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sixty odd cents." He said he counted the money down on his table,
and Dr. Parkman snatched it up, without counting it, and said he
would go over to Cambridge and get the mortgage cancelled. Dr.
Webster said something about meeting some gentleman about the
matter, but cannot recollect what.
The next day my wife told me that Dr. Samuel Parkman had
ust gone up. I went up, because my wife said he wanted to see me.
then had suspicions of Dr. Webster. I do not know that I then
had anything in my mind particularly about what took place between
me and Dr. Webster on Saturday evening. Did not stop there half
a minute. Do not know that J thought over everything that I had
seen of Dr. Webster at that moment, but was thinking of it about all
the time. I had suspicions of Dr. Webster on Monday morning. I
suspected that he had dealt foully with Dr. Parkman. Went down
stairs, to go about my business. Could not go through the lecture-
room without jamming by Dr. Webster and Dr. Parkman pretty hard.
It was but a short time before Mr. Blake came; it was not half an
hour. I went round, and went up stairs, and found Dr. Webster in
his lecture-room. I opened the door of the lecture-room.
Mr. Kingsley came about twelve o'clock, I think. At that time be
was let in at the lecture-room door. Mr. Starkweather was with
Mr. Kingsley-nobody else. I went in with them. The Doctor
came and opened the door, and put his head out. We all went in
together to the laboratory, but I cannot tell whether ]Professor Web-
'ster went behind or before. I went round with the officers; was
watching Dr. Webster some-seeing how he appeared at that time.
I believe I went into the back room, and they all followed me. I
don't know whether Dr. Webster went down or not. I let them out
at the lower door, and went with them. Can't say whether I saw
Dr. Webster this day again or not; I heard him in his room, but
can't say at what hour.
Early on Monday evening, November 26th, I went down to Mr.
Grant's dancing academy. Tried Dr. Webster's rooms before I went
down; tried them all the afternoon. Wanted to get in and do up
his work; that was all my object.
I did not see Dr. Webster go in on Tuesday, November 27th. I
unlocked his door at half past nine or ten, and saw him at work. I
passed down to his table, and he went towards his back room.
I looked in, and saw he had a fire; asked him if he wanted a fire in
his furnace, and he said no, his lecture for that day had some things
about it that would not bear much heat.
The officers came to make examination about eleven o'clock. Dr.
Webster let them into the lecture-room himself. I went down stairs
with them, and the Doctor went down also. I don't recollect hearing
the Doctor say a word in the upper room, except the remark about
his little room. After he went down, there was something said about
a whitewashed pane of glass. I thought, at the time, that Dr. Web-
ster tried to lead them away from the privy. When Mr. Clapp asked
what place was that, Dr. Webster started right off to the door at the
front part of the laboratory, leading into the store-room, and said,
'° Here's another room." This was after I said that Dr. Webster
had the key of the privy. Then I went out into the store-room.
Thought this was suspicious. Went out into the entry. The key of
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