The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-04-08
PORTSMOUTH, o, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1850.

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bedded in tan, and covered with minerals.
and containing the thorax or trunk, a left
thigh, hunting-knife, and some twine or
morline, wound round bone, which
twine would be found 10 correspond
exactly with some twine found in another
part Of the prisoners premises. These
remains we're examined and put together
by competent medical and scientific mon,
md foundto correspond nevery particular
with the body Of DR.. P. They indicated the
nge ofsixty,and the form and certain pecu-
liarities were equally clear. They wero
the limbs ofa man five feet and ten inches
and a half in height, and in his passport.
found among his papers, this was stated to
be the height ofDr. Parkman. Every frag
ment diseeSered, has been ascertained to
have been such as might have belonged
10 the body of DIR. Parkman, and not one
fragmenthas been found dissimilar. Not
n duplicate bone has been found. The
pieces found in the furnace are such as
belonged to the missing parts OF the body :.
A fragment Of the skull has been found,
which shows q fracture, which, in the
opinion oftbe examiners, was inflicted
prior to the action Of fire.
The block Of mineral teeth, for the right
lower jaw, being made 10 fit q peculiarcom-
formation of the jaw will be sworn to by
the Doctors Keep and Wyman. DR.. Keep
will say that he should know them, if he
met with them in Africa, for the set he
made for DR.. Parkmen. And beyond this,
a portion of the lower jaw, not wholly fused
was found in the furnace and it corresponds
with the mould DR.. Keep still retains. 1t
would also appear, that the teeth must have
been in the head when they were subjec-
ted to the fire. This will appear from
the manner Of the fusing. The mould would
be produced, and the jury would be enabled
to make the proposed comparison them
selves.
Two facts would be proved, showing that
.he person, parts of whose body had thus
been found, had died BY violence--the frac.
tufed skull, and wound three inches deep
be etween the ribs, cutting off some of The
membnne. and probably reaching the hear
Then again, there Lad been some chemica
duplication TO the flesh, the appearance O
which indicated the action fastrong alkali
/ That it was not subject procured fordissec
tion was proved by the circumstance, that i
had not been injected with any preservativ,
fluid and all the subjects in the colleg,
had been accounted for, by the demonstra
tor Of anatomy. The parts had been severe,
4 by person of some skill in dissecting, We
it had not been done in the manner used 70
anatomical purposes. If the jury should b
satiefed that a murder had been committed
n the nextquestion was, whetnef ft WIS dom
by the prisoner. ~
J, The inquiry thus opened would leaJtt
the consideration of facts anterior toth'
disappearance of DR.. Parkman,, Evidenc,
would be introduced, to show the relation
subsisting between the prisoner and the de
ceased; but it would not be necessary to de
tail their connection till their intercourse
since l842, in regard to money loans. |
would appear that, since that period, Dr.
!, Webster bad been always embarrassed il
!. his financial affairs, and often reduced Il
great straits for money. On the other hand
DR.. Parkman was large property holder
accustomed 10 making loans to others; and
although liberal man in his donations, ex
tremely exact in all his business dealings
A Just man himself, he exacted scrupulouI
Justice from others. Willing to be iudget
by strict rule himself, ne applied the SAME
rule to his dealings with other men. Ii
E1943, he loaned to the prisoner $400, ant
took his note. This continued along unpait
until l847 when DIR. Parkman made ont
of number to advance him certain sun
of money to meet pressing demands upor
j him.
n Arising out of, or connected with, thesl
transactions. DR.. Parkman took from tht
prisoner mortgage OF all his personal pro
perty, including his household furniture, ant
cabinet of minerals, TO secure the paymen
of the advance which had been made to hin
by DR., Parkman and others, and the balanc,
due on the note Of $400, namely S346, ,83
In April, l849, friend Of DR.. Webste
(Mr. Cunnigham) had an interview with Dr.
Parkman, and subsequently, furnished to DR.
Webstera statement that the amount thel
due to DR.. Parkman was $456,29. Abou
this period, or shortly after. DR.. Parkmai
had received information that the propert,
: mortgaged to him had been sold by DR.
Websterto Robert G.. Shaw, to raise money
!, DIR. Parkman was incensed at this act o
J fraud on the part of the prisoner, and h
avowed his determination to compel him I,
pay his debt. From this period, the jury woul'
be satisfied that he constantly pursued tn
prisoner as an inexorable creditor, who fel
that his confidence had been violated, ant
who regarded his debtor as fradulen
) and dishonest man.
u!dappear, that the prisoner prom
| ised to pay the debt when he should receiv,
the proceeds, of the tickets for his chemica
: lectures at the Medical College. He re
ceived considerable portion OF these fees
: and did not pay them over as promised, bu
+ made another disposition Of the money
F. DIR. Parkman threatened to trustee MI
Pettee,, the agent OF the professors Of th
college, and requested that gentleman to b
the bearer Of a message to the prisoner, de
nomcing him as I" dishonest" This was O.
the 4th of November To get rid Of tn
Inconvenience 0f a trustee process, MI
(, Pettee gave the prisonera check for ninet
dollars, understanding thathe would appl
p it to DR.. -Parkman's debt 1t was not dons
o Angry at his repeated subterfuges, DR.. Pad
4 man called upon him again on the 10th /
4 November, and declared that sometkin
Nimust be done. On tho Doth he writes I
+ 1.-the prisoner. On the 22d he rode out
= CamhnNge to see him, These were the n
of the parties on the fatal 23lt Of M
: vember On that morning lie calledat D