The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-22

1S49, contained notices like the follow
ing
$4,000 REWARD!
Dr. George Parkman, well-known citizen
of Boston, left his residence. No. Walnut
street, on Friday last. He is 80 years of age,
about 5 feet inches high, gray hair, thin
face with a scar under the chin: light COM
plexion, and usually walks very fast. He was
dressed in dark frock-coat, dark pantaloons,
purple silk vest, with dark figured black stock.
and black hat.
IA he may have wandered from home in con-
sequence OF some sudden alteration of mind,
being perfectly well when he left his house !;
or, as he had with him a large sum of money,
he may have been foully dealt with. the above
reward Will be paid for information which will
lead to his recovery, if alive; or for the detec-
ton and conviction of the perpetrators if any
injury may have been done to him.
suitable reward will be paid for the dis
covery of his body. ROBERT G.. SHAW.
Robert Il. Shaw was brother-in-la
of the missing man.
DR.. George Parkman was Il we'll
known member of one of the well known
families of Boston. His brother, the
Rev. DR.. Francis Parkman, was the pas
tor of the North (Unitarian) Church on
Hanover street. He was not himself mt
this time in regular practice, but had
become a considerable owner of real es-
tate in small parcels, buying and selling
both houses and lands in the city with
such frequency that the transfers of
this class of property i'll which his
name appeared occupied no inconspicu-
Gus place i'll the registry of deeds. He
made business of loaning money in
small sums upon bond and mortgage,
and was reputed an austere and exacting
creditor
Among DR.. Parkman's unfortunate
debtors was DIR. John w. Webster, pro-
fessor of chemistry both in Harvard
College and the Medical College on
Grove street in Boston, not far from the
bridge leading to Cambridge, and close
to the Charles river. Prof. Webster
lived with his family, wife and several
daughters, in Cambridge. Hisbusiness
relations with DIR. Parkman dated as far
back rs 1912, at which time he had Dor
rowed from him 800, giving his note
therefor. This note had not been fully
paid by 1S47, when DR.. Parkman and
few others made Prof Webster an addi-
ditional loan, in connection with which
DIR. Parkman took mortgage on all of
Prof Websters personal property, III
GLIDING his household furniture and
cabinet minerals. This mortgage. which
was part in security for the unpaid bal
ance of the note of 1912, was in all for
the sum of 1927 ~, or thereabouts.
SO matters stood in 1S49, when DR..
Parkman learned that Prof. Webster
had sold these.sa mortgaged minerals
to Robert Ct. Shaw, who, of course, was
entirely ignorant of his brother .in-law's
claim upon them. Dr. Parkman was
naturally greatly incenscd at this breach
of honor, as he considered it, on the
part of his debtor, whom he seems at
once to have charged with fraudulent
intent, and forthwith set about forcing
payment from him. Prof. Webster's
remuneration for his lectures at the
Medical College was derived wholly or
in part from the sale of tickets to stu
dents. and DR.. Parkman went so far as
to consult the selling agent on one or
two occasions with reference to any
funds of Prof. Webster's that might be
in his hands. In this and other WAYS
he followed up his debtor very closely,
always with demands for the payment
of the debt, and threats and intimations
of what would happen if it was not paid.
Finally, on the morning of November
%, 1S49, Prof. Webster called at DIR.
Parkman's house in Boston, and then
and there made an appointment with
him to come to his rooms in the Medical
College at half-past, one o'clock that af-
ternoon to effect settlement. DIR.
Parkman kept the appointment: He
was seen approaching the Medical Col
lege and entering Prof. Webster's rooms
few minutes before the hour named,
and he was never seen again.
Dr. Parkman's family, unacquainted
with the fact of this appointment, were
made anxious by his failure to return to
dinner, for he was very punctual man.
When night came and be still did not