, 1869-02-12
TIE MURDER AT JACKs0NV1LLE--.A
PARALLEL CASE.

PARALLEL CASE.
The EreHtng Post recalls the murder OF
hlr. ApplebY, in this city, in 1856, as q
parallel case 10 the atrocious assasstna-
tion Of Mr.. Mcconnell, At Jacksonville.
The circumstances OF that murder will be
read with interest by those who were
residents here fourteen years ago, and
remember the excitement caused by it,
ss well as by these who have since c5me
here, and 10 whom this incident In the
annals OF Chicago crime is new; and wc
therefore copy the Post's narrative in
smother column. Not, however, that
there seems to Us much similarity
in the two cases, as Ia the
Appleby case the object Of the
murderer was plrnder, while the assas-
sin Of Mr. Mcdonnell was evidently
moved byno such motive. But q really
similar case was that OF the murder OF
Dr. parkman by Professor Webser, IN
Boston, in 184e, if, as seems re" 10 have
been the probability, Mr. AcConncll WAS
killed by one who oaed him money.
There was an unpaid debt due from Pro
fesEor Webster to Dr.. Parkman, and
it was with reference to this that
the latter called upon the former,
at his laboratory in the medical college,
out Of which he never came except In
ealcired fragments, cognizable only by
the gold plate of his false teeth, which his
dentist identified. Dr.. Pa1kman, one OF
the " solid men,. Of Bosten, was rather
notorious, also, for carrying to an extreme
the maxim ''Be just before you are gen
erous." He was rigorous to the very let
ter in exacting from debtor every penny
that was due him, withou. -abatc-
ment In amount or in time, though
be might, his sense Of justice thus salts
| fled, remit the debt OF relieve otherwise
the necessities Of one TO whom he had
becn thus mercilesa- Dr.. Webster, on
The other hand, was, though professor
at Cambridge: poor man, free liver,
3 free borrower, and always IN debt.
One theory, the mos. charitable, OF the
murder was that Dr.. parkmap, in de-
mandlng the payment OF principal or
interest, or both, of debt due him, had
cxasperaled Webster by his rcproaches,
po'sAnsJ - A7 t"eu'' tA'4 49, "' o1
rage eostel selzeo tne nearest "espon
and dealt his tormentor q blow winch
killed him instantly. There was, accord.
lrg 10 this theory, no murderous inten.
ZION, but that, like many another man
when feeling that he was in5ulted beyond
bearing, DR., Webster yielded TO the in.
Pa'se oi suaaen anger winch oaa SO 1ata'
I r,s1k Co. rN
HsuAt. IAc 1ee'ine, eisct"aro, "hen
the c'rcums anees OF the case became
kro"n' was thss nau ne hao 'he courage
10 nave gone INSANITY 10 the neaiess pc
tlce Station ana surrendered n'msslf' VIII
the statement 'has nc hao' IN . mo-
nent OF unRoVernapleragc, moved theret'
oy lntolc1aolc insult, accidentally k1ilc'
his friend, that, such was his reputaslo'
IS genial and mlld-tempered map, an
such the well-known character OF ID
Pa1 kman as harsh and oVeroear1n
one, he would, at the worst, have bee
convicted OF manslaughter, and pun
ishod with br:ef imprisonment. Blu
whether from want OF courage, or
presence OF mlnd, or whether the whol
theory was erroneous, and nc was quit
ot deliberate murder, having htst c.
t:ced Dr. farsman to that lonely Eabora
tory on p1e:ence OF paying b
, cco', the tacE was that !
+ attempted to conceal the murd
r py cuulng up Inc body OF his victim 81
:. burning lis paris, piece ny piece, occup
d Ing himself for days In this terrible las
= And It was this process, requiring agre
d fire and his constant and unusual prf
+ euce al day long, Tor days, In his labor
: tcry, that at length excited suspicion al
]. lea to his arrest During all this peri,
e there was no other change in the hab
d OF In the joVial manner which alwa
q distinguished DR.. Webster that cou