Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-12-17

Two O'Clock that day. The carriage was
halted al The Jail, and the party went INTO
the office, and then for the first time d..
Webster began to perceive that there was
something strange in The proceedings of the
officers, and asked what they had come to
the Jail for, when their destination was the
college in Grnve street, renarking also
that they had come out of the wav. Capp
then said-"Dr. Webster, it is no use to
disguise our purpose any further. You
are under arrest on suspicion that you know
something about the death off, Dr.. Parkman,
parts OF whose body have been found under
your laboratory. We shall look no more
for The body" Upon hearing this accuse
ton. Dr.. Webster staggered backwards.
as if struck to the heart, and uttered var.
Gus exclamations about his family and chill
drsn, and also saying-''The villain am
ruined;" or. "The villain! He has ruined
me-" All who were present agree that he
did not say he was '.betrayed." One OF
the officers thinks, from some broken SEN
fences that he caught, that the prisoner said
something about some one having placed
the limbs where they were found for the
purpose Of obtaining the reward, and that
The discovery Of them there would involve
the prisoners ruin.
His excitemen, was intense, and he ex-
hibied symptoms Of convulsions. Wafer
was handed 10 him, bu, he could not reach
it to his mouth, nor could he get any down
when the glass was held to his lips. " hen
asked ii he was willing to go to the college
and view the remains, he consented, and
was carried rather than led to the carriage.
At the hospital he was taken to the labora-
tory, where he saw the remains. but made
no remark whatever in regard to them
s. D. Parker. Esq, Common wealth's a,tor-
ney, was present, but forebore asking The
prisoner any questions, and the others pres
ent Of course remained silent. But before
he was taken from the hospital, Mr.. Par.
ker, with tears in his eyes, expressed
hope that he would be able TO clear up the
extraordinary appearances which at that
moment existed against him.
After he returned to jail, the prisoner
became somewhat more calm. He stated
that no one had access to his apartments in
the college but himself, and could not have
had such access but with his keys. He not
only had the keys Of these apartments in
his possession, but also the key, large one,
of the wu,er closet. under which the re-
mains were found. This close, was with
in the laboratory. and not accessible from.
Without that apartment; and the door was
locked when the limbs were found below.
Saturday morning brought with it still
further discoveries Officer Rice. in ar
ranging things in the laboratory, found, in
q recess formed by the brick work Of the
furnace and chimney. n tea chest. appa-
rently filled with specimens of minerals,
but emitting strange odor. He al once
upset the chest, and found in the bottom.
bedded in hemlock bark, The left thigh and
the half roasted trunk of the body. The
skin had been wholly burnt or stripped off
from the trunk. The thigh was only
stained with the bark. All the parts found
are such in slze that they may very well
have belonged to Dr.. P.'s body. The
missing portions, and supposed to have been
burnt up, are the head, contents of the body,
left leg and ioo, arms and hands, and
right foot.
Among the secondary iacts, it may be
stated that four bloody towels were found
in the vault; a very large clasp knife, with
hunting figures on the blade, was found
with the trunk in the tea chest; some grap-
oles, made of cod.hooks. with lines and
cad sinkers attached were found in DR..
Webster's apparatus room. This room is
n The rear Of the lecture room, and con-
1ected with it by door. On the inner
'ice Of the apparatus room is large clos
1t with several hundred bottles of chemicals
arranged on shelves, Near the door of
his closet. on the floor commence scattered
marks Of blood, which extend the whole
ength Of the apparatus room.and appear on
nearly every step Of the stairs leading from
he room down into the laboratory. DR..
W ebster's official duties as professor re.
luired Of him no handling Of bodies, nor was
t allowable to have subjects in that part of
he building. Early last week, DR.. Web
tier ordered tin box, three feet long, one
DOT wide, and eighteen inches in height,
If Mr.. Waterman, in Court Street. The
;over was to be fitted so as to sodered up.
vnen used. On Sunday,a pair of ,rowsers
marked with DR.. Webster's name, and
With marks Of blood upon them. were
iound in the large closet; also, under set
ee in the room. pair of slippers, marked
With spots of blood; also, small saw, with
/ blood stain.
On Saturday afternoon. Col. Pratt, cor.
oner, summoned the following jury Of in-
1uest:
Osmyn Brewster. foreman; John l..
A ndrews. Lewis Jones. Pearl Martin,
Thomas Resteaux, and Hiram Merrill.
At 4 o'clock they proceeded 10 the COL
ege. examined the remains as they we're
aid out on board. and the contents Of the
'urnace, and then passed them into the
hands of Drs. Winslow Lewis, Martin Gay
and J. B. S. Thatcher, for such further
examination as can be made Of them.
The doctors mentioned entered upon the
investigation ON Sunday, and found frag-
nents Of calcined bones from each of the
missing parts Of the body. There was
like the appearance of wide
stab on the left side Of the trunk, but it
vas not made absolutely clear whether the
ncision was made before or after death.
1t is said that Drs. Parkman and Web
'ter were classmates in college. For n
quarter Of century or more DR.. Webster
,as occupied distinguished position in The
.,a.ld ,rofoxror of choo,istru