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than four or five fathoms in a ball. There is five cents difference in
a.ball, between the kinds; one being twenty cents, the dew rotted; and
the other, the green, twenty-five cents. In spinning, the furthest end
will be the largest. I judge the specimens by the stock and manu-
facture.
[The witness went on here to illustrate, in technical terms, the dif-
ference of manufacture and of stock.]
By the Government. The Russian is used on ship-board, but does
not come in balls.
NATHANIEL WATERMAN, sworn. - I am a tin dealer, in Cornhill ;
have known Dr. Webster for ten or twelve years. He was in my
store on the 30th of November, about ten o'clock in the forenoon-
the day of his arrest. Seeing him talking with my foreman, I walked
up, and said, '° Doctor, you must excuse me, but I must ask how Dr.
Parkman appeared when he gave you the money?" He said he took
the papers in his hand, and darted out in a peculiar manner. I said,
if that was the case, some one, seeing the money, enticed him into one
of his own houses, before he got a great way from the College. I
said that if he was found, he would be found in a cellar of one of his
own houses; for I did not believe the story of his going over Cam-
bridge Bridge. Dr. Webster then said, °° Dr. Parkman did go to
Cambridge; " and then said he was sure he went there. He said so
quite energetically. He then said, '° Only think -a mesmeriser told
the number of a cab, and Mr. FitaHenry Homer found the cab, and
spots of blood on the lining of it." That is all that was said about
Dr. Parkman.
[The Court here adjourned till half past three o'clock.]
AFTERNOON.
[The Court came in a few minutes past half past three, and the ex-
amination of the witnesses for the prosecution was resumed.]
NATHANIEL WATERMAN, examination continued.-Dr. Webster
stated that he wanted a tin box made. I inquired how he wished it
made; and he said he was going to have a number of small things
put into it, and the sides must come up straight.
By the Court. What do you mean by straight ?
Witness. I mean, with the edges not turned in. He said small
things-say books, &c. He then spoke of having the handles very
strong, and on the cover. He wanted it made so he could solder
it up himself; for, he said, '° You know I can do such things myself."
I left him standing with my foreman; I had no further conversation.
There was to be only one handle, and that on top. I didn't hear him
say when he would like to have it done. I have done business before
with Dr. Webster. [Account with Dr. Webster was shown.] This
account runs back to 1843. I have not made such apparatus, for any
purpose, before. The Doctor wanted the handle made very strong.
The box was completed Saturday morning, and labelled, °1 to be called
for," and " charged," and has not since been called for.
Cross-examination. My store is near to the Cambridge Omnibuses,
and goes through to Brattle-street. The box was to be made as
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