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Dec. 27 1619. ?;tf
VOL. I.
TRIAL OF PROF. J. W. WEBSTER,
On the Charge of the Murder of
DR. GEORGE PARKMAN,
At the. .Medical Co'lege, on the 22 1 of Nov. last.
EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.
Charles N. Kingsley was the first witness for
the prosecution. He had been agent for Dr.
Parkman since June, 18-4 G, and had care of his
real estate. The witness gave an account of his
disappearance, and the efforts he made to trace
him. He traced him from the post-oJiice, Fri
day noon, to a grocery corner of Vine and Blos
som Streets, where he was requested to take
some lettuce which Dr. Parkman had, they said,
purchased the day before. Witness next traced
him to the Medical College, and joined with the
police in searching the college and neighborhood.
In examining Webster’s room tho second time,
they all noticed the tea chest bedded in tan,
with minerals on top, hut did not examine it. Al
so noticed water on the stairs the first and se
cond day. At this time the officers had no sus
picion of any one in the college, and did not
overhaul anything. Saw Webster in jail Friday
night, after Littlefield had discovered the re
mains. He asked for water, but could not hold
the tumbler to his mouth. He spoke often of
his family, and Dr. Park man’s family. Perspir
ed freely, but said his feet were almost freezing.
Witness saw Webster taken to the laboratory
that night. Prisoner said nothing, as the muti
lated remains were placed before him.”. Next day
the thorax and left thigh were found in the tea
chest, with a large knife. Saw the limbs put to
gether, and thought they resembled Dr. Park
man’s.
Patrick McGotran was next called up. He
lived with Dr. Parkman, and heard him appoint
a meeting with some person at 1 o’clock of the
day he disappeared.
Robert G. Shaw, Esq. —Was brother-in-law to
the deceased I)r. Parkman. Advanced SI2OO
to Dr. Webster on his minerals, in 1848. to re
lieve his distresses. Afterwards was told bv
I)r. Parkman that they were not Webster’s to
sell, as he himself had a mortgage of them. lie
said that he would see Dr. Webster; that it waa
downright fraud, and he ought to he punished.
[Mr. Bemis here put in a mortgage of the min
erals and all other personal effects by I)r. Web
ster to Parkman in February, 1847, to secure a
note for $2400.] Dr. W. then got up a plan to
transfer the minerals to Harvard College, which
witness agreed to, relinquishing SSOO of what he
had advanced, and receiving back the S7OO,
with interest. Witness took charge of the re
mains, which he believed to be those of Dr. Park
man. There was hair on the breast, which he
recognized. He had seen one of his legs not
long before his disappearance. The form of the
leg and size were similar. The hair was the
same color as on the breast.
Second Day. —The jury visited the Medical
college, this morning, to examine the premises:
and at twenty minutes before ten, the testimony
for the government was resumed:
Marshal Turkey was first called. lie narrat
ed his proceedings in advertising and searching
for Dr. Parkman, and described the finding of
the body, &r. A model and plans of the col
lege were now exhibited. It represented all the
different apartments of the building, including
the basement or cellar. Some bones and a
sheaf-knife found on the premises by witness
were also exhibited.
Calvin G. More testified that he was acquain
ted with l)r. Parkman. and saw him last on the
23d of November at the corner of Vine and
Blossom Sts., in Paul Holland’s store, where he
purchased some sugar and butter. It wanted
about 20 minutes to 2.
George F. More, aged 12, saw Dr. Parkman
last about 10 minutes before 2, in First Street.—-
Knew tile time, because his mother called him,
and told him it was school-time.
Mrs. Martha More w as called, and remember
ed calling to her son George to go to school at
the hour and on the day named.
George Proufy, aged 12, was with young
More when Dr. Parkman passed, and heard
George’s mother tell him it wanted 10 minutes
of 2.
Elias Fuller was called. Carries on the iron
foundry near the Medical College. Knew Dr.
Parkman. and saw him last, November 23, be
tween halt past 1 and 2. going towards the col
lege. He was walking taster than usual.
Albert Fuller, concerned with his brother in
the iron foundry, saw Dr. Parkman as above
stated. The next day Prof. Webster came in
to his counting-room to sign a check, and re
marked that nothing had been heard of Dr.
Parkman.
Leonard Fuller, brother to the above, lent some
tools to Mr. Littlefield, on the day the remains
were found. He saw Dr. Parkman on the 23d,
but could not tell the time.
Paul Holland, keeper of the grocery store cor
ner of Vine and Blossom Streets, testified that
lie sold Dr. Parkman, some sugar and butter,
about hail-past 1. on the 23d. which were sent
to his house, lie asked permission to leave with
witness a paper bag containing lettuce, which
he would call tor in a few moments, but did not
comeback after.
•labe/ Pratt, coroner, described the appearance
of Dr. Webster, when taken to the college to u it
nessthe remains. He called tor water, and was
so agitated that he could not drink. When the
water was put. to his mouth, he appeared to
snap at it. and then thrust it from him violently
as if it was offensive. Witness next day sum
moned a jury of inquest.
Heard of further discoveries, and picked out
a portion of jaw and mineral teeth. [A tin box
about 18 inches square and a foot deep, was
brought to the witness stand.] Witness i .ceiv
ed this box from Mr. Waterman, the maker.—
S. I). Parker, Esq., directed him to get it.
Dr. Winslow Lewis was one of the physi
cians who examined the remains. He drew up
the report of the post mortem examination,
which uas not read. The thighs and arms had
been severed in a v ery irregular and unscientif
ic manner. The height was 5 feet, 10 1-2 inch
es, and the portions appeared to belong to a
person between 50 and (>0 years of age. Wit
ness testified that a person not possessed of ana
tomical skill might have separated the thighs
from the pelvis as well as it had been done; but
the separation of the sternum from the collar
bone was done in something of a scientific man
ner. The muscular system was fully developed,
but there was very little fatty matter. The fe
moral artery indicated advanced age. There
was something in the manner of the separation
ot the parts indicating that the body had been
used for dissection. Found no indication of
any preservative fluid used for keeping sub
jects for dissection. There was nothing dissim
ilar in all the appearances from what he should
expect to find in the body of Dr. Parkman. It
would not spontaneously have arisen to his
mind that the remains belonged to him, had not
Dr. Parkman been missing. Could not say
whether the opening between the ribs was made
before or after death.
Di. James W. Stone, associated with Drs.
Lewis and G. 11. Gay, testified his concurrence
in the report. There was more hair than usual
on the back. It was longer than usual. The
hair was a sandy grey. On one side in front the
hair was burnt or singed off': but it was long on
the other side. The muscles of the lower limbs
were unusually developed, indicating much ex
ercise hy walking. There were no indications
which he should not expect to find in the body of
Dr. Parkman. He was a great walker and a fast
walker- The natural conclusion was that the
person who separated the sternum*from the col
lar-bone had some anatomical skill.” There was
no appearance that the bodv had been prepared
or used tor dissection. I saw no opening be
tween the ribs which suggested a cut with a
knife before or after death.
@lfe JaottHjcin Sentinel.
j Dr. G. Gay, concured in the report The sep
aration of the joints indicated anatomical skill.
A person that did not know anatomy would find
j difficulty in separating the thigh without jag
i ging cuts.
Dr. Woodbridge Strong, has had much expe
j rience in dissecting, and in burning human flesh.
Flesh could not be burned very rapidlv; coals is
, bad to burn it with—pitch pine was the best
wood. Knew Dr. Parkman well—saw him
j about 12 the day he disappeared. Saw the re
j mains when the examination was nearly com
pleted. Regular anatomical skill was apparent
in the mode of making all the separations. Saw
the hole between the ribs spoken of. After ex
| amining the hole inside, wassatis tied that it was
a clean cut with a knife, made when the parts
were tense with life. Ifthe wound was made
during life, the bleeding in all probability would
have been internal. The remains were remark
ably bloodless—as free from blood as any meat
you see in the shambles. The inference he drew
was, that he bled to death. The boddy was un
usual in formation, narrow across the shoulders;
the shoulders narrower than the hips. The body
was rather disproportionately long, and was par
ticularly straight. Found nothing dissimilar to
Dr. Parkman; found everything just as he should
expect to find in Dr. Parkman’s body. Thought
! the small furnace in the laboratory was a most
inconvenient place for burning human flesh.—
There was a stove there, which would have an
swered very much better.
Dr. Frederick S. Ainsworth, Demonstrator of
| Anatomy in the Medical College. Every sub
; ject brought to the college must pass through his
I hands before it can go into the hands of any
student or professor. Knew that the remains
; did not belong to the body brought to the college
for dissecting purposes. The parts had no ap
pearance of having been separated for dissecting
| purposes. The person who separated the parts
may have seen a body cut up, but that he ever
! took a knife in his hand to cut up a body iu a
| regular manner he did not believe. It was not
i an easy matter to separate the sternum from the
; collar-bones, but it would have been impossible
for him to cut them apart in any other manner
than he did do. He differed from the other gen
| tlcmen who have testified as to the skill display
| e<! in making separations.
| The Court adjourned.
Third Day.— The court assembled at 9
j o’clock. The prisoner wore the same general
■ appearance of calmness that has characterized
him since the commencement of his trial. Dr.
Chase, Jackson was called and sworn. Exam
ined the remains found in the medical college.
| Did not think they had been used for anatomical
purposes, though he thought the manner of
opening the body indicated anatomical knowl
i edge. Witness discerned nothing dissimilar in
; the remains of Dr. Parkman. A strong solution
1 of caustic potash had been applied to the re
i mains, he should think. The skin gave evidence
that potash had been applied to it. Evidence
; of alkali were discovered about other parts of
| the remains. To decompose a body with dis
i solved potash would require but a few hours,
! ifthe body was cut up into small pieces. It
would require full half the weight of the body in
potash. A large kettle would be required if a
! large amount of flesh was put in at once. The
largest vessel which witness saw in the laborato
ry of Prof. Webster was a copper boiler from a
| foot to fifteen inches square, such a boiler as is
; used for washing floors. If the body was cut
| up, the pieces could be put into the boiler; but
the thigh and hips joined could not be placed in
it. Nitric acid is the next best substance to dis
; solve flesh. But it requires a glass vessel.—
Witness saw no vessel large enough to dissolve
i any considerable quantity. The drops of green
: liquid found on the walls of the stairway leading
| from the lower to the upper laboratory, were ni
; trate of copper, which lias the property of ottract
: ing moisture from the air. and remains fluid for
; several days. The market value of the gold
; found in the furnace was $6.94. If flesh had
! been consumed in the furnace, the draft is suffi
cient to carry otT all odor. The draft is very
i great, and the cover is tight enough for all pur
; poses. Should not have supposed that the re
; mains were those of Dr. Parkman, if he had not
known he was dead. The flesh did not appear
as if it had been boiled—the hair was curled as if
it had beer: subjected to the action of fire. The
i body did not seem to be decomposed, except
where the potash had acted.
! Richard Crosby is assistant to Dr. Jackson in
j his laboratory. Discovered no arsenic or zinc
lin lire blood vessels of the remains. Agrees
| with Dr. J. that the green fluid was nitrate ol'cop
i per- . _ .|
Dr. N. C. Keep, dentist, had been acquainted j
with Dr. Parkman since 1822, and been emqioy- i
ed as his family dentist since 1825. He recog- ■
nised the block of mineral teeth found in the fur- i
nace as one he made for Dr. Parkman, whose !
mouth was very peculiar. Recollected the cir- j
I curnstances very distinctly, as but a short time j
was allowed for making the teeth, Dr. Parkman i
wishing to use them at the opening of the medi
cal college, where he expected to speak. Wit
ness described at length the process of making
artificial teeth, and pointed out the peculiarities \
; ofDr. Park man’s mouth. [At twelve M. a re- !
cess was granted by the Court, at the request of!
the Attorney General, a fire having occurred at :
die Tremont House, and that officer wishing to
go and secure his papers. Dr. Webster was
busily engaged in conversation with various!
friends during the recess, and appeared by no I
means depressed with the evidence, as itaccu- j
mulates against him.] The blocks of the lower’
jaw were ground, after they had been worn, the |
marks of which were still found on the teeth dis- I
covered in the furnace. Saw Dr. Parkman the i
day before his disappearance. When the teeth j
were brought to him, he recognized them, and ;
; looked for the models on which they were made
and found that the two exactly corresponded.— \
The teeth must have been in the head, when !
exposed to the fire. Artificial teeth soon absorb i
a minute quantity of water—when placed in the
fire they are glazed over, and the water in them i
!is converted into steam, and they hurst. The ;
name of Dr. Parkman was put upon the mould
at the time the teeth were made. The object
. in preserving the mould is for repair.
Dr. Dexter Noble was an assistant, of Dr.
Keep. Worked on Dr. Parkman’s teeth, and
recognised the writing on the plaster mould.—
••Dr. Parkman, October, 1846,” to be in his hand. ;
Had not the slightest doubt that the teeth found
in the ashes were the ones upon which he
wrought for Dr. Parkman. Went to the Col
lege and set where he could observe the Doctor,
and see how his teeth operated, if lie should
have an occasion to speak. Thinks he did not
speak.
Dr. Jeffries Wyman, professor of anatomy in
Harvard college, saw the remains, 3nd thought
anatomical skill was displayed in their dissec
tion. Should say the parts indicated an age be
yond the middle period of life. Never before
saw such a quantity of hair on the back of an in
dividual. It extended well down each side of
the spine. Was satisfied the spots on the lower
landing were not blood, but tobacco spits. Dis
cerned nothing positive in spots higher up, but
they appeared to be nitrate of copper, which he
had found would remove the microscopic discs
n a few hours. Cut out some spots in the pan
taloons and slippers, which he was satisfied
were blood. The pantaloons were marked Dr.
Webster. From examining the spots, his im
pression was that the blood did not fall from any
height; had not fallen three feet, which distance
would have given an-elongated spot. The blood
had not trickled down, as hit had dropped from a
hand or any upper part of the body. Witness
described minutely the fragments of bone exam
ined by him. Found no evidence of any fracture
which apperared to have been made before
‘ death. The jaw corresponded with the mould
produced by Dr. Keep. There were indications
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1850.
! of a fracture of a bone of the head, which fracture
was made before calcination of the bone; but
could not say the fracture was made before death.
Found no blood upon, between or under the
bricks in the laboratory. His own impression is
that the hole on the left side of the body was not
made with a knife.
Dr. O. W. Holmes Parkman professor of anat
omy and physiology in the medical school of
Harvard University, was next called. Could on
ly confirm the general statement that has been
made here, that there was no botching about the
business. Saw the discolorations; was told and
believed that it was the effect of caustic substan
ces applied. Was familiar with Dr. Parkman’s
form, and in the remains discovered nothing dis
similar to the appearance the corresponding por
tions of Dr. Parkman's body would exhibit. A
mortal blow maybe struck on the head, and not
a drop of blood flow.
Wm. B. Eaton, police officer, was present
when the parts were taken from the tea. chest.
Saw a hole in the thorax, and remarked to Mr.
Fuller at the time that it was about the size of
the knife that came out of the tea chest.
Ephraim Littlefield, cttlled and sworn.—l
am janitor at the medical college, and super
intendant of the building ; make fires in the
morning; I have general charge of she build
ing ; I have been there seven years last Octo
ber; I was three years at Mason street ; I
have known Dr. W. ever since I have been at
the college; I knew the late l)r. George
Parkman; I had known him over twenty
years; I recollect an interview which Dr. P.
had with Dr. W. the Monday of the same
week of Dr. P’s. disappearance ; I was in Dr.
W’s. back private room; I was there helping
him ; Dr. W. had a chemist book in bis hand
and stood back by the door; I was standing
by the stove ; the first I saw was Dr. I*, com
ing into the back door; Dr. W. looked round
as though he was very much surprised; Dr.
P. said are you ready for me now; he spoke
qujck and loud; W. answered, “no, lam not
ready to-night, Doctor;” Dr. P. said some
thing else, but what it was I don’t know, but
be accused Dr. W. of something; Dr. W.
said if it is so I did not know if; P. said, if
is so and you know it; Dr. P. at the same
time took a lot of papers from bis pocket;
Dr. W. said, I will see you to-morrow, Doc
tor ; Dr. P. stood back near the door and
said, “Dr. W., something must be_done to
morrow ;” Dr. P. then went out; that was
the last I saw of Dr. P.; about half-past one
the next day 1 was standing in front of the
College, when Dr. W. came out and asked
me if I was at leisure, and could carry a note
up to Dr. P’s. house; told me that if I could
not go myself I must got someone that I
could trust; I got a boy by the name of John
Maxrow to carry it up; the boy agreed to
carry it up; between one and two o’clock,
before Dr. P. had the interview which I have
related, I had an interview with Dr. W. my
self; Dr. W. asked me ifthe vault had ever
been fixed where we used to put the sub
jects, also the Demonstrators room; he said
something had been said about having anew
one built, and asked me what the matter was
with the present one; lie asked me how the
vault was built ; I fold him it was built right
under bis coal pen ; I told him the weight of
his coal sprung the wall so that it scented the
whole building; he asked me how it was fix
ed ; I told him that we had had two men
down there to work two days, and that the
vault was covered up with dirt; he asked me
how they got down there to cover it up ; I
told him we took up the brick floor in the dis
secting entry and then cut a hole through the
koard floor a foot long; he then asked me
if that was all the way we could get down
under the building; I told him it was, under
his department; I told him which way the
walls run ; he asked me if we could get a
light into that vault; I told him no; lie ask
ed me if I was sure of it; I said I was, for I
tried a few days before and failed in the at
tempt ; he said he wanted to get some gas
out of the vault to try an experiment; 1 went
into the vault with a light to get an African
skull for Dr. Ainsworth, but couldn’t find it;
the light was put out by the gas; 1 told the
doctor he could not get it then, because the
tide was in and the gas was pressed up ; I
asked him how he could take gas from the
vault into any vessel which would hoi;! —he
said lie had apparatus with which lie could
do it—he told me when he wanted it lie would
let me know; that was tho last I ever heard
of the matter. The Thursday before the dis
appearance the professor said he wanted me
to get him some blood for an experiment ; he
said be wanted as much as a pint; 1 took a
glass jar down off of bis shelf, I should think
it held a quart—and asked him if that would :
hold enough—he said it would, and ordered .
me to get it full, over at the hospital, I w ent
over; just before noon I took the jar and car
ried it out into the entry, and put it on a
case; I saw a student of the Hospital at Dr.
Holmes’ lecture, and told him what Dr. W.
wanted; his name was Hath way; he said
they would probably bleed someone the next
morning, and that lie would save the blood ;
Friday morning I went over to the Hospit
al after the blood ; he said he hadn’t got any,
nor couldn’t get. any; I then went to Dr.
W’s. room about half past 11, and told him
that I couldn’t get him any blood; he said
he was sorry for be wanted to use it for his
lecture ; that is all I know about the Mood:
I don’t remember speaking to Dr. W. after
that during that evening; in the morning af
ter I made his fire in his back room, 1 swept
the floor of the room and went to put the
broom behind the door and saw a sledge;
the door leads from the doctor’s back room
to the lower laboratory: I had never seen the
sledge there before, it had always been in the
lower laboratory; it was left at the College
by some masons who were at work in the
building more than a year ago; it would
weigh six or seven pounds; it had two faces, I
and both of them were round; I never saw
it anywhere else but in the laboratory; I
think the hammer was made round original
ly ; I took it and carried it down stairs into
the laboratory, and set it lip against the
large vault where Dr. W. used to make his
gasses, and have never seen it since; I have
looked the building all over for it; I don’t re
collect anything else that took place until 1
quarter before two ; I was standing in the
front entry looking out the door; I saw Dr.
Parkman coming towards the College; he
had just turned round the corner of Grove
street; I then went into Dr. Ware’s leeture
room and laid down on the settee nearest the
furnace and waited for Dr. Holmes’ lecture
to be over; the front door was open all day;
I didn’t hear any one go in or out while ly
ing there; I remained until a few niinntes of j
two and then went up stairs; I always helped
Dr. Holmes clear away his things after lie
got through lecturing: after helping Dr.
I Holmes I came down and fastened the out
side front door: 1 was up stairs perhaps 15
minutes; Dr. Holmes was the last one who
went out before 1 fastened the door; I then
j went down stairs to clear out the furnaces to
| prepare for the next morning; after clearing
out the furnaces, I went up stairs into the
Professor’s (Ware and Bigelow) private room
; and cleared out the stove there; their room
is in the rear of the medical lecture room, on
the same floor with Dr. W’s. room ; I then
went down to Dr. w’s. laboratory for the pur
pose of doing up his work ; I found the door
through which 1 usually entered, under the
laboratory stairs, bolted on the inside; I then
went round to the other laboratory door, and
tried that, and found it. fast also; I then tried
! the store-room door leading into the labora
tory room and found that fastened; I heard
someone walking inside; l also heard the
Cochituate water running; I then went up
stairs to the door leading into the room from
the front entry; I found that locked on the
inside; 1 then went, clown stairs and laid
; down; about four o'clock a young man who
was visiting at my house said a gentleman
was at the door who wanted to see me; I
went out and found it was Mr. Pettee, of the
Faculty, who came to till out some tickets
for a Mr. Ridgeway; the tickets filled out
were for Prof. w ’s. course of lectures ; I then
went and tried the doors of Prof. w’s. labora
tory again and found them all fast as before;
I wanted to get in for the purpose of clear
i ing up; he left glasses every day for me to
■ clean ; 1 should think about half-past 5, I
can’t say certain, I was coming out of my
kitchen, and heard someone coming down
the back stairs leading from the front entry
into my own entry; the person was Dr. w;
! he had a candle-stick in his hand, with a can
: die in it, burning; he placed the candle on
| the settee and went out the east passage-way
(my door;) nothing else occurred that night
respecting Dr. w.; I went, to a party that
night and got homo about ten o’clock, or
twenty minutes after; went to a Mr. Grant’s;
as soon as 1 got home I took my coat off and
, went round to fasten up the college; the first
door which 1 went to was the stair door of
Dr. w’s. laboratory leading from my cellar,
and found it fast; I then started to go into
the'dissecting room and found the door lead
ing from Dr. w’s. laboratory fastened ; 1 next
went into the dissecting room, and saw nor
heard any one there; the lights were all out;
; I went out and shut the door, and then bolt
ed the outside door of the dissecting room
and went, into my kitchen; i then went to
bed; I never found the doors of Dr. w’s.
rooms locked before at night; on Saturday
morning I first made a tire in the furnace
which warmed Dr. w ’s. lecture room, and
! then I made one in the furnace which w arm
-1 ed (lie dissecting room; I then went to the
! dissecting room and found the door unfasten
ed ; no one had had access to the college to
my knowledge; the first- thought that 1 had
; on finding the door open was that 1 had fas
tened someone of the students in, and that
that was the reason it was opened; I never
! knew that any one over had a key to the out
side door but myself except Mr. Leigh, the
librarian ; 1 don’t know of any one who could
get into the building after I locked it up at
night; 1 tried to get into Dr. w’s. back room
to make a fire, but could not; f then went to
his lecture room, and passed through it, to
the room between the Doctor’s lecture-room
and his private room ; I never had any key
to that door; the Doctor had two locks on
that door; nobody has access there when Dr.
w. is away; soon after Dr. w. came; he en
tered by the door lie always did, through my
room, the east door; he turned into the left
hand door and went up stairs; I followed
him up; he unlocked the lecture room and
passed in, and I followed him; he then un
locked the door ol the lecture room, leading
to the back room; he then said, “Mr. Little
field, make me up a fire in my stove;” I
made the fire ; I asked him if he wanted any
thing else done; he said he did not; I then,
started to go down the stairs which leads in
to the laboratory, when he stopped me and
told me to go the other way ; 1 did so; don’t
recollect going into his lecture room or labo
ratory again that day; 1 met Dr. w. in the
lower entry before eleven o’clock; he just
came in through my door; he iiad a bundle
under his arm ; ] they gave him sls in gold,
tor tickets which 1 had sold to Mr. Ridge
way ; I received SBS from Mr. Ridgeway;
I paid the remainder to Mr. Pettee; I don’t
recollect anything else that occurred that day
in particular; I used to sweep out Dr. w’s.
lecture room but once a month; the walk
ing which I heard was in the lower laborato
ry ; 1 don’t recollect that I saw Dr. w. again
that day, Saturday; the water which I heard
running was an uncommon thing; j did not
see Dr. w. in the College all day on Sunday;
1 heard of Dr. P’s. disappearance on Satur- :
day; on Sunday night 1 was standing in
North Grove street, in front of Mr. Fuller’s
foundry, talking with ?vlr. Calhoun, who
works in the foundry, about Dr. P’s. disap
pearance ; while we were talking I looked
up Fruit street and saw Dr. w. corning; i
said there comes one of our Professors, now;
the doctor came directly up to me; the lirst
tiling he said to me was, “Mr. Littlefield, did
you see Dr. P. during the latter part of last
week ?” I told him 1 did ; he asked me when ;
I told him “last Friday about half past one;”
he asked me “ where did you see him?” I said
about in this spot; he asked me which way
he was going; I said towards the College;
he asked me where I was that 1 saw him;
told him that I was standing in the front en
try looking out of the front door; he struck
his cane down on the ground and said “that
was the very time that I paid him $483 and
sixty odd cents;” 1 told him that I did not
see the doctor go into the College, because I
went in and laid down on the settee; he said
he paid Dr. P. the money on his table, that
Dr. grabbed the money and ran up the steps
of the lecture room two steps at a time and
disappeared; he said that Dr. P. told him
that he would go to Cambridge with him,
(Dr. w.) and discharge a mortgage—he furth
er said, I suppose he did, but 1 hav’nt been to
the Register’s office to see—he said the first
that I knew that Dr. P. was missing I read it
in the Transcript. I don’t recollect whether
he said Dr. P. was to meet an unknown gen
tleman, or w hether he had met one, he said
something about one; Dr. w. said that he
himself was the unknown gentleman men
tioned in the papers whom Dr. P. was to
meet; he kept his head down; he seemed
agitated; 1 never saw him look so before ; I
saw nothing more of the doctor that night
after that interview, I was standing opposite
the foundry all the time; I think the profes
sor went out toward Cambridge street; I
| couldn’t get into his room on Monday morn
ing to make up a fire; the first that I knew
of his being in the college, my wife told me ;
she told me that Dr. Sam’l Parker had just
j gone up to see Dr. w.; I asked her how he
got in; she said she tried the laboratory
door, leading into the doctor’s room, and
found it open ; I then went up into Dr. w T ’s.
j lecture room and saw him talking with Dr.
j Parker; they were talking about the disap-
I pearance of Dr. Purkman ; I heard them say
I something about some money; something
I was also said about Dr. P’s. being angry; I
then went down stairs and heard the front
door bell ring; I went to the door and saw a
; man w ith spectacles on, he enquired for Dr.
I w.; the gentleman’s name I afterwards learn
ed was Mr. Park man Blake; he wanted to
know il Dr. w. was in, I said he was, and
I carried his name up to Dr. \v.; I put my key
in the outside lecture room door and found it
i was unlocked blit was bolted on the inside;
I then went round the other way and saw
; Dr. w. and told him Mr. Blake was at the
| door and wanted to see him; he hesitated a
! moment but finally told me to let him in; Dr.
w. was in the lecture room; this was about
jlO o’clock; I then left the room ; don’t know
what the conversation was between Dr. w.
and Mr. B ; about half-past 11 o’clock I went
I to the door at the foot of the stairs to go in ;
;I found it fastened on the inside; near 12
! o’clock 1 saw that Mr. Kingsley and police
officer Starkweather came ; Kingsley said to
I me, “we want to look round this College, for
Iwe can t trace l)r. Purkman to any other
place but this College; Dr. Holmes came al
; so, and said you don’t want to overhaul all
our subjects, do you? Kingsley said no, we
| only want to go up stairs and look in the at
i tics to see if Dr. Parkman had not stowed
himself away ; Dr. Holmes then told me to
| show them round; I believe Mr. Kingsley
; said something about looking into Dr. w’s.
apartment; I went to his lecture room door
in the trout entry; the door was fastened; I
gave three loud raps; ir. w. came and just
put his head out; I told him what was want
■ ing; I don’t recollect that he made any an
swer at all; we passed into the lecture room,
down through into the next room in the rear
and then into the lower laboratory; Mr.
Kingsley and Mr. Starkweather looked round;
I then unbolted the door and went into my
cellar ; they followed me; heard the doctor
say nothing then, and I cannot say that he
l followed us down stairs; we went up into
■ the attic ‘and looked round there; I don’t re
j collect w hether they went into my depart
! nient that day or not; or. w. was in his
apartment during the day ; I heard him there
; that afternoon; I tried to get in where he
j was that afternoon, but could not; could not
say what time the doctor left that night; on
Tuesday morning I went and tried all the
doors of Dr. w’s. room, for the purpose of
making fires, but could not get in; about
I half-past {> I unlocked his lecture-room door
I and went in ; 1 found or. w\ there; he had
on a smoking cap and overalls; he was pre
! paring his lecture for that day‘ 1 passed
round his table in the lecture room and went
; into his back room and found a tire in his
stove; I asked him if I should make a fire in
his furnace; his answer was, “No, the ap
paratus or materials I shall use in my lecture
] will not endure heat.”
At this point, twenty minutes to I*2 o’clock,
j Mr. Littlefield had been upon the stand three
hours and ten minutes. A recess was gran
ted of ten minutes.
Mr. Littlefield’s testimony resumed.—l
then left the room and went out by way of
the front entry; a short time after that 1 was
j standing in the shed and saw Mr. Kingsley,
i officers Clapp, Fuller, and Rice; Clapp said,
! “we are going to search every foot of land in
’ this neighborhood for nr. Parkman, and if we
; search the College first the neighbors w ill
have no objection to our searching their
j premises;” 1 told him I would show every
part of the building to which I had access;
we mot Dr. Bigelow and told him what they
had come for; hi? ordered me to show them
! all over the building; one of the officers said,
let us go into Dr. w-’s. apartment; I went up
over the laboratory stairs and tried that door;
it was fast; I then proposed to go round the
other way; I next went to Dr. w’s. lecture
: room door, and put the key in, found it un
locked, but bolted on the inside ; after rap
! ping hard for some time Dr. w. came, and I
told him what the officers were there for; we
then all passed into his back room ; I think
that Mr. Clapp was going to his little apart
i nient where 1 seldom go; the doctor then
said to Mr. Clapp, “that is where I keep my
valuable and dangerous articles; we then
passed down the laboratory stairs; they all
: followed me; i>r. w. accompanied; Mr. j
Clapp went to the privy door, the glass over
: this door was painted or whitewashed ; Mr.
Clapp said, “what place is this?” I said “that
is Dr. w’s. private privy, no one has access to
it but himself.” I thought nr. w. drew their !
attention from the privy door by opening a I
door opposite, and near the recess where the
thorax was found, saying, “there is another
room;” we then went out; the officers then
! wanted to look into the vault where the sub- j
jects are kept; l told them that I had charge
of that place myself; appature to the vault
is about two feet; the receptacle is about 3
feet square; I keep the key of that place. I
unlocked it and let them look in; they ap
peared to be satisfied that there was nothing
there more than what belonged there ; they
went into the cellar on a level with my room
and searched there; they asked me if there
was any chance to get under the building; I
then carried them to the trap door which led
under the building; we had lights and went
down; Clapp, Fuller, Rice and myself went I
down; we had to crawl on our hands and j
knees; nothing was discovered ; we came
out when Mr. Fuller wanted to go round the
back part of the building; we went round
and found nothing there; the officers asked
me if there was any place which had not
been searched; I told them the only place
which they had not seen in that department
was under Dr. w’s. private privy, which could j
not be reached w ithout penetrating a brick
wall; they searched m3- department and then
went away; about four o’clock on that day,
or. w. came to the college .and went into the
lecture room door; I went into the back cel
lar and heard him come down the laboratory
stairs and unbolt the door leading into my ;
cellar; his bell then rang; I said to my wife, i
I guess the doctor has got his doors open
now so that I can get in; I went up into his
i hack room; he stood by (hr; table reading a
j newspaper; he asked me if I knew where
j Mr. Fester kept, near the Howard A thane
: um ; I asked him if it was the provision deal
er, he said it was; l said I know him; he
then asked me if 1 had bought my Thanks
giving turkey; l fold frhn I had not, (hat I
thought of going out, on Thanksgiving day,
and therefore should not buy one; he their
gave me an order, and told rue to go to Mr-
Foster’s and get me a turkey, saying to mo
at the same time that he might want me to do
a small job for him ? I thanked him for the
turkey, and told him I should be glad to do
; anything for him that I cook!; lie gave me
1 another order lor some sweet potatoes for him
self; I carried both orders to Mr. Foster; I
picked out such a turkey as I wanted and
went home; I staid round the College until
about half-past six that evening; the turkey’
was the first present that the Doctor ever gave
; me; in the ovening I was going down to the
-Suffolk Lodge of Odd Fellows; as I went out
the entry I heard someone coming down the
front flight of stairs; he had a lighted candle;
he blew it ont and set it down on the settee,
and went out when 1 did; it was nr. Web
; ster; we walked along together; I asked him
it I should make a fire for him the next morn
j hig, he said he shouldn t. want any made in
| his furnace for a week ; he asked as I got
! near Cambridge street, if I was going down
|in town; 1 told him I was going to the lodge;
|he asked me if I was a Free Mason; I told
I him y-es, part of one; w-e then separated; he
bolted his door the afternoon he gave me the
j turkey, after I came from Foster's; Wednes
j day morning Dr. w. came to the College ve
iry early; saw him come in; heard him short
-1 after moving things round in his laborato
ry ; went to his laboratory door to listen that
I might hear what he was doing, and also .en
deavored to look through the key-hole, but
j the katch was down on the inside; as I was
looking I saw my wife observed me and I im
| mediately went into the kitchen; when I first
j saw her I was about cutting a hole through
the partition; thought nr. w. heard me; went
j back into the front store room and laid on the
. floor to see il I could discern what he was do
, ing under the door; thought. 1 heard a coal
hod moved, and saw the doctor carrying the
i coal hod towards the furnace; there was°a lot
of different kinds of coal in a bin under the
! stairway near the privy; could see the doc
j tor up as high as his knees; when he got
; where the furnace was 1 couldn’t see him;
| heard him moving things about; laid them
I about five minutes and then got up and went
j out; was away from nine fill one after that ;
about three o’clock 1 was passing the dissect
j ing room and felt heat on the wall back of
one of Prof. W’s. furnaces; could hardly
j bear my hand there; it was very hot; this
| heat came from a furnace where 1 never
! knew a fire to exist before; thought the build
: ing was on fire, and went back into the front
! store room and tried to unlock the door lead
ing into the professors’ laboratory and found
it bolted on the inside ; then went to the door
I leading from my’ cellar and found that fasten -
! ed; then went up stairs and tried the door of
j the doctor’s back room and found that lock
led also; then went round the back side of my
apartments to see if 1 could observe fire, but
| saw none; climbed up on the wall to the
double window of the laboratory where lights
J “ere on each side ; it was unfastened; lifted
it up and went in; went to the small square
1 furnace where the bones were found; thero
j didn’t appear to be -much fire there ; the fur
i nace was covered over with a piece of Sbap
: stone, and then the” whole was relaid with min
; erals, &e; never knew a fire to be made in
the furnace before; then wont to the door
j leading to the place where his furnace was;
1 there were two hogsheads of water, in one of
which was a copper gasometer; 1 measured
one with a broom handle and found that two
thirds of the water was out—the other 1 did
not measure; they were full on Friday; a
Stout spout laid on the floor from the faucet
jof the hogshead; about two-thirds of an ash
i barrel of pitch pine kindlings were gone;
; when 1 was last there the barrels were nearly
j full; went up stairs and saw spots on the
I stairs; never saw anything that looked like
| them before; tasted of one of them and found
i it tasted like acid; then went into his hack
| private room and there saw a larger spot of
j the same kind ; then wont, down and went out
i the same way that 1 came in ; the water was
running all this week; why 1 noticed the wa
j ter was, because 1 once set it a running, and
he stopped it, because he disliked the noise,
and said it spattered the floor ; the next day,
Thursday, (Thanksgiving) 1 didn’t see the
doctor at all; a hunch of grape vinos and
half square, a bag of tar was left on Monday
in my cellar, next to the Professor’s door,
and remained there on Friday; 1 received the
turkey on Wednesday- instead of Tuesday;
j on Thanksgiving day 1 went down to Mr. Cof
fins’ and got a piece of lime for Dr. W.; 1
i paid ten cents for it; it is nothing unusual for
Dr. W. to have lime; he asked me to get it
for him when lie gave me the turkey.
At two o’clock the Court adjourned to
half-past’three.
AFTEUNOOX SESSION.
Littlefield’s examination resumed.—On
j Thanksgiving day my wife asked me to take
, the grape vines out of the cellar; about three
o’clock of the same day 1 went to work to
j make a hole through the wall in the cellar
leading into the space-way under nr. W’s.
i privy; 1 wanted to see, to satisfy myself and
: the public, it Dr. Pafttman’s body was there ; 1
knew it would be found there if it was ever
| found anywhere in the building; 1 couldn’t
go outside of the building without being ham
; pored about Dr. Parkman’s remains being in
the college: 1 thought if nothing was in the
spaceway that 1 could then satisfy the public
, mind on that subject: 1 went down what is
called the front scuttle and then went straight
to where Mr. Fuller and myself liad been be
fore, to the back part of the cellar, and work
j ed there an hour and a half, but could’nt make
much progress; I got out a few bricks; all I had
! to work with was a hatched and a chisel; that
; night I went to a thanksgiving ball of Shake
! speare Division, at Cochituage Ilall; I got home
about four o’clock the next morning; j went to
i bed and got up Friday morning about 9 o’clock;
Dr. Webster came in while I was at breakfast;
he came in the kitchen and took a paper up and
looked at it; he asked me if there was any more
news about Dr. Parkman : I told him I had not
heard any, he said he had just come out ofDr.
Henchman’s apothecary shop and that Dr. H.
told him that a woman had seen a large bundle
put into a cab; and that she had taken the num
ber of the cab; that they had found the cab; and it
was covered all over with blood; I then told him
that there were so many reports about Dr. P.
that I did’nt know what to believe; in the course
of the forenoon some men brought several busts
for Dr. Webster’s Museum, and placed them un
der Dr. Holmes lecture room I received direc
tions from Doctor Jackson about making the hole
Through the wall—l asked Dr. Bigelow if he
knew the suspicion about Dr. Webster—[The
Court here told witness to confine himself to the
directions he had from Bigelow]—l told Dr. Han
ry J. Bigelow that I was figging through the
wall, and I understood him to say “£0 on with
it,” I went into the dissecting room, and there
found Dr. Jackson; I had conversation with
him about the suspicions afloat—he said he felt
dreadful aaoutit: I told him about the hole, and
[Continued to Second I'aQe.]
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