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addition to what I have already, stated as found in the laboratory,
there was found, in a remote corner of that laboratory, in a place
where it bad been noticed but had not been examined, (had been
noticed so early as the Tuesday previous by one witness, who will
state the circumstances under which he observed it,) there was found
a tea-chesty containing, imbedded in a quantity of tan, and covered
with minerals, the thorax or entire trunk of a human body, the left
thigh, from the hip to the knee, and a hunting-knife, of a peculiai
character, and around the bone of the thigh, a piece of twine or mar-
line, which will be produced -a specimen of which will be produced
here, with other specimens found in his laboratory. These parts
were subjected to the examination of competent medical and scientific
men. They were put in apposition, - I speak now of the parts found
in the privy and in the tea-chest, independent of the bones found in
the furnace, - they were put in apposition, and found to resemble,
in every particular, the body of Dr. Parkman, or such portion of
the body as these parts corresponded to; and, in no single particular,
dissimilar to the body of Dr. Parkman.
There were missing from this human body, when placed in apposi.
tion, the head, the arms, hands of course, both feet, and the right leg
from the knee to the ankle. The evidence will probably satisfy you,
Gentlemen, that they they belonged to a person about the age of Dr.
Parkman. He was about 60 years of age. The evidence will also
show that the form was peculiar, as his was peculiar. It will be tes-
tified to you by the witnesses, that the height, 5 feet 10, inches, cor-
responded precisely to the height of Dr. Parkman, taking, as the wit-
nesses will explain to you, the average length for these missing parts -
the head from the neck, and the foot from the ankle.
It is not necessary for me to detain you by details. The witnesses
will explain to you how they reach this result, to which they come, -
that the height of the person to whom these parts belong was 5 feet
10 1, inches. And we shall show you, by the passport of Dr. Park-
man, that he was of precisely that height. The evidence will also
prove that he was of a peculiar form and shape, and that this body
was also of that peculiar form and shape ; that the hair indicated
something similar, and in no, respect dissimilar, to that of Dr. Park-
man.
But then, Gentlemen, we shall put into this case evidence which,
upon this point, I shall leave you to judge of, and to take the proper
estimate upon. For I am not here to comment upon it, but merely
to state to you a general outline of what it is. Of the bones found
in this furnace, not a fragment was found which duplicates any one
found in the vault or the tea-chest, but every particle of bone belonged
to some part of a human body not found in that vault and tea-chest ;
showing that unless by a miracle they agreed, the bones found in
the furnace, the parts found in the tea-chest, and the parts found in
the vault, all constituted portions of one human body.
The Sheriff. Silence in the gallery! Silence!
Mr. Cliford. There will also, Gentlemen, be some evidence which
will perhaps indicate to your minds a probability at least, if not a
conviction, that some of the bones found in the furnace were frac-
tured before they had ever been subjected to the action of fire-the
bones of the cranium, (of the head.) I say that there may be some evi-
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