Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-29

| Leaving the furnace, Mr. Clapp, Trenholm and my
sell went down and passed up the remains on board.
Then we all went INTO the front cellar Prot Webster
amosg the rest. Mr.. Parker asked DR.. Gay if they
were the remains OF a human body. Dr. Gay said he
should think they We're Prof. Webster was very much
agitaed-sweat freely and tears ran down his checks.
and Trenholm--l think-were the officers who had
charge OF the building for the night During the sea-
son OF lectures received from Prof. Webster six
| tickets; sold three, and paid the proceeds to him
1.-THE slippers were here shown to the witnessl-
Prof. Webster has had pair similar to these for
two years l never saw the which has been ex-
hblted In Court till the day after his arrest when
was 1ound IN ms private room. was present when
it was taken down by one Of the officers, which l
don't know. The saw was here shown to the jury,
having something looking like blood upon if The
Jack knife or hunting knife found in the tea chest
Professor Webster showed to me the Monday pre-
ylous to Dr. Park k disappearance. He showed
ITO me, SAYING, See what fine knife | have got"
He handed it to me, noticed the figure of the deer
on the blade particularly He said he gott to cut corks
with. Sad IL should think it just what you
wanted. lie sad 1t was never saw it again. till
| 1t was taken from the ted shest
81 ne usual working dress oil the Professor was pair
OF blue cotton over-hauls and old coat Since the
arrest have not seen Them He had them on the first
day the officers came thee-eher on Monday or Tues
| day; cannot say how old the over-hauls were He
always wore a pair when about dirty work He had
no Keys that knew OF, but to his own rooms and to
! lne dlssectlng room konw bunch of skeleton KEYS
were found IN his private room, in Of the drawers.
The Saturday or Sunday after his arrest diaper roll
ler and two crash towels were found in the privy The
| towels marked w. The roller was the onlv one
| OF the kind ever saw him have | wiped nv hands
on it the last time when went up, on Friday to tell
HIM | could not get any blood. have washed this
| towel Tor the Professor number Of times Twas pre-
! sent when the towels were found | think 1t was on
Sunday-eher Saturday o: Sunday. l did not see
| the spot where they lay.
lhave never known any parts OF the human BODY of
any consequence to be used in the Professors rooms
| | have got for him small pieces Of muscles | have
heard explosions in the Professors room during his
lectures-heard him explode pistols with the galvanc
battery, and badders filled with gas. l am generally
IN, the room when he explodes the bladders, as it
| affords some amusement. This that is exhibited in
Court is the roller the Professor had but had the
| holes in 1t which it now has 1t had them in it when
taken from the vault. Professor Webster had num-
Der OF small towels like these marked W. 1.-THE towels
| were here exhibited to the Jury
The examination chief of this witness having been
| concluded, the Court adjourned at half past six A
severe and protracted cross examination may be ex-
| pected to-day.
| Inns concludes the proceedings of Friday. Having
gwen all the most important testimony to the finding
and Identifying OF the remains, shall merely state
the new points evolved in the remaining evidence.
SATURDAY, March 23d
| LHtleheld, the Janitor rigidly cross examined
by the defence, but we do not perceive that any single
variance in his statements elected. He was most
| infinitely questioned to all the particulars of the
search for the remains; the interview he said he wit
messed between Parkman and Webster on the Monday
preceding Parkmans disappearance his interview with
| Webster the Sunday evening afterwards, when Web
said he had paid Parkman $4s3 and some odd cents
| and looked pale and embarrassed the causes of his
suspicious, which he said he first mentioned to Dr. Han
nitord on Tuesday evening, then to a Mr. Thompson
and to nobody else but his wife, until Thursday The
defence endeavored to show discrepancy between his
present testimony and that he gave before the Coroner
as to hearing some in the laboratory on Wednesday
when he felt the wall hot but, it seemed it arose from
an error IN punctuaon He denied and defed the de-
fence to prove, that he said he would get the re-
ward offered for DR.. Parkman's discovery
LiHlefelds aoye testified that her husband first told
ner OF ms behei that Webster was the murderer on
Sunday evening She corroborated many of his state
nents as to the doors of DR.. WIS apartments being
fastened, the time and manner OF his proceeding dig
the entry on Monday, Wednesday and Friday She
described her husbands shocked appearance when he
returned from his discovery Of the remains.
Jo4n ManeeH confirmed Littlefed' statement TO
his taking anote otDr. Websers Dr. ParSrian "some
day, the fore part of the week DR.. P. was missing"
j9hn HGthaoay confirmed the statement as to Little
held ' applying to him for blood on Thursday of the
week before the Thanksgiving, fixing the date by the
fact, that there was but one lecture more.
MONDAY March 25th.
lliss Sarah BusseU, relation OF Mrs. Littlefied,
was guest of the family from the 18th to the 9th of
| November Heard of the disappearance on Friday at-
tenoon, the 3d. and heard the Lefedsta talking about
| If. Confirmed what Lefeld had said about the visit
| OF a Mr.. Pettee.
": Preston, medical student, saw Dr. Webster, at
o'clock, Friday evening, November 23d going into the
| shed
Mr. calhoun confirmed Littlefeds account of the
interview with DR.. Webster Sunday evening after the
disappearance, when DIR. w. told of his paving Park
man the money, and Psrkman's grabbing it, and hurry
ing OFT: Ddnot observe any thing remarkable in Web
| sters lace, not knowing him well.
Dr John Is. Jackson, Professor of Pathological Ana
toy cohilflned Lttleelds statement as to his telling
MN OF MS purpose to dig into the wall and Dr. Us adj
ylsng him to go and to report any discovery to Dr.
| Bigelow.
G. W. Trenholm, policeman, stated that on Sunday
Rn after nd the a. he was standing with
Dr. Parkman, and told about his paying him S4S3 and
some odd cents. He confirmed Luefelds narrative as
TO all the points OF the search Of which he was cogn
SAINT and also as TO DR.. Webstes confusion and agta
| ton
~ D. Strain testified to his carrying two bundles of
grape vine cuttings, for DR., w on Monday the Goth
Dr. WIS house, and DR.. w. directed him to leave them
in Lttleeds cellar, and said he would take them to
the laboratory He found the laboratory doors locked
ter the arrest he went for these and found only one He
saw the knife, which.was found in DIR. WIS hands, on
! the 18th NOV; He was trimming grape vines.
Erasus Clapp, police officer gave important festi-
mony as to the various papers taken from Dr. Webster
or found at his house, amongst them the notes to Dr.
Parkman and the memorandpms OF his final transac-
ton with him, including the alleged payment on Fri
day, Nov. 23d. Mr. Capp's evidence was also impor-
tan to the search in the college, and Websters man
| ner when taken to iail.
Bank officers were examined to show that DR., Web
ster probably did not have the money which he said he
paid DR.. P.
we nave not room to-day Tor farther summary
Interesting evidence tending to impcae Webster was
given by j. H. Blake, the nephew, and Rev. DR.. Fran
pls Parkman, tie brother Of DR.. Geolge Parkman On
Tuesday, the most interesting evidence was that of off
Ger Starkweather who described Webster's exraordi-
nary demeanour when taken to jail He SAID
When first taken to jail he (W) was the first man
who SPOKE; He G said to Mr. Clapp What does this
done looking for Dr. Parkman-you are now in custody
for his murder" DR.. Webster said "What meS Eyes,
you are in custody ior the murder of Dr. Parkman"-
Mr.. Clapp made mlttmus and gave to me, but
Aessrs Clan1l and Snuor -.