Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-11
MONTPELIER,

no plans as to my future course. oL
On Saturday evening / read the notice in
the Transcript respecting the disappearance
was then deeply impressed with the nee
essiiy Of Immediately taking some ground as
to the character of my interview with DR..
p; for / saw that it must become known
that had had such an interview, as | had
appointed it first by an unsealed note on
Tuesday, and on Friday had myself called
at his house in open day and ratified the ar
rangement, and had there been seen and
probably overheard by the man-servant; and
knew 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 inter-
view would in all probability he known, and
/ must be ready to explain it. The ques-
ton exercised me much, but on Sunday my
course was taken. Iwould 60 into Boston
and be the first to declare myself the person,
as vet unknown, with whom DR.. P. had
made the appointment. l would take the
ground that had invited lin to the col
lege to pay him money and that had paid
him accordingly. l fixed upon the sum by
taking the small note and adding interest,
which it appears cast enormously.
If had thought of this course earlier
should not have deposited Pettee's check
for $50 in the Charles River Bank on Sat
urday, but should have suppressed it as 60
ing SO far towards making up the sum
which l was to profess to have paid the day
before, and which Pet,ee knew had by me
at the hour of the interview. 1t had not
occurred to me that should ever show the
notes cancelled in proof of the payment; if
it had, should have destroyed the large
note, and let it he inferred that it was gone,
with the missing man, and should only
have kept the small one, which was all that
| could pretend to have paid. My single
thought was concealment and safety. Ev-
erythlng was incidental to that. was in
no state to consider my Interior pecuniary
interests. Money, though l needed ii SO
much, was of no account with me in that
condition Of mind.
If had designed and premeditated the
homicide of DR.. P. in order to get posses
sion of the notes and cancel my debt, not
only should not have deposited 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, aud taken occa-
sion to mention to the cashier that l had \
sum to make out that day for DR.. p, and
the same to Henchman when l borrowed
the $40. l should have remarked, tina,
was SO much short of a large sum that l
was to pay to Parkman. borrowed the
money OF Henchman as mere pocket mon
ey for the day.
i'll had intended the homicide Of Dr. P.
should not have made the appointment with
him twice, aud each time in so open man
ner, that other persons would almost GER
tainiy know it. And should not have in-
vited him to my room at an hour when the
college would be full of students and others,
for that was the hour-just after the lee
ture- at which persons having business
with me or iii my rooms were directed to
call.
looked into my rooms on Sunday after
noon, but did nothing.
After the first visit Of the officers, took
the ?elvis, aud some of the limbs from the
upper well aud threw them into the vault
under the privy. took the thorax from
the well below and packed into the tea chest
as found. My own impression has been
that this was not done till after the second
visit OF the officers, which was on Tuesday,
but Kingsley's testimony shows that it must
have been done sooner. The perforation OF
the thoraA had been made by the knife at
the time of removing the viscera.
Il. I
made fire in the furnace below, having
first poked down the ashes. Some of the
limbs-I cannot remember what ones or
how many-were consumed at that time
This was the last had to do with the re-
mains.
The tin box vas designed y receive the
thorax, although had not concluded where
should finally put the box. The fish
hooks tied up as grapples, were to be used
for drawing up the parts in the vaults when
ever should determine how to dispose of
them. And yet strange enough l had a
confused double object in ordering the box
and making the grapples. had before in
tended to get such things to send to Fayal,
the box to hold plants and other articles
which wished to protect from salt water
and The sea air. and the hooks TO be used
there in obtaining coralline plants from the
sea. 1t was this previously intended use Of
them that suggested and mixed itself up
with the idea of the other application. |
doubt even now to which use they would
have been applied. Il had not used the
hooks at the time of the discovery. ~
The tan put into the tea chest was taken
from barrel Of it that had been in the la
boratory for some time. The bag of tan
brought in on Monday was not used, nor
intended TO be used. It belonged to guam
tity obtained by me long time ago for
trying experiments in tanning and it was
sent by the family to get it out Of the way.
1t being sent just at that time was acciden-
tai. r- g- asisg rsia g.
was not aware that 1 had put the knife
into the tea chest. .s4' iP
The stick found in the saucer of ink was
for making course diagrams on cloth.
The bunch Of (" filed" keys had been long
ago picked up BY me in Fruit street, and
thrown carelessly into a drawer. nevef
examined them, aud do not know whether
they would 6t any of the locks of the col
lege or not. If there were other keys fit,
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