The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-12-04

to the college and view the remains he consent.
ed, and was carried rather than led to the car
riage. At the hospital he was taken TO the la
| boratory, where he saw the remains but made
no remark whatever in regard to them. S. ID.
| Parker, Esq commOnWealth's attorney, was
present, but forebore asking the prisoner any
! question, and the others present OF course remain
| ed silent. But before he was taken from the
hospital, Mr.. Parker, with tears in his eyes ex-
pressed hope that he would be able to clear up
the extraordinary appearances which at that mo-
ment existed against hIm.
After he returned TO the Jail the prisoner be
came somewhat more calm. H stated that no
one had access to his apartments in the college
but himself, and could not have such access but
with his keyes. He not only had the keys of
these apartments in his possession, bu. also the
Key, large one, OF the water closet under
which the remains were found. This closet was
within the laboratory, and not accessible from
without that apartment; and the door was lock
ed when the limbs were found below.
Saturday morning brought with it still further
discoveries Officer Rice, in arranging things
in the laboratory, found, in recess formed by
the brck-work of the furnance and chimney, a
tea chest, apparently filled with specimens Of
minerals, but emitting strange odor. II at
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 such 10 size that they NAV
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, leit
leg and foot, arms and hands, and right foo..
Among the secondary facts, it may be stated
that four bloody towels were found in the vault;
very large clasp knife, with hunting figures on
! the blade, was found with the trunk in the tea
chest; some grappies, made of cod hooks, with
! lines and lead sinkers attached, were tonnd in
DR.. Webster's apparatus room. This room is in
the rear OF the lecture, and connected with it by
door. On the inner side of the apparatus room
| is large closet with several hundred bottles of
chemicals arranged on shelves Near the door
| OF this closet, on the floor, commence scattered
marks OF blood, which extend the whole length
OF The apparatus room, and appear on nearly
every step OF the stairs leading from the room
down into the laboratory. DR.. Webster's official
duties as professor required OF him no handling
OF bodies, nor was it allowable to have subjects
in that part of the building. Early last week,
Dr. Webster ordered tin box, three feet long,
one foot wide, and Is inches in height, of MIR.
Waterman, in Court street. The cover was to
be fitted so as to be soldered up, when used. On
Sunday, pair OF trousers, marked with Dr.
Wehster's name. and with marks of blood upon
them, were found in the large closet; also, under
setee in the room, pair of slippers, marked
| with spots of blood; also, small saw, with a
blood stain.
On Saturday afternoon, Col. Pratt, coroner,
summoned the following jury of inquest:
osmyn Brewster, foreman; John L. Andre WIS,
Lewis Jones, Pearl Martin, Thomas Restie aux /,
and Hiram Merrill.
At O'Clock they proceeded to the college, ex-
amined the remains as they were laid out on a
hoard, and the contents OF the furnace, aud then
int0 fha hond az
Lewis, Martin Gay and j. B S. Thatcher Tor
such further examination as can be made of
them.
The doctors mentioned entered upon the in
vestigation on Sunday, and found fragments Of
cacined bones from each OF the missing parts OF
the body. There was something like the APP
pearance Of a wide stab on the left side of the
trunk, but 1t was not made absolutely clear
whether the incision was made before or after
death.
1t is said that Drs Parkman and Webster were
classmates in college. For quarter oil CEN
fury or more DR.. Webster has occupied dstin
guished position in the scientific world as probes
sor OF chemistry and mineralogy in Harvard Uni
versity, Of WI ch the Medical College ia Boston
is a branch. DIR. Parkman was once an associate
editor OF the Medical Journal, published by
Wells Il Liliey. At the same time DR.. Webster
was an associate editor OF a general scientific
journal, whose title has escaped US, published by
RI Hilard Gray & Co.
DR.. Parkman was very wealthy, and had been
for many years largely engaged in real estate
, Transactions and in loaning money on mortgages.
Dr. Webster has been more successful IN &C.
, quiring fame scientific man than in making
money, and in debt TO DR.. Parkman. Out
OF this relation, sprung disputes between them.
Some OF DR.. Parkman's friends, assuming that
Dr. Webster killed DR.. p, suppose that an an
! cry alteration occurred at the interview on Fri
day, and that DR.. ParkmaD, who occasionally
used very blunt language, said something which
SO exasperated DR.. Webster that the latter sud.
denly dealt him mortal blow with some nipple.
inent at hand, and then, to conceal the rash and
fatal deed, resored to the means for disposing oil
the body which have been described above.
The doctors did not conclude their examination
yesterday, and The jury adjourned over till We'd
nesday. Yesterday morning Dr. Webster dis
played great agitation, but towards evening he
became more calm, 1t is said that he has retained
Franklin Dexter as one OF his counsel He will
not insist upon being brought into court until the
coroner's jury have concluded their Iabors.
la consequence of threats against the medical
college, the military were ordered to be at their
quarters on Saturday night, fully armed and
equipped. but no hostile demonstration was made.
Similar orders to the military were issued yester.
day, and they remained in quarters, but without
being called upon to act
+. 8. In preparing the proceedings, we have
disregarded entirely ell outdoor rumors, and
have stated nothing except upon the authority OF
Naran no. axn taA A. l.