The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-17
Tho Parkman Murder.
MORE OF TIE TEXAS LETTER -THR TRIAL OF
PROFESSOR WEBSTER

PROFESSOR
From the boston Transcript March ISL
The Sheriff requests US to ftae that at the trial Of
Professor Webster which will commences on Tuesdsy,
proprtsd to the exclusive Of the members Of TIE
That the reporters for the press win be seated at
tables provided for them the west side Of the court
seuth Of the shsrs desk and to facilitate their
entrance to the court house pass tickets will be fur
nsned to such reporteIs on application to the Sheriff
witnesses and jurors Will occupy seats outside the bar
at the south and west part 81 the court room. Law
students I'm consequence Of the great number Of ju-
the trisD cannot be admitted on that day but cards
Of admission to the court will BE- furnished to
his once, Saturday or Monday preceding the day
hxed for the commencement Of the trial. and those
cards may be used on and after Wednesday the 10th
[From the New Orleans Delta, March Al
gentlemen from Boston, Who has lately bssn on
sis't to the western part sf Teaas called ct our
published some time ago In the Della, in which the
writer declares that he was the murderer Of Dr. Park
clue to the authorship Of chi. letter and the result Of
tsry which hangs over this ssir The letter signed
"Oronoka," 10 dated Washington, 2sth of December
that unknown and suspicious looking Individual
rived In Washington about that time, who from
Boston via Galveston and Houston. He rsmeinsd at
conversed with several persons, to whom he stated
that he had been blacksmith by trade that he hsd
wished to invest 1t in Texas lands After remaining
here few days. he departed for Austin where he en-
tered bis name In the register of the Orleans House.
John Weeks Boston" The appearances Of the stranger
was calculated to excite suspicien. He was reserved
and nervous He did not remain long In Austin our
informaDt vbist in Austin having read the letter Of
"Oronoka in the Delta, made inquiries into all the
movements Of this individual He also cut out Of the
registry the entry Of his psme which pared,
yesterday with the handwriting Of the letter of
noks" and although the entry IN the registry s writ
resemblance that Of Oronoksn which are very PAL
pabls and stritlng We give these facts ss they are
detailed to u.s. by our informant who 10 respectable
citizen Of Boston They are certainly deserving of
consideration and investigation.
tFrom the sprnhed, Mass Republican,
We have scme curious revelations to make touching
the subject treated Of, that are derived from
thentic source and which to appear throw light
Benjamin +. Cannon q resident Of wendell FRANKLIN
county Nare just after receiving at Of
the banks in Greenfield i've hundred dollars borrowed
his note ard those Of substantial suretes Three
or four weeks after this he talked with,
by neisbbor. IN New York city but on further in.
quiry In that city he could not be found In January
application IN insolvency made by his creditors al
legBg that he had abscopded IN pursuance Of which,
after thst time his daugbter, birs Allen residing In
one Of the towns In Worcester county received letters
! steamer piyipa Somewhere IN TsS.s: ststps % that
man, calling himself John Weeks died Of cholera
heard the beat on the I'd Of February 1850 This
the steamer Galveston, and the toek place
on her passsge from GALVESTON, Texas to New Orleans
Before dying be stated that he belonged In Green
Hsmpshire county Mass. The accounts represented
that he died after . few hours illness and that the
body was thrown overheard the day, after the
performance of funeral services Also that he spoke
OF Mrs Allen - his daughter and directed that his
money ana trunk should 10 sent her, giving them
her sddr and that his effects had been entrusted to
a Mr ard Mrs Vance OF Vermont who board
the beat and then on their way homo to Vermont.
Some two or three weeks since, MIR. and Mrs Vance
actually arrived bringing with them hun red and
thirty. six dollars In money, said to have been taken
from the dead mans belt, and trunk In witch
family recognised a. belonging to Mr. Cannon.
In the meantime, the proceedings In insolvency had
Tussssy last, at GTs.nasid, Mrs Cannon sppI:d for
somipistrAon the estate Of her husbsnd alleging
ss sss S sS.
whose interests might be Affected by the establishment
Of the f.ct Of death Mr. and Mrs Vance were present.
and testified to the facts We have above stated In part
They ALEC testined that the person whom they had
known John Weeks bore strikisg personal rs.em-
tsk.n Of MIR. Cannon before his departure, and
Witch vas In possession CT his family. IL also
which had been in Mr. Csnnon's family, and fsvorite
with him. Bat. though the appearance ofMr and
Mrs. Vance Was such TO command confidence, and
though their evidence could leave little doubt that
John Weeks and Bepjsmin y. Cannon vas and the
same person neither Of them Was able to swear that
they had John Weeks die or bad him after
death As the evidence Of death failed ct this point,
the Judge OF Probate Hon George Grennell directed
for ADMINISTRATION could net be granted without fur
Their proc, Of the fact Of death The letters and certin
wsehss sta,ement, he had bought land In Texas,
and had been in Warrington Tin that State and other
places referred TO In the article IL VIII be seen that
the questions whc srise in this matter somewhat
curious - First whether John Weeks ard Benjamin s.
Cspbon identiesl second, whether b. r. Cannon Ia
dead; third whether, dead his property remains to
be atbutsd In the Probate court vests In the as
ssnee by virtue Of the proceedings instituted In In
sovepcy before his death The possible connection Of
John Weeks with the authorship Of the letter In res
ton to the murder Of Dr. Psrknan, IL another feature
f this srsir which adds to It's interest The details
have given would seem to leave little doubt that
John Weeks was none other than b. y. Cannon. Mr..
C. left this part Of the country, rather New York.
about the time Of DR.. Pari mans death IL the writer
Of the Ororoka letter s attributable to John Weeks
q psive clue IL furnished by which the state
ments OF the letter can be established refuted Our
readers In possession Of all the facts give
and will draw their own conclusions. Aside from
its connection with the anopy ymous letter about
the Parkmsn murder, this statement Of facts is
curious and interesting enough but that circum-
stance lends IL . more deep and general ints-
rest and will undoubtedly be the means Of bringing
out new developments BY inviting the attention Of
parties more seriously interested In the whole truth
than even thoes In Franklin county.