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BusTox, March 22.
FWurth krocecclin b as.—Eplirai in
sworn-1 am the Janitor of the
Medical College, superintend the building,
make the fires, sweep', &c.; I have been
Janitor seven years; three winters ut
son Street College, .& four at the new one;
I have known Dr. Webster 7 years; have
known Dr. Parkman over twenty years;
was present at an interview on Monday i
owning, Nov. 19, between Drs. Webster
and Parkman; I was in Dr. W's back pri
vate robni assisting him towards evening; I
Dr. Webster had three collates burning; I
Dr. W. was looking nt a . chemical book
and appeared to be reading; I stood at the
stove stirring some water 'in which seine.'
thing; was to be dissolved; there w:'3 suit
in the water; Ilhertid no footsteps, but,saw
Dr. Parkin:ln enter the room from the lec
ture room; Dr. W..looked around surpris
.cd•-to see him enter without -being heard;
he said, “Dr..Webater are you for the to.
night?" speaking loud and quick.' Dr.
Webster answered, "No, I .urn not ready
to-night;" Dr. Parkman said something
else I
.do not .remember what ;',.he either
refused to sell Dr. W.. something or refus
ed to mortgage. something. Dr. Parkman
took out., papers from his pocket and Dr.
Webster said, "I. wad not aware it was
so." .Dr. p. said, "it is so, and. you knolir
it.". Dr. W.:NW, him . see' you to- i
morrow." Dr.: P. ritood near the thres
livid of the door, raised his hand 'and said,
t'something must be done r.to,morrow."—
He_ went °nit, and it was. the last time I, ev
er saw him in the building.. When I was
standing is front of .the.college,about one
and a tialf o'clock the. mitt-day,:(Tuee
tlay,) Dr: W: ; aim: ,and. 4014, me if I
could carry a: note to Dr. g,,,and he added,
that if I could'Paget 7 a,ny one l could trust,
thee.V . ,iiiiint carry it :I got a
bey.Parned John,Maiwell. to carry, it up:
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Pllo's,•.„liittiOati , hiS liptiee. • I-had an
interview 'ISAtIt Dr. Wtbster ,-about noon
the same dej4.151 . . Parkmen was there on
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A WEEKLY 'PAPER : 1
Volume I.
the Monday before ; Dr. P. was there in
the evening. lam very positive it was
flail same day; Dr. W. asked if the vault'
had ever been fixed where we used to put
the remains ofsubjects from the dissecting
room and from the demonstrator* of Anat
omy's room—meaning the vault in the en
try. He added that there had been some-,
thing said about having it repaired or a
new one built. I told him it was built
right under his coal bin, which was be
tween his laboratory and the dissecting
room. In the bin we put about eight tons
ofcoal. I told him the weight of this coal
sprung the wall so as to make it leak, and
caused an offensive odor to be sent to all
parts of the building. He asked me how
it was fixed. I told him the vault had all
been covered up with dirt, and there had
been no smell since. He asked me how I
got down under the building to cover it up,
or how any one could get down. I told
him we took up the brick floor in the dis
secting room entry; and then took up the
board floor, about six feet long. Ile ask
ed me if that was all the way to get down
under the building. 1 told him it was un
der his laboratory, or the front room, and
told him how the wall run. He asked me
if we could get a light into that vault, and
I told him no. Ile asked mo if I was sure
of it. I told him I was, for I had need a
few days before to get a light into the vault;
he said he wanted to gcj some gels out of
the vault ; I bad tried to get a light in to
find something which Ainsworth had lost,
and the foul air had put it out ;...Dr. A. had
let down an African skull . to .macerate it
1
in the vault, and the rope hanetted off; I
attempted to put a light down and St went
out; Dr. W. told me he wanted 'to get
some gas to try an experiment ; I told him
then would be a good time as it was high
tide, and the water would press the gas
up. I asked him how he was going to get
the gas into any vessel; he said he had en
apparatus that he could do it with; he told
me when he %ranted to get the gas he
would let me know 2. - that is the last time 1
ever heard of it. .1 do not recollect any
other interview with Dr. Webster before
the clay of the disappearance; now I do
g
terolle a message to the Hospital. Ile
:-said he wanted me to get him some blood
for his next day's lecture; he said he wow
ed as much as a pint. I took a glass jar
off from his shelf; holding nearly a quart,
and asked if that would do to get it in,—
He said, "l'es, get it hill if you can, over
at the Hospital." Just before two o'clock,
I carried the jar to the front entry ; and
put it on the top of the case where I put!
up notices. I went to Dr. Holmes' lec
ture before it was finished. At the lecture
room of Dr. Hohnes I saw the student, J.
B. Hathaway, Who attends the apotheca
ry's shop in the Hospital. I told him there
' wa-i a glass jar in which Dr. W. wished to
get ti pint of blood. He replied : "I think
1 we shall bleed seine one to-morrow morn
; tag, and I will save the blood." On Fri •
day morning, I went to the apothecary
shop at the hospital, and the students said
that they-had no blood, that they had bled
' nobody ; I told Dr. W. about half-past e
leven o'clock on Friday, that we could
get no blood ; lie said he was sorry, as he
wanted to use it in his lecture ; that is all I
know about the blood ; I have no . reeolleks
tion of having any interview on that morn
ing with Dr. Webster after the one 1 men
tioned in the morning. On Friday, Nov.
' 23d, after I made his fire, swept the room,
and went to set the room in order; behind
the door of his laboratory and saw the
sledge hammer behind the door. It was
usually in the laboratory. The handle
was about two feet long, of white oak, &
would weigh six or seven pounds; I never
'saw it in his back room, or'any room, ex
cept in. his laboratory before. T he ham
mer was about as large round as half an
orange; rounded on both sides; I carried it
down stairs into the laboratory and set it
up against the bOx in the centre of the lab
oratory ;'I have never seen anything of it
since, though I, have hunted the building
all over. . .
I do not remember anything particular
till a quarter of 2 o'clock; , when, after I
had eaten my dinner, I Was standing in
the • front entry looking out at the front
door. I 'thought, before the coroner's in
quest, that it was about half past one, but
reflecting upon it, I remember that I , had
examined the tickets at Dr. Holmes' door,
Which Would make it a quarter of an hour
later. I - saw' Tr. Parkman approaching
the'College in North Grove street, abreast
ofFruit. ,street; walking ~very fast. I re
turned. I, entered Dr. Ware's lecture
room and lay oiz the settee nearest the reg
ister, and nearest the door, waiting for Dr.
Holmes' lecture to finish; to help fasten the
door mad clear away his things. I' did
not hear auy one enter Dr. W. B„ lecture
room; the front door was. Open till alier . tho
lecture tliaf day ; Dr, 'Ware's. lecture room
door 'was closed by 'a •Eipiing. 'After-put
ting:away Dr- s thingS,‘ I , canie' down
and locked .the 'front door.. About': fifteen
minutes .past 4P.'elock, Dr.. Holmes . . went
.0ut;,116 is,genornllo4 last one to gout
Of the building; then Went down stairs
to prepare the . fttinate for the next day I
alWaye' ' thci coal in the ittlernoOn. I
cleared out ',the furnace: that -warmed the
AnaiPniicul .41 1 d Inefiical , locture , ..rocurna.;
they are . bOth in the cellar, close under the.
•, ~i t.l'z CI *,!-;.',7-'''Cl.,'_.f.
front steps. I then went up and cleared
out the stove in the back private room of
the medical lecture room. The anatomi
cal room is up stairs, the chemical and
medical below—the former in the west /-
the latter in the cast wing. I then went
down to Dr. W.'s laboratory door to clear
up his room. The door under. the stairs
leads from Dr. W.'S small room to his lab
oratory, under the laboratory stairs; I
found that door bolted on the inside. I
then went round to the next door that leads
to his laboratory, and found that fast; put
in my key, found I could not get in, and
that it was bolted. I heard him in' there
walking; I heard the water running; went
up stairs and tried the door that led to the
lecture room from the front entry.
The court here took a recess, on reas
sembling Mr. Littlefield resumed—Left
Prof. W.'s room and went out; saw Mr.
Clapp, Kingsley, Fuller arid Rice come in
by the shed. Clapp said he wished to
speak with me; said he was going to search
every foot of land in this neighborhood,
and wished to SCPtch the College, so that
people around might not object to having
their houses searched. I told him I would
•show hint all parts of the College, to which
'1 have access.' We then saw Dr. Jacob
Bigelow in the entry. We all went into
my parlor and talked; Dr. Bigelow said
show them everything; some one said let
us begin with Dr. Webster's rooms ; that's
what I call the laboratory.
While talking in North Grove street
with Mr. Calhoun on Sunday, I saw Dr.
Webster coming into Front street from'
Bridge street. : L:rcmarke , i that there
«•as one of our coming - . IVhen
Dr. Webster :tra* , :rtie 'Carne right up to
me, and asked, Littlefield did you'
see Dr. Parknian during The' latter part of
last week V' told him I did. He asked
me when I saw.birr,-1 said last Friday
about cne and a half o'clock. He asked
me "where did you see himl" I said a
bout this spot, he asked me which way he
was going; I said be was coming right to.
wards the College; I told him I was.stand
ing in the front entry, looking out dt the
front door; he had his cane in his hand
and struck it down on the ground, and
said that is the very time that I paid him
four hundred and eighty three dollars and
sixty three cents. I remember ho put the
cents on.
I told him I did not see Dr. Parkman
come in or go out of the college, for I went
directly into. Dr. Ware's lecture room;
laid down on a settee; he said he counted
the money do« n to Dr. Parkman in his I
lecture room; he-said that Dr. Parkman
grabbed the money from the table without ,
counting it, and ran as fast as he could
go, two or thre steps at a time; he said'
that Dr. Parkman told him he would go
with him to Cambridge, and discharge a
mortgage, and Dr. - Webster said I suppos
ed he did, but 1 have nut been over to the
Register of Deeds to see; he said this was
the first he had known of it; he had read
it in the Transcript; he-said he was enga
ged to meet an unknown gentleman, and
he had come to see about it; he had been
to see Dr. Francis Parkman ; he then went
away; when Dr. Webster spoke to me,
he used before to look me in the face, with
his head up, he did not do so then, but look•
,ed.down and appeared confused and agita
ted; I never saw him look so before; he
looked thoughtful, and pale.: I can't say
which way he went, but think it was tow
ards Cambridge; on Monday I could not
get into his room to make up the fire ; my
wife told me ; she told mo that Dr. Samuel
Parkman had been there to see Dr. Web
ster; I asked hew he got in, seeing that
all the doors were locked; went up-the
laboratory stairs and saw Du. Samuel
Parkman and' Dr. tiiebster in the • back
room, they were talking about the old Dr.
Parkman; I overheard the conversation
about some money.
There was nothing more elicited in-the
balance of the evidence.
Littlefield's cross examination. was a
bout to be commenced, when the court
adjourned.
1 - 1/111, Day's Pracerdings.—The cross
examination of Littlefield, the Janitor,
was resumed, from which no farther facts
were elicited.
Andrew W. Foster, then testified to the
date, (Nov. 22,) on which Littlefield came
and got a turkey, on an order 'from Prof.
Webster, when the prosecution called;
• Caroline. M. Littlefield ; with of the km:
itor--:Knew'Dr. Parkman by sight . ; , I think
it was Saturday, I am not sure that it was
noftill Sunday, that I heard of Dr. Park
man's disappearance. • ,
• • Mr, Clifford—Did you on Sunday night
caution your. husband against stating his
suspicions? • • • •
Witness—Sunday :afternoon- My hus
band 'went out and returned,- saying that
ho had seen 1)r. Webster,: and -believed,
as that he was standing: there, that .Dr.
•Webstei; murdered' Dr: Parkman ; 4
ifor . mercy's'sake, whnt you think
so."1-•never mention that ; thini it-060)r
- think Of. it; Tor •if • the- professor' 90J(Otikl
. get laid of it, it % . would el tiktv; tiodhle for
you ;" I'don't knoW, that I )aotieod ;befOre,
that the to had been anything iniusal. in, the
worDr.. Webster kept his;roOm
he mentioned it on Sunday evening, I
THE
~ April 5 3 1850.
Clearfield, P
member how he had kept the lower lab -
oratory locked, which Ilnever knew before;
When the lectures, began the first week in
November, Mr 'Webster asked me if I
could not use water' from his laboratory,
.for his water was not good, on account of
the pipe ; he did not like to leave it running
because it spattered the floor. I used wa
ter from there after that. Friday after
noon, the little girl going for Water, ran
back and said that the door was locked ;
I said that cannot be; for that door is al
ways open ; I foubd it fastened on the mor
ning, when I wanted to get water. Mon
day morning, Dr. Samuel Parkman came,
and asked to see Dr. Webster, and where
he should find him? I told him would show
him the door, but did not know if he could
get in; he went tip ; soon after that I went
to the door.for water, and it was fastened.
On Thursdliy, I asked Mr. Littlefield to
put a bundle of grape vines and a box.
which were in my way, in Professor Web
ster's room ; he tried the door, and said he
, could not get in.
Q—Did you see Mr. Littlefield, on
Wednesday, lying on the floor, and look
, ing under Dr. \V's door.
1 Witness—l saw him on the floor; I saw
him looking at the key hole : I do not know
I that my husWed band built any fire ht week,
i I Monday,Wednesday and Friday; I saw
Dr. Webster pass through the lower entry
on Wednesday morning he came quite
early, as earl} , as eight o'clock ; he pas--
, sed through the entry on Wednesday, to
pass up the front staifs; it -was late on
Friday morning, (Mr. Littlefield had heen
out, anddoes not got up early; Dr, W.
came into the kitchen and took up a pa
! per; he . .asked Mr. Littlefield, have you
heard anything' about Dr. Parkman .; ?—
He said a women had seen a large bundle
put into a cab and the cab had been after
! wards foundpll -bloody ; I know that Mr.
Littlefield sehtArri. Harlow for an axe
lon Thursday, and went to borrow some
tools of Mr. Fuller, but I saw only the ax 9
I which Mrs. Harlow brought : Mr. Little-
L I field, after the conversation, said Dr. W.
I knows more of that than he pretends to ;
'that was after Dr.W. was gone. On Fri
day he went to work on the wall about 3
I o'clock ; when he had been to work about
half an hour, I thought I saw Dr. WebSter
coining; I had a hummer, arid I was !dto
strike four times if I saw Dr. Webster
coming'; when I saw Mr. Trenholm and
Starkweather coming, I thought it was he,
and gave the alarm ;when Littlefield came
up I was talking with the officers ; Dr. W.
came in, went through the entry, and took
up the grape. vines, went into the lecture
I room and came down into the laboratory,
' and unlocked the door, leaving it unlock
ed, as he used todo before Dr. Parkman's
disappearance. I did not see Dr. W. go
out; it was when Mr. Littlefield was talk
ing with tho police officers; when Mr.
W. was gone, Mr. Littlefield went down
and was gone, I should think, not more
than ten minutes. When he came back
he was very much affected; so much that
he burst out a cryi ; lie did not go right
away, he could not ;he then locked the
door and 'went to Dr. Biglow; Mr. Tien
holm came in, and went down and stayed
about live minutes. He said it was no
mistake. (Witness was checked from gi
ving what Ire said.) I saw no bed clothes
brought there by an express man.
John Maxwell, a boy, called—l live in
Fruit street place. Knew Mr. Littlefield.
Knew Dr. Parkman. Took a note up to
Dr. P., from Mr. Littlefield, and left it at
Dr. P.'sTho(ise. It was the forepart of the
week that the Dr. was missing. I doliv-'
ered the note into the Dr.'s own hands.
John Hathaway called—l am engaged
at the Massachusetts Hospital. Keep the
medicines, 118 the apothecary. Mr. Little
field applied to me for some blood the
Thursday before Thanksgiving, for Dr.
Webster. I fixed the day because . there
was but one lecture more that week. At
ten the lectures, all of them.
The court adjourned over till Monday
SIXTIZ DAY, BOSTON, Attach 25.
The court this morning proceeded to
the examination of the thirtieth witness for
the prosecution.
Miss Sarahl3uzzoll, sworn—Knows Mr.
and Mrs. Littlefield ;is a - connection of
Mrs. L. ; visited them on the 16th of Nov,.
went away the'27th; belong in Medford;
heard of Dr. P.'s 'disappearance in the af
ternoon.
Questioned by . Mr. Bemis—Did you
hear of it on Friday, or that it happened
on. Friday.
' Witriess—heard of it on Friday ;I heard
them talking about it, on Friday afternoon
bettveen, four, and five ; I was sitting in the
kitchen; W. Littlefield was lying down,
and Mrs. L, was away ;• when the front
door bell rung, and 1 wenyto thy door; as
I could- not get the 'doorApen, I . told' the
gentkman if he would go round tb'the
other door, I Would'go down and. call Mr.
Littlefield: 'I learned, ittlerwards;that tho
gentiernan'ti name' • was ,Pettee;-• I wen'
'down and met Mr, Littlefield 'aoming Ott
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. his' istoalting feet,oo,rl' hj,k rt • gen ,
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heard of the disappearance of Dr. P. till
after I went to the door on Friday.
W. Preston, sworn—l am a student of
medicine; have attended .the lectureS of
Dr. W. I saw Dr. W. about six o'clock
on Friday evening, November 23d, after
his lecture, just out side the college build
ing,
going into the . shed. Ido not know
whether he entered the college or not ;
but I was passing out of his disecting room
and passed him on the side Walk. I am
perfectly confident that it was Friday eve
ning, Nov. 23d.
Cross-examined--The shed is on the
side of the building opposite the dissecting
room ; don't know that I spoke, but Dr.
W. bowed. What fixes the time in my
mind is, that I was going to meet twomed
ical students in Hanover street. I afler
i wards mentioned, about thanksgiving-time
that I had seen Dr. Webster that night.—
I fixed the hour, because I have tea at
half past six, and was to meet the students
at seven o'ciock.
Direct examination resumed—Never
saw Dr. W. so late before ; never saw Dr-
IV. after his lecture before.
William Calhoun, called—l drive a,
team for Mr. Fuller; am acquainted with
Littlefield; live at the corner of Fruit and
Grove streets{ was with Mr. Littlefield
talking on. tre Spndayafter the disappear
ance of DE., P., and saw Prof. Webster in
N. Grove street, opposite the college ; he
came down Fruit street; I think it was a
bout four o'clock. It was clear enough
to see; he, Webster, came up to L., and
Said to him, did you see Dr. P. last week'?
Mr. L. said he saw him on Friday going
towards the college. Professor W, asked
where ho, Littlefield, waspvhen lie saw Dr.
I'. Littlefield replied that ho was stand
ing at the front door of the college, but
didn't see Dr. P. when he wont into the
college as he had gone and laid down on
a settee at a distance from the door.
Professor TV. asked what time on Fri
day—afternoon, Littlefield had seen Dr. P.
coming towards the college ; L. replied
, half past one o'clock' P. M.rProfessor TV.,
said, that's the very time I paid him four
hundred and eighty three dollars, to dis
charge a mortgage • and that the,Dr.
bed the money and run off as fast as he
could; and us he was 'going, Professor TV.
said to him; Now goto Cambridge and dis
charge the mortgage ; did not see anything
remarkable in tho appearance of Dr. TV.
at the time. Cross-examination of this
witness was declined.
Dr. John B. Jackson,callcd—l am Prof.
of Physiological Anatomy, at Harvard
College, in the city of Cambridge. Mr.
Littlefield had an interview with me on
Friday, at the College, at one o'clock.
[The introduction of this conversation
was objected to by the defence, but Nvas
allowed to proceed by the Bench to test
the relevancy of the subject matter of the
conversation.]
That he could not go into the street with
out b2in , " told that Dr. P. was within the
1 walls of the Medical College, and that lie
I meant to dig to the privy vault andexamine
I it ; I told him to go in, and if he discover
anything to go to Dr. Bigelow first,
and then come to me ; enjoined strict se
crecy upon him in case he made no dis
, coverv, and pledged myself to the same;
when I came home that evening I found
him (L.) at my place; don't know wheth
i or W. used anatomical subjects in his de
partment or not.
Cross-examination of this v. imess de
clined by defence.
,1 G. W. Trenholme, Policewn-L-My
'heat was at the west front or the city, lost
I November, near the Medical 'College';
never knew Littlefield, the janitor of the
College; knew Prof. W.; saw Prof W. on
the Sunday afternoon after the disappear
once of Dr. P.; I was standing talking
with Littlefield when he came up; he, (W)
said to me, "what about the $2O bill ;
told him `I did not know anything'aboait;
ho then told the story of the Irishman or.
fering the $2O bill to change fbr a toll of
one cent.
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Here witness said he was mistaken,ltwo feet and a half long, end ono and
and said that he Was talking with Mr. J.' half widc.and ten inches deep; the. other
IT. Blake, into City Marshal, instead of ; was ono and a half feet square • the large
Littlefield.:' W. camo up and spoke to.Mr.ione was empty; the other had.something
Blake, and said that the first he had heard in it ; I.lef thorn, when, I left . on Monday,
of the disappearance of Dr.' P. was the ,in -Mr., Littlefield's cellar; there was
fr
evening before; ho said that be had read piece split oor the cover, and I saw in
an account of it in a paper; Prof. Webster side a checked handkerchief; 1 ' hw them
Said that on the day of his (Dr. Parkrnan's theboX and the grape vine I carried on
disappearance, he had paid, him $4BB and Menday, but not the tan ;.I went . : to the
Some odd cents, to discharge a mortgage, College agx the•arrest ofProfessoi . Vele
and
that he (Webster), had come to the if oxen; It was Satuiilnlarr'
city'to tell his (Pert man's) friends; did 'Afoy:; -- ts;%ll-
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not see Prof. Webster during the inter., -
view between . that Sunday and the Sato( - • •
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day olhis arrest.
Mr.. L. told me on Friday rtfl.qtlo'• •
about 4 o'clock, that he had told .rJ • • • "
'cers that' every place in the 'erf..
been searched except that, aa . 4,:k . ,
to penetrate the wallsvcr.`... ; • , •
anything there. lie• • •
the walls of the la - • •
time before. — I fe'4 7 . 4 •
feel .any heat ther.4„ , .
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and had sent for hith (W.,) toidentify'rt;
Webster said he 'didn't identify it tts'one
paid by him to Dr. P. ;ProfesSorW, then
went away; just . afterwards Littlefield
came out and said that he should be through
the wall in an 'hour Or so. In about an
hour afterwards 'Littlefield came up and
said he had found Dr. P. in the vault, and
that he was going for Dr. Biglow;' lie
went oil; and I went into Mr. Littlefiehps,
house, intending to go down the. cellar to
see the result of this discovery.
Mrs. L. asked 'me ill - was nel — aTraid fo
go down ; told her no, and She then 'gave
me a lamp and opened the cellar, door; I
went down, and looking into the; vault
through the hole in the wall; saw the
parts of the body described,..thortly. Mar-
shal Tukoy, Dr.: Biglow, and the :others
came down.
By the Court—The mutant's Wero
ken out of the vault and laid on a beard;
they were left there till the party cane
down.
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Direct-4 was left in charge of the COI.
lege until Professor W., was brought down
by the party ; he, W., was . brought down
about eleven o'clock at night.; I wits pet
at the door when be, W., came ; Little-
field came up stairs and told me Prefers:3er
\V. had come; theparty went to the Taber.
atory, the doOr of which was forced in ; we
went to the privy, and asked where the
key of it was, Littlefield replied that Prc‘
lbssur \V. liad it.
Prof. IV. said he had not got it, but
that it was hanging up .en the shelf . ; We
took down the key he showed us, and wept
to the under labotatory, and tried it, bUt
it would not fit the lock of the privy ; the
door of the privy was then brokon open;
Professor Webster appeared to be con
fused, while. in the,. lower laboratory, he
was more agitated than he A's in the 91)-
per one; he called for water, and when 'it
was brought to him, he snapped and, bit . rit
those who offered it ; Officers ,Adams,
Rice, and myself, remained at the cell all
night ; I remained there until Sunday . af,,
ternooon ; was relieved' from duty only JL
' few minutes at a time; during this inter
' view, I was not under orders to keep a
strict watch upon Mr. L. or nn. one else
at the time; the place was properly and
securely guarded ; the remains were put in
a box and nailed up.and placed in the
pri
vy, an inquiry was made for "the hatchet
I belonging to the laboratory ; W. replied
down the sink ; I Ohl( Mr. Littlefield suc
ceeded in finding the hatchet.
Cross-examined.—. Prof. W. accosted me
on Friday allcrnoon saying, "what about
the 820 bill" he said something about the
city Marshal at Cambridge in connection
with this bill. I was acquainted . sllghtty
with the Professer at that time. saw
I Littlefield on SaMrday, the day after the
I disappearance of Dr. Perlman; he was
talkihg, with Mr. Kingsley.
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Nathaniel D. Saurin, sworn—l am ex,
press man between Cambridge and Boston;
I have been in the habit of carrying things
for Prof. Webster ; during the week after
Friday, Nov. 23d, I rememberbringing . in
two bundles which I should call fagots—,
cuttings of grape vines from his lions° ;
1 it was Monday, the 26th; I brought
Iso a. box and a ban. of tart; the bag was
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about a foot and a half squire, like a.. soap
box ; I brought them from Dr. ,Webster
house in CaMbridge; Dr. Webster direr:-
ted me to leave:them in Mr. LittlefieWs
cellar, and said to,me, "that, I will
„take
them into the laboratory ;" be never gave
me such directions before • I had carried
things to tho. Medical College perhaps two
hundred times before, I always, 101 l
. ffiem
in the laboratory below or above. !w
-ally found a key in Mr. Littlefield's kitch
en, with which I unlocked the door ; this
time I had, perliars,. misunderstood the
Professor; and would set the, th:ngso. into
the laboratory'; I tried the door and found
it locked; I Went into the kjtehen to gut
the key, but could not find it. I (Calla both
d,oors,of the laboratory locked ; otOlre4-
ensday, Nov. went there again; car !
tied two there; the largest about
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