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Q. Did you on Thursday communicate it to any one 1 A. No, except to my wife.
Q. Yom swore to one knife, did you ever swear to the other 2 A. No.
Q. Did the Doctor keep tools in his room ? A. Yes.
Q. You stated the Doctor showed you a knife--when did you see it after ? A.
I saw it in the tea-cheat.
(~. Had it blood upon it ? A. I cannot recollect.
Q. Did you ever see that paper [handed to witness] offering a reward ? A. I
did.
Q What did you do when you first saw it ? A. I went down to the College and
showed it ; I saw some
of them stuck up round the College in all directions.
Counsel here read the notice offering the reward for the apprehension of
the murderer of Dr. P.
Mr. Merrill, on part of the defense. " Witness, will you permit me to ask
you if you' were not in
- the toll-house on the Sunday atter Dr. 1'. was missing ?" A. I was. I
went over there on Sunday evening.
Q. You asked the toll man if h u was the man that said he saw Dr. P. pass
over on Friday ? A. I did.
He said it was the young man that sail so.
(l. Do you recollect saying to any one there that you saw Dr. P. go into
theCollege on the Friday, and go
out again ! A. I did not. I said I never saw him go in or go out.
Q. Did you ever say to any one there that you saw Dr Webster pay Dr. P.
money ? A. I never did.
Q. Did you not say so to a gentleman named Green, who was there ? A. I did
not.
Q. Do you know a Mr. Green ? A. I do not. 1 don't think I do.
[After some few (iuestions on the direct examination which was resumed, and
some further cross-exam-
ination, ofno particular import, the witness withdrew from the stand.]
Troenty-seventh witness.-ANDREtv A. FOSTER called.-I am &provision dealer,
in Howard-
atreet, near the Howard Athenmum. I delivered a turkey to Mr. Littlefield
on an order from Prof.
Webster, on Tuesday afternoon, the 27th November, 1849, between 3 and 4
o'clock, P. M. ; re-
ceived another at the same time, from Littlefield, signed " J. Webster,"
for some sweet potatoes.
Cross-examined.-Mr L. came to my store some time since, and wanted to look
at my books to
see the order; I think he remarked that he had made a mistake in relation
to the time.
Twenty-eighth witness.-MRS. CARoLiNz LITTLEFIELD called.-Am wife of Ephraim
Little-
field; myself and husband resided in the basement-story of the Medical
College; on Sunday, I
gave my husband caution against communicating his suspicions of Prof. W.
The defense objected to the introduction of this conversation in evidence.
The Bench ruled it competent.
I was standing in the kitchen at the time, and he (my husband) beckoned me
to him and told
me his suspicions of Prof. W.
The Court ruled out the conversation of Mx. L., but admitted that of Mrs. L
on that occasion.
I said, " Don't for mercy's sake say so again, or mention it to anybody,
for if the Professors hear
of it, they will make trouble for you." I noticed that Prof. W.'s rooms
were shut on Friday af-
ternoon of Dr. P.'s disappearance; the Professor had asked me to get him
some clean water; I
sent some up soon by my little girl; she returned and said the door by the
laboratory stairs was
looked; I told her that she must be mistaken, for the door was always
unlocked; I went up and
found that the door was locked; I went several times on Saturday and
Sunday, and tried the
doors of the laboratory; on Monday morning I found the doors of the
laboratory unlocked once.
I again found them locked; I think it was the same morning that the express
man left the grape
vines, a box, and a bag, in our apartments; said things were never left
there before; the express man
used to call frequently and leave things at the College in Prof. W.'s room.
He could always until
this time, dater the rooms of Prof. W . ; he tried the doors in my
presence; they were locked, and
he said, °' You see now the doors are locked, and I can't get in;" I wanted
the grape vines and
tan out of the way, because the children were playing with them, and
scattering them about the
rooms; don't recollect now how long' Dr: Samabl Parkman stayed at the
College on the day he
called; don't remember exactly the time that Prof. W. came to the College
on Friday morning;
he said to me, " Mrs. Littlefield have you heard anything about Dr. P. ?' I
replied no; be then
repeated the story dfa woman seeing a large bundle put into a cab, &c, ;
Mr. Littlefield said there
were so many stories told that I don't know what to believe; Prof. W: was
not present when Mr.
L. said this; it was mentioned by my husband that he was digging in the
wall on Thursday; I
think he had been to work about an hour when he came up a,3ain; on Friday
my husband went
to work again in the cellar; the doors were lbck~*; and I was ordered, by
my husband, to knock
four times on the floor if Prof. W. came; I thought that I saw Prof. W. and
knocked for my hus-
band; he (Mr. L.) came up; I found I had mistaken the person of Mr Kingsley
for Prof. W.; my
husband went out, and while he was out, Prof. W. came in; Prof. W. took the
grape vine, bag
and bundle, arid set them in his laboratory; he shortly afterwards went out
and saw him talking
with police officers; my husband came in some time afterwards, and went
down to work again;
in about an hour he came up again.
Q., How did he Mr. L., appear when he came up out of the cellar? A.-He
looked dreadfully.
Defense objected to this testimony, but the Bench sustained it.
I never saw him look so before; he seemed very much affected, he burst out
crying ; I said to
him-
Attorney-General.-You need not repeat the conversation.
Witness-Well, then, I cannot say anything [At this reply the members of the
bar laughed
' hearttly, and the witness joined in the merriment.] My husband ordered
the doors to be all
locked, and went out; Mr. TenhOlme came in, and I got a key and unlocked
the cellar door to
let him go down; he went down, and shortly afterward came up, saying there
was no mistake
about it; my husband returned with Dr. Bigelow and several others; I never
saw any bed
elothes left at the laboratory by the express man.
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