Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-02
TRIAL OF PROFESSOR WEBSTER,

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TRIAL OF PROFESSOR wESsTrR
T,stimouv Of Epiiruim Liidefeld cuupnu,
"a. Tuesday morning, j, being the day OF
" wcbs,cr's l,cturys, tricd all his dcOrs,
70 make his 6rys, bot could &c, IN no farther
than his Lecture ROOM. Found DR.. Webster
here. Had On a rair Of Ov,rhsls and aP-.
reared to b. busily employed around hls table
preparing Tor his lecture. Asked Il he would
b.vr FIRE made To- his furnace, lie said,
"No, there arr things connected with my
lecture that won't stand much heat s'ou
sitter, VIZ, ClaPp and se,eral other oifcrrS
came. and slid they were going To ~arch
every fco,of ground 'n hat ,icirsly, sud i'
they >glrrh,d the college first. people would
have no oi'cc',sn ~ sssrrtmg tA,ir houses
Ptold ban TNrgulI show them every Tlacc IA
the college wherr ihsd access myself Wa
requested by orc Of the ofBecrs to 60 to Dr.
websicr's rooms. Went 10 the door that
leads from my cellar, found !, fastened, eol'Sd'
on tie inside. Then went to the Lecture
room door and found thai bol,cc 90 the inside
7 rarred twice, and in a minute or two Dr
Webster came 10 The dcCr. Told him what
;irc oIicers were there 6T Were shown
through all HIS rcca', sNcrP, hR PriNaifP r'y,,
Also, al! over ~ sc,lsre and undsr II, 'N'
s,p, the vault under Dr.. Webster pri'y. to
which there ~. 10 scccSs. Nhcr which the
ofhccr- lcA
wcinss.lly morning, DR. Webster came
to the college pretty caiiy. 'a~ hlR When
b. went in. Heard SIM moving thing, round
an hi, laboratory Wen, To the door to ~
and li,,ra to 80 Ma, be- vas doing there --
Trrl 10 hook through The Lcy-holc, but The
catch was Down On the inside. Wen, near
the dsoroaJ ,ocI my knife ,o cut piece oui
u the partition, bot though Dr Webster
hear me Then went into the the stare
room sud laid down near The door, pot ,h"
I'd, q nv f,cc on the s.lI uf,hc dnor. licard
A cUal led move on ihc bricks, n thought.
IN the direction Of N, rrIvy saw him come
,lon--sav ham as high up a. h,s knc,S.--
lie hal a coal hod ia h.S hand going towards
the furnace Whom be went up near The
furnace. could ug, ssc him Could bear hm
rnoyirr things. bu, could no, tell What p, vas
dong Remained there ahou, I've minutes.
About three o'clock was passing through ,hs
ts,cct.a- room. - came mp the stair
c,,c put nv hand upon The wall, was -
hot could hardly hear nv hand upon it,
Knew Il preceded from furnace where !
never made hrr, ard never knew fire
Was afraid the building would take Gre -
Tired al he dO0rs that lead into Dr Web
,tgr's rooms, but i0urt them fastened Th,7
wra, o-' doors and climbed up The VAL 90
awirlsw and U-casd 10, go, 10 and went to
TIC flraAcc There dlt no. APPEAR TO he Huch
Gre there. whle there found that two
hogsaca5, cfwa,sr, which were usually kept,
isll, wery about wo-lh.Ids empty and that
two barrels Of Plae klndliurs, one 81 Which
was neatly fll and ,be osheF fal! on Friday r.
.~cEc acS shout two-ihirts T0ac on, 0f each
barrel. Cong up stairs saw sPOts which ]
hal never zen I6crr Before. They "A RSI
look like water. Pa, my fager down and
tasted Il. !, iAs,et ike acid. Saw sin.i!a;
spots On me so0r Of the private rO1m,-qu'iy
large. wcat ogl ihe sAIno Wy ] entered .-,
Th.r,dly, Thanksgiving day. sav n5,h!ag Of
Dr Webster There had bcen some gap
vines, sag-Oi tar and hON eG IN my ccllsr
hr D. Webster Sometime Ia the forenoon.
my wiic wished mc 10 earTy them into hI'
laboratory lined the door, but could Dot
e.. 90. A. three o'clock 10 the afternoon, !
went 90 work 20 make hole ,n The wall At
The foundation Of Dr. Webster, yuyy I
could 90; 80 cot u me bl.lding without hear
,u- III, remark hat ur PHEmaa. s hcJ, Was
il thar Lg..in-, aai would = found Ih,fc Il
a7yvl-rg know heIg Ms r1 Pac. % thar
r1r, 81 o.. bu.lI.as Wb,rr l., lujy cpuId b,
nut, .ys,P, 10 iaa; prsvy, and Il searched, !
iE1a-Ht u would SATISFY tLc public dug
about ~ hour aut ALI and cot out two
course Ofbuck, and gave up the a,trup, Grr
that Lly. On Friday morning myw.tr want
"a, % sr.,h making The hole .G the wall
While eating ms breakfast, pr Webster came
into the kitchen. Amer some conversation
% rrIaWOu 70 the disappearance Of Dr Park
man, he went uP srairs- iu On, afternoon I
borrowed a croS-haT, and recommended work
upon thr hole, ! told my wife Il Dr.. Webster
came, 10 D. sure and not lea ham ia until She
went 10 ,hs head u the stair, and gave io-r
rap, With 4 hammer. Was called from nv
WORK once by a false alarm. About Eve mID-
utes ancr recommending work, had kuock
si the hole entirely through There we're
Eve ooJ-ss, q bgick ~ the wall. placed
the light a-ain,, nv hand. 20 protect u from
The dra0, and gNs,,d IL JhTuuzh Th- hole, my
head following it The iirst thing Saw was
the Psly.s Of q man, a1d also two paris OF
leg S,cpp-l IN look no further. but vent
UP ard told nv wife, and then went after Dr.
B,grIov Pound HIM, aoI told HIN what I
M discovered. Went With him TO Mr. r.
G. Shaw :, where Ne kosd the City Mar.
shal. The Marshal told me ., % back To ihs
eoI'sCc. PM Marshal. ~ Bire'ow ant
several officers son arrived. We went into
the laboratory and uncovered The furnace and
several bones were found m u. Dr. Web
,!cr cane about n o'clock ,ha, night "a change
ofoEccrs. lie appeared TO - ,cry much sg-
Itatrd, sad PeF'P.rs'i very prufgsrly, had bUi
vers hrte usc VI h.s legs Esd a. supported