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he said. The door was then broken open. Prof. Webster, while up
in the back room, appeared to be confused. He appeared different in
the laboratory. He was more agitated down in the laboratory. He
called for water, and when they handed it to him, he would bite at
it. I remember the inquiry being made about the bones in the fur-
nace. This inquiry was made while the Doctor was in the room.
Mr. Adams, Mr. Rice, and myself, remained in charge of the Col-
lege all night, and all the next day and night, till Sunday. I left a
few minutes at a time. The place was in custody of the police all
this time. Heard no instructions in regard to Mr. Littlefield. The
place was securely guarded. No such vigilance was exercised in
regard to Mr. Littlefield. Inquiry was made, in the little room, for
the hatchet, and Dr. W ebster said it was in the sink. Inquiry was
made for it in the little room. I believe Mr. Littlefield succeeded in
finding the hatchet. Was present when a key was fitted to the lock
of the privy door. The lock was in the laboratory.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sohier. What Dr. Webster said about the
twenty dollar bill, was the first that I heard of it. Dr. Webster was
slightly acquainted with me. I was the person he had asked to make
some inquiries for him, a week or two before. Think I saw Mr. Lit-
tlefield on Sunday. Saw him on Saturday. Mr. Littlefield said he
had not seen Dr. Parkman for three or four days. On Friday, the
30th, Mr. Littlefield said he suspected Dr. Webster; told me he did
not wish me to say anything about it, till he had ascertained whether
anything was to be found. Mr. Kingsley asked Mr. Littlefield, on
Saturday, the 24th, whether he had seen Jar. Parkman, and he said
he had not seen him for three or four days. This interview was but
a very few minutes. Mr. Littlefield did not go on to state where he
saw him the last time. When the inquiry was made about the
hatchet, we were in the upper room. It was wanted to open the back
room door. The nail to which the Doctor pointed for the privy key
was in the back room, by the shelves. I did not assist in breaking
open the privy door. Was present. Believe the door was opened
with the hatchet, which was used to press the bolt back. The lock
carne off that night. The privy door was nailed up that night. A
nail was driven in the side of the door.
NATHANIEL D. SAWIN, sworn. - I run the Cambridge and Boston
Express. Know Prof. Webster. Have been in the habit of carrying
articles for him. I remember bringing in to Boston, the next week
after Dr. Parkman's disappearance, two bundles of fagots, made from
the cuttings of grape-vines, for Prof. Webster; took them from his
house. I brought in an empty box, about the shape of a soap-box, a
foot and a half square, and a bag of tan; took them from Dr. Web-
ster's house in Cambridge, and left them in Mr. Littlefield's cellar.
Was told to leave them there by Dr. Webster.
Dr. Webster said, °' You may leave them in Mr. Littlefield's cellar,
and I will take them into the laboratory myself." Had never received
any similar instructions before. Had done these jobs for Prof. Web-
ster for three years; suppose I had been to the College two hundred
times. It had been my practice to leave them, sometimes in the lower
laboratory, and sometimes in the upper. I would take a bunch of
]reys from Mr. Littlefield's kitchen. They hung in a small case, near
the door, as I went into Mr. Littlefield's kitchen.
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