The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-12-14
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I The Boston papers of Tuesday morn
lining are filled with details in resatd Il
The disclosuresihOthaye prod uced such at
unparalleled sensation in that city We
take the following summary from the At.
las, which comprises all the additional
particulars of any importance: 20 l.
In the early part of the month Of No
vember, Dr. Geo. Parkman called at
Professor Webster's lecture room, in the
Medical College in North Grove street,
while the professor was engaged in de-
liyeriDga a lecture beforethe students, and
he waited until the lecture was over and
the students had allleft. He then asked
Professor Webster for the money due
him, and aftersome conversation, in which
both parties were excited. Prof Web.
stetdesired him to wait until the 23d Of
November, as all the tickets for the lec-
lures, engaged by the students, had not
been paid for, but would in all probabili-
ty3 DO by that time. DrA Parkman left
the building good deal excited. On
Thursday afternoon, Nov. %. DR.. Park.
man called at the residence of Professor
Webster In Cambridge, who being ab-
sent, he left word with his wife that he
wished 10 have her husband call at his
(Dr. Parkman's) house next morning,
On Friday morning. Nov. 90. the day
after, about 9o'cluck, Prof. Webster cal.
led at Dr. Parktnah's house, in Walnut
ST.. and the Dr.. beihg out, he left word
forhim that he wbuId pay him,ithe would
call at his room atlthe college soon after
j O'Clock. DIR. Parkman, Prof. Web
s!er statBsi called at the tnllege about y
o'clock, and was paid by him (Webster)
S4S3 Ga. which amount was TO take mp
two notes and cancel mortgage Dir.
Parkman gave up the nutes, bnt had not
the, mortgage with him. He, however,
said he Would go and cancel it. This
transaction, Prof. Webster says, took
place at the counter in his lecture room,
and that DR.. Parkman left the room
through the door near the main entrance
to the building. % r'e,ltH-->...1 '
AS early last week as Tuesday, Prof.
Webster's apartments in the college
were searched by the police, in his pres
encs. and nothing was then found fur.
nish;ng any clue TO the Dr's sudden dis
appearance. The suspicion, however,
seemed still to increase, that DR.. Park.
man had never Quilted ths college build.
ings. and as there was one part Of it
which had not been searched, which was
the vault directly underneath Professor
Websier's laboratory. the only access to
which was through water clUset IN the
laboratory, and as DIR. ]. Bigelow, Prof.
of Surgery at Harvard University, was
desirous that all suspicious should be
cleared up, as far as was in the power of
those having direction in the building, he
directed Mr.. Ephraim Littlefeld, the
person who has chargeof, and whose fam
lily resides in part of the building, to ef.
feet an entrance into the vaul, without
foicing the lock Of the closet door.
ns To explain how the entrance was ef-
fected to this vault, we will state tha, the
college is built upon walls which resi- up.
on piles, and that the tide-ebbs and flows
through apertures underneath the base
tncut floor. between the compartments
formed by the walls. One of these com.
pariments forms what is termed the vault
underneath Prof Webstei's laboratory.
There is a trap door to the comparme nj
nexlto that used by Prof. Webster, siiu-
ated some forty feet from the water clos.
ct. Littlefeld descended through this
trap door on Friday. with crow.bar,
aud knocked anaperture in the wall ne al
the water closet, and discovered aboni
O'Clock that afternoon, portions of a hu.
man body, which had been washed blythe
sea. These portions were the pelris.
the right ;high and the right leg. Little
field immediately pruceededto Dr. Big.
CLOVIS Office. and acquainted him with the
fact aas we understand, in the most ex.
cited manner, saying II have found it,
and repeating these words so often that
Dr. Bigelow took hold of him and told
himato be quiet--thathe acted like era
zy man. bo ll D ~ 'I'a4r r.'.rI
Or. Bigelow wentto the city marshal'e
office that afternoon, and informed Mr.
Turkey of the discovery which had been
made, who Immediately, with some Of
ficers, proceeded tothei college and found
it was so. Mr.. Turkey then gave direc.
tions for the arrest of Prof. Webster, and
officers Clapp, Starkweather and Spur
proceeded to his residence in @ Cambridge
in a carriage for that purposes, Upor
alighting from the carriage, a short dis.
tance from Prof. Webster's residence
the officers found at the gateway a gen
tleman opening the gate to leave and Prot
Webster standing in the doorway of hi,
houses. The officers and the Prof. went
into his study, and Col. Clapp informed
him that the relatives were desirous that g
further and more thorough examination
should be made ofthe college, and wished
10 have him present at the time. Profes
so. Webster put on his boots coat and hat
and accompanied the officers out Of the
house without seeing his wife, and tool
seat in the carriage with them. A gen
eral conversation took place between the
parties, in which the subject Of Dr., Park
mans disappearance wasslightly touched
upon, and Prof Webster said the family
must be much panied. In answer to |
question whether he had reception tn,
money. he said he trusted to Dr.. Park
mans honor 70 have the mortgage. can