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THE SOUTHERN SENTINEL Is published every Thursday Morning, ix uolumrus, fi t. BY WILLIAM H. CHAMBERS, EDITOR AND FROPIMKTOR. * To whom all communication?mn-t lx- directed, post paid Office on Randolph Street. Terms of Subscription. One copy twelve mouths, in advance, - . 50 “ “ “ “ Not in advance, -3 Off “ “ Six “ “ “ - 150 ZcsT Where the subscription not paid during the J'car, 15 cents will he charged for every month'.? delay. No subscription will he received for less than six montit?, and none discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the proprietor. To Clubs. Five copiea twelve months, - - - $lO 00 Ten “ “ < 16 00 ZSE The money from Clubs must in all cases ac company the names, or the price of a single subscription will be charged. Rates of Advertising. One Square, first insertion, - - - SI 00 “ “ Each subsequent insertion, - 50 A liberal deduction on these terms will be made in favor of those who advertise by the yesr. Advertisements not specified as to time, Will be pub lished till forhid, and charged accordingly. Monthly Advertisements will be charged as new Ad- Verti einents at eaeh insertion. Advertisements. N. B-—Sah-s of Lands, bv Administrators. Ex ecutors, or Guardians, arc required by law to be held on the fir.-t l uesday in the month, between the hours of 10 m the forenoon, and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the. land is situated. No tice? of these sales must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous to tho day of sale. Sale? of Nkkroes must be made at a public auction On the first Tuesday of the month, between tiie usual hours ot sale, at the place ol ju lie sales in the county ■Where the Letters Testamentary, of Administration or • •uardifWisJtip, may have been granted, first giving sixty ti\vs notice thereof in one of the public gazette? of this Htate, and at the door of the Court House, where such sale* are to bwheld. Notice for the sale of Personal property must ‘<• given in hko manner forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be published forty pays. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for TOUR MONTHS. Notice lor leave to sell Negroes must be puhli hod for FOi R months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. Citations for latter? of Administration, must lx 1 pub lished thirty DATS —for di-rnisnion from administrator!. monthly six months— for dismission fiom Guardianship. forty days. Rtri.Fi for the foreclosure of a Mortgage, must be pub lished monthly fr four months —for establishing lost papers, for the full space of thf.ee months —for com- ; pclluig titles from Executors or Administrators, where a Bond has boon given by the deceased, the full stace of. tiirf.f. months. Publications will always l>o continued according to these legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. S<IUTIIERN SENTINEL Job Office. HAVING received anew and extensive assortment of Job Material, we are prepared to execute at this office, all orders for .It )H WOR Iv. in a manner which can not be excelled in the State, on very liberal terms, and at the shortest notice. We fool confident of our ability to give entire satisfac tion in every variety of Job Printing, including Books, Business Cards, Pamphlets, Bill Heads, Circulars, Blanks of every description, Hand Bills, Bills of Lading, Posters, <sv. d[-r. In short, all descriptions of Printing which can be ex ecuted at any office in the country, will be turned out with elegance and despatch. Dyeing and Renovating Establishment. REUTHOLI) SENDER \\roULD respectfully inform the ladies and gentle > \ men of Columbus, and vicinity, that lie is still at his old stand on Broad Street, near the Market, where he is prepared to execute all work cut.listed to him. in the various departments of Pteimr, Scouriuu, Renovating, & Rleaeliing new and old clothing. Ladles’ Silks, Merinoes. anil Satins, cleansed of stains and impurities, and colored to any shade. Also finished to look and wear as well as new. Cotton, Silk, and Woolen goods bleached or dyed, in the very U-st manner, and with despatch. Aho. Mos, rine Blue. Turkey Red, See. fee. Gentlemen's garments cleansed and dyed so as not to soil the white- 1 linen. Carpeting renovated and made as good a? new. 1 x? ‘ All orders thankfully received and promptly ex ecuted.* Columbus, March SI, 1890. 12 ts Planters, Take Notice. Sair .Mills, Crist .Mills, Factories, Gin Gear, Hire .Mills, and Sugar Mills. riIMIF. finn of AMBLER &. MORRIS are now I ready to build any of the above named Mills, pro pelled by Water, Steam or Horse. Our work shall be done in the best possible manner, and warranted inferior to none now in use. Both of the above firm are practi cal men, and attend to their business in person, and will i furnish Engine.? for Steam Mills, Grist or Saw. and set either in complete operation. The firm can give the ln-st assortment of Water Wheels and Gearing, of any in the Southern State?, and will sav to our employers, if a Mill or any of our work does not perform in the busi ness for which it was intended, no pay will be exacted. . Try us and see. AMBLER & MORRIS. Jan. 21. 1850. 1 ly Important TO MILL OWNERS AND PLANTERS. r I'M IE undersigned will contract for building Rock ! .1 Dams, or any kind of rock work and ditching, in anv part of this State or Georgia, in the most improved manner. TIMOTHY B. COLLINS. Fort Mitchell. Russell. County. Ala. IV. 6, 1849. 49 b,n To Physicians, Druggists and COUNTRY J\l E U CHANTS. “I XR. .1. N. KEELER t& BRO. most respectfully 1 / solicit attention t< their fresh stock of English. French. German and American Drugs, .Medicines. Che micals, Paints, Oils. Dye-stuff's. Gin? ware. IVrfunicry.&e. Having opined anew store. No. 291 Market St . with a full supply of Fresh Drugs ami Medicines, we respect fully solicit country dealers to examine our stock before | purchasing elsewhere, promising one and all who may be disposed to extend us their patronage, to sell them gennim Drugs and Medicines, on as liberal terms as any other house in the city, and to faithfully execute all or ders entrusted to us promptly and with dispoteh. One of | tho proprietors being a regular physician, affords ample : guarantee of tlic quality of all articles sold at their es- . tablishment. We especially invite druggist? and country merchants, who may wish to become agent? for Dr. Keeler's Celebrated Family Medicines, (standard and popular medicine?.) to forward their address. Soliciting the patronage of dealers, we respect fully remain KEELER & BRO. Wholesale Druggists,No. 219 Market St.. I’hil’a. Qct. 11. BM9. ly Marble Works, East side Broad St. near the Market House. COLUMBUS, GA. n\YE constjutlyan hand all kinds of Grave Stones. •Monuments.* Tombs and Tablets, of American. Italian and Irish M.ri:m.F.. Engraving and carving done on stone in the best possible manner ; and all kinds of Granite Work at the shortest notice. JOHN H. MADDEN. P. S.—Plaister of Paris and Cement, always on hand for sale. Columbus, March 7, 1850. 10 ts WINTER S PALACE MILLS. 1 FAMILIES, by leaving their names withTne. can he supplied regularly bv mv Wagon, at their residences, with Meal and HOMI NY, of beM quality. JO. JEFFERSON, Clerk. Feb. 2S. 1850. ts NORTH CAROLINA Mutual Life Insurance Company. LOCATED AT RALEIGH, N. C. ripHE Charter of this company gives Important advan- I tagesto the assured, over most other companies. ‘l’he husband ean insure- his own life for the sole use and benefit ot his wit!’ and children, tree from any other claims. Person? who insure’ for life participate in the pmrtis which are declared annually, and when the pre mium exceeds S3O, may pay one-halt in a note. Slaves are insured at two-thirds their value for one or five years. Applications for Risks may be made to JOHN MUNN, Agent. Columbus, Ga. £ Office at Greenwood &, Co.’s W a rehouse. Nov. 15.1849. ts WINTER’S PALA C E MILLS HAVE now a good supply of fresh ground t lour, of three qualities; say FINE. SUPER FINE, “and FANCY brands; eaeh kind is made from the best ot Western Wheat, and the only difference is the color. The price by retail i?. for Fine,-$3 per half barred ; Su perfine. £3 25 per half barrel; Fancy. $3 50 nor halt barrel. Discount made to those who buy to sell again. Quarter barrels arc sold proportionately cheap. JO. JEFFERSON, Clerk. 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.] NO. 17.