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viz., a thorax, kidneys, pelvis, two thighs, left leg, and sundry bones,
there
lying dead, by the oaths of Osm n Brewster, John L. Andrews, Pearl Mar-
tin, Thomas Restieaux, Lewis Jones, and Harum Merrill, good and lawful
men, who, being charged and sworn to inquire for the Commonwealth, when,
how, and by what means, the said dead man came to his death, upon their
oaths
do say: That they all have been demonstrated to be parts of one and the
same person. That these parts of the human frame have been identified and
proved to be the remains and parts of the dead body and limbs of Doctor
George Parkman, late a citizen of said Boston, aged about sixty years. That
he came to his death by violence. at said Boston, on the 23d day of No-
vember last, between the hour of one and a half of the clock in the after-
noon of that day, (about which time he entered, alive and in good health.
into
the Massachusetts Medical College building, situate in North Grove-street.
in
said Boston,) and the hour of four of the clock in the afternoon of the
thirtieth day of November last, (when a portion of the said remains were
found concealed in and under the apartments of Doctor John W. Webster,
of Cambridge, in the County of Middlesex, in said College building,) in
which
building the residue of said remains were afterwards discovered. That he
was killed, in said College building, by a blow or blows, wound or wounds,
inflicted upon him with some instrument or weapon to the Jurors unknown,
and by means not yet known to said Jurors, and that said blow or blows,
wound or wounds, were inflicted upon him, and said means were used, by the
hands of said Doctor John W. Webster, by whom he was killed.
In witness whereof, the said Coroner and Jurors to this Inquisition have
set their hands and seals, the day and year abovesaid.
JABEZ PRATT, Coroner.
03MYN BREWSTER, Foreman.
JOHN L. ANDREWS, Secretary.
PEARL MARTIN.
THOMAS RESTIEAUx.
LEWIS JONES.
HARUM MERRILL.
INQUEST held by Jabez Pratt, Esquire, Coroner, this 1st day of December,
A. D. 1849, at the Medical College, Grove-street, upon a body supposed to
be the body of George Parkman, there lying dead; and by adjournment
to the same place to Monday, the 3d day of December, and also by an
adjournment to the Ward Room, on Wednesday, December 5th, 1849.
Wednesday, December 5th, the Jury of Inquest met and set until 7 1-2
P. M., and adjourned to Thursday, at 3 P. M. Met at 3 P. M., and adjourned
to meet at room No. 15, in the Court-house, on Friday, 7th inst., at 10
o'clock.
Met on Friday, December 7th, and adjourned to meet on Saturday, December
8th. Met at 9 o'clock A. M. on Saturday, and adjourned to meet on Mon-
day, December 10th, at 9 o'clock A. M. Met on Monday, December 10th,
and adjourned to Tuesday, December 11th, at 9 o'clock, A. M. Tuesday,
9 A. M., met according to adjournment, and adjourned to meet on Thurs-
day, December 13th. Met, according to adjournment, and finished the
evidence, and rendered the verdict. On each of the days, except December
6th,
the Jury met at 9 o'clock, and continued through the day, until near 7
o'clock P. M. JOHN L. ANDREWS, Secretary
I, MARTIN GAY, being duly sworn, depose as follows. I am by profession
a Physician and Chemist.
I was appointed, with other persons, to be a Committee for the purpose of
making an examination of several parts of a human body, said to have been
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