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Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
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Webster, John White 1793-
Chemist; born in Boston, Mass., May 20, 1793; graduated at Harvard College in 1811, and at its medical department in 1815; accepted the chair of Chemistry and Mineralogy there in 1827, and held it until his death.
In 1842 he was loaned a sum of money by Dr. George Parkman, who later increased it to nearly $2,000. Subsequently Parkman accused Professor Webster of dishonesty.
A meeting to settle matters was appointed for Nov. 23, 1849, at the college laboratory, and on that day Parkman was murdered.
In his confession Professor Webster said he called me a scoundrel and a liar, and went on heaping on me the most bitter taunts and opprobrious epithets.
The facts brought out in the trial showed that Parkman had been killed by a blow on the head with a billet of wood.
The body was then dismembered, parts of it burned with the clothing, and other parts concealed until they could be destroyed.
At the trial 116 witnesses were examined and every effort made t