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TRIAL OF JOHN W. WHBSTER, 181
shal Tukey was to have a body of men there to search for Dr. Parkman.
When we arrived at the toll-house, Mr. Littlefield paid the toll. The
toll-man was there, and an old gentleman, sitting back in the house, and
perhaps, another person; I did not know the old gentleman.
Mr. Littlefield asked the toll-man if the policemen had been along
over; and he replied, that there had been some by, but that they had
gone back, again. I then asked the toll-man, if he was the person who
saw Dr. Parkman pass over, in company with an Irishman; and he
replied that he was not; but that it was the young man who had gone
to tea. The toll-man then went on to say, what the young man had
said about it. Mr. Littlefield remarked, that he was concerned, or
employed, at the College; and one of us spoke of the report, that Dr.
Webster had paid Dr. Parkman money. Mr. Littlefield then said that
he saw Dr. Parkman coming towards the College, Friday afternoon: and
that is all that I recollect of his saying, about Dr. Parkman. I don't
know whether it was he, or, I, that mentioned the report about Dr.
Webster's paying the money; nor, whether Mr. Littlefield had previously
seen Dr. Webster, that afternoon, or not.
Cross-examined, by Mr. Sohier.-We were all close together, when
this conversation occurred; Mr. Littlefield and I were standing, looking
in, at the toll-house window. I did not hear Mr. Littlefield say, that
he saw Dr. Parkman come out of the College. I mean to swear that
he did not say it. I recollect every word that he said.. I called it to
mind, the next morning; and may have thought of it, a half a dozen
times since. I have talked to Mr. Littlefield about it, since the trial
began. I met him in the street, before Mr. Green testified, and he
asked me if I recollected going over to Cambridge bridge, and what
was said at the toll-house. I told him that I did recollect it; and had
some talk with him about it. Yesterday, he told me that he thought
that I should be summoned. I have not talked with Andrews about
nay testimony, nor with Mr. Littlefield in Gibbs's eating-house.
Isaac H. Russell, sworn,-examined by Mr. Bemis. I reside in this
city; am a dry-goods dealer, of the firm of Jacobs & Co.
I know Mr. Samuel A. Wentworth, who keeps a provision-store in
Lynde street. I have no recollection of walking with him, or being in
his company, on Friday, Nov. 23d. I think that I have been in his
company, once, when he pointed out Dr. Parkman to me; but I don't
recollect how shortly it was before his disappearance.. It might have
been one day, or it might have been three months before then. If it
had been that day, I think that I should have recollected it. I heard
of Dr. Parkman's disappearance, shortly after it occurred. I can't tell
the day, but I saw advertisements in the newspapers about Dr. Park-
man, and didn't then recollect having seen him.
To the Chief Justice.-I have no recollection of the place where I was
with Mr. Wentworth, when we saw Dr. Parkman.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sohier.-I know Mr. Wentworth and some-
times walk with him. I have no doubt that I should have remembered
the fact of seeing Dr. Parkman, if it had occurred about the time of
his disappearance. I don't recollect when, where, or how, I first heard of
his disappearance.
[The Attorney General now rose and stated to the Court, that there
were some four or five witnesses who had been summoned on the part
of the Government, whom he wished to call. to show that there was a
person about the streets of Boston, at the time of Dr. Parkman's dis-
appearance, who bore a strong resemblance to him, in form, gait, and
manner; so strong, that he was approached and spoken to, for him, by
persons -well acquainted with Dr. Parkman. Mr. Merrick. on the part
of the defence, objected to the evidence, as unusual in its character,
and as amounting to nothing more, than that the witnesses were persons
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