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Grove-street, on Friday, Nov. 23, but not so far that he might not
have reached the College at half past one. He said, " My lecture
ended at one, and I waited twenty minutes or half an hour." I asked
him if he saw any papers or bundles in his hand. Dr. Webster said,
°' Yes, he had some papers, and he took out one and dashed his pen
across the paper,"-making a sudden motion, to intimate the mark
intended to represent it as sudden and violent. Dr. Webster said,
that he, upon paying the money, remarked that the mortgage was
not cancelled ; to which Dr. Parkman replied, with quickness, " ° I will
see to that, I will see to that." He then said that Dr. Parkman went
out of the College with great rapidity.
I then asked Dr. Webster if he could inform me whether my
brother actually went to Cambridge to cancel the mortgage. He said
he could not tell, but that he would go to the Register's office and
find out. His manner I could not but observe to be hasty; there
seemed to be in him great nervousness of manner. He commenced
upon his business immediately upon entering the room, and it was
impossible for me not to remark that there was no expression of sur-
prise at the mysterious disappearance, and none of sympathy. I
should describe it as a business visit. His characteristics are activity
and quickness, and therefore his conduct at the interview did not
impress me so strongly at the time ; there was a certain flurry of
manner that I had not observed at former interviews. What par-
ticularly struck me, was the absence of that expression of sympathy
natural to give to those in perplexity and distress. He was there
from ten to fifteen minutes. My impression is, that he wore no over-
coat. When he left my house, in Bowdoin-square, my impression is,
that he went down Green-street. My brother's habits were very
remarkable. He was amongst the most punctual of mankind. He
was almost invariably at his regular meals. He had a wife, a son,
and a daughter. His daughter had been a great invalid, and he paid
a great deal of attention, and was a good deal with her. His son was
away, at the time, in Europe. I believe I may say, with confidence,
that my brother never used profane language. When he was moved,
he would express himself strongly; but I think I may say that I never
heard him use a profane word.
Cross-examination. The names of the two men who called at my
house and stated that they saw my brother at quarter past one, some
ways from the College, were named Fessenden and Oliver. Dr.
Webster, when he said my brother took a paper from his bundle and
dashed his pen across it, did not say what the paper was.
The Court here adjourned to nine o'clock on Tuesday morning.
SEVENTH DAY. - Tuesday, March 26th.
At a little past nine, the Court came in, and after the calling of the
Jury, the evidence for the prosecution was continued.
RALPH S117tTH, sworn.-My residence is in this city, and I am en-
gaged in mercantile business. Have had some business with Prof
Webster. A letter, dated October 15th, 1849, came in answer to a
letter I had written to him. He was owing me at this time, and as
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