The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-03-23

dssecting bin they put eight tons Of coal in.
ne heit OF his coal it, and had sprung the
WALL 50 that 1t scented the whole building. told hun
IL mad been liked, aad he asked me how. | told him
the vault had been covered up with dirt. had been
down there two days, and had il all covered up. lie
asked me how VIC got down under there to fill it up
told him we took up the brick h1or in the dssccting
room entry, and thea 1t a hole through. lie asked me
II that was all the way get down under the building
told MN 1t was under his apartments told him
how the wall rua. He asked me if could get light
into that vault and told him He asked if |
was sure of it, told him had tried it two days before
The foul air would put right out. had rred by
some one who had lost something in there. think il
was an African skull that designed to be macerated
IN the vault tied cord to it, and let it down, buthe
cord had rolted off. let down light and the foul air
put 1t out lie told me he wanted to get some gas out
there TO try an experiment. Said he, the tide is in,
pressing the gas up. He had apparatus that he could
DO 1t with lie told me when he wanted get the gas
he would let me know. That the last | heard
any thing about it,
Thursday, was sent to the Hospital He said he
wanted me to get blood for the days lecture
lie sand, 6 want as much pint" | took glass
jar down oil his she'll which held about quart Said
he, ge 1t full if you Gao. After the lecture was out
net student, who attended the apothecary shop at
the Hospital, and told him there was a glass lar. in
which DIR. Webster wanted him to get pint of blood.
lie said he thought he could get chance to bleed some
one next morning. and he would the blood.
Friday morning went to the hospital after the
blood Saw the student, who said he could not get any
Tor he had bled nobody. DR. Webster said he was sr
ry, for he wanted to use it at the lecture.
On FRIDAY morning after made his fire, went to the
passage that leads ION his back into the laborao-
ny and saw sedgehammer standing there. had
never seen 1t there before This sledse-hammer vas
always IN the lower laboratory. The handle was two
feet long. The whole face Of it was round 1t would
weigh SIX or pounds. | took it and carried it
down stairs in the laboratory and set it up against
box where he makes his gases | have never seen it
SINCE About quarter before two | was standing in
the front entry looking out the front door and saw DR.
Parknan coming towards the college He was then in
North Grove ST eet, about the foot of Fruit street
then went to DR.. Wares ectore room, and laid down
on settee to wait Tor Dr. Holiness lecture to be over,
that might lcck up the rooms. did not hear any
one 60 in or out of DR. Webster's lecture room
Saturday is my sweeping day but / was not in his
rooms to do anything that day. could not get into his
doors did not sweep his lecture room but once in a
month"; tried the doors number of times | hea d
some one IN the lower laboratory. The lower one is
! what they call the laboratory.
stayed there till within few minutes of 2. and
then went up stairs DIR Holiness ROOM and STAYED
perhaps 10 minutes. Came down stairs when he did
then locked the outside door,
went down stairs to clean the premises to pre-
pare Tor fires the next day After doing this went up
stars INTO the Professors private room and cleared
out the ifes thore went down to DIR Webster's lab
oratory door. tried the d3or aud found it bolted on
the inside then went round the other laboratory
It., $
tened. unlocked the door, and found it boed
also tried the door that leads from the store room
and found 1t fastened heard him in there thought
! walking heard the runnng-I then went up
stairs IN the front entry thateads to the lecture room
Tired that door put in my key to unlock it and
found 1t bolted inside | went down stairs and laid
down.
About O'Clock, Mr. Pettee, the collector for the
college called upon me. After Mr. Pettee went away
went to DR. Webser's laboratory stairs door found
his doors all fast, the same the first time
; In the evening, should think about half past s.
was IN the kitchen. heard sone one coming dow
the back stairs that led II m the front entry 1t wa.
DIR Webster. He had candlestck in his hand and :
candle burning. He always used candles He blew i
out directly, and went OFT at the door. saw nc
more OF DIR Webster that night. About ten | went t.
fasten up the building DIR Websters laboratory stairs
door that led out Of my room, found fastened.
then started to go into the dissectine room to fas
ten that up The lights were out and no person there
Never knew Dr. Websers doors to be fastened before
On Saturday mornine, Il down TO unbot thu
S door, and found it unboted ajar, not pull to- Th
was about half past 7 O'Clock No one that
V knew OF had access to it.
never knew that any one had a key to the outside
| door except MIR. Leigh, the Librarian.
Pretty after, DR. Webster came to the college
think he had small bundle under his arm fol
lowed him up stairs. He went on and took his kew
and unlocked the door that leads into his back room
Alter he unlocked his door the first thing he said wa
=" Mr. Littleleld, make me fire. | then started t.
go down the stair that lead into the laboratory and h
stopped me and told me go the other way | trunet
round and went cut the other way.
heard walking ;-some moving in the laboratory
Y Heard the water running all the time This attracte
my attention. because had been in the habit of run
ning
Sunday, about evening, was standing in front of tn
college talking with Mr. Calhoun about DR. p, how mis-
teriousy he had disappeared. Whine we were talkin
looked up Fruit street, and saw DIR Webster coming
and said 10 Mr. Calhoun, ether comes one Of our Pro
fessors now" DIR w. ri hit up to me. The frs
word he said to me, was, 'sMr H.. did YOU sec DR. Z
during the latter part of last wee ~ | told him. II
asked me what time j him. told him. ''last Fri
day, about Laf past one.' i'd he, sswlere did yo,
See nIn. SAID l, 'About this spot" | told him III
was coming right towards the college said he
''where was you that you hinge 1 toll him wa
in the front entry, boxing at the front door IL
had his cane in his hand. He struck his cane dow
to the ground and said, "That's the very time pa
him ss4S3 go" He said he counted the money to ID
Parkman his Lecture room table. DR. Parkma
grabbed his money without counting it, and run frou
the Lecture as fast he could go, up two stcp
ata time, the steps up the aisle between the seat
$ in order to get to the front entry.
| lie said d. p. told him he would go out to Cam
bridge and discharge the mortgage. DR. w. said g
suppose he did; but will go over to the Registers Off
and sec." He went away then When DIR Web
ster talked to me, he always held his head up But a
this time he held his head down. and appeared yer,
| nsed Ia oil Il, 10 - J.