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to ask questions ; and, after getting through with the students, they
went to look at some pictures, recently purchased, in the back room,
and then went out. Very soon, Dr. Parkman appeared; seemed to be
in a great hurry, and came up to my table and asked me if I was
ready for him. I said I was. Dr. Parkman then took out of his
pocket a bundle of papers, done up rather loosely in brown paper.
From this bundle he drew out some notes, and I took out the money
and paid it-some 8453," and some cents. I don't remember how
much he said. '° He seized the money, and was going off: I said,
' There is one thing you have forgotten, Doctor- that is, the mortgage.'
Dr. Parkman said, ' I hav n't it with me, but I will see that it is prop-
erly attended to.' He then rushed out of the lecture-room, with these
papers carelessly exposed to view."
I then asked him in what money he paid him, thinking I might get
some clue. He said he did n't recollect much about it, except one
$100 bill on the New England Bank ; there were other bills, from $12
to $50. He said he could n't say whether they were country bills, or
not. I asked if he had the notes Dr. Parkman gave him. He an-
swered in the affirmative, but in a way that made an impression on
my mind at the time. I asked if any one was present during the
interview. He said, very emphatically, ', No."
We then went on to talk about our families. There was nothing
further of importance. I then left him. I had been acquainted with
Dr. Webster for a good many years. On my entrance, his manner
was peculiar. It seemed to want that cordiality which was usual
with him. When I came down the lecture-room steps, I had my eye
on him, and he seemed to look pale. He received me in a stiff man-
ner. I think he did n't put out his hand, to shake hands. His man-
ner, when he spoke of Dr. Parkman, surprised me, by the expression
" angrily," at this time, when the family were in deep distress. He
expressed no sympathy. He stood rather stiffly, and let me approach
him, instead of partly coming to meet me. He said very little about
the search for Dr. Parkman. He made no inquiry about Dr. Park-
man's family at all.
This interview did not last more than fifteen or twenty minutes -
perhaps fifteen. We talked of other -aeneral topics. There was no
change of subject while we were talking about Dr. Parkman. I went
out the same door I entered. I heard the door bolted after me.
Cross-examination. I only know Dr. Webster came after me, by
hearing the door bolted after me. I heard of the disappearance of
Dr. Parkman Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, and I devoted
myself to his search from that time. I felt very great apprehension.
Dr. Webster was preparing for his lecture the next day. He put a
jar on the table. He told me he was preparing for lecture next day.
I did not assist in preparation of handbills. I looked into the upper
laboratory. I merely looked in through curiosity. When the Doctor
sat down, it was in the lecture-room, on a settee, at the west end. He
did not sit at all, in the laboratory, during the interview.
[The Court here took a recess of a few minutes, during which time
the Jury were allowed to retire.]
CHARLES B. STARKWEATHER, sworn.-I am connected with the
police, and have been for four years. I first commenced my search
for Dr. Parkman the Saturday after his disappearance. On the
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