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Trial. Of Professor "Webster For Murder....
of violence , an appearance which might have been produced by a stab between the ribs , near the heart . A dir *~ knife , belonging to Dr . Webster , had been found in the laboratory . Fresh oil and whiting were on it , as it an attempt had been made to clean it . Dr . N . C . Keep recognised the teeth found in the furnace as Dr . Parkman s . Dr . Keep is a dentist , of twenty years' practice , and he has given special attention to mineral teeth . ± le had , since 1825 , been regularly employed by Dr . Parkman as of teeth found the
his dentist . He identified the block m furnace as having been made by him for Dr . Parkman , in 1846 . His evidence was remarkably conclusive : — Dr . Parkman ' s mouth was peculiar , in many respects—especially in the relation between the upper and lower jaws ; and thus the impression left on my mind was very distinct ; I remember these peculiarities with great exactness . The circumstances under which the teeth were ordered were peculiar . Dr . Parkman wanted to be Medical
present at the opening of the College , and was expected to speak ; and he did not wish to order the teeth unless they would be ready by that time . The time was rather short . The peculiarities of the mouth required as much skill as could be used in fitting the teeth . The great irregularity of the left side of the lower jaw occasioned much difficulty . They were finally finished thirty minutes before the opening of the Medical College . When I next saw Dr . Parkman , he remarked that room was wanting for his tongue . In order to obviate that difficulty , I ground the lower blocks on the inside , to make more space , which at that time was not accomplished with much ease , and required a small wheel on account of the
ang le formed by the teeth and the plate . Ihis grinding removed the colour of the gum , and also the enamel of the teeth . Two weeks before his disappearance , he called late in the evening , having broken the spring , which I repaired . The day before his disappearance , he called to inquire respecting a servant , who had lived with me . Monday after Thanksgiving , Dr . Lewis presented to me some portions of mineral teeth , saying he was requested to bring them to me for examination . On looking at them , I recognized them to be'the same teeth I had made for Dr . Parkman . The most perfect portion which remained was the block belonging to the left side of the lower jaw , I recognized the shape and outline to be the same with those which I had laboured on so lone :. Several of the
other portions had been much injured by exposure to fire . I proceeded to look for the model by which those teeth were made . On comparing the most perfect block with the model , the resemblance was so striking that I had no doubt . This portion which I now hold in my hand belonged to the right upper jaw . The teetli were in the doctor ' s head the last time I saw him—the day before he disappeared . The presumption is very strong that these teeth were consumed with the head , for when worn they absorb small portions of water , which , when heated rapidly , would explode them , and they would go into a multitude of pieces . If the teeth had been removed from the head , the spring by which they were opened would have thrown them apart , and they would not probably have been found fused together . I find fused in with these mineral teeth portions of the natural jaw . "
The janitor of the Medical College gave an account of angry discussions between Professor Webster and Dr . Parkman , relative to the former ' s debts to the latter ; of very particular inquiries which Webster had made respecting the manner in which the place , where some of the remains were found , had been closed up . This witness detailed minutely the conduct of Professor Webster from the Friday on which Dr . Parkman was last seen entering the college till his nrrrst . The important features were the seclusion of Dr . Webster at the time the murder was likely to have been committed ; his evident anxiety to hide something ; his confused and anxious manner ; his repeated inquiries respecting what was said about the disappearance of the deceased ; his untrue statements respecting an alleged interview and transactions with him .
Witnesses swore to seeing Dr . Parkman in the neighbourhood of the college on the fatal Friday ; one had seen him enter the college . Some papers were produced , proving large debts duo from Dr . Webster to Dr . Parkman . A discounting cleric in the New England Hank deposed that Dr . Parkinan had desired to stop certain payments niadc to Webster ; that Dr . Parkman had told him that Webster was not an honourable man , and that he should be obliged to distress him . This was a few days previous to the disappearance . The clerk added : — " On the morning of the 2 ! kd of November I went to the college to pay Dr . !!
Webster )) dollars . I passed into Dr . Webster s laboratory , where I found him . He asked me to walk in , when I told him that Dr . Parkman had called on mo si . 'vcnil times to inquire whether 1 had nny of Dr . Webster ' s funds in my possession , that I had therefore come to pay over what . I had , as I wished to have no trouble with Dr . Parkman . Dr . Webster said that . Dr . Parkman was a curious sort of man , and had been subject to iits of mental aberration ; ho much so , that he was obliged to nut . his business out , of his hands . Kc then said , ' You will have no further trouble 1 with Dr . Parkman , for 1 have settled with him .
A number of witnesses , examined as to the cash transactions of Webster , showed that . he could not haw paid any money t <» the deceased . Dr . I ' arktiian's brother rclaU ' d that Webster had called on him during the search , to state that lie had seen him by appointment on the Friday , and had paid him money . The fearful ehain of circumstantial evidence , was completed by testimony proving that , previously to the . ' 2 ' ) u \ Dr . Webster purchased various articles for which no use could be imagined , except ( or the removal of the traces of the cr fine with which he was chained ; and by the production of several letters , evidently written to mislead the search after Dr . Tallyman , which letters profcssiotnl witnesses declared to be , in their opinion , in the handwriting ( though disguised ) of Dr . Webster .
This closed the case against the prisoner on the eighth day of trial . . . .. The two following days were employed in hearing witnesses to character , and in endeavours to shake the prosecuting testimony upon secondary points . Two or three persons swore to having seen Dr . Parkman on Friday at a later hour than that of his disappearance , and later than the time at which Dr . Webster had confessed to being with him . Other witnesses were heard in contradiction of this ; and Dr . Webster offered a few remarks—not at all cogent . _ ^ , after three ho
The Judge summed up . The jury , urs consideration , returned a verdict of " Guilty . " It is said that , after ten minutes' deliberation , they were unanimous as to the remains being those of Dr . Parkman . On the question whether Dr , Webster murdered him , one juror at first dissented , but , after discussion , declared his point of doubt removed . On the twelfth day , Chief Justice Shaw pronounced the sentence of death . . , The effect of the sentence on the prisoner , who had met his trial with composure , was overwhelming . He sank into his seat , and wept in agony . A strange story is told of a medical student , -who , having seen Dr . Webster over the murdered remains of take oatn aivuige
Dr . Parkman , was induced to an nono what he had seen . Some time after he was taken with brain fever , and raved about the murder . He then revealed all he knew to a clergyman , who went to Boston to inform the Government , but it was too late to use the evidence .
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PUNISHMENT BY THE GALLOWS . The value of death-punishment has been again illustrated by the execution , on the 11 th , at Maryborough , of Catherine Moore , for the murder of her husband , and on the 13 th , at Cambridge , of Elias Lucas and Mary Reeder , for the murder of Lucas ' s wife , the sister of Reeder . The Leinstcr Express describes Catherine Mooro as " an exceedingly pretty woman , and , " says the reporter , " never in her life did she appear so interesting as when
she moved along , robed in the sable vestments of death , her eye intensely bright , her regular and still beautiful features flushed , her step elastic , her tone of voice clear , distinct , and confident . We have been informed that her conversation and demeanour , from a short period after her sentence until the hour of execution , were most satisfactory and edifying . In her the sublime power of religion was made wonderfully manifest ; for , from being a demon of desperation , she became as passive and as meek as a lamb . She yielded her neck to the halter cheerfully , as an expiation to the sins of her past life . " of her
Catherine Moore confessed to the murder husband , and detailed the circumstances which led to it . She had been married against her inclination . In consequence of ill-treatment she had been compelled to seek shelter at her mother ' s , tier husband , having sold all he could dispose of , was supposed to have gone to America ; but after some weeks he returned to annoy her . To meet his necessities she pawned her clothes . He insisted on seeing hor . > She met him in the evening , at the end of her mother's garden , bringing him some whiskey , as he was sick . He drank the whiskey up in one draught , and then commenced upbraiding her for intimacy with other men . Angry words passed , he got into a furious passion , swore that one should go to the
devil , as they could not go on tormenting eacli other ; he then dragged her into some briars in a ditch , and pulled out his knife to stab her . She struggled , got hold of the knife , stabbed him , and he fell , roaring out . Afraid of an alarm being made , she kept her hand upon his mouth to stifle his voice . After some time she left him and went in to her mother , who , observing her torn by the thorns and cut , questioned her as to what had happened . She told her a portion of what had occurred . Early the next morning she went out to the end of the garden , where she found her husband dead . Lucas and Reeder had behaved with great levity at their trial , but afterwards evinced a more befitting spirit . Reeder confessed that she had mixed the arsenic for her
sister , and that Lucas had instigated her . Lucas denied any participation . On the day before the execution of their sentence they received the sacrament , and were allowed to converse together . Lucas said , " Mary , I wish they would let thee go free into the world , and hang me alone . " She replied , that she was anxious to die , and that she would not depart if they gave her the whole world to go out . She appeared to suffer the most intense grief , her anguish in the last twelve hours being excessive . A little while before the execution , allusion being again made to her confession , Lucas exclaimed , " Well , 1 have no recollection of telling her to do it , though I might , have done so whilst I was in a pussion , lor my life at times was poison to me . "
' * The sippe . trn . nce of the space in front of the scaffold was of an animated and almost picturesque character . " In front of the gaol is a kind of meadow , in the centre of which rises an enormous mound of earth sixty or seventy feet in height . The portion facing the gaol has a gradual slope almost to the gate of the prison , and upon this descent were gnthoied an immense mass of human beings , probably between 1 * 0 , 000 and . 'JO , 000 , mostly females , their excited demeanour , find the gay colours of their apimrrl—for they heenu'd to be dressed out . in their best . —rendering the sight more extraordinary .
Proeisc !} ' as the clock struck the hour of twelve the mournful eortt ' ge was seen emerging from tho entrance . A party of javelin-men headed the procession , mid \ m reaching the platform filed off in order to allow the wretched creatures to pass on to their fate . They continued to exhibit the most extraordinary fortitude ; the male convict smiling in recognition of an acquaintance as ho passed along . On reaching the foot of the scaffold , Lucas bounded up a rather steep flight of steps on to the drop . The hangman then arranged the rope and can
over . was gone , Mary R eeder stood at the bottom of the steps , observing the operations . She was in her turn conducted up the fatal beam . The appearance of the unhappy couple on the scaffold created a thrill of horror throughout the crowd , and , as the rope was being arranged round the neck of the vacant and rather innocent looking girl , piercing screams from all points of the mass collected rent the 3 . 11 * " One of the magistrates asked Reeder whether she had any desire to make before she left the world . She replied , 'No ; I am quite happy , and only hope that all before me ( alluding to the mob ) , and you , gentlemen , are as happy . ' " Lucas whispered to the hangman , " I am going to God . " As they fell , a voice near the scaffold was heard to shout—Hurrah .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family- are still at Buckingham Palace , and the daily report of the Court Circular shows that her Majesty has been taking her usual out-door exercise this week in an open carriage , accompanied by her husband . On Saturday morning three of the horses presented by the Emperor of Morocco , exhibited feats of horsemanship in the riding-school , before the Queen and Prince , and the younger members of the family . . The royal dinner party , on Saturday , included the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk , Lord and Lady John Russell , and Viscount Canning . her
The Queen and Prince Albert attended Majesty ' s Theatre on Monday evening , when Madame Sontag appeared as Norina in " Don Pasquale . " About a month ago the Queen presented Mr . Batty with two out of several Arabian horses received by her Majesty from the Emperor of Morocco . These two animals , white in colour , perfect in symmetry , and pure in blood , were immediately committed to the care of trainers , and are likely to make their debut on the boards at an early period . About a week ago the Queen presented Mr . Batty with a mare of the same breed and colour . He is proud of her Majesty ' s present , and bestows all his care and skill to make their training worthy of their blood and their performances acceptable to the royal donor . —Globe . #
The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained the Ministers and their wives , and a large party , in the E » yptian-hall , on Wednesday evening . In acknowledging the toast of " Her Majesty ' Ministers , " Lord John Russell expressed his gratification at seeing the French Ambassador present , as a token of the intimate union existing between England and France . In returning thanks for " The Foreign Ministers , " M . Drouyn de Lhuys drew an amusing contrast between their present agreeable meeting and the warlike employment to which the corporation was frequently called in ancient
times . At one time they were required , in the words of an old chronicler , to get ready " good , apt , and tall persons , of agility and honest behaviour , covered with corselets , weaponed with pikes and bills , and dressed in yellow woollen cloth , to fight in Flanders . " At another time they were ordered to set forth ships to annoy the King of Spain ; and again they were summoned to fit out pinnaces " for suppressing the Dunkirkers . " Now , thank God , they were called together , not to oppress or annoy , but to give a hearty welcome to their Continental neighbours .
The Palace Of St. Juan And A Suite Of Ap...
The Palace of St . Juan and a suite of apartments in the palace are being prepared for the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier , the Prince and Princess de Joinville , and the Infante Don Francisco de Paula , who are expected towards the end of May . The water of the Jordan is to be procured , it is said , for the baptism of the " Prince of Asturias , " the expected heir of Spain . The marriage of the Prince Royal of Sweden with the Princess Louisa of Holland is fixed for the 19 th of July . The Prince Royal was to set out for the Hapue on the 8 th of April , and will return to Sweden with his betrothed in June . The Court of Holland goes into mourning for a week , on occasion of the death of Prince Mauritz of Nassau .
The marriage of the Archduchess Isabella , the daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany , with the Count of Trapani , brother of the King of the Two Sicilies , was celebrated at Florence , on the 10 th inst . The Duke of Genoa , brother of the King of Sardinia , passed through Lons le Saulnier on the 13 th , en route for Dresden , -where he is to marry the daughter of the King of Saxony . As Queen Isabella ' s accouchement will , in all
probability , take place about the beginning of July , she will not be able to go to mass until the end of that month , when the royal festivities ought to take place according to custom ; but in consequence of that being tho season of suffocating heat which our climate favours us with , and when most of the principal inhabitants of Madrid are away , it is in contemplation to defer them until the middle of September , when the fair will attract to the capital numerous travellers , whic ' u will be an advantage , especially for commerce . — Popular . ult
Mr . Calhoun expired at Washington on the 31 st . Ilia death has given rise to great demonstrations of respect , and in Congress eulogistic resolutions of much fervour have been passed . Mr . Calhoun was born at Abbeville , South Carolina , March 18 , 17 82 ; his mother was a native of Virginia , his father an Irishman . He was educated in Ne > v England , taking his literary degree at Yale College , and studying law at Lichfield , in Connecticut . In 1807 he was admitted to the bar of South Carolina . He entered the Legislature of that state next year , and served with distinction for two sessions . In 1811 ho was elected to Congress , and took a prominent part In the deliberations of the House of Representatives . He became Secretary of War , under President Monroe , in 1817 . In 1825 he was elected Vicc-Presidcnt ; and in
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Leader (1850-1860), April 20, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20041850/page/8/
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