New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-06
The Case OF DIR. Webster.

As petitions are IN crCu.a I.Jn sppss.4ng ~ the
eleneeey o. The Executive Of Msss.enussus favor Of
Professor Webster nj he poa'- u he mysterious csss
ought 70 ~ preseoted Tie .ro5g prs sgsnsl
sppear- ~ Csesr ls' up, a. re aeuu-
acsion ofAe teeth ts tar LIZ .wos ne c.hsoos' ~osl1
tsse lad hite weigh AZ ire Alb lsye been readily
Csyc4
BsiheFe are cifcgns,Lurss ~hich sscr1 wholly uconss
geui win he gy Of ne cony-, usprogsd her Dr. "eb-
sicr Maintained srru ss yossesson Up 70 he noHr1 oi
us iuprG0nmeas Here hcn able. pf-'.ics ei.i.'
is.. 9Th complete laboratory 10 couInso M "i-
entire sef pOsssson attempting - conceal Pfrane9e'o
4rts I.,s co0ce.gsbls tn: - world have made sch
bouSaag piece q .gorkf Wih agents q. h. c1Toa1'.
winch hs c1us reduced sTsy ussse q tas boy
uDcisdrgyl.hss,e pup 10 ak hoer ". have ME-
sfaoe msng ias ';tl'ng 20 seo'enlps go. -
who could o0poss ever drop q Doo1, aha a'posf y
0rsirs AID entire users fi ne coming, - ne,
s'rces; chemical snAyss ooulo uo deie'i I@,- ~
.a-if ferl4 ns-~os.i - A1f.ii '~orsiiAl 90
sn.ch o1s blow OF iarasg vo41 have .iaiiffs1 l-ft
gf~sdg caicinai ~ 5r. ed large p0f-Dns q -
t.ig uBse sniRc.. ~ aaca "a lr g.eces
1aso ihen The chzTsc er and pnsIto a. ~ MAJ -
- .,i,es. I'd - VIE f.Ssvior sn8 ne lave m.
nlch doubt maze ne execution -er'n fn-ani ~ -f
no.i sDus asac advocate - ne grl lows F-nY seem 20
tlnk TIA Webster u1sf be- hanged. became cra'uie
serch,s have teen executed under sin cirru. stcfa
tbs must si0p Communicated n he sal ,-i a. We
seis sentence Ia comno'ed none can re nDng D. i.ei
soubtHl circumsitufai ev.lcnrs an quite Hll1nH 'J
Grfrpt ina, Alternative ulsi rat the upserss ~ou-d
each oth~> IT, =.
~ NeigbLor' Z r0uT do II Prot Webster Is
uot proved guilty Of murder. thea no man ever
was II ho ought not 10 be hung Il IS preciseiy be
cause 10 man ever should be. There IS no other
way Of escape than that There is p0s'sjil'y @;
his innocence and 50 there IS IA almost every csse
q deliberate murder a shraw5. educated msn
does not take anothers ie with mshce aor"
thought when witnesses are io0kin7 On IL "ues
him swsy to som, lone plare ard there dispatches
him Where direct evidence VI the killing exisis
that sct raises siIoul presumption thai tie criue
wss Lot murder Human judgment s islih.t
wiiEessel vii i!e innocent men have been hume
On the positive Testimony oi the n, al murderer
men have been hung Tor murder hen tire supposed
victim died b. suicide men have even cont1seH
themselves gOiity 81 murder ~heu NO murder had
been committed and the supposed victim was stu
alive There IS no absolute determination # gus
or innocence this sids u Heaven.
Yetifa man caa be proved guilty beyond reason.
able doubt, then s Prot webster 90 proves. Tie
moral evidence furnished by he own conduct silce
lis arrest is OF itself cverwheimlG No inuocgl
man OF has stsndjag uu.astly accused of rnlfd .r
would have waived an eNamin1tirn 20 suoh n.,D
would hove written q first letter 40 hs family an
his ares; devoid Of any assurance Of bis innocence
no innocent man under sucu circumstances ~out
have scaled his lips aud reira,ncd from any APP al
o. tue pubic throughout the long months oi las u
carceratiou before trial NOTHING short OF con-
scious suit and droal o. increasing he we.gl
OF testimony against hm, could have withheld tn
from pou erial appeal to Dr. psrkmso if alive or
To ms real murderer i the Doctor were dead .u
/.
rLle complication We should suppose that e,cn
n guilty man would make such al appes, bu' To-.
IN innocent msn 50 cuvironed should refrain irom II
Is to us utterly nucd bic
r. l. n does hot consider iow ieariol srd
cautious guilty nau nuatbc uodcr ci'cunsial.'
exposiup him TO suspicion aid haunted by c.u
sdousness that keen eyes may see guilt oven 81"
his very efforts to seem careless and Unconccrnc p
Our correspondent assumes without proof or ey,"
probability that Pro- Webster had al h4s copnaa,f
the ucsus OF utterly destroying human bod 70
few hours He doubtless kgcr Nhst r0nH dc
.,roy It. but he had IN his laboratory no So 20
Quantity OF Potash o. Ni'ro Acid rs that dest "a
ton would require say $50 los nor could be pro
cure 1t without mourning the darkest suspicious.
Nc doubt be did the best he could ia hs state q"
mind with the meats al MS command ~ ti'' So
he might have destroyed the teeth had he thought
ef them ~ hkcl, to be identified after oalcinaiion
but he had good many things to think OF Just
then, and wss probably not So cool as On so"r
other occasions Remember too, that he mad p
work ur1ot the constant fear Of Interruption q, '
to keep ever thing Ia soch shape that II hs rooms
should be entered 300 evidence Of the Tragedy
woald be found aud our correspondents mouu'a''
dwindles to the size OF mole-bill
No. gentlemen Prot Webster must MOI ''
spared On any such grounds as have been s'' o?
ior nm We understand our position and are
ready 10 brave it, responsibilities. We woalh ~
joice To save a hic, bu, not az the expense @. i'
Vulnerable lives The culprit 5 now IN the hai'@'
OF known champions OF The Gaio~si and the
must either hans him o, stop hanging hom',ii's
not half % guilty because more iguoran'' deoa'''
and braufed II MS Sc ntenco Is comnuted. there
must he 40 more hanging ia Massachusetts ie
is hung. We trus, that Too Will give wtenol :"
the Gelows. zoe 4'''