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ment made by me to Mr. Andrews, in writing, was made in a hurry, and I told
Mr. Andrews at the time
that I could not swear t~-, it.
Forty-third witness-aAMUEL A. 'WENTWORTH, sworn.-I dine in Vine street •
arri a provision dealer in
Lynde street ; I have known Dr. P. for two years ; saw him last on Friday,
the 23d November, 18-19, in
Court street, at from half past 2 to half-past 3 o'clock • I fixed the time
from the fact that I ate my dinner
at 1 o'clock, and my boy had gone away, and was half an hour later. I had
been to dinner, and was going
down to Haymarket Square ; met him near the head of Sudbury street, and
opposite Mrs. Kidder's medi-
cine shop ; he stopped as I passed along, and turned round facing the
street. He had his hand behind
him under his coat-tail, and stood looking up to the houses on the opposite
side ; he was going toward
Bowdoin Square when I first saw him; I fix the date of seeing Dr. .P. from
the fact that when I went home
on Saturday night at half-past 10 o'clock, my wife told me that two men had
been to the house to look for
Dr. P.
Cross-examined. -I mentioned the fact to a lady who was at the house, and
1~Iso to a gentleman named
Foster ; a gentleman was with me by the name of J. H. Russel at the time ;
he does not recollect the day,
though he remembered the fact of seeing Dr. P. while with me ; went down to
Haymarket Square, and from
thence to the market to buy my marketing for Saturday ; am sure this was on
Friday, because I never
buy my marketing for Saturday on any other day than Friday:
Forty-fourth witness-SAMUEL CLELAND, called and sworn.-Live in Chelsea ; do
business at No. 26
South Market street ; have known Dr. J. Parkman since 1839 ; saw him last
on Friday, the 23d Novem-
ber, between 3J and 31J o'clock, P. M., between Milk and•Franklin streets ;
I fix the day and hour from
the fact that I was going to call on the Rev. Gen. Wildes, whom I always
call upon at 3 P M., when I do
call upon him, who boards at No. 18 Franklin street, in order to get him to
officiate at our Church on the
next Sunday ; I had sent notes on Friday morning to several individuals, in
order to obtain an individual
to preach at our Church ; my boy was unable to find several of the persons
to whom I had addressed notes,
and he returned them, and I threw them into the desk ; thdse notes I now
have with me here ; I went out
when my boy returned to find Mr. Wildes, and on the way called on several
ot,herpersons, and in going ur
Washington street, I saw Dr. P. at a little distance ahead, walking, as I
thought with a laboring man ; and
the reflection struck me at the time that Dr. P. should be walking at that
hour of the day with a laboring
man; came up with him and discovered that he passed a laboring man instead
of being walking with him,
Cross-examined-Have mentioned this to my partner and Mr. Knapp, clerk of
the police court. He (Mr.
K.) told me that he had been seen at a later hour than that on Friday, and
1 thought no more about it. ' f
saw the notices of the family of Dr. P., but as I had been told that Dr. P.
had been seen after the time I
saw him, I did not think the information I possessed in the subject to be
of any importance, or I should
have communicated it before to the familv of Dr. P.
Mr. Cleland was recalled just as he was leaving the stand, and produced the
letters, by the date of which
he fixed the time of meeting Dr. P.
Forty-fifth witness-Lucius R. PAGE, called.-Am City Clerk of Cambridge ; on
Sunday after the
disappearance of Dr. P., Pro. W. came to my house to see if Dr. P. had
discharged the mortgage on his,
W.'s personal property ; Prof. W. went away ~ I was away at the time, but
after I came back, I looked
at the mortgage and found that it had not been discharged. The
cross-examination ofthis witness declined.
Forty-sixth witness-ABBY D. RHODES, sworn.-1 live in Minot street ; have
been acquainted with Dr.
Parkman 25 years • attend Dr. Francis arkman's church • I saw Dr. George
Parkman the last time on
Friday, the 23d of November last, at a quarter before 5 o'clock, on the
corner of Green street and Lyman
place • I passed by very near him, and we bowed to each other as we passed
; my daughter was with me
when I met him ; Dr. P. had a man with him at the time ; I fix the dayfrom
the fact that my daughter
went home with me on that day, which she seldom did; I bought some goods of
Mr. Hovey on that day,
and I find by referring to Mr. Hovey's books, that the goods are charged to
me in part on that day, Fri-
day, November 23d ; 1 was so sure of this, that I have mentioned it to Dr.
Francis Parkman.
My attention was called to the fact, by seeing in a paper, on Sunday, an
account of the disappearance
of Dr. P., my daughter went out of town on the next Saturday ; didn't
return till the following Tuesday ;
when she returned, she mentioned the fact to me of meeting Dr. P. in Green
street ; I have the memoran-
dum of the purchase of the goods on Friday, the 23d of Nov., at home, and
will bring it into Court.
Cross-examined.-The fact of meeting Dr. P. on Friday afternoon was called
to my mind by my daugh-
ter ; have felt a great interest in the matter of the disappearance of Dr.
P.; never expressed any doubts on
the subject of meeting Dr. P. on Friday, the 23d of November, to any one ;
the mail whom I saw with Dr.
P. on that afternoon, was somewhat taller than Prof. W., and somewhat
stouter than Dr. P.; have called
twice to see Dr. Francis Parkman on the subject of Dr. P.'s disappearance.
Forty-seventh witnera-Miss MARY RHODES, sworn.-I have known Dr. P. by sight
ten years ; saw him
last on the 23d of November, 1849, at about quarter before 5 o'clock in the
afternoon in Green street, near
Lyman Place ; there was a man with Dr. P. at the timed he (Dr. P.) bowed to
my mother as he passed.
1 had been shopping that afternoon, and had purchased some goods at Mr.
Hovey's store in Winter street;
the side walk was very narrow where we met ; I went to Lexington next day.
Cross-examined. ---I heard of the disappearance of Dr. P. on Saturday,
while at Lexington ; a gentle-
man read the notice from a paper; 1 supposed that the notice in the
paperstatedthat Dr. P. disappeared on
Saturday ; on my return to Boston I mentioned the fact of meeting Dr. P. in
Green street, on Friday, to
my mother andbrother, am certain that I met Dr. P. on Friday afternoon and
another day ofthat week; the
man who was with Dr. P. at that time, was a stout man, but not so tall as
Dr. P.
Forty-eighth witnP33-SARAH UREENOUGH, sworn-I was not personally acquainted
with Dr. P., but
knew him by sight ; saw him last on Friday afternoon between Belknap and
South Russell streets in Cam-
bridge street, at about 10 minutes before 3 o'clock ; I fix the time of
seeing Dr. P. from the fact that I had
an engagement at 3 o'clock on that afternoon; I was to go to my son's in
Temple street at that time, and
fearing I should be too late, 1 took out my watch and saw that it was 10
minutes to 3 ; 1 saw Dr. P. just at
that moment.
Cross-examined.-Dr. P. was on the other side of the way, and going down
towards the bridge; I didn't
turn round to see which way he went; cast a glance at him in passing.
Fiftieth witness-SAMUEL B. GREENE, sworn.-Am clerk for Hovey & Co., Winter
street; I sold on
Friday, the 23d November, 1849, eleven yards of mouselain de ]zinc, at 20
cents a yard, amounting to
$2,20 ; I made a memoranum of the sale at the time; can't tell what time of
the day the sale was mace.
Cross-examination declined.
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