The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-30


When sHw lhe romuina noticed some
hair on the bfrnsf, lhal | thought wHs the
same M that ofDr Parkmnn. lie had show
ed mo HE leg, IN my house, on 1hursdly
morning, aud | could feeognze IL The same,
~ inrm hGd rompleNioni bui could not iden-
ufy that 10 we'll Hs ! could lhe hair on the
breast, Form, sile and height III cores
pUHdui with pHriu of i'r pnfkusn's body,
aud nothing differed rom ihom, saw the
lcelll, aud thought they were also hls. took
charge Of tho TouniuH, for onlOmbmeut, Hs
b.iug lhoso Of Dr, parsmun.
had q connection with d. Webster, in a.
GfrUulmy HhHpe tie rHmr 60 nt'- -si,s',g gl.a
lsth Of April and asked a private interview,
TO- said be- whs embarrassed, aud the sheriff
would be- u his house " he could not raise
money tu cover debt lint had been overdue
q year or more linproporcd 10 ubuFaEc %
cabinet ufmnernl-. said did not want
tbon. 10 replied lhnl ! might beqneaih
them TO some institution. told him had
no such wisl, and no money llf said be-
wanted $1,000, asked hos mueli he want.
od az lhr Gus, us the story ho told me- nbu,t
HE ihfmIy affected me-, and hG fald 5000. !
suld would lrl him have uoio ul three
mouths, which 10 came "a me- ,h" same da y
aud said hc could get discounted nj bank
iu the city. THE receipt tpr this note wuH
read, dated tho OOH Of Aprili " So aud made
q sale oflhe mineral cabinet TO hlr Shaw. iu
consideration Of sl2OO,l ln con iormily to
the receipt, Dr. Webster brought me u catn'
loguo aud hill Of tulria told him 90 call
when he wanted more m0ucy. On tie uh
ofJuue be- cHmc and got 5000 on ulh Ui hu'
rust hr received tho balance OF ~lOu making
gi2OO Arthiu tifuc be- -nid be- bad part ,U
clscs that might have, but declined, aud
hc said be- had some IN the college hc wish
cd tu keep. allowed him To- do 20. ! como
to the tine when DE- Parknan came 10 kno"
The thing. Subsequently to the above lfnns'
Isss.....- ~ ia. EAiknnl.
when We met Dc, Webster, | cnuuot tell tue
dnlcN | raid ln De- Pnfkinan--"W hat salary
docs Dc. Webster have at the college -
Dr. pafknnn told ne hat hls salary was
$1,000, hegnirs his ices az the Medical Cot
crr.- Our conversation led me 90 tbcnllon
Thai DrWehs,cr hnl sold ne The minerals.
lie asked ne ta 20 tu hir hOusr, aud lac
would show ne tlir the minerals were i'''
~. WrlUUr'a 20 sgl ~hon Ne talked over
tie details, aud sHd 10 him HAT lac was not
20 trouble himself about the Hilnir Soou hl-
Ter Dr. Purkmun iuld me hc hai seen DE-
MclAicr aud Talked to him. lOhlc'trd; lhut
ihc conversation wts not cyIdthct.I 7 pro-
ducc me u-uriyugc deed Dr. Purkmdn had
tit-,,ii- ife -ititttefHl-,-
The mortgage vas handed INTO court, as
e., deuce ID isdutcd 2!d January lSlGund
conveys lhc whole uf tie furniture aud u!.
ircts ul De- Webster, including the fnmcg-
nls,--lo d. PnfknJn, failing the puymcui,in
four ycurs. of S2iOO
Dr. Webster wrote au explanatory note 10
me- nut rot being nhle 10 see 10 rehd the let
~, aud not anxious TO engage a third party
TO do 80, iied ihe letter without rondiug ~
\ heard j,rH lLu, Dc. Webster p.opos-
ed b. give ljis niluciulugicai collection, Il hc
could raise p certain gum towards thor con.
vcynnrr. was asked Ia subscribe, but de-
cllncd. however concluded TO subscribe
$500 of tbo amount that ! dad lCrt Dr. Web
-s.eI.--,Lul b. 10 drduct {, from the dpht b0
uwcd.mc. Tins W05 mono, NUd TTG ,s-IEC.s'1I7
given to the college A gentleman uamcL
came and pnid mp tic balUucu OF 500 duo
fne, and gave him tho catalogue aud bii, Oi
.!.ln, tlliiug hjm 20 shy 10 llr. Webster not 20
reflect on The matter, as ] never should.
knew that Dr. Putkman did TO, receive his
debt ont OF the oncy raised for the giucr.
ais; he told me So when talked on tho sub
jcct with him IN November, Dr. Fatktnan
LETT q wife and tou aud daughter. lie con-
ditiuu Of the d1ughirr was s'ieli thai she bad
been nn invalid Tor several years. mud was
not expected TO recover. llc was always
nbNious To provide things suited To her deli-
cate state ol health, Ills habits OF puncIu.
ulity were generally more than II usual ~
hoIuc hc did not differ anything.
CRoss ExAMSTn.-t'hIs puuctuuitty cN'
leudal ln,erery lransnctiln which / kueM
him concerned. lie took notes OF all Ca.
gngcmruts, and kept them to u moment.
would not, perhaps, hnd not Dr. farhmous
body lrcu missing, been impressed with tle
fact Ihnt the remains were his. " Nns 10y
Ihc hnir on the hrcasl prlnclpullytllnt could
identify him.
DmEcr ExAMiNArIoN.--I took the mort.
gage presented IN Cont, from DR., Parkuaps,
housr, | think, dny or t~o before tie grand
Jury MOT rdd II rom Mrs i11r kti1utri t'tft-
do not rccolctt the exact date. luiy haN-
ing received
This closed The examination OF this wit
ness, aud the session ior. the dny-ile court
waving adjourned at z O'clock, to meet at 9
o'clocl, next day.
[The Jury were instructed To visit the Med
icnl CoEcgc, and examine he locality with
out asking any questions concerning II, but
whit were absolutely urrcss0ry TO rculizc to
lhcm knoWlrdge ut localities alone
sEUuXu pxr's race eEEDINGs,
ith FRANors TukEY.--f Hm City Aiur,
shall IN Boston. On tie Friday evening at
,cr lie Disappearance, nr. iiiEclow and OH
crs came ,uiG my vlhcc, aud gave me some
reformation, in consequence otwhich went
10 Robert G. Shaw's. called on coroner
Pratt aud sent him 10 the Medical College,
and went myself afterwards with DIR, Blge-
low, (who is one of the proitssors) saw
officer Clapp when went there, ulong with
liulctiold. We went into the cellar room
ut tdc latter, and thence down a Trap. Little
Geld, Trenholm, Chpp aud went down to-
gcthrr, uud also DE-. Bigelow. The trap
door IL on the sumu level with MIR Little