Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-29
TRIAL ot PROF. j. w. WEBSTER,
On the charge Of the murder of Dr. Geeyge Park1nan,
at The Medical College, Boston, Nou. 80, 1849
FOURTH DAY-(Contipyed1
FRIDAY, March %, 1850
AFTERNOON SESSION.

FRIDAY, March %, 1880.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Court came in at twenty minutes of four
ETdmtndt1on Of Ephrdim Litlefeld resumed
My wife wanted me to take the grape vines into Prof
webster room, because the children kicked off pieces
and scattered them over the floor.
thursday afternoon, about three O'clock, went to
work TO get through the wall to the pryy tried to get
through to satisfy myself and the public couldn't 90
up In town but was inquired Of and people said when
DR.. Parkman was found he would be found in the
Medical College.
Every other place had been searched. And if any
thing had been done to Dr. Parkman that was the only
place where anything was to be discovered. As ! had
the key to the dssecting vault went down the front
scutle and to the back side ofthe building where my
self and Mr. Fuller went the Tuesday before | used
upon the wall Ratchet and mortcing chsel. | could
not make much progress. | got out two courses OF
bricks with the tools had; and etit for the night
till o'clock to ball OF the Shakespeare Division of the
Sons Of Temperance, at Cochituate Hall. danced
eighteen out of twenty dances On Friday | got up
little before nine. My wife called me little after
eight and wanted me to finish digging through the
wall We were at breakfast when Professor Webster
came into the kitchen, and took paper up and said
Mr.. Lttefield, is there any more news of Dr. Park
man." | told him 81 had not heard any more news
about it." He answered, che had Just come out OF Dr.
Henchman's apothecary shop. DR.. Henchman said a
woman had seen large bundle put into cab And she
had taken the number OF the cab And they had
found the cab all covered with blood" | answered
lieve.
Sometime in the forenoon i was under the anatomi-
cal lecture-room some men were employed IN bring
ing busts into the room from DR.. Warrens Museum
Dr. Henry j. Blgelow was present. | received direc-
tons from Dr. jackson about digging through the wall.
asked DIR. Rigelow if he knew the suspicious about
Prof Webster. He said he did. told DR.. Bgelow
had commenced digging through the wall, and he told
me to 60 ahead with it. So understood him. told
him all about Prof Websters keeping the doors tas-
tened.
Invent that morning into the demonstrators room
and found Dr. J. B. S. Jackson. Itod him Of INV do
ging through the wall. He said You go through that
wall before you sleep tonight" He told me nothing
about secrecy that know Of Ii found anything, he
gave me directions what to do. told DR.. Jackson
should go TO DR.. Holiness if l found anything. He
said, No, go to DR.. Bigelow in Summer street, and
then come and tell me. If | am not at home, write
your name on my slate, and | shall understand it, In
the afternoon, about two o'clock, went and asked Mr.
Fuller--Leonard, think, for a crowbar He got one
and asked me what wanted with it. told him want
ed to dig hole in the WALL for lead pipe for the Co.
chuate water to pass through. He replied, 81 guess
you do. This was said loosely. went to the house
and locked every door, that Prof Webster nor any
one else could not get in, and told my wife to watch the
doors and to let no in unless she saw who it was
told her if Prof Webster came, not TO let him in till
she had given tour raps with the hammer the kitchen
floor, so that could hear them went down and went
to work, and probably worked half an hour blister
ed my hands and went and got pair of thick gloves to
put on and went down again and worked spell longer,
|
to Mr.. Fuller and got cold chise and hammer saw
this time. two Mr. Fulers went down again and got
along pretty rapidly. didn't know how thick the walls
were, but had got out three and half courses of the
bricks Then heard running on the floor and soon
four raps on the floor with hammer
LETT my work as soon as | could, and went up.
met my wife, who said, 81 have made fool of YOU this
time There Were two men passed here, and thought
one looked like Prot ebser but they proved to be Mr.
Kingsley and Starkweaher. They rung the bell, and
my wife went to the door After Icame up went out
and met them: Mr.. Kingsley asked inc what place it
was in the college that had not been searched! told
locked up, and ! couldn't get in They then went
away. saw Mr.. Trenholm police officer before |
went back into the college, and being we'll acquainted
with HIM, told him what was doing, and that |
should be through the wall in twenty minutes or half an
hour, and if he would come back would let him know
the result. was going into the shed, when met nv
wife, who said Prof Websterwas in the college ] did
not see him 90 in but saw him come out.
stood at the shed door talking with Mr. Trenholm
about three-fourths OF an hour till Prof Webster
out It was not tar from four o'clock when he came
out lie came round and spoke to Us both, and said
house, topay his toll and they thought it was an extra
ordinary thing for lrishman have $50 bill and
they kept it, and that the Marshal had asked him if he
had paid that bill to any one, Then Prof. Webster
went away. lett Mr.. Trenholm, and he was to come
back in alt an hour. went to work. having request
ed my wife to lock the door took the crowbar and
knocked IL courses through that were left had a
good deal OF trouble to get the light through the air
blew through hard liked to have LOST three or
four times.
After had got the light in, there was no draught to
disturb me. The first thing saw was the peIvs OF a
down from the sink went up and told my wife what
had discovered and that must 90 down to DR. Bioe-
lows. then locked the cellar door-and told her not
to let any one go down till returned. My wife spoke
to me first. was very much affected | locked the
doorput the key into my pocket, and went as quickly
as possible to Dr. Bigeow's in Summer street oil
came to the door, and asked her to inquire of Mrs
BlgeoW, she could not ind out where the Dr. was as
the girl said he was noat home. Mrs. Bigelow came
to the door and asked me what the matter was. Then
went to DIR. Henry Bigelows in Chauncy Place /
fonnd him; told him what had discovered. He told
me me to come with him to Mr. Shaws in Summer street.
we went down to Mr.. Shaw's and into his study. AT
ter lett Mr. Shaws, where we all separated went to
DIR. jackson s-wrote my name on his slate and then
went to The College 60, there before any Of them.
At the College found Mr.. Trenholm. He told me
he had been down In 10 Or Is minutes the Marshal,
DR.. Bigelow, and officer Clapp came. The hole / dug
was right up against the North WALL and half way be-
tween the plasterng and the ground The hole was
three feet more from the plastering The aperure
about Is inches way and 10 or - the other,-
The ground was lower on the side where dug than
on the othar. The remains were found at one side of
the whole OF the privy, as il they had been thrown
through. The ground the pryy was shelving towards
the wall The dirt had been thrown away from the
foundation wall. There no aperture for anv thine
to get out or in through the wall The tide flows IN
n the OUTSIDE are loose stone pied up to prevent the
foundation wall from pressing out Through these the
tide flows. The tide flows into the vault where the ofial
is thrown-but it carries nothing out or in
was with Mr.. Trenholm and the Marshal when we
thought we heard Prof. Webster above 1t was my
children. was present with Mr.. Turkey and Mr.. Tren
holm when the bones discovered in the furnace
When Marshal Turkey left he told officer Trenholm to
remain till he returned 1t was about eleven o'clock
when Prof. Webster came. The front door bell rang
and Invent out OF the shed door and saw them on The
steps. officer Spur said to me that they had Professor
Webserhat he was very faint and they wished TO get
him in as soon as possible. unlocked the door, and
they came in, Prot Webster supported on either side
Prof. Webster said to me-"they have taken me from
my, family and gave me no chance to bid them good
night" Prot. Webster seemed very much agtated~
sweat good deal, and seemed to have no use of his
legs unlocked the lecture room door and all went
in Then went to the back room, and found the door
locked. They asked for the key-I referred them 10
Prot. Webster, had nothing to do with it, Professor
Webster said they took him away in such hurry that
they gave him no chance to take keys. Mr. Stark
weather or Mr. Trenholm assisted me in breaking the
door open. Mr. Webster had left for the first time the
door to the laboratory stairs open
To break open the door, l went round the way I
usually pO Al ter all had uot ;ntoatbo ,1,;,,o.,