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know that he had paid Dr. Parkman $483. Said he took the money
up and started; did not stay to count it; and that Dr. Parkman told
Dr. Webster that he would go over to Cambridge and get the mort-
gage discharged. I was searching the houses near the Medical Col-
lege.
On Friday, the day of Dr. Webster's arrest, I was passing by the
College, about a quarter before four, I should think, and met Mr.
Littlefield, who told me he had commenced digging through the wall,
and that he had suspicions of Dr. Webster; he said he had told the
officers that every place in the building had been §,earched but that.
He was going to dig through the wall, to satisfy himself and the
public, whether there was anything there or not. I put my hand on
the laboratory wall, but could not feel any heat then. We went down
the front steps, and saw Dr. Webster. It was then he made the re-
marks about the twenty dollar bill.
He then said that an Irishman came to Cambridge Bridge, and
offered a twenty dollar bill to pay one cent toll; and said the toll-
keeper thought it rather strange for an Irishman to have a twenty
dollar bill. Said the toll-keeper asked him where he got it, and he
said he got it of Dr. Webster. He said the City Marshal had the bill,
and had sent for him to see if he could identify it. Said he told him
that he could not swear to the bill. He then went off: Mr. Little-
field told me to come back in about half an hour or t-vx,enty minutes;
he thought he should get through the wall by that time. I then went
away, and was gone twenty or thirty minutes. Came back, and met
Mrs. Littlefield, and asked her if he had come up from under the
building. She said he had, arid had gone down to see Dr. Henry J.
Bigelow. I asked her if he found anything. She then asked me if
I would be afraid to go down, and see if he had found anything. I
told her I would not. She then went with me, and showed me the
direction; she showed me the trap-door. I then took a light, and
went down, and crawled up to the place where he dug through; put
the lamp through, and put-my head and shoulders though, and saw
those parts of the body that were afterwards shown to Coroner Pratt.
I then came up, and waited there till Mr. Littlefield returned with
the Marshal, Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, and Mr. Clapp. I assisted in tak-
ing out the parts. We all went down. Mr. Littlefield and I crawled
through the hole. I held the lamp, and passed the parts through.
They were laid on a board, as they were passed through the wall.
Don't recollect that any entrance was made to the laboratory before
Prof. Webster came down. The remains were left there.
I remained till Prof. Webster came down. I was left in charge of
the College during this interval. Prof. Webster, and the party with
him, came down about eleven o'clock. I and Mr. Littlefield forced
the inside door, so that the party could get in. Some one asked for
the key of the privy door. Mr. Littlefield made answer, that the
Doctor had the key, and that he always kept it himself. The Doctor
then pointed to a hook or nail, and said ix was up there. I think it
was Mr. Starkweather took down the key, and handed it to Mr. Lit-
tlefield. Mr. Littlefield and I went down to the privy and tried the
key, and it would not unlock it.
We then went back up stairs, and told him that was not the key.
Mr. Littlefield told Prof. Webster. Don't know that I recollect what
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