Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-12-11
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ATTACHMENT OF pRorrSsoe H.rn-.--.

M; prisoner IN custody upon no other authority TIN
MS own voluntary consents and therefore arrangements wei
MADE on Monday forenoon for bringing him into the Pom
cohr ana exhibiting the complaint o him in due form
uYu oe CLOCK ne was brought up from Jail in carag
ana together with franklin Dexter, ESQ., his co,inse
Sheriff Eleventh, and Mr. Parker was shown into The ndre
ooo lhe COURTROOM then cleared of all persons bu
le olcers OF Inc court-the prisoner having requesteA
private hearing He waived the reading of the complnn, I'M
ms counsel examined very carefully without taking an
exception to IT, The offence being baable Judge ush
ing ordered That the prisoner should be committed 10 a
hee to remain 10 answer whatever charge the grand r
LOT the January term for the county of Suffolk may aler
against him. He then taken back TO ,ail He onneayeI
aabe and collected and even smiled pleasantly when
mat he would have 10 remain few minutes while the pa
pers were being made out He read newspaper while
waning for the documents TO be put into shape
The complaint was made before Judge Merrill e, his .ss
aence aS1ui o'clock on Friday night and Immediately
aer VI webster was taken back Jail from The Medical
College Up TO that time he was only held in custody undcr
mttmus signed by Constable Capp The gentleman who
signed inc complaint was one of Dr. Parkmas letting and
coecng agents. and was the decided and pernacos
person OF all concerned in having such perevernr
made within and under the college building.
In the afternoon, Epram Littlcfeld the antor OF the
college, was called into recognise as witness
in the case in the of 5000 and gave for his sue.
ties Alyan Adams, Esq., and Messs Leonard Fuller and
Charles NJ hngsley the complainant. Mr. Parker in ma
KING the motion for requiring Lteed give sreties for
ms appearance 10 testify said he man OF some pecu
mary responsibility; but was impossible say that nt
ehces would not be brought bear upon him him
out of the way ~
direct attempt was made make out a suspicious cir
cumstance against Litleed Three students who are al
tending the medical lectures college called upon the
city marshal and represented that Monday as week Lit
tehed offered to give one OF the students $40 for gold
watc ana rendered the money part of which in gold
Some OF Dr. Websers friends thought that Leed ought
to have been arrested upon the strength of this information
When questioned about the by Mr. Parker county
attorney Leed promptly explained il by saving that
occurred Monday preceding the disappearance of Dr.
ParSman and that the money received from students
Tor ices TO be by him paid the proper Office and
having in his hand he loosely proposed buy the watch
with H. The ground upon which Dr.. Webstes friends
wished Ltleed arrested was his being in
offp tho diam &c
Dr. Parkman Mr. Parker replied that as Littlefed was
worth some $1,000 there nothing strange in his having
$40 in his possession and the circumstance sui
cient ground for arresng him for murder This was before
Mr. Parker had heard Littehed's explanation
From the Boston Herald OF Tuesday
PROFESSOR WEBSTER AND HIS FAMILY-PRocEEpISGs LAST
EVENING" &cOne of our reporters visited Cambridge last
evening" and ascertained that Saturday night Marshal
Edwards in consequence OF apprehensons by the Mayor,
that an attack might be made the residence
sor Webster on Garden street, assembled five special
policemen who directed patrol the house. with
out exciting suspicious OF their object No attempt howe
YER was made 10 modest the innocent occupants Of the dwell
ling, which is not owned by Professor Webster but by Jo
mas Wyeh Esq Our reporter also learned facts in
relation TO the personal history and family relations of
Professor He Is the OF the late Redford Webster ESQ.,
formerly alucnt resident of the north part of Boston,
died some time about the wear 1894 leaving about
$40 000 which, learn, is conveyed life Pro-
lessor Webster, and at his death, his children Young
Webster while in college, was not considered passionate
fractious but rather chckencared o! his college
mates expresses it, He nervous but quarelsome
After he had graduated he Europe and finished his
medical education in England and Scotland On his
from thence about the time of his fathers death he stopped
At the Azores, and he became acquainted with Miss Hncy
his wife, the port Of Faya; she then residing
with her father who held the post Of American consul at
that port He married her there and returned Cambridge
and ectured AT the college for when he
elected professor, in the year 1887.
Since tha.ry geology, and ioge and has lcctlred
IN CITY, and in receipt of salary and rom tickets
his lectures the Medical College the time Of his
rest of from 10 three thousand dollars which, from his
careessness about money matters was insufficient for his
wants, and kept him always in want His family now con
of wife and four daughters the Youngest sixteen years
of age and the eldest about twcnyhrec The oldest is
married TO Mr. Dabncy, the present consul nj Fayal The
other three daughters reside Cambridge and with their
moho in deep ac,on on account OF the arrest OF the
accused The feeling entertained among the citizens oil
Cambridge who best know Dr. Webster, is that he is nno
cen; the charge which he has been arrested that if
guilty. some unknown provocation have induced the
fatal attack Our reporter called last evening at the JAIL and
ascerancd that the professor had passed quiet day. having
partaken of his meals regularly and being free from that al
ternac excitement ard gloom which characterized him Tor
some twenty -four hours after his arrest
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
The Boston Herald of Tuesday last gives the following
particulars of scientific investigation that has been partial
ly made -
further examination Of the remains of Dr. George Park
man was held the Medical College, in North Grove
yesterday afternoon by the investigating committee Of the
coroner jury.
The horax and the thigh found in the chest covered
with and minerals subjected TO chemical tests and
discovered that these portions OF the body had been
treated with strong solution OF potash which had ardei
G. COrrodcd
en- to the whole that crsped and burnt appearance which
remarkable the time they were first discovered.
1t is we'll known 10 chemists that the application OF a soi
ton potash dead flesh has the tendency preserve il
for great length OF time from putreaciion and that has
the quality of absorbing putrescent and other doors TO re-
markable degree.
On the right thigh and left leg which discovered in
the water of alkaline could be discovered by the
application of the most rigid tests
Chips taken from those parts of the building supposed TO
be stained with blood subjected microscopic
animation but globues such MS are found in The human
blood were discovered and the committee TO the
cuson that the spots had been caused by tobacco Spite
The spots or stains found the slippers pantaoons and
Of Professor Webster will be examined BY the committee
to-day.
been carefully dissected and will be subjected 10 chem
ca analyst to-day for the purpose Of discovering II they
been injected with arsenic acid chloride OF zinc
which employed the college for the preservation Of DO
dies used by the students for dssectonths will con
cusvcy whether the Of the frame discovered belong to
n subject for dissection or not.
The masses of metal discovered in furnace OF the abo
ratory and which at first supposed to be congomc,
ration of the gold and silver of Dr. Parkmans watch and
coin were analysed and far they found to consist OF
mixture lead and tin such Us would necessarily result
from the fusion of the lead lining OF ten chest Different
pieces of the metal from the several masses are now
being subjected further and moro rigid analysis for the
purpose of detecting any other metal in tho composition If
any other metal be there.
Matters are In progress which will demonstrate In few
DAYS whether the body discovered the premises OF Pro-
lessor Webster really that of Dr. Pakman not Mean
while we will observe that yesterday the investigation Of
than previously anticipated and to-day it shall APP
pear that the remains have been injected with ar
senic acid chloride Of zinc new feature will arise In the
case which will produce still greater surprise than any yet
manifested the burnt copper which were supposed
to have been the remains of Dr. Pakmans coat buttons
have turned out instruments for chemical purposes the
silver and other which supposed TO be the resi-
dunn of the Doctors watch and specie have proved TO be
lead and tin; the supposed spots of blood turn out TO
be tobacco Juice when examined by powerful microscope
it would not surprising If the remains of the corpse should
be found TO have infused with anatomical injecting mat
ter and thus destroy the tragic poetry with winch the puohe
have been entertained and shocked for the past week
The recognition of these remains by the family is Hos I'M
portant its bearing upon the fate OF the accused ne
innocent of the crime Of murder the conspiracy OF winch NJ
is made the victim is one the most heish upon record
The Boston Atlas detailing the proceeding befor
i court. says I :,
professor Webster looked about The s7e as usual ap
nearing perfectly cam without any pcgcepble aeltaon
Ne that he his innocence anc does no
believe that the parts OF human frame found in the apaI,
ments occupied by him portions of Dr. ParSans ooay
but on the contrary Ltehed OF placing the DIS
covered parts where they found for the express pun
pose of obtaining the large rewards offered and inpcatn
him, (Webster.p
BosroN, Dec. 6-9 P N.
Rural NJ III. Supposcd Remains Of DR.. Pcrk1non-Fu
Discoveries, dc.