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use a lamp. He blew it out in my entry, and left it on the settee. He
passed out through the shed; saw nothing more of him that night.
After Dr Webster went, I fixed myself, and went to a party. Got
home about ten o'clock, or a few minutes after. The party was at
Mr. Grant's.
The first door I went to was the laboratory door, the nearest my
room. Found it fast; then started to go to the dissecting room door.
Unlocked the dissecting-room door, to put out the lights. The students
there used to dissect till nine or ten o'clock. Found the lights out;
bolted the outside door of the dissecting-room, and went to bed. I
never knew Dr. Webster's door locked before, on the night of a lecture-
day, since I have been in the College. On Saturday, there were but
two lectures ; had but two fires to make. Made a fire in the dissecting-
room. Forget whether I went to unbolt the door of the dissecting-
room before or after 1 made the fire; when I did go, I found it un-
bolted and ajar. I thought I had fastened some student in, the night
before. Never knew any one had a key of the outside door, except
Dr. Leigh, the librarian, who has been there three years. Never
knew of any other person getting access to the building after it was
locked up at night.
I unlocked the lecture-room door - the one Dr. Webster came out
of the day before-and went in. I went through the lecture-room,
but could not get through the private room into the lower laboratory.
The door was locked, and there was a lock on it which I never had
the key of. He had the lock put on it to lock up his laboratory, when
out of use, in the summer time. Went back to my room. Soon after
I went back, Dr. Webster came, with a bundle under his arm, through
the east shed. Met him in the entry. He told me to make him a
fire. I made a fire in the stove, in the laboratory. After doing it,
turned and went out. Don't recollect of being in his laboratory or
lecture-room again that day. Saw Dr. Webster again before eleven
o'clock, in the lower entry; he came into the College, with a bundle
under his arm, done up in a newspaper. Paid him $15 in gold, for
Ridgeway's ticket. Ridgeway had paid me $82, for a full course of
lectures. I gave the rest to Mr. Pettee.
I did no more work for Dr. Webster that day. Saturday is my
sweeping day. I heard him in the laboratory ; I speak of the lover
one; that's what I call the laboratory. Did not see him again that
day. I heard walking in the laboratory; heard moving; could not
tell what was doing. Heard the water running in Dr. Webster's sink;
it was not in the habit of running. I did not see Dr. Webster all day
Sunday. Sunday night I was in North Grove-street, facing Fruit-
street, talking with Mr. Calhoun, one of Mr. Fuller's foundery men,
about the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Parkman. Had heard of
that disappearance on Saturday afternoon; Kingsley told me. While
talking, saw Dr. Webster coming into Fruit-street, from Bridge-street.
I remarked that there was one of our Professors coming. When Dr.
Webster saw me, he came right up to me. The first words he said to
me were, " Mr. Littlefield, did you see Dr. Parkman during the latter
rt of last week?" Told him 1 did. He asked me when I saw him.
said last Friday, about half past one o'clock. He then inquired,
"Where did you see him? " I said, about this spot. He asked me
which way he was going. I said he was coming right towards the
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