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he spoke about soldering the top up himself, and said, " You know I can do
such things myself."
I left him talking with my foreman; he only wanted one handle put an the
box cover; he did;
not say at what time he wanted the box to be done. [Here an account between
Prof. W . and Mr.
Waterman was exhibited, and said by witness to be a correct statement of
the articles made by
him for Prof. W. for two years.] He, Prof. W., never ordered any such thing
before; the boa
was completed on Saturday morning, the day after the arrest of Prof. W. ;
it was never called
for; the label on the box is= ` To be called for, and charged;" my store is
near the Cambridge
hourly depot.
Cross-examined.-He had it made in this manner of his own accord; he said he
wanted to put
small things in it.
Fifty-fourth Witness.-CHARLES P.LOTHROP, called-I am foreman to Mr.,
Nathaniel Water-
man; Professor W. called at the shop on Friday, the 23d of Nov., about 10
o'clock in the morn-
ing; he said he, wanted a box 18 inches square and 13 inches deep made for
him out of thick tin;
I said we generally made such boxes of light tin, unless it was necessary
to exclude the air; he
said he wanted it made tight, with handle on top; he wanted to know if I
could not make it
without having a groove in i; Mr. Waterman came up and made some apology
for interrupting
him, and asked him how Doctor Parkman acted when he took the money;
Professor W. said he
took the money in his hand and darted off; Mr. Waterman said that he didn't
believe that Dr:
Parkman went over to Cambridge but had been murdered in one of his
tenements, near North
Grove street; Professor W. saiTthere was no doubt that he went over to
Cambridge, because he
was seen going over the bridge; there was a little more conversation.
Cross-examination of this witness declined.
Fyity-fifth Witness.-SAMUEL BRowx called-Am one of the toll gatherers on
Cambridge
Bri ge; knew Dr P. and am acquainted with Prof. W. On Friday afternoon the
23d of Novem-
ber, I saw Prof, W. from the windows of a grocery store at the corner of N.
Grove street. It was
about 4 o'clock; I walked out of the toll house toward Cambridge Bridge.
Asked him if he could
recognize the $20 bill. Early in the morning of Friday the 30th Nov. an
Irishman gave me a
$20 bill on the Freeman's Bank to take a bill of one cent out of. I told
him I shouldhave to give
him small change for it, which I did. I took the bill over to Mr. Hadley
the toll galherer, the
other side of the bridge, and he advised me to keep it, and I asked Prof%
W. if he thought he
could recognize the bill, as I thought it might have some connection with
the disappearance of
Dr. P. Webster said he could not recognize it, because he had paid Dr. P.
several different de-
nominations, and could not tell what they were. I saw Dr. P. the last time
on the Wednesday
previous to his disappearance. He passed on the bridge two or three times,
and had stopped two
or three times at the toll house to inquire if I had seen Prof. Webster.
Cross-examined-I mentioned that I had received the bill as soon as I got to
the other side of
the bridge.
Fifty-sixth Witness.-B1:TsEY N. COLMAN called-Have known Prof. W. several
years; saw
him' on Friday, the day of his arrest, at my house about 4 o'clock, P.M. ;
the servant let him in,
and I came down stairs and recognized the Prof. at once; he asked me at
what time I had seen
Dr: P. last; I replied on Thursday, a week before Thanksgiving; he asked, °°
Was it not on Fri-
day that you saw him?" No, it was not on Friday, but Thursday; he asked, °°
How was he
dressed?" I replied, °° In dark clothes," Prof. W. said, °° There has been
a coat found with
spots of blood on it, which is said to be his, and a hat also known to be
his; this hat was found
in 9 dock in Charleston, and recognized by a clerk of R. G. Shaw,
brother-in-law to Dr. P. ;"
when I told him that I had seen him (Dr. P.) on Thursday last, he said, `°
Oh, dear, then I am
afraid he has been murdered;" he (Prof. W.) asked me again at the door when
he was going,
°' But wasn;t it Friday ?" he then left the house, and I don't know which
way he went.
Cross-examination of this witness declined.
Fifty-seventh Witness -SAMUEL D. PARKER, County Attorney-On the evening of
Friday,
the 801 of November, the door of my office opened, and Marshal Tukey, R. G.
Shaw, the Drs.
Bigelow and one or two others entered, and stated to me that the remains of
a human being had
been found. by Mr. Littlefield, in the vault of a privy connected with the
laboratory of Prof'. W.,
at the Medical College, in North Grove street, and'it was believed by them
that Prof. W. was
the murderer; they wanted a warrant, therefore, to arrest him on the
accusation; I told them
that if any one of them believed it, they should go before a J ustice of
the Peace and make a de-
claration to that effect, and the Justice would issue a warrant ; Marshal
Tukey said he would make
a declaration to that effect; a warrant was accordingly issuedby Justice
Merrill, ofthe Police Court;
and the Professor was arrested; I was at the jail when he was brought in by
officers Spurr,
Clapp, and Starkweatber ; he was very much agitated, and asked for water,
but when it was'giv-
en him he could not drink; he appeared to be in very great distress, and
Dr: Martin .Gay was
called in to render medical assista'Lw ; Professor W. exclaimed repeatedly,
"Oh, my wife and
children; he asked to see Mr. Prescott, his brother-in-law; Mr. Rice,
policeman, said he (Mr.
P.) was out of town; Professor W. then wanted to see some one of the
family; he (Prof. W.) ap-
peared hardly able to stand; some of the Police asked Prof. W. if he could
not explain appear-
ances at the College ?
I told the police that Prof. W. was,not to be interrogated; we all went
shortly after to the
Medical College; the Professor was carried into the College and to his
laboratory betwegn two
officers, and while there, was greatly excited; some one asked him for the
key of the privy, and
he pointed out a key hanging on the end of the shelves; the remains were
brought up out of the
cellar, and Dr. G ay said in answer to a question of mine, that they were
parts of one body ;
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