Report of the case of John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of George Parkman, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts : including the hearing on the petition for a writ of error, the prisoner's confessional statements and application for a commutation of sentence, and an appendix containing several interesting matters never before published / by George Bemis.
- Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
- Date:
- 1850
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the case of John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of George Parkman, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts : including the hearing on the petition for a writ of error, the prisoner's confessional statements and application for a commutation of sentence, and an appendix containing several interesting matters never before published / by George Bemis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Doctor said, further, that the first lie knew of Dr. Parkmau's being missing, he read it in the Transcript. He said, that he had come over to see about it ; and, that he was the unknown man, that was to meet Dr. Parkman, alluded to, in the notice in the Transcript. I understood him to say, that he had been to see the Rev. Francis Parkman. He then went away, saying nothing more. Usually, when Dr. Webster talks with me, he holds his head up, and looks me in the face. At this time, he held his head down, and appeared to be confused, and a good deal agitated. I never saw him so, before ; that is, look as he did : my attention was attracted to it. I saw his face, and I thought that he looked pale. [The counsel for the Government proposed to ask the wit- ness, If, from the unusual manner of Dr. Webster, he did not take occasion to speak of it ? To this, the counsel for the defence objected, and the question was passed over.] I noticed agitation in his manner ; he looked pale. I can- not say, which way he went; to the best of my recollection, he went towards Cambridge street. He did not go to the College. On Monday, I could not get into Dr. Webster's room to make up his fires ; I tried twice. The first that I knew of his being in the College, that morning, my wife told me, that Dr. Samuel Parkman had been there, and had gone up to see Dr. Webster. I asked her, how he got in? since the doors were all kept locked. She said, that she tried the laboratory-stairs door, and found it unlocked. I went right up by this door, through the labo- ratory, into the back room, and saw Dr. Samuel Parkman and Dr. Webster talking together. I can't say, whether there was a fire in the stove. Dr. Webster was in the lectnre-room ; Dr. Samuel Parkman, near by, in the door-way. The parties were talking about Dr. George Parkman. I heard some con- versation about some money ; heard Dr. Webster say, that Dr. George Parkman was very angry. I did not stop more than half a minute. I went down stairs, and soon the front- door bell rang. I did not see Dr. Samuel Paikman go away. I went to the front door, and it was a gentleman who had specs on ; he asked for Dr. Webster. The gentleman, I did not know, though I have since ascertained that it was Mr. Parkman Blake. I told him that Dr. Webster was in. He said he wanted to see him. I asked him his name, so that I conld carry it to Dr. Webster. I took the key to un- lock Dr. Webster's lecture-room door. I found it unlocked,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21163194_0133.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
