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He uttered half a sentence that I did not understand, and then said,
~' I wish you would send word to my family." f recommended to him
to have it postponed till morning. I told him I thought it would be a
sad night to them, if they knew it. He seemed inclined to speak to
me a word or two, on the nature of the crime, and I said to him, 1° 1
think it would be better for you not to say anything on the subject."
He wished me to notify some of his friends that night. I recom-
mended him to wait till morning, and told him that it would be of no
use to him, for they could not see him, as things were then. I told
him that there was nothing necessary to be done that night and ad-
vised him to postpone it till morning. I then told him I wished to see
if he had anything about him improper to carry into jail.
I took into my possession, that came from his person, a gold watch,
a wallet and $2.40 in money, and certain papers, an omnibus tickot-
case, and five keys. One of the keys appeared to, be a key of his
house, and that I have given up. One of these keys was marked
'° privy."
I took all these articles, and carried them to the Marshal's office,
and locked them up in my private drawer, of which I have the key,
and did not see them again until Sunday, about twelve o'clock.
I left Dr. Webster in custody of Mr. Starkweather and Mr. Spurr.
I made out a mittimus,and gave it to Mr. Starkweather,and told him
not to commit the Doctor till he had heard from me. Mr. Spurr and
myself then went to the Marshal's office, locked up the articles I had
taken from the Doctor, and then went in pursuit of the Marshal. Did
not find Mr. Gustavus Andrews at the jail.
I did not find the Marshal. Went for the County Attorney, but
did not find him. Went to the College, and found Dr. Webster there.
I first saw the party in the laboratory, standing by the sink. They
were waiting for the key to unlock the privy. Mr. Littlefield came,
with some two dozen keys, and found none that would fit. We got
several articles to pry open the door, and in doing- so, the lock came
off. Sunday, about twelve o'clock, I found this key, marked " ° privy."
The lock was produced, and the key shown to fit.]
he next day I went into the laboratory, and found the lock where
I had laid it. I found the screws, and put the lock on, and put the
key in, and found it fit.
I have some keys that I found at Dr. Webster's house, when I went
there with a search-warrant, and they fit the doors of the College. I
went and tried them, and found them fit according to the labels. I
found the two keys that fit the outside front doors in his private
drawer, in the College. Those keys that I found at Cambridge fit the
doors of the laboratory.
I saw Coroner Pratt at the laboratory, after Dr. Webster's arrest. I
heard Col. Pratt and some others say that it was not best to meddle
with the furnace.
Soon after I went in, I found the Doctor facing the north side. He
was in a great tremor. Some of them put a tumbler of water to his
mouth, and I noticed his teeth hit the tumbler.
He did not seem to me to know what was going on. He did not
seem to notice it: His teeth chattered, and he trembled. He a peared
more like the " trembling madness" than anything else f could
think of.
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