The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-03-23

10 or 10 I-2 O'Clock
Tuesday morning, it being the day of Dr. w 5
lectures, tried all his DOORS to make his fires but
could not get in any further than his lecture room
found DIR Webster there. He had ii cap on his head
ana mad on par OF oyerhauls, and appeared TO be
buslly employed around his table preparing for his
lecture. asked him if he wanted me to make fire
In his furnace, and he said & No, there are things
connected with my lecture that won't stand much
heat"
short time after, saw Mr. Clapp, Mr.. Kingsley
and some other officers who said they were going to
search every foot of ground in that vicinity and if
they searched the college first, people would have
no objection to searching their houses
led them to DR. w. door that leads out of nv
cellar. tried that door and it was bolted inside
told them that door was FAST aud we must try the
other way
We up the front door, and found DR. w. $
lecture room door bolted on the inside. raped and
waited some time, but bead nothing then raped
again as hard as could, and in minute or two DR.
W. came to the door, and | told hun what the otli-
GERS where there for
We all passed in, down to his back room think
It was Mr.. Clapp that went to the door where he
keeps his chemicals, room which inever have any
access to. He said, 'I;ere is where keep my val
uables and dangerous artc es.'' We all passed
down INTO the laboratory. | went forward, and thew
all followed me. DIR Webster came down. think
1t was Mr. Clapp went to the privy door, and said,
'What place Is this?''
told nm that was DR. w. s private privy, no one
had any access to it but himself thought that DIR
w drew his attention away from that place. He
went to the door leading into the front stair way,
and unbolted 1t, saying, ''Here's another ROOM -
We all passed ont.
When they got out, they wanted to search the
vault, where they threw all the remains of dissection,
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appeared to be satisfied there was nothing there but
what belonged there. They went all over the build
ing Mr. Fuller, and went down beneath the build
mg; They did not any of them go far, except Nh
RULER and myself, who crawled on our hands and
knees to the baclside of the building.
pointed Mr. Fuller to the wall that IaId under DR.
Websters privy, and told him tnat was the only place
about the building they had searched, and that
there was no way to get but to take up the floor
or dig through the wall. About O'Clock DR. w.
came to the college. 1t was but few minutes be-
fore heard the bell ring I went up into his back
room. lie asked me if | knew where Mr. Foster
kept near the Howard Athenaeum | asked him if
1t was the provision dealer, and he said it was He
then asked me if had bought my thanksgiving tur-
key. told him had not he then handed me an
order. Says he, "Take that to Mr. Foster, and get
a turkey. As make practice of giving away two
or three, | should like to have YOU accept one"
er he wanted me to do any thing for him should be
very willing to do it. He then gave me another or
der to have Mr. L. send home some SWEET potatoes
to DIR w. 1t was the first time DR. w. ever made
me present. was coming out of my kitchen in
the evening going to the Odd Fellows Lodge heard
some one coming down the first back stairs 1t was
DIR Webster. We walked out together asked
him if he should want fires, and he said ssNo, shall
not want any fires at all, this week.
'Mr l.. are you going down town." SaysI, eyes,
sir, I'm going down to the lodge" Says he ''You
are freemason, amt you?'' | replied, eyes, part
OF one" We then parted, and he went toward the
bIdge and went on.
"Wednesday morning DIR Webster came to the col
lege pretty early He went up the back stairs into
the laboratory
heard him moving things round there went
to his door to listen TO see what he doing there.
tried to look into the key hole but the catch over
the key hole down on the inside
took my knife to take piece eff the partition
and thought DIR. w. heard me, and went back intt
the kitchen went again into the front store room
and laid down on the floor the door, and put the
side of my face the sill of the door.
heard coal hod move on the bricks, as thought
IN the direction OF the privy-l saw him along
saw him come along-l saw hmup as high as his knees
He had cool hod in his hand, going towards the fur
nace-there coal in that direction. could not tel
what he doing. ] remained there about five min
utes. | out at about O'Clock and remained til
l.
About three O'Clock was passing though the dissec
ting room. When came up to the staircase, Put m
bend upon the wall, and it was so hot | could hard
bear my hand on it. knew it proceeded from a r
mace where never made fire and never knew fire
was afraid that the building would take fire. | wen
back INTO the front store room. ] had kew for tina
room. went to DIR. WIS laboratory door, but nv Ike
into the door, found it unlocked but it was b., led ON tn
inside
/ went to the door that leads out of my cellar am
found that door fastened then wen up stairs into tn
front entry, and when got TO the door that leads fon
the lecture room to his back room, found that doc
locked, and could not get in. | then went back am
went out DOORS and looked up the windows to see
could see fire.
climbed up the wall to the double window, an,
found that fastened l went up to another window AM
opened 1t and went in. / went to the furnace Their
did not appear to he much fire there 1t was covered
over, and minerals and little stone pots all over the o
Of the range
The water in hogshead that was kept full, wa
about two thirds out. | then discovered that tw,
barrels of pine kndlings, one of which was nearl,
full and the other full on Friday, were now abo1
two-thlrds gone out Of each barrel Going up stair
! saw spots on the stairs. i never saw any thin;
like it before. They did not look like water.
put my finger down and tasted it, 1t tasted like nc
Id went back to the private room, and saw spot
Just like them on the floor, quite large
| then went out the same way j entered. saw
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