The Daily spy., 1850-03-26
TRL4L OF PROF. J. ". WEBSI'ER
FOR THE MURDER or DIR. PARK1LAN.
SIXTH DAY-March 25th, 1850.

minutes before o ctOck Ills c0untendnce was less
haggard, and his manner calm and collected
Ii utterly impossible to draw any conclusion as to
his guilt or innocence from his manner
Miss Sarah Bursel, called and sworn. am niece
to Mrs. Llttlefeld Made visit to them last fall on
the 18th of Nov. Went home on the 23d. My
home is at Medford While there heard of DIR.
Parkman's disappearance. Heard of it Friday aft
| ernoon.
l went on Friday between and o'clock to let a
gentleman in at the front door. have since ascer-
tanned that his name was Mr., Pettee. Mr.. Little
field was lying down, and Mrs. LittefeId was gone
out, went TO the front door.
Gross eTamiRed-l recollect it was between and
O'Clock, because Mr. Littlefed had laid down after
the lecture that afternoon | had not heard of the
disappearance when | went to the front door.
Joseph W. Preston, sworn. | am student of
medicine Have attended DIR Webser's lectures.
think recollect when the talk was about the dis
appearance of DIR Parkman. | recollect seeing DIR.
Webster Friday, the 26d after the lectures were ov-
er, about O'Clock. | did see him enter the shed.
| am not able to state whether he entered the COL
lege or not. | am perfectly confident it was Friday
night, the 23d.
Gross Eramined-The shed is on the opposite
side of the building from the dissecting ROOM
spoke to him, but DIR Webster only bowed 1t was
remarkable circumstance to meet DR. Webster that
night. think that mentioned it to some one as
remarkable fact. 1t was not far from Thanksgiving
night that mentioned this. | fix the hour as we
usually had tea at IL P. NJ, and was to meet
the young men at o'clock. | have never seen the
DIR there before that time, and thus ii was which
made me consider it remarkable.
William Calhoun, drive team for MIR. Fuller the
iron founder About the time of Parkmans disappear
ance, recolec seeing DR.. Webster one Sunday night
the first after Dr. Parkman missing. | was with
MIR. Lttefeld DIR. Webster was about twenty PAGES
off, 1t was about O'Clock. DR.. Webster came up to
Mr.. Ltteteld The witness here detailed the con-
versatlon between Lttefeld and Dr. Webster in rea-
on to the former having DIR Pakman near the col
ege, at halt past one, on Friday the 23d November
lie then contnued.l The Doctor said he paid him
4o3 on his lecture table, and the Doctor grabbed
1t up and ran away, off fast as he could or
something like that and that he go to Cambridge,
and see II the mortgage discharged and everything
done up in good shape an that the last saw Of
nm, and that Is all have got to say He did not say
whether DR.. Parkman made any answer or not he said
that 1t was the last he DR.. Parkman and this
l recoliect well enough He had cane-put it dnwn
on the ground several times-that is, let it drop
DIR. }. b. 5 jackson sworn am of the Pro-
fessors of the Medical College of Pathological Anato
my. 1t was about O'Clock Of the day of DR. Webster
arrest, Ltefeld my ROOM and began TO sneak
about DIR Parkman. told him if he made any dscov.
cry, TO go at once and tell DIR Bgelow Senior of the
TACT, and to call at my rooms in the neighborhood
my house, and leave his upon my slate, if | wa.
not in.
George w. Trenholm. Last November my beat wa.
IN the district near the Medical College. The frstztimt
| saw Professor Webster after DIR Parkman's disap
pearance was on Tuesday night about IA before
O'Clock. was converslng With Mr. Littefeld He
came up and asked me ''what about this $20 bill !'-
told him had not heard any thing about it, He thei
SAID that an lrlshman had offered $20 bill on thu
Cambridge side, and they had taken it from him.
On the day OF the arrest, about l-2 clock. me
Mr. Liltefeld and he told me he was digging through
fha an1h bad Il
Llttleteld told me to come back in twenty minutes
and he would then be through the wall.
was gone about twenty minutes; came back
asked Littlefeld's wife if he had come up from un
der the College | went down with light an,
crawled out to where he had dug, put the lam
through and my head up to my shoulders and Iooke
, through ami saw the parts of body shown after
wards to Coroner Pratt and Professor Webster
After the remains were taken out, and before DIR
! Webster came, don't recollect that anything wa
r done to the laboratory. The Marshal left me il
j. charge OF the building and did take charge 1t wa
nearly Il O'Clock when Prof Webster and his part
: came. Up in the back room did not take so nuc
notice ofProf Webster as down in the laboratory
He appeared different in the two rooms-nore aai
: tated than IN the laboratory. Snapped water give
e to him.
n Until Sunday night the place was under custody q
+ the Pollce. The remains were put into a box in III
, prlvy and nailed up. No instructions were giyen
regard to Mr.. Lttletield's movements, and no over
+ sight was exercised.
IS Cross-Examined.- was on Friday that DR.. Web
i. ster accosted me about the 500 blll He was ac
;. qualnted with me slightly.
Nathaniel ID. Sawn. 1 run the Cambridge and Bos
ton Express; know Prof. Webster. | brought in am
carried out articles for him in the week of DIR Park
70 mans disappearance. 26 of November brought in tw
;sots or cuttings of grape vines from Professor Wei
: as house. brought in empty box and bao 6
q tan. eceivei directions from DIR Webster TO eay
in them in Littlefald's cellar, and he said 81 will TAX
them into my laboratory myself | never receive
any similar instructions before. | had always been ac
n customed to leave articles in the lower laboratory
/, The Monday when left the articles looked for III
- Keys ald tried to open the door j took hold of tn
laboratory stairs door to the articles in but found
last lwen through the entry to the store-room door
al and found IT fast like the other one then looked fD
the keys, and could not find them. went there aga
on the 18th of November, that Wednesday, and car
ried two boxes. The largest wasabout ~ feet long
I, foot deep, 10 inches widethc other was about L.
ID foot square. The small box was full and the othc
\ empty. piece Of the cover of the full box was brok
of one end and ! observed piece Of a small checAe
IN handkerchief.
le Gross examined. never saw any tan in barrels i
O. The lower laboratory. have the clasp knife be
fore; saw il on the 18th November in DR. Webster
q hands, 10 bis garden. lie was trimming his grap
l. vines. ] spoke to him, and noticed the knife as
e. was very peculiar knife satisfied that this
the knife am positive.
Deraslus ClPp-havelecn connected with the Polc
IN since 1923. 1.-Two notes on account, aud mcmoran