The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-04-02

street. | couldn't get into his room on Mon
day 10 make up fire. Sam'l. Parker and
ParKman Blake had interviews with DIR.
Webster in his lecture room, that forenoon !;
near o'clock Mr.. Kingsley and police olli
Ger Starkweather came to look around went
through the several rooms; DR.. Webster was
in his apartment during the day heard him
there that afternoons tried to get in where
he was, that afternoon, but could no.; could
not say what .imc he left that night On
Tuesday morning, l went and tried all the
doors of DIR. Webs;er's room; for the pur-
pose of making fires, but could not get in ,
about half past unlocked his lecture room
door and went in found DR.. Webster
there he had on smoking cap and overallsi
he was preparing his lecture for that day
passed round his table in the lecture room
and went into his back room and found fire
in his stove =; asked him if l should make a
fire in his furnace his answer was, =" No,
the apparatus or materials shall use in my
lecture will not endure heat" A short time
after, Mr.. Kingsley. and officers Clapp, Full
Ter and Rice came TO make search: DR.. Big
Glow ordered me TO show them all over the
building DR.. Wcbster's d,ors were all fast
after rapping hard for some time, DIR. Web
ster came, and told him what the officers
were there for; we then all passed into his
back room we passed down the laboratory
stairs; Dr. Webster accompanied us;
thought he drew their attention from the
privy by opening door opposite, saying
" there is another room y we then went out
we went down through the trap door and
made search under tie building, and round
the ack part of it, and found nothing. The
officers asked me if there was any place
which had not been searched I told them
the only place which they had not seen in
that department was under DIR. Webster's
private privy, which could not be reached
without penetrating brick wall. The Off
GERS went away. About o'clock that day.
DIR. Webster came to the college, and
heard him unbolt the door leading into my
cellar. went up into his back room he
stool hy the table reading newspaper he
gave me an order, and told me to 60 to Mr.
Fosters and get me Thanksgiving turkey.
saying he might want me TO do 4 small job
for him the turkey was the first present he
ever gave me. In the evening | was going
down to the Suffolk Lodge of Odd Fellows /;
DIR. Webster came down the front stairs at
the same time, and we walked along togcth.
err | asked him il | should make fire for
him the next morning he said he shouldn't
want any made in his furnaces for week.
Wednesday morning he came TO the college
very early heard him moving things in his
laboratory tried to look through the key
hole to see what he was doing, but the catch
was down on the inside went back into the
front store room and lay down on the floor
I to see if could discern what he was doing,
under the door saw him carry coal hod
towards the furnace when he got where the
furnace was | couldn't see him; lay there
about minutes, then got up and went out.
About 3 o'clock was passing the dissectina
room and felt heat on the back of one Of
Prof, Webster's furnaces it was very hot
all the doors were Fastened climbed up to
the double window of the laboratory it was
unfas,ened l lifted it up and went in; went
to the small square furnace where the bones
were found the furnace was covered oyeI
with piece Of soap-stone, relaid with min
erals, &c.. never knew fire to be made in
the furnace before found water partly gone
from two hogsheads that had been full two
thirds of an ash barrel of pitch pine kind
lings were gone saw spots on the stairs and
in his private room then went down the
same way that came in. The next da,
Thanksgiving didn't see the doctor a
all. About o'clock that day went lC
work to make a hole through the wall in the
cellar leading into the spacc-way under DR.
Webster's privy. This part of Littlefed'
testimony is, in substance, what has alread,
; been given to the public, as to the discovery
of the fragments OF human body and tow
els in the vault. Wan! of room compcls u
to omit the details | never knew any part
of human subject being used in DIR. Web
ster's department, particularly; once 60
the DIR. piece of muscle for an experiment
The direct examination of this wines
was concluded at half past six o'clock, an,
the court adjourned to Saturday morning
FIFTH DAY.
. Ephraim LWlefeld.- CrnSs-erdmined.-
Nothing of particular interest was Gillette
D by the cross-examnation, except that witnes
>. stated before the coroner's jury that ID
Webster gave him the turkey on Wedue!
= day, instead of Tuesday-was convinced, o
h conversing with his wife, that it was Tue,
: day instead of Wednesday, as fist stated
=. and that, on being asked if he was ever i
0 Webster's room at night, gambling, he d,
:. clined answering, and subsequently said h
a had not been this winter. lie also said thu
| he should never claim the reward offered it
Il the recovery of DR.. Park:nan's body.
a Andrew A. Foster testified tc selling NJ
" Lit:lefeld turkey on Tuesday, Nov. 2
Il on order of DIR. Webster
7 Mrs. Cn oline n. LMiefeld, wife of
- phraim Littlefeld, testified to nothing ne'
q of particular consequence. Her tesiimon
= was mainly corroboratve of Littlefeld's
q John Hathdwdy-has charge of medicin'