Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-07-13
Mems Of the iurrk .
Domestic Intelligence.
From tho Boston Traveller.
Confession Of Professor Webster.

| At the meeting of the Council this morning
| the case of Prof. Webster was referred to n
Committee. Before this Committee, at II
o'clock, appeared the Rev. DIR. Putnam, tho
| spiritual adviser of the condemned, with petit
ton for communication of punishment, togeth-
or with aconiession that he killed DIR. Parkman
The Reverend gentleman prefaced the statement
! by . ses--Seannrks relative to the manner IN
! which Che confession was made to him. lie
stated that lid had no previous acquaintance
| with Prof. Webster, before being called to act
in the capacity of spiritual adviser. In tho first
few weeks of his visits he sought no acknowl-
cdgmcnts of the prisoner. At length on the
23d of May he visited him in his cell, and de-
manded Of him for his own well being that he
should tell the truth in regard to the matter, and
he acccded to the request by making state
ment which was now submitted for the consid-
Grafton Of the Council.
1t was in substance as follows
On Tuesday, Nov. goth, Prof. Webster sent
q note TO DIR. parkman. 1t was handed to Lit
tleficld and was unscaed. 1t was to ask DIR.
Parkman to call on me, as he had become quito
importunate about his debt. / wished to gain
time did not expect to be able to pay him on
Friday l expected TO state TO him my inability
and to apologize for what had occurred, and
make some promises for the future. heard on
Thursday that he was in pursuit of me, and
leHrCu tiluJ nc nuu noI BOJ my lcttcI' OHSlc-
fore called at his house and asked for an inter-
view. DIR. Parkman agreed to meet me at the
College at half-past one clock. At the time
appointed he came to the College. He came
in at the lecture room door, and followed mo
into the Laboratory.
He asked with great energy, Have you got
the money! l said No, doctor, and began to
apologize. He would not hear me, and began
to load me with opprobrious epithets, notwith-
/ III ..la
the notes and an old letter from his pocket, and
referring to the letter, said, In this letter re-
commended you for your present situation, and
nowI will have you turned out.
Dr. Parkman, continued gesticulating in the
most violent manner, and finally thrust his fist
| in my face. This caused my passions to rise,
and in moment of uncomfortable anger l sell
zed whatever implement was near, which hap
pened TO be stick of wood, and struck him
blow on the side of the head. There was no
second blow. lie fell upon the pavement OF
the room insensiblc. Blood flowed from his
mouth, but there was 10 sign of life. stood
over his body ten minutes, and then found that
he was dead. My first impulse was to run and
bolt the doors, to consider what was to be done
The Professor then states that he first burnt
the clothes and papers, with the exception OF
those found upon him. The watch he after
| wards threw over Cambridge bridge. lie then
| took the cody 10 tho Sink, ana ulsnoihoeIeu lb
lie used for that purpose the knife found in the
tea chest; the Turkish knife was not used for
that purpose. The head and some other parts
of the body were placed in the furnace that day,
and fuel heaped upon them. The stick with
which the fatal blow was inflicted he then pick
ed up and found it to be q piece of grape vino
some two inches in diameter, and two feet long.
It was brought in from Cambridge some time
previously, for the purpose of trying expert
ments relative to dying wood. Upon the notes,
he made the marks found upon them with
metallic pen, and put them in his pocket. He
says that lie never saw the sledge hammer spo-
ken of by Iittlefold. That night he left the
College at 9 o'clock, after having disposed OF
the body in various places.
On Saturday, he visited the College, but made
no change in the position of the remains. He
first saw an account of the disappearance OF DIR.
Parkman ON Saturday evening, and then reflec-
ted us to what should be his course. lie con-
cluded on Sunday to come into Boston and
make the statements which he did relative to
the visit of DIR. Parkman 10 his rooms. On
Sunday he visited his rooms. After the visit
of the officers he put part of the body in the
priyy and part in the tea chest.
The tin box was designed to receive the tho
rax tho fish hooks to be used in graphing up
the remains, but he did not use them. He was