Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-04-04

poards."
|! CrosS-eaanained-I testified before the
coroners jury wrote down some part OF
the CONVEX sation with Professor Webster I;
have looked at it since was at the Medi-
cal College on tho morning of Friday, the
23d OF Nov; and asked Liltlefeld # there
was any private place or room in the Col
lege that had not been searched (; no re-
piled, everything but Professor Webster 5
private rooms, but those are locked, and
Webster has got his key with him" |
then said that | wnud come the next NOR
ming and look at those rooms three Of the
KEYS would ft doors in the building not
belonging to Professor Webster's apart
ments remember hearing Webster say at
Cambridge that he would 60 back and get
his KEYS, and also constable Clapp saying
that he (Clapp) had got keys enough 10
fit every door IN the building.
47,h witness-CHAs. B. RICE, Police
mad called. l. am connected with the po-
lice of this city was a, the College en-
ployed in the examination of it before the
arrest OF Prof. Webster Prof. Webster
went over his rooms wth.us was at the
college at the time when Prof Webster
was brought down on tht night Of his ar
rest; heard something said about the
furnace, but did not 90 near i, myself; saw
Mr.. Andrews, the jailor, there, with tho
others.
CroSs-eramined- saw the tea ches,
turned over by officer Fuller and saw the
thorax and thigh turned out of tie box
went into the l,wer laboratory on the day
of the first search a, the College, and heard
the aluson made to the prIvy in the labor
atory. Professor Webster stood in an OPP
posite part of the room. lie said some
thing about there being another room,
which we had not seen before.
48th witness-SAMUEL LANE, JR., called.
| am in the hardware business in Dock
square have been in Dock square one
year and half have known Prot. Web
srer since 1886 some few days after the
disappearance Of DR.. Parkman, Prof Web
ster came to the store and asked for some
| fsh-hooks the time is not accurately i'm
pressed on my mind, hec1use had been in
the habit of doing business with Professor
Webster before.
| Cross-examination Of this witness de-
! clined
Il INCIDENTS OF THE TRIAL.
II Officer Starkweather's $ testimony de-
! scribed the arrest of DR.. Webster, and
his indignant surprise on the occasion,
when accused of the murder Of DIR.
Parkman. Prisoner asked the witness
"if they had found DIR. Parkman,"
and S,arkwcather replied, that he
would wish him to ask no questions
which he could not answer" The
prisoner also asked him if they had
found the whole of the body 2" ant
tnen cXCIaincd,
How did they come to suspect
me 4! Oh my children, what vii
they do What will they think o
me ! Where did they get the infor
nation abeut it p
Starkw Gather then asked the prison
er-
If any one else had access to hi'
apartments and who built his fires 2
oh ! the riIiain-Pm a ruinec
man %
The Doctor was much excited, an,
appeared to have spasms at the time
He used several incoherent expires
SONS.
The officers description Of the en-
tire particulars Of the arrest, was lis
tened to with extreme attention by th'
. Court and the Jury. 1t went to SHOW
the extremely embarrassed and excltc'
appearance OF the prisoner during al
this time, until he was lodged in pris
on-and that he had to be borne t
the latter place by the officers.
The hshinghooks found in the Co
lege, were also produced, and sever;
persons in the gallery seemed to be
come much exc ted Oh seeing them.-
The prisoner took out his pencil an
b wrote something down the iish-hook
we're of large size, such as are used
fishing for cod fish. There were a
tached to several of them, strong piec
= Is oftwine.
, In the course Of the examination,
Mr.. Sohier objected to the testimc
ny Of witness (Starkwcather) in rel'
ton to the skeleton keys, which h
con,cndcd was irrelevant to the issu
q lie wished to know what it was mcar
0 to prove by the introduction of testlm'
= nv in relation to this bunch of keys
a ATTORNEY GENERAL.-Wc expc'
TO show that these skeleton keys httc
other parts of that building besides ID