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Cross-examined.-1 do not recollect exactly what time I got the water for
Prof. Webster; it
was after the officers had been there ; there was a bag and bundle brought
by the express man ;
I did not see Prof. W. take the bag, bundle and box into his laboratory,
but when he went up
stairs they were in the entry, and when he came down they were missing, so
I concluded that he
put them in his room.
Twenty-ninth witness.-JoHx MAXWELL, called. I live in Fruit street Place;
know Dr.
P. ; he lived in Walnut street; a few days before Dr. P. disappeared I
carried a note from Prof.
VY. to Dr. P., and delivered it to him in his own hand.
Cross-examination of this witness declined.
JOHN HATHAWAY, called.-Am engaged at the Massachusetts Hospital to compound
and
deliver medicines; Mr. Littlefield applied to me for a jar of blood; I
think on Thursday, a
week before Thanksgiving; didn't get. the blood for Mr. L. ; I attended all
the lectures on
Chemistry.
Cross-examined.-1 fix the day on which Mr. L. applied to me by the fact,
that there was but
one more lecture on Chemistry in the course.
The Court here addressed the Jury, saying that he was under the painful
necessity of stating
to them that the trial would progress into another week, and that they
would be obliged to re-
main in the custody of officers. He said they must withhold the expression
of their opinions and
abstain even from the formation of opinions on the subject, because they
had only thus far heard
;i part of one side of the case.
The Court here adjourned until Monday, A. M., at 9 o'clock.
SIXTH DAY.
The Jury entered at 5 minutes before 9 o'clock, and were followed by the
Court at 5 minutes
past 9. The names of the jury were called and the proceedings commenced
Thirtieth witness.-MRS. SARAH RUSSELL, called by government and sworn-Am
acquainted
with and related to Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield; am neice of Mr. and Mrs. L.;
I visited Mr. and
Mrs. L. on the 19th Nov. 1849, and staid till the 27th; heard of the
disappearance of Dr. Park-
man on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday; on Friday a gentleman came to
the door be-
tween 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon; I went to the door and let him in ;
it was Mr. Petty ; I
did not let him in at the front door; the key was not in, and I did not
know where to find it, so
I looked through the side light of the door and saw a gentleman who asked
for Mr. L. ; I replied
to him that Mr. L. had laid down, but that if he would go round to the
other door I would go and
call Mr. L.; he went round, and I went down stairs to call Mr. L., and when
I got down there
I saw Mr. L. coming out of the bedroom in his stocking feet; and passed
into the kitchen, and
Mr. Z,. went to the door.
Cross-examined,-I know that it was between 4 and 5 o'clock, P. )VI.,
because it was after the
lectures were over, and after Mr. L. had laid dowfl; first called these
facts to mind about two
weeks since; vas at Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. L. were there, and we were
talking about it,
and my father asked who went to the door; then I thought of these things.
Thirty-first witness.-J05EPH W. PRESTON called. Am a student of medicine;
attended the
last course of Professor Webster's lectures; saw Prof. W. on Friday Nov.
23, 1849, after the
lectures were over; it was about 3 o'clock; saw him about 10 or 12 feet
from Mr. Littlefield's
carriage shed ; he was going toward it; am not able to say whether he
entered the College or
not; am perfectly confident, myself, that this was on Friday evening; I was
coming from the
dissecting-room.
Cross-examined.-The shed was on the opposite side of the College, into
which the Professors
used to, drive their carriages; the shed is called the east shed; I was to
meet two young medical
students in Hanover. street.that Friday night, and I had told them I
could'nt meet them on any
other night; I have thought of it several times ; I thought it was a
remarkable fact, meeting
Professor Webster that night at that time; I mentioned it as a remakable
fact to Mr. Richard-
son a member of the Bar, in the cars ; I don't remember whether it was
before or after the disap-
pearance of Dr. Parkman; I fix the hour- from the fact that I usually have
my tea at half=past
six o'clock, and was to have met the young students referred to atb7
o'clock. I came from the
dissecting-room at the time I left it.
Direct examination resumed.-Thought the meeting Dr. Webster on .~riday
night remark-
ble, because I never saw him before at such a time. This was the second
course of lectures I
had attended.
Thirty-second witness.-WM. CALHOUN, called.-I drive a team for Mr. Fuller;
am acquaint-
ed with Littlefield. live at the corner of Fruit and Grove-ats. ; was with
Mr. Littlefield talking,
on the Sunday after the disappearance of Dr. P., and saw Professor W. in N.
Grove-street, op-
posite the College; he came down-.Fruit-street I thinly it was about 4
o'clock. It was clear enough
to see; he, Webster, came up to L. and said to him, did you see Dr. Parkman
last week? Mr.
L. said he saw him on Friday, going toward the College. Pi•ofessor W. asked
where he, Littlefield,
was when he saw Dr. P ? Littlefield replied that he was standing at the
front door of the College,
but did'nt see Dr. P. when he went to the College,_as he had gone and laid
down on a settee at a
distance from the door.
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