The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-01-10
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Our readers will excpae us 'os again TO-
(>sriue 10 this subject. 'fheasaenssass q
n.urdsss annually psrpesrated Y 'lr c'''s'
of .hs East, however saerava'se, nsssfse
ceiye from " passing notice, and 'n'th's
case The mrdcr would have elected from Us
but single paragraph--it y the c'rcum'
stances Tia, attend the disappearance OF
prominent and useful member e society
and the strange manner in which those
circun,sta noes have woven themselves 4
round the person and character OF another
individual, equally respectable, shai nave =
given to the subject such singular 'mPor'
lance. We ndmit that the evidence Y
altogether against Prof. Webster, but from
The unreliable character Of that evidence,
50 Far a. We are enabled to CLEAN i from the
papers, single revelation may turn u % ?
counter course. In the words OF Geo. LIP
pard, "Webs,er is either at once tho mos'
unfortunate and guilty wretch OF whom
History bears record, or he is the victim Of
one or the most elaborate and infamous con,
spiracies, known in the annals fpast ages.
Tho evidence elected before the jury
covers eighty pages o. ioolscap, b.'s a. =
has not been made public nothing Is known
Of it's nature but from the verdict, Judging
BY which it must have been altogether OF a
positive character. The following ~ the
virdict:--
Fendici Suffolk, g An in9uislion taken at
the CITY of Boston, within the County Of Suffolk,
the 18th day Of December, III the year Of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred AMI forty-nine, be.
fore Jabez Pratt, Esq one Of the Coroners 81 said
County, upon the view Of snndr, parts Of the body
Of dead man, viz. thorax, kidneys, pesvls, two
thighs, left leg and snndly bones there lying dead,
by the oaths Of Osmvn Bre yster, John L. An
drews, Pearl Martin, Thomas Restieaux, Lewis
Jones, Harum Merrill, good and lawful men who
being charged and sworn to inquire for :he com.
monwealih when, how, and by what means said
dead man came to his death, upon their oalhs do
say that they all have been demonstrated TO De
parts Of one and the same person; that thnse parts
Of the human frame have been Identified and
proved to be the remains and parts Of the dead
body and limbs Of Doctor George Parkman, late a
citizen Of said Boston, aged about sixty years. that
be came to bis death by violence at said Roston
on thetwenfy-shird day Of November last OF be-
tween the hours Of one and half ofthe click on
the afternoon ofths, day, about which time be
entered alive and in good health into the Massa-
chusetts Medical College building, situated in
North Grove ST. in said Boston, and the hour Of
four ofihe clock in the afternoon Of the thrtieth
day of November last when portion Of said re-
mains were found concealed IL and under the de-
partments Of Doctor John w. Webster, Of Cam
bridge, in the county Of NJ ddesex, in SAID College
building, in which building the residue Of said re-
mains were afterward discovered; that he was
killed in said College building by blow or blows,
wound or wounds, inflicted upon him with some
instrument or weapon to the Jurors unknown and
by means not yet known to said Jurors; and that
blow or blows, wound or wounds, were inflicted
upon him, and said means were used by the
hands Of said Doctor John W. Webster, by whom
he was killed.
In witness whereof, the said Coroner and yu-
rors to this Inquistion, have set their hands and
seals, the day and year above said.
JABEz PRATT, Cor. OsM n BREWSTER, Fore.
J.L. ANDREWS, See'y PEARL MARTIN,
THOMAS REsTrEAUx, LEWIS JeyEs,
HARUN MERRILL.