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pay a considerable sum of money, he is obliged to strain himself on
that side and on this side, and to gather in a fifty dollar bill here,
and a twenty dollar bill there. And it was in this way that this money
for Dr. Parkman was hoarded together, little by little, gathering it
where he could, and collecting it where he could ; knowing that the
time was coming when he could not put off the day.
If you will examine the books, you will find, that of $195 paid at
one time by Mr. Pettee to Dr. Webster, $150 were deposited in the
Charles River Bank. All the other sums which he received from
Mr. Pettee were deposited in the bank. But, of this $195, $45 were
saved out, and made up, Gentlemen, with the previous savings, the
means of meeting the claims of Dr. Parkman.
In the mean time, he was subject to calls from other quarters; and
though he might, at somewhat of an earlier day, have made payment
to Dr. Parkman, yet, from the relation in which they were placed to
each other, he was not over willing to gratify the immediate demands
of Dr. Parkman, but was willing to put him off as long as he could.
There was no friendly relation between them. All he. meant to do
was to put himself in a situation, when the time did come, and Dr.
Parkman came with a pressure that he could no longer resist, that
then he could meet him, pay him, and be rid of him. And that,
Gentlemen, is the history, as far as I can detail it to you, of the
circumstances in this case.
There are corroborating circumstances, Gentlemen. Understand
me, that this is not gathered from imagination. Do not say that Dr.
Webster, to some extent, at least, is not fortified by the facts in the
case. Let us see if we cannot find such facts. Remember two cir-
cumstances: Dr. Webster says that he paid $483. Of that money
so paid, $100 was in a bill of the New England Bank. Another
circumstance in this connection: Brown, the toll-man, says, that or
Friday he saw Dr. Webster passing the Cambridge Bridge, and
asked him what he paid Dr. Parkman. He replied he could not
tell: some large and some small amounts; some of which came from
the students in the medical course.
Mr. Clifford. The testimony is somewhat different-
Judge Merrick. I am much obliged to you for the correction.
Mr. Cliford. Samuel N. Brown, the toll-gatherer, details the
conversation which he had on Friday with Dr. Webster.
Judge Merrick. I will read it. After speaking of the $20 bill,
he says that '° Dr. Webster and I were talking together. I asked
him if he could recognize that $20 bill. He said he could not; that
the money he paid Dr. Parkman was that received from the students,
some of large and some of small denominations."
Mr. Cliford. I have it-°° The money he paid Dr. Parkman
was money he had received from the students, some of large and
some of small denominations."
Chief Justice Shaw (reads.) " I asked Dr. Webster if he could
recognize that $20 bill. He said he could not; that the money was
money he had received from the students, some of large and some of
small denominations."
Mr. Cliford. Precisely as I have it!
Judge Merrick. I do not perceive any essential difference between
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