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.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![badly, and the tears and sweat ran down his cheeks, as fast as they could drop. The party then went off. Mr. Adams, Mr. Puller, Mr. Rice, and Mr Trenholm, were left in charge of the College, that night. I think, that there were four officers. I received six lecture-tickets from Dr. Webster, and sold three, at $15, each. The money for Ridgeway's ticket, I paid over, on Saturday morning. The money for the other two, I had paid over, previously to that. I recognize the slippers, [exhibited to the witness,] as Dr. Webster's. I have seen these, or a pair like them, for a year or two, about his back room. There was blood on them. I think that I never saw the saw, [exhibited to the witness,] until Saturday, after Dr. Webster's arrest. I was present when it was taken down from a rack, by the passage into the little private room. [Mr. Bemis exhibited the saw to the jury, and showed them some marks on it. He said that Dr. Wyman had ex- amined it with the microscope, and could not satisfy himself that the marks were blood ; but he should submit it to them, for what it was worth. It had a red thumb-print on the left side of the handle, where the thumb would naturally press in using it. It was about eight inches long, and is such as is used by joiners for fine work. It was put into the case.] I have seen the jack-knife found in the tea-chest, or one, exactly like it. Dr. Webster showed it to me, the Monday before Dr. Parkman disappeared. He said, See what a fine knife I have got. He handed it to me, and I examined it. He said, that, he had got it to cut corks with. I said, I should think that is just what you want, Doctor. I noticed at that time, the images of the deer, and the dogs, on the blade. I never saw it, before that Monday. I did not see it afterwards, until it was found in the tea-chest. The Doctor's usual working-dress, was a pair of cotton overalls, and an old coat; the overalls were blue. Since the arrest, I have not seen them. He had them on, the first day the officers came to the College, Monday, or Tuesday. I cannot say how old, or how new, the overalls were. I always saw him have a pair on, when he was about his work. I never knew, that the Doctor had the keys of any other doors, than those of his own rooms, and of the dissecting- room. I knew that a bunch of skeleton-keys were found, on Saturday, in his little back private room. I knew, also, that towels were found in the privy-vault:—a diaper roller, and two crash towels. There were marks of W. 11](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21163194_0147.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
