The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-04-02
Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, for the
Murder of DR. George Parkman.
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FOURTH DAY.
FRIDAY, March %.

FOURTH DAY.
FRIDAY, March %.
Ephraim Liulefeld called-Nitness has
been janitor of the Medical College for
seven years have known DR.. Webster for
that time, and DIR. Parkman over twenty
years recollect an interview between DR..
Parkman and DR.. Webster, on the Monday
before the formers disappearance; previous
to this, on the afternoon of the same day,
DR.. Webster had made particular inquiries
as to the vault where subjects were put said
he wished to get some gas out Of the vault
to try an experiment. the day before the
disappearance of DR.. Parkman. DR.. w.
wished him (Lttlefeld) to &c. him some
blood for an experiment-wanted about
pint tried to procure it and could not. Fri.
day morning, after making fire in DR..
Webstcr's back room and sweeping, saw
sledge behind the door leading to the lower
laboratory it was left al the College bv
some masons who were at work there, more
than year ago; it would weigh six or sew
en- pounds had never seen it anywhere else
but in the laboratory carried it down and
set it up against the vault where DR.. Web
ster made his gasses, and have not seen it
since. AT quarter before two, saw DIR.
Parkman coming towards the College; wit
ness went into DR.. Wares lecture room and
lecture 10 be over; always helped DIR. Holmes
clear away his things when he got through
lecturingi was up stairs perhaps / . minutes;
went down stairs to clear ou. the furnaces to
prepare for next morning then went up in
to Professors Ware and Bigelow's private
room and cleared out the stove there; then
went down to DIR. Websers laboratory to do
up his work found all the doors leading TO
the laboratory fastened; about 4 o'clock,
went and tried the doors Of the laboratory
again and found all fast as before; wanted
to get in for the purpose of clearing up. A
bout half past 5 heard some one coming
down the back stairs the person was DR.
Webster: he went out the east passage-way;
nothing else occurred that night respecting
DR.. Webster went 10 party that night, al
a Mr.. Grants got home about 10 O'Clock
Immediately went round to fasien up the col
lege found the doors of DIR. Websler's rooms
still locked bolted the outside door of the
dissecting room, then went to bed ncvel
found the doors Of DR.. Webster's room
locked before, at night. Saturday morning
found the door of the dissectng room un
fastened no one had access to the college I,
8 my knowledge never knew that any on,
ever had key to the outside door but my
self and Mr.. Leigh, the librarian don't know
of any one who could get into the buldin!
after l locked it up at night. tried to ge
into DIR. Websters back room to make fire
but could not never had any key to his pri
vate room he had two locks on that door
nobody has access there when Dr. Webste
] is away soon after DIR. Webster came h
t entered, as he always did, by the east door
n followed him up stairs, and made fire il
7 the stove in his lecture room; then starte
e to go down the stairs which lead into III
h laboratory; he stopped me and told me to g
n the other way; did so;don't recollect going I
:. his lecture room or laboratory again that day
before II o'clock, / met Dr. Webster in III
lower entry, and paid him SIS had recci,
. ed for tickets don't recolect that saw hir
= again that day, Saturday. Did not sec d.
l. Webster in the college all day Sunday hear
: of DIR. Parkman's disappearance on Satur
ol day on Sunday night was standing in Mort
Y Grove Street, in front Of Mr.. Fuller's four
= dry; looked up Fruit Street and saw d
.. Webster coming he came directly up
me the first thing he said to me was, NJ
. Litteheld, did you see DIR. Parkman durin
u the latter part of last week Z" iold him
! did he asked me when; | told him, " Ia
o. Friday, at halfpast one he asked me "whei
re did you see him !" | said "about in this spot
10 he asked me which way he was going | sal
cS 'hS aoNth mt
!, was that | saw HIM; told him that wi
h, standing in the front entry looking out of Il
4. front door; he struck his cane down on Il
ground and said, that was the very tin
:" that paid MIN s4ss and sixty odd cents
g. I told him that did not see the doctor
OIL into the college, because went in and Ii
O. down on the setiee he said he paid d
or Parkman the money on his table, that L
II Parkman grabbed the money and ran ,
e. the steps Of the lecture room two steps at
time and disappeared said DIR. p. told hi
he would 60 to Cambridge and discharge
le,, morigage-he further said, | suppose
IS, did, but hav'nt been 10 the Registers off
to see-he said -''the first that ] knew III
! Of DIR. Parkman was missing I read it in 1
IS" sss Transcript" lie kept his head down
'p seemed agitatcdi ] never saw him look