The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-03-26
AFTERNOON SESSION.

d piece VI MI arUnclal Jaw, with mineral
teeth, as supposed Two or three teeth
were also found, singly: put this part of
jaw into the hands Of Dr. Winslow Lewis.
Jr. found this block of teeth about two.
thirds Of the way to the bottom of the fur
mace, and the furnace was about one foot in
depth The single teeth were not found at
this time
DR.. Vinslow Le,cis, Jr., called Was one
that examined the bones found in the fur
mace, and signed the report presented to
the coroner's jury, The report was here
read by Mr.. Bemis and the technical terms
explained by witness TO the jury.1 The sep
araiioh OF the stcrnum from the collar bone
must have required considerable skill.
knew DIR. Parkman. There wigs nothing
ds,imar in these parts from what should
expect 10 find in the body of Dr. George
Parkmap.
Cross E1dmined.-Iiad not known Dr.
Parkman was missing, should not have
thought oil the body found. beng bis body.
There was nothing peculiar about it. The
opening in the chest was a stab. / cannot
tell whether made before or after DEATH We
discovered no marks upon the ribs.
Drs. Jdmes w. Stone and Geo. IT. Gov
testified to essentially the same points-dis.
agreeing, however, as 10 the opening in the
side. They say it had no appearance of a
stab, and could not have been made by
knife.
DR.. Frederick AmSuorh, Demonstration Of
Anatomy in the Medical College, keeps a
record of all materials for dissection on hand;
knows all tina, is disposed of and how it is.
disposed Of and when after the remains were
found under DR. Webster room, examiner
book and found none of the subjects miss
ing. Should not think the remains were
used for purposes of anatomy. Should
think the person who cut them up had no
knowledge Of anatomy, whatever; differs
with the other physicians who have testified
10 this fact.
1t being seven o'clock, the court adjourned
to Thursday morning.
THIRD DAY.
On Thursday, DIS c. T. Jackson, Rich
ard Crosby, Nathan c. Keep, Lester Noble,
JeficyS IVyman, and Oiirer W. Holmes, sew
orally testified to the results of their exams
ination of the remains found at the Medical
Collese.-Thc amount of gold found in the
furnace was one hundred and seventy three
grains and sixty-live hundredths-value
SG,94. The marks on the stairway were as
certained to be nitrate Of silver. Dr. Jack
son was fully satisfied that alkali had been
applied 10 the remains. If body was cut
up in small vessel, potash would dissolve it
in few hours by boiling. Witness went
over DR.. Webster's laboratory saw vessels
there which he should think adequate to de-
stroy body, if it had been cut up the lar
gest vessel seen would not contain the thorax
or thighs found under the college. Dr. Wy
man is Professor of Anatomy in Harvard
University. This witness described partc-
ulary the fragments of bone found in the
furnace. Witness satisfied himself by posi-
tive evidence that the spots on the staircase
running from the lower to the upper labora-
tory were not bloodhound them to be spots.
of tobacco. The spots mentioned by DR..
Jackson were further up. Witness applied
nitrate Of copper to some spots OF blood,
and then watched its effect with microscope;
for the first few hours it produced no effect
at all, but short time after, the blood en-
tirely disappeared; applied test to some
spots on pair of slippers and found them,
to be blood; also upon the lower part of the
left leg of pair of DIR. Webs,ers pants, in
side the pants are the same which were
found in the laboratory belonging TO DR..
Webster
Dr. Holmes saw the remains the Monday
or Tuesday after they were found they very
evidently exhibited knowledge Of anatomy
on the part of the one who did the cutting
which is rather nice matter there appear
ed to be considerable hair on the skin
over the shoulders; noticed nothing thar
would lead me to believe that tho remains
were not those of DR.. Pa.hnian'..
Dr. Nathan C. Keep. callcd,-I am a sur
econ dentist have been il practice 30 OF 80
wears; | formerly knew DIR. George Park
man; knew him as early as 1922, when
was student; | have known him since in
| 4 I
as his family physician. ! have given atien-
ton to natural and artificial teeth and | was
shown block Of mineral teeth by DR.. Lewis,
on my arrival from Springfield, the Monday
after Thanksgiving, between and 2o'cock :;
recognized them as the teeth which made
: for Dr. Parkman in 1916 DR. Parkmans
< mouth was of such peculiar shape i'll re-
lat,on to the upper and lower jaw that the
impression left upon my mind was very dis
tinct.
e took an exact fac simile or impression Of
I each jaw it was done by having portion of
n soft wax which was placed into the mouth and
i allowed to remain until hardened; after taking
!, it out | made from the wax plaster cast of
: Dr. Parkman's lower jaw. | tried the gold
=, plates in the Dr's mouth to be sure of the pre-
, else shape, before | proceeded to make the ar
:. | tiicial teeih-When | next saw the Dr.-after-
! fixing the teeth in his mouth-he remarked
r that he didn't feel that he had room enough for
I his tongue | obviated that difficulty by grind
s ing OF the lower blocks the grinding defaced
| the enamel on the block. / identify five IF the
4 six pieces given 10 me- us portions of the blocks
o which / made for DR.. Parkman. Here the
teeth and original mould in which they were
A made were exhibited, and their resemblance
infinitely explained TO the Court and jury
The presumption in my mind is that the teeth
Il when burnt were in the head or muiied in some
X wav: | think so from the fact that the teeth
{, contain moist substance which would be la-
BILE 10 cause explosion by immediate applica-
IL, ton to fire, whereas, il they were thrown into
% the fire in the head, or muflled in any way tho
heat would penetrate them so gradually, that
the explosive substance would have an oppor
" tunity TO absorb.
:. Friday and Saturday were occupied
mainly with LitIe6eld's testimony and
o cross examination. Nothing new, OF
particular interest, was elected by this
a examination, though we intend to give
pr the substance OF his testimony in oui
re next The trial will hardly be brought
re TO close during the present week.
a, tflarrie0,
III In Hinesburgh. on the 9Th inst, by th