The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-08

that thes body did not belong to the
University, but TO DR.. Boucher, who
was to pay US &1O apiece for raising
Il, and that knife should not be US.
ed on II until it was paid. l went
with DR.. North to his Office and got
his di16scting case, while he went to
DR.. Boncher's to see about the body.
He cathe back shortly, and said that
he had nothing moro to do with it,
DR.. B. would attend to paying for it.
North then left aud did not come
back. At IL o'clock Geo. Skinkle
camo ovcr and told me. TO wash the
body on; that DR.. b. did not want
any charcoal on it, and to lock it up
in his room, and admit no person.
Hall washed the body and burned
the shroud. I did nothing moro till
evening. About 2 o'clock Potter and
Nichols came up and told me that
DR.. b. sent them to work on the
body. ! let them in and saw them
disfgure the head and face. DR.. B.
came about s o'clock and gave me an
order on Morrison for medicinal sub
stances TO inject the body. M. re-
turned the order thus: eve prefer
you to get your medicine whore you
do your business" I was then sent
to Moons and Vost's. Igot but one
bottle, and that at Moons. When
returning to the University I saw
John P. Irish leaving by the south
door, who had preceded me with in
formation that q search warrant was
out. Oh goiug into the University,
DR.. B., Potter and Hall wcre carry
ing the body down stairs. DR.. b.
told me that i searGh warrant WIS
out, ani the body must be got away
Immediately. lilo ordered mo TO get
ready, for his buggy would be round
in two minutes, and | must take the
body in the buggy over the bridge,
turn to the right, and 1 would over
take him and receive further instruc-
tions. Potter came with the buggy,
and held the team till Hall and l put
the body in-oxeept the scalp and
flesh Of the fate, hich Nichols hid
in the barn. started with the
buggy, crossed the bridge, and in my
excitement took. the wrong road
going up the hiIl-and did not dis.
cover my mistake till l came tc the
railroad. lthcn returned and took
the road to Coralville, passing under
the railroad bridge and out on the
prairie, and left tho body in ravine.
Dr.. Ii. hid under the railroad bridge
until he saw me return and cross the
bridge. Soon rs returned | hitch
cd the team in front of the Truesdell
House aud won't to DIR. BIS Office,
and not finding him went to Potter's
boarding house and found him and
Nickois in bed. While thcre a
man came into the bedroom and
beckoned to Potter to come to him.
Potter got up, he whispered u few
words to him and went out, l asked
him who il was. lie said it was Mr..
Haddock who came to tell us that
DR.. b. was at the corner south of the
Truesdell House. Potter and went
and found him there. We got into
the buggy and drove up to his house.
Suspectng we had been followed be
wished me to 20 and remove the
body to his brothcr-in-laws. / re
fused. lie told me to 60 and find
Hall and bring him up to his house.
| found him on College street and
came with him to DR.. BIS, who wish
cd him to remove the body to the
same place. Ho objected, but pro-
posed to take il to his friend
Gleason's, east of town, until a better
place could be found. DR.. d. ordered
Us to take it there, but to take a
spade along with US and if pursued,
bury it on the Prairie. Hall and l
took DR.. B.'s team-wcnt back and
procured the body, came back
through town and went to Mr..
Gioason's farm. Hall won't in and
called up Gleason; told him he had
a body in the buggy; was in difficult
ty and wished to secret it. Gleason
objected, but Hall importuncd him
until it was getting daylight, when
Gleason consented on condition that
Hall would remain with it, and in
case an officer should come for it he
would be there to take the RESPONSE.
bility and certainly remove it by the
next evening. then drove back to
DR.. B.'s aud reported what Hall told
me to tell him, viz: to have a<tcam
ready and place decided upon to re-
move it to tho next evening and he
(HalD would be ut his Office at
dark for Instructions. put
out the team and laid down in the
barn. About 9 o'clock Barry and l
went to DIR. BIS Office, and while
there DR. Shrader came in and asked
me for the keys of the University,
which gave to him. He told mo to
60 home to my boarding house and
stop there that day, for the Univer-
sity was going TO be searched. l did
as Dr. S. ordered and remained till
8 o'clock Monday morning. Nothing
was said about the matter that day
until alter the lectures, when DIR.
Peck called me into the room of the
Faculty; stated that he was writing
an article for the press to qniet the
matter, and that | must 90 into the
country for ono week until tho
Grand Jury had adjourned. DR..
Pryce was present at the time and
from him DR.. Peck borrowed SIS to
pay my expenses in tho country
Before leaving, one Of the students
told me that }. J.. Irish said, if we
kept out Of the way OF the Grand
Jury this time, he would see that no
future Grand Jury indicted any of
us. took no part in the return Of
the body to the friends, j. p. Irish
assuming tho entire responsibility.
[ staid in the country till the follow
ing Monday and then returned and |
to DIR. Shrader who ordered
ne TO appear before the Faculty at
o'clock. l found Peck, SLradcr,
Robertson and Heiprichs. DIR. Shra.
Ter asked me 10 give them true
statement of the case, which did.
Dr.. Peck told me to go to work and
lot aid any Professor in resurrecting
n the future and go to DIR. Shrader
or orders instead Of Boucher. AS
Don as l had learned the particulars
# what had been done and the effort
icing made to discover the parties
Who committed the offence, l became
Uneasy and sought advice OF a