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The hogsheads were fixed to make gas in, but had not been used.
I took a broom near the door; I did not know but Dr. Parkman might
be poked into the hogshead. I did not expect to find anything in the
furnace. Can't say what kind of a lock was on the privy. I have
sixteen keys. I did not try to get into the privy. Probably, if I had
a key that would fit it, I should have unlocked it. I should not think
it was a very common lock or key; did not try to open it; made
no attempt to find any key that would fit it; did not stay there over
ten or fifteen minute's. That night. I went down to a cotillon party.
Made no attempt to get a key for the privy.
I went up stairs into the upper laboratory. Thought the spots on
the floor were suspicious. Noticed the spatters on the wall and paint.
Can't say what color they were. Noticed the spots on the stairs mote
than anything else. Thought it was blood, and something had been
put on it to conceal it. Saw the spots on the upper laboratory floor
that I thought were suspicious. Did not try the little private room;
never had any access to that room. Could not get into the lecture-
room without breaking the door. Told my wife of the discovery of
the remains immediately; told Dr. Jackson and Dr. Bigelow of it on
Friday, November 30th. Tried the doors on Thursday, to see if I
could not get in. Did not see him on Thursday. Can't tell you
exactly where I was Thursday forenoon. Don't recollect that I tried
to get in on Thursday. Had communicated my suspicions to Dr.
Hanniford on Tuesday evening. The first man, after Dr. H., to whom
I communicated them, was to a person that works for me, by the
name of Thompson. This was on Wednesday night.
I did not tell my suspicions to anybody else, except my wife, till
Thursday morning, when I spoke of them to Mrs. Harley, who went
and got the tools for me. That was when I first went to dig through
the wall. I told Drs. Jackson and Bigelow of them on Friday, No-
vember 30th.
Was at the party Wednesday night, November 28th, till ten, or half
past. ten. I first mentioned to Mr. Fuller that we could not get under
the privy any way but by making a bole through the wall.
[In answer to a question why he did not go down through the floor
the same as he did when he covered up the dissecting vault, witness
said he did not wish to take up the' floor of the passagerway to the
dissecting-room, where the students were continually passing.]
There was not a brick on the floor but was laid in mortar. I saw
the bricks when they were laid. They were laid in mortar, the same
as in a chimney. The mortar was laid in the under floor, and the
bricks bedded in it. Sand was spread on the floor afterwards, to fill
the cracks between the bricks.
The remains, when I first saw them, might have been two or three
feet from a direct line with the hole in the privy. I did not go in, but
only put my head in, till I went for Dr. Bigelow. Have seen the
silver-sheathed knife; saw it about the premises frequently. Saw
it in the back private room. Dr. Webster kept his tools there. I
never saw the jack-knife from the time Prof. Webster showed it to
me till after it was taken from the tea-chest. Did not hear Prof.
Webster say he got it to trim grape-vines. Never had occasion to help
him cut corks. Did not get any blood for Dr. Webster during this
course of lectures. I don't recollect whether he ever had blood at any
former lecture. Never had any particular knocks or signals to get
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