|
59
Here D1r. Sohier rose and remarked that the defense had now closed the
testimony which they intended
to introduce in the case, but asked the indulgence of looking over the
notes of the.evidence already taken
reparatory to making he closing argument, whereupon his Honor ordered the
Court to be adjourned until
o clock to-morrow morning.
TENTH DAY.
Mr. Clifford, the State Attorney General, rose and advised the defense that
he should contend
that the mortgage of $2,432, due in parts to several individuals, was not
yet paid, and that
$512 50 was still owing, but not due until 1851.
Rebutting Evidence for Government.
First W2tnC83-JOSEPH SANDERSON called.-Am one of the police officers of the
city of Cam-
bridge; know Prof. W. ; think I have known him about four years; during the
week after the
disappearance of Dr. P., I saw Prof. W. at night several times.
[Objected to by the defense but ruled competent.]
Between Sunday and Thanksgiving night, saw him get out of the theater coach
where the
omnibuses stop; should think it was between 11 and 12 o'clock at night; I
was standing near
the coach at the time he got out, and I turned round and followed him a
little distance, perhaps
15 rods; am a watchman; I met another watchman, named John Bryant, just
afterwards, and
some conversation ensued upon the subject of meeting Prof. W. ; am certain
that it was on one
of the, nights between Sunday and Thanksgiving night; cannot tell whether
this was between
Monday and Wednesday.
Cross-examined.-I mentioned this to Mr. Bryant on Saturday; can't say that
this was not
on Wednesday; don't remember how many ladies got out of the coach that
night; the weather
was hazy at the time and there was a moon; the night must have been either
Monday, Tuesday,
or Wednesday evening; Prof. W. walked faster than I did; followed him some
distance and to'
near his own house ; he was not out of my sight the whole of the time after
he passed the gra-
duates' hall; turned round immediately after Prof. W. passed me and
followed him; met Mr.
Bryant a few minutes afterwards ; it is a common thing for the omnibuses to
run from Boston on
all the nights of the week except Sunday.
Second Witness.-Dr. DANIEL HARWOOD called by Government and sworn.-I am a
dentist
of this city, and have lived and practiced here since 1839, excepting from
1841 till January, 1847 ; I
belong to the Massachusetts Medical Society; I was the first to manufacture
mineral teeth; a dentist
is as likely to recognize large cases, as they are technically called, as a
sculptor would be to re-
cognize his own work, or a merchant his own handwriting; I can't tell
whether I could tell teeth
of Dr. Keep's manufacture or not; when I see persons with artificial teeth
furnished by several
dentists, (Dr. Keep among the rest) I am in the habit of saying such teeth
were made by Dr.
Keep, and such teeth were made by another dentist, &c. Here the mineral
teeth found in the
Medical College laboratory were exhibited to witness. These teeth are
covered by some foreign
substance, and they are so much altered that I cannot tell whether Dr. Keep
made them or not;
I think that the composition of these teeth is Dr. Keep's; I also think
that the style is Dr. Keep's.
To the Court-I have seen teeth of Dr. Keep's manufacture in the mouths of
persons.
Here the mold made by Dr. Keep for Dr. P. was exhibited. There are several
poinls.by which
a person might recognize the teeth made by him upon this mold; first, the
great absorption of
the bone of the jaw, which is evident from the form of the mold.
Objected to by defense as introducing new matter of evidence in the case;
ruled out by the
Court.
Resumed-I think, under like circumstances, that I should be able io
recognize the teeth.
Here the witness stated to the Court that an accident had just happened to
the teeth while in
his hands, to wit: that the blocks of teeth had become separated; witness
said that he was sorry
that the accident had happened.
Attorney-General-I wish this had happened while Dr. Keep was in Court.
Cross-examined-I think that there is an extraordinary peculiarity in the
form of the block
that would enable me to recognize the work, if I had done it myself; the
peculiarity is a projec-
tion in the block, which shows a great absorption of the bones of the jaw;
think other dentists
make blocks of teeth in the same manner as Dr. Keep; never remember to have
seen so great an
absorption of bone before; think Dr. Keep, from his intimate knowledge of
the case, must be
able to recognize these teeth.
Third Witness-Dr. JOSHUA TucxER called by Court and sworn.-Am a dentist in
this city;
have been in business for 21 years; I have been at work all the time; have
given my attention
to natural and mineral teeth. Here the mineral teeth supposed to be those
of Dr. P. were exhib-
ited to witness. All but one of the blocks are so disguised that I don't
like to give an opinion;
the one block is the lower left side one, and that is so peculiar that I
think that the person that
made them would be as able to recognize them as a painter would be to
recognize a piece he had
painted. I don't know Dr. Keep's peculiar method of making teeth.
Cross-examined-The heat may have warped this block of teeth into shape or
out of it.
Fourth Witness.-Dr. WILLARD W. CODMAN called by Government, and sworn.-I am
a
graduate of the Massachusetts Medical College; my attention has been given
to dentistry for
|
