lecture, at which persons having business
with me or in my rooms, were always direct
ed to call. / looked into my rooms on Sun
d3v afternoon but did nothing.
After the first visit Of the officers, took the
pevis and some of the limbs from the upper
well and threw them into the vault under the
privy. / took the thorax from the well below
and packed it in the tea chest as found. My
own impression has been that this was not
done till after the secoud visit of the officers,
which was on Tuesday but hingsley's tes-
timony shows that it must have been done
sooner. The perforation of the thorax had
been made by the knife at the time Of remoT-
inp the viscera. On "Wednesday put on
l.; ,,d made IN he he