Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1894-11-29
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The futility of attempting this has
however, been shown again and sgain
In many cases the very effort Of the
murderer to get rid of the remains
has been the means Of furnishing the
proof upon which he was subsequent
ly hanged.
This was 80 in the famous Parkman
Webster murder Gaze in Boston, IN
which Oliver Wendell Holmes was
one Of the witnesses. Prof. Webster
of Harvard College, had killed DR..
Parkman aud attempted to burn the
bldy in the furnace of The college
laboratory. Tie YVES one of the dem
constructors Of anatomy in the college,
u,iug Human remains frequently tor
hi. w,rk. IL would seem that it should
have been an easy matter for him
TO have disposed Of the remains OF he
victim along with these of the sublecs
ia hi, lectures without exciting suspi-
ciJr
hut the excitement which in this
Kind Of an EN-, rgency seems to de
n,;ye man Of his usual common
sen .e. caused Prot Webster to take
such e Extraordinary precautions agains
d.,.c, on rs TO at once attrac: atten-
lion to himself when search was
made the holy, cut up IN pieces, was
Uncovered in his possession.
In the Maxwell.Prel'er murder that
occurred at -. Louis some ten years
ago. il vas the excitement OF the mui'
derer Maxwell after the crime which
caused him TO leave the evidence
where il would certainly he found.
lie had carefully planned the murder
or,hand. and when he killed Chas.
Prellsr. packed the body in trunk
for shipment.
But he changed his mind AT the last
moment and fled from ST. Louis, lea
wing the trunk containing the body al
the Southern Hotel. When the muir
der was discovered Maxwell was on
steamer ia the Pacific, on his wa! To
New 4 ,aland. but when the steamer
reached port officers Of Justice who
had been autographed to, put the man
under arrest.
In the famous Benwel -Burcheil
case. at Woodstock, Oatari", a lie"
wears sg,, it was the discovery of the
lb,iy Of Benwell 10 the iamarack
swami. divestcd. ~ Birchell suppos-
ed. Of all c!ews to hi. identity, which
led to the exposure of the crime M d
| the arrest of Burchel', who was sub
sequenty tried, found guilty and eN'
ecuted.
| In every one Of these cases the
murder was committed by a man OF
lhi,h intelligence in his sober senses
| Prof Webster was one of the faculty
At Harvard. and Burchell was gra'
dua,e Of Oxford University. while
Maxwell was a mau of very fine edu'
cation.
Maxwell and Burchell had careful
lly planned the murder beforehand
IAN three, as soon as the crime had
/. been committed, set about a careful
destruction OF evidence.
i There is hardlya man OF intelh
gence who does not think that he car
successfully commit murder and do
liz in such a way that he would neve'
be found out. II seems such an easy
matter to shoot man ard put n p's
toll in his hand tending to show tha
. he committed suicide, to put poison II
his cup. to strike him on the back o
, the head or to stab him.
n But these have been tried agar
aud again, and the body has disclosed
the f:cts which revealed the crim'
/, and the identity Of the criminal.
t, 1t seems an easy thing to get rid o
Q the body until you come to think
@ out in detail. Could you ship it AVA,
by express? That would most certain
: lly lead to detection. 1t has been triec
e again aud again and the murdere
s. caught, perhaps thousands OF m'le
: away; would you bury the body
@ there are many cases where this ia
been tried, and one case of man
l. Lordon who dug up the remains an
n took them with him as he moved iroI
Is house to house, burying them Away
Is in the back gard, where they wer
.e finally discovered; would you bur
le the body? that also has been tried an
Q. never yet, SO far as Is known, success
ID fully.
a The skeleton. the skull, the tee,i
4. always remain, and they furnish
ne annie meaps of Identification as tn
W whole body itself. Throw the body
e n man into the river and it will pro
ably come to the surface. If he b
~ bean murdered il seems that it wi
rs certainly en-, to the surface.