Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-07-20

III The Charles River Bank on Saturday, but
should have suppressed il as going so far IT,
make up the sum which p 'essed TO have
paid the day before, and which Pe,tee knew
had by me at the hour of interview. #
had not occurred 10 me that | should ever
show the notes cancelled in proof Of il, or [
should have destroyed the large note and
let it be inferred that il was gone with the
missing man, and should only have kept
the small one, which was all that could PIE
tend to have paid. My single thought was
conccalment and safety, everything else was
incidental to that was in no state 10 con.
slider my ulterior pecuniary interest, money,
though needed it SO much it was Of no &C.
count with me in that condition of mind. If
had designed and pfeneditated the homi.
eide Of Dr. Parkman in order to get the pos
session of the notes and cancel my debt, not
only should not have deposited Pettee'sc check
the next day, but should have made some
show of getting and having the money the
morning before. | shoald have drawn my
money from the Bank and taken occasion 10
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make up on that day for DR.. p and the same
10 Henchman when borrowed the $40. |
should have remarked that was so much
short ofa large sum that was to pay Park
man. | borrowed the money OF Henchman
as mere pocket money for the day. If l had
intended the homicide of Dr. p should not
have made the appointment with him twice
and each time SO open manner that other
persons would almost certainly know of it,
and should not have invited him to my tooms
at an hour when the College would be full of
students and others, and an hour when was
most likely 10 receive calls from others, for
| that was the hour jus. after the lecture, at
which persons having business with me or
in my rooms, were always directed TO call.
looked into my looms on Sunday afternoon,
but did nothing. After the first visit of the
officers took the pelvs and some of the
limbs from the upper well and threw them
into the vault under the privy. took the
,horax from the well below and packed it in
the tea chest as found. My own impression
| has been that this was not done till aftet the
second visit of the officers, which was on
Tuesday; but Kingley's testimony shows
that it must have been done sooner. The
perloration of the thorax had been made by
the knife at the time of removing the viscera.
On Wednesday put on kindlings and made
fire in the furnace below, having first poked
down the ashes Some of the limbs-I can.
not remember which or how many-wers
consumed at that time. This is the last |
had TO do with the remains. The tin boz
was designed 10 receive the thora1, though
had not concluded where | should finally
put the box The fish-hooks, tied up as Crap
pies, were 10 be used for drawing up the
parts in the vault whenever should deter
mine how TO dispose of them and get strains
enough, had confused double object in
ordering the box and making the grapples. |
had before intended to get suchthings to send
10 Fayal---the box 10 hold the plants and other
articles which wished to protect from the
salt water and the sea air, and the hooks 10
be used there in obtaining Cetralliner plants
from the sea. II was previously intended
use OF them that suggested and mixed itself
up with the idea of the other application. |
doubt, even now, 10 which use they would
have been applied | 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 laboratory for some
time. The bag of tan brought in on Monday
was not used, nor intended 10 be used it be.
louged TO 4 quantity obtained by me a long
time ago, for experiments in tanning, and was
sent in by the family 10 get 1t out of the way.
lis being sent in Just at that time was acci-
dental. was not aware that | had put the
knife in the chest. The stick found in the
saucer of ink was for making coarse diagrams
on cloth. The bunch of filed keys had been
used long ago by me in Fruit street, and
thrown carelessly by into drawer. never
examined them, and do not know whether
they would fit any of the locks of the college
or not. If there were other keys fitting doors
i with which | had nothing to do, supposed
they must have been all duplicates, Or key.
S of former locks left there by the mechanics
G or ianilor. | know nothing about them, and
$ should never be likely 10 notice them amongst
the multitude of articles, large and small, oi
e all kinds, collected in my rooms. The jani
4 tor had furnished me with key 10 the dis
z secting rooms, for the admission Of medica
: friends visiting the College, but had nevel
y used II, The nitric acid on the stairs wa.
> not used to remove spots of blood, but wal
dropped by accident. When the ofiiceri
: called for me on Friday, the SOth, l was il
: doubt whether | was under arrest, or whethe,
y a more strict search Of my rooms was to be
had; the latter hypothesis being hardly less
appalling than the former. When found
} hat we went over Cragies' Bridge, | though
c the arrest most probable. When ! found tina
. the carriage was stopping at the Jail, ! wa
+" sure of my fate. Before leaving the carriage
took dose of sirichnine from my poke
II and swallowed it. | had prepared it in th'