The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-04-03
s'lie Oh e.s ft,sssslss wv s,isstcA.,
for the II ssS
MiiEtser OF Dr. Purlxsalsalr.
Saturaays's Proceedings up 10 I'D Hour
yss Of Me Adjournment Of he Court. Il

The social and professional. eminence
: OF Professor Webster,sthc wealth and
standing of the late DR.. Parkman, and the
mysterious circumstances connected with
bis disappearance and presumed murder,
render this one of the most interesting and
exciting criminal trials that has ever taken
place in the United States.
The prisoner, John w. Webster, was
arraigned before the Supreme Judicial
,Court of Massachusetts. sitting at Boston,
on Monday, the 18th inst. Contrary to
general expectation, a jury was oblninetl
without difficulty, and J. ii. Clifford, Esq,
tho attorncy.general Of the commonwealth,
having briefly indicated the character of
the testimony for the people, the examna-
ton OF the witnesses for the prosecution
commenced.
On Monday, Tuesday, "Wednesday, and
Thursday the principal witnesses who
testified Were tho officers who searched
Professor Webster's apartments at the
College, and subsequently, arrested him;
the medical men who made the post NOR
tenn examination Of tho remains; Mr.. Jabez
Trait, the coroner who presided at the in
quest; the chemists who analyzed the blood
spots, &c; DIR. Keep, the dentist who fur
nshed Dir. Parkman with set of artG.
cial teeth in 1876, and repaired them
about two weeks before his disappearance;
and Ephram Littlcficld, the janitor Of the
Medical College, who was the first to sus
pect the murder had been committed, and
10 discover what were supposed TO be por-
tions OF Dr. Parkman's body.
'lhe testimony Of the officers and the
other witnesses, in relation to the search
IN the College, the appearance of the re-
mans, and The articles found in the labora-
tory, was mere rccapitulation OF facts
already before the public Some new cir
cuinstanccs were, however, ELECTED, in re-
Jation 10 The conduct and bearing OF Prof.
Webster, at and after his arrest. His
mlnd and body were alike pros,la,cd, and,
wsien nc called for water, lie was unable
20 swallow 1t. Evidence was adduccd to
show that the lower limbs Of the BODY
Iound, reScmbicd in some pcculiaritics of
ilcir conhguratlon, those OF DIR. parkinan,
but the testimony did not amount to posi-
'Vc lndentlflcatlon twas proved hy scv
efal witnesses that DR.. p. was near the
college, and on tho point OF entering it :.
about two, p. NJ, on the 23d of November.
alter whichh hour it has not been stated mi
evidence he was seen alive. AS his pres
ence tho college and interview with
Professor Webster are admitted by the ,lc-
renee, this portion of the testimony is Of lit
Tie comparative consequence.
q by far the most important witnesses who
have yet been placed on the stand, are DR..
n. Y. Keep, and his assistant, DR.. Lester
Noble. They were examined on Thurs.
day, and their statements produced al
strong sensation in court. Or, Keen|
swore point blank that the teeth found in|
the ashes Of Wcbster's furnace. at tho col.
lege, were parts of set which he mann.
iactured for DR.. p. in 1916. and proceed
Ell to demonstrate their identity bv CASH
OF tue DOCTORS jaw, and dcscription of IL
very remarkable cnnfornation hi,c~!
tH;;g the teeth he mad orounIi
w alperton OF the artificial jaw, III order
~ 5ea9sf the lower set easieTin the mouth,
sand 'Snsdumg this, had removed some Of,
Inc punk coloring matter of the false gums.
and deiaccd the beauty Of the enamel ands
from thus, and several other marks, he de-
gtion that the teeth
81 e ;ss3s$ produced in court
tha same fnaf were piaEea ~ ~
hands in tie mouth of DR.. =. His assist
ant, DR.. Noble, who aided in making the
teeth, testified to the same effect, and add
ed that he repaired the teeth about year:
after they were first inserted, and that hci
srecognsed the. mark of the glow pipe
WHICH was made when hcatlng ~thcm onl
that occasion. DIR. Jefries Wyman, pro-
fess'or OF anatomy at Harvard Univcrsi,v,s
(agso examined on Thursday testified thai,
on the pantaloons and slippers found in Dr.i
Wcbster's laboratory, he detected, bv thcl
microscope, spots of blood The stains onE
the stairs, at first supposed to be blood,
proved, he said, to be tobacco uice. Dri
'Wyman also confirmed, in n great meas
nre, the description given by Dr. Keep oil
the peculiar shape Of DR.. parkman's lowcr|
jaw.
Ephroim Littlcfcll, the janiior Of the
Medical College, was examined at great
length on Friday. His testimony is OF the
highest Importance, and was delivered with
clearness.and precision. 1t is a complete
narrative of the circumstances connec,cd
with the disappearance Of DR.. Parkman,
the conduct Of Prof. Webster from some
days prior To that event up to the period of
his incarceration, and the facts in relation
0the appearance o! his rooms and the
finding ofiiic body, SO far as these matters
came under the observation of the witness
/ tle stated that he was present at an in
tervIe" between Parkman aud Webster,
IN the college, on the 10Th of November,
a' which the former asked, .Aro you ready
Tor me tonight and the latter replied loud
ly and quickly in the negative. DR.. W.,
on that OCCASION, either refused to sell!
something or TO mortgage something to Or.
T. The latter, on going out, raised his
hand and said, Something must be done
Tomorrow This was the las, time Little
field saw DR.. p. in the college. On the
following day, the 20lh, Webster asked
witness if the vault in the entry had been
fixed. This vault extended under the lab
oratory; and in that section Of it under the
privy. which was divided from the rest hy
avail, the remains were found Dr. w.
also made particular inquiries as to its po-
slton, and how any one could get into i,
from below. He said he wanted to gel
some gas ont Of it Tor All experiment, and
inquired if q light could he got into it
Witness told him no: that the foul air
would put it ont, as il had done a few days
before, when he (wtncss) attempted to le,
down lamp or candle. He had employed
witness to get some blood. which DR.. w.
wanted for his lecture The blood could