suspicion of him; and that we were obliged to come and look into his apartments among the rest. The doctor said we could look 'round if we wished to. We walked through the lecture room into the back room, and Mr. Clapp started to go into the back private room. Professor Webster told him that he kept his valuable and dangerous articles there, and Mr. Clapp just put his head in the door and said he shouldn't go in there to get blown up; then went down into the lower laboratory; went up to the furnace there (the same in which the bones were afterwards found); saw the bright light of a fire, and the ashes underneath all swept up; Professor Webster was talking with Mr. Clapp at this time, at the bench by the window; saw a tea chest there with tan in it, and minerals on top. Clapp inquired, what door is that? Littlefield said it was the doctor's private privy and that he had the key; noticed the stairs into the laboratory were wet, as if water had been spilled; we made no more search, because we had no suspicion of anybody in the college; they rather laughed at me, for my suspicion in regard to the college. Rewards were offered. One for $3,000, on Monday, or Tuesday, and one for $1,000, on Wednesday. The handbills were posted very extensively through the city and the neighboring towns. About four o'clock Friday, called at Mr. Littlefield's apartments with Officer Starkweather, and inquired of Mr. Littlefield's wife; in consequence of what she said, I went to the front door and rang the door bell, and Mr. Littlefield

came out with his overalls on, covered with mortar and dirt; had been informed a few minutes before of his having borrowed a bar and tools to dig through a wall, and was determined to find out what he was about; was not at the jail when Professor Webster was brought in from Cambridge, but went down there about ten, in company with S. D. Parker, Dr. Martin Gay, and others; Dr. Webster was in the lower lockup, lying on the bed with his face downwards; he said he was not able to get up; he was in a state of great agitation and prostration; thought he would not live. They carried him up stairs and he asked for water; held the tumbler to him; he bit at it, struck his face against it, and spilt the water all over him; thought he would fall out of the chair. He wanted word sent to his family, also to Mr. W. H. Prescott, and Mr. Franklin Dexter. Mr. Parker said there was another family that had been in great distress for a week; that, perhaps he could explain certain things at the Medical College, which would relieve that family; that we were going there, and he could accompany us if he saw fit. He said he had nothing to explain and would go with us. The officers helped him into the coach. The party in the coach with Dr. Webster went down to the Medical College. Two of the officers accompanied him, holding him up, one on each side. Inquiry was made for the key. Professor Webster said that Mr. Clapp had taken it from him with other keys. The door was forced. The key for the privy door down stairs was asked for, The professor

said that it hung up on a nail at the end of the shelf. A key was found but it did not fit; Dr. Webster said that someone, then, had taken it away. We went down stairs into the laboratory, and the privy door under the stairs was broken open.

We went from the laboratory out to the trap door. Some of the party went down and handed up parts of a human body-a pelvis, the right thigh and right leg; I think it was the right thigh and right leg. They were placed where Professor Webster could see them, upon a board; did not hear him make any remark about them. He appeared excited, and had to be supported. Dr. Webster was then taken back to the carriage and the jail.

Was at the Medical College, the next afternoon (Saturday) when other parts of the body were found; was in the upper laboratory, when I was called by someone saying that they had made further discoveries; went down and Officer Fuller and others were then drawing a tea chest out into the floor; the thorax and thigh came out imbedded in tan. The thigh was inside of the ribs, put in so that the ends of the ribs had left marks upon it; a large knife fell out of the tan; I should call it a jack-knife. A string went round the body and leg. Those limbs were taken out and washed and put with the others and given into the charge of the officers. Was at the Medical College Sunday afternoon when a pair of slippers and pantaloons, with spots of blood on them, were found in a clothes press at the head of the stairs leading to the laboratory. Dr. Jackson directed they should be kept care

fully, that Dr. Wyman might examine whether they had blood upon them; they were wrapped up in paper, and Mr. Butman took charge of them. A large knife, with a silver sheath or handle was also found Sunday afternoon, when I was present; was also there when a saw was found, with something on the handle looking like prints of blood.

Was present when the limbs were put together by Dr. Lewis on Monday morning. Appearance of the body was that of Dr. Parkman. He was tall, and very slim; about five feet ten and a half inches high; straight, and small over the hips; was light complexioned; his hair, sandy; his under jaw was prominent. Should not like to say positively that the parts of the body which I saw were Dr. Parkman's.

Cross-examined. The morning after the arrest, searched Professor Webster's house at Cambridge; made a second search there about 12th December. We had a search warrant on the first occasion, but not on the second.

Dr. Parkman would use plain language in talking with people who he thought had dealt dishonestly with him; wouldn't hesitate to tell him so; but never heard him use a profane word or use harsh language in asking for payment of money, when treated with civility.

Patrick McGowan. Was house servant of Dr. George Parkman and now live with Mrs. Parkman; the day of his disappearance somebody called at the house and inquired for the doctor, about 8 or 9 a. m.; didn't know the person, and he didn't

give me his address; should not know the person if I saw him; can't say that it was the prisoner. The doctor was crossing the entry from the breakfast room at the time of the person's calling, and stepped to the door; heard something said about the doctor's meeting the person, or answering the question, if he would meet him at some place, at half-past 1 o'clock; understood the doctor to answer, yes, that he would meet him there; last saw the doctor about 11 o'clock that day; have never seen him since; he was very punctual at meals; never knew him absent from dinner at the regular hour but once, and then he came in before the family had finished.

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Cross-examined. kept no other man servant; other persons called that morning; not many; did not tell any of them that the doctor had gone out of town for the day.

30 Robert G. Shaw. Am brother-in-law of the late Dr. George Parkman. He would have been sixty years old in February following his decease. Am well acquainted with prisoner. The first I knew of his lending Dr. Webster money, was when I told him of his having sold me his minerals. The last time I saw Dr. Parkman was on the day of his disappearance. He called at my house between 9 and 10 a. m. and we walked down to State street together. He was in very good health and good spirits. We parted about 10, at the Merchant's Bank. The next day Mrs.

Parkman sent for me; I found her in great distress from the absence of her husband, who had not been home that night; went directly to his brother's, the Rev. Dr. Francis Parkman (also my brotherin-law), and informed him of the doctor's absence; then to Mr. Edward Blake's office in Court street, my nephew, to concert means for making inquiries for him. There was suspicion of a man who had been punished for stealing from the doctor's house; we sent to the attorney who had defended him, and found that that man was away from the city, and had not been in it recently; then went to the city marshal's and engaged him to have inquiries made through the police. That evening an advertisement was inserted in the newspapers, giving notice of the doctor's disappearance. I offered a reward subsequently, of $3,000, for information in regard to him, and one of $1,000 for the discovery of his body. During the whole week succeeding, I was consulted and took an active interest in the investigations. Have seen the remains since they were arranged and put together; saw appearances which induced me to believe them to belong to the body of Dr. George Parkman; the color and kind of bair on his breast and leg. He came to my house early one morning a cold morning · without any surtout; and to my remark that he wasn't dressed warm enough he replied that he had not on even drawers, and

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pulled up his pantaloons to show it; have seen him open his breast in such a way as to show how much it was covered with hair. The form, size and height of the parts corresponded to Dr. Parkman. Saw the teeth which were found; know of his wearing false teeth. I finally took charge of the remains to have them entombed as those of Dr. Parkman, and they were SO buried.

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As to my financial relations with Dr. Webster, received note from him about 19th April, 1848, asking for an interview next morning; he informed me of his embarrassments, and that he expected the sheriff would seize his furniture if he couldn't raise a certain sum to pay off a pressing demand which had been long standing; he proposed to sell me a cabinet of minerals; told him that I did not want them. He said I might like to make a donation of them to some institution; that he would sell them to me for $1,200. I refused; but he pressed me so hard and worked upon my feelings so much that I concluded to aid him; asked him how much he needed, and he said that $600 would relieve him for the present; told him that if he could get my note discounted for that amount, at some bank which he named, I would buy his minerals. Later he called and said that he could get it discounted at the Charles River Bank; let him have my note, for which I took a receipt, dated April 20th. He shortly after brought me a catalogue, and bill of sale of the minerals, which I put on file, without examining. On 6th June he called on me again, and I gave him a check for $200; and

again, on 3rd August, one for $400; for which also I have his receipts. He then said there was some of the minerals included in the catalogue which he should like to keep, if I had no objection; told him that if he would pay the interest as it fell due he could do so. He did not, however, pay it, and I have never called upon him for it.

Subsequently I was walking with Dr. Parkman one day when we met Dr. Webster; asked Dr. Parkman, after we passed, what salary Dr. Webster was receiving at Cambridge. He replied, $1,200. I said, that is not half enough to support his family, and told him of his application to me for money and of his sale to me of his minerals. Dr. Parkman said, they are not his to sell; I have a mortgage on them, and if you will come to my house I will show it to you. He took me to his house and on comparing his mortgage with my bill of sale, they corresponded throughout. He then said he would see Dr. Webster and give him a piece of his mind; that it was downright fraud, and he ought to be punished. (The mortgage was here produced by the witness and read to Court and jury. Its condition was for the payment of $2,432 in four years from date.)

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Dr. Webster wrote me a long letter of explanation (as I suppose), which I never read, my eyes being poor, but I laid it away after opening it, and no one else saw it; subsequently I was told that Dr. Webster was proposing to give his minerals to Harvard College, on a certain sum being made up by subscription to enable him to do so. I put my name down for $500,

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on the understanding that much of my debt should be reckoned as a subscription. The amount was raised and soon after a Mr. Smith called on me from Dr. Webster, and paid me the balance of my debt. I told him to take back the letter and bill of sale, etc., to Dr. Webster, and to tell him that I was perfectly satisfied; know that Dr. Parkman was not paid off by this arrangement.

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Dr. Parkman left a wife, a son, and daughter. The daughter has been an invalid for several years; he was always anxious to procure delicacies for her, suitable to her state of health. was the most punctual man I ever knew; over-punctual. Was also a very domestic man. Nothing would induce him to stay away from home twenty-four hours, if he could avoid it.

Cross-examined. The doctor's punctuality extended to everything; business appointments, as well as others. Had I not known of Dr. Parkman's being missed, should not have supposed that the parts of the body found were his. The fact of his disappearance had as much to do with my opinion as the color of his hair.

March 20.

Francis Tukey. Am city marshal. Saturday, 24th November, at 10 a. m., Mr. E. Blake requested me to have inquiries instituted for him. I sent for police officers and directed them to make inquiry in a private way for Dr. Parkman and to institute such search as they could in his unoccupied houses by pretending an errand about drains, nuisances and the like. At 2 o'clock I had no further information than that he was last seen Friday, in the neighborhood of the Medical College, and the whole police were notified of his absence; advertisements of the disappearance were also given to the newspapers. Could not make a more extensive and particular search than was made for Dr. Parkman both in and out of the city. Messengers were sent in all directions to the towns in the country, and to towns all up and down the sea coast. The river and harbor were dragged; every report that we could hear of him, far or near, we sent and had investigated. We circulated 28,000 hand bills of four different notices, of which the following are copies. (Produced and read to the jury.)

Boston, November 25th, 1849.