Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-07-09

an8 boll,d them, the doors oil me Ierlur'
rrom and The laboratory below. An'
I,hen what was | to do? Il never occur
red TO me to 90 out and declare what La
fbeen done, and nb,ain assistance. Sa"
nothing but The alternative OF successful
movement, and conceaiment ot-the body
on one hand, and OF intamy and deStrnc
,;6r On the other. The frs! Thing did
as soon as ! could do anything, was 10 draw
The BODY into ,he private room atJonns
where | took of the clothes and begaH
outing them into the FIRE, which was burn
ing in the upper laboratory. They were
ali consumed there that afternoon with
papers, pocket book. and whatever they
contained. Ibid noteXamine The pockets
nor remove anything, except The watch
| saw that, or the chain Of II, hanging out
| took it, and threw ii over tie bridge as
| went to Cambridge. Ny next move
was TO get the body into the sink "m'h
stands in the small private room by set
ling the body partially erect against thr
corner, and by getting up into The SINK
myse!f, succeeded in drawingi tup there.
l. was entirely di>mcmbcred. 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. l made
no use OF the Turkish knife. as II was cal
led at lhe trial. That had long been kept
on my manrIepicce IN Cambridge, as a
curious ornament. Nv daughters fire.
duenhy cleaned il; hence the marks OF
oil and whiting found on it. | had late
" brought i, into Boston to get the silver
sheath repaired. While Remembering
the BODY, stream of Cochituate water
was running through the sink, carrying
off the blood i'll a pipe that passed down
through the lower laboratory. There must
have been leak in the pipe, for the cell
ing below was stained Immediately around
II. There was fire burning in the furnace
of the lower laboratory. Llueiield WAS
mistaken in thinking there had never been
fire there. He had prnbabIy never
kindled one, bu; had done II myself sew
eral times. | had done il that day for the
purpose of making oxygen gas. The
head and viscery were put mo that fur
nee that day, and the fuel heaPed or. |
did not examine atnighlto ste 10 what de-
gree they were consumed. Some ot the
extremiles were put III there, believe.
on that dav; the pelvls. and some OF the
limbs, perhaps, were all put under inc
lid of the lecture room table, Ill what IS
called the weIl-a deep sink, lined with
lead; stream of Cochiluate was turned
into it, and kept running through 1t all
Friday night; the ihoraX was put into a
smaller 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 ill 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 stitch with which the fatal blow had
been struck proved To be piece Of iarg'
crane vinp-say TWO inches in diameter,
and TWO feet long. 1t was one of scvera
pieces hich had carried in from Cam
bridge long before, for the purpose o!
showing the effect f certain ch -nica'
fluids in colorlrg wood, by being absorb
ed into the por.s. TIE grape vine, being
\ very pourous wood. was well adapted "a
this I.urposc Another longer STICK had
been used as intended. and exhibited to
he students. This one lad not been
used put itiuro the fire. ] took mp
the two notes either from the table or the
floor, | think from the table. close by
where Dr.. p. had fallen. | seized an old
metallic pen lying ON the table. dashed It
across the face and 'brorgh the sigma nres.
and put them in MY pocket do not
know why id this rather than put Them
n the FIRE, for ] had not considered for =
moment what ellrrt either mode Of dIspn
sing Of them would have ON the mortgage,
,r nv indebtedness 10 Dr.. =. and the OH
pr persons Interested, aud bad not yet
gi,en a single thought TO the question a.
% what account should give Of the oh.
jtct or result Of my interview with DR..
Parkman. never saw the sledge ham
mrr spoken of by LiuieieId never knew
of lis existence, at least / have no recol
lection of it. lief the college TO 90 home,
- Ia,e As 6 O'Clock. IroiIcc,ed InyscIfas
veil as | could, that might meet my
family aud others with composuTe. On
Saturday, visited my ronms at he Cot
lege, hut made 10 change IN The dispose
non Of the remains, and iail no plans 's
to the future course. On Saturday even.
ing. read the notice in the 'Irnnscrip','
respecting his disappearance. Twas then
deeply impressed with the necessity OF
Immediately taking some ground as TO The
character Of my Interview with Or. Park
man. for saw thai j, must become known
hat had h such an interview, rs had