TRIAL OF PROFESSOR JOHN W. WEBSTER, FOR THE MURDER OF DR. GEORGE PARKMAN IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 23, 1849. SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT FOR SUFFOLK MARCH TERM. PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE SHAW, ASSOCIATE JUDGES WILDE, METCALF AND DEWEY... STENOGRAPHIC REPORT, CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED. SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED.
Boston: John A. French, 1850. 91, (5) pp. Untrimmed, stitched in original printed wrappers. Engraved portrait of the murderer frontis. Illustrations, full page sketch of the victim on last page. Final five leaves and rear wrapper with prominent fox spots. Good plus.
One of an array of publications on this sensational murder. Webster, a scholar and author, had borrowed $400 from Parkman (uncle of Francis Parkman) and secured the loan with a cabinet of minerals. Without repaying the loan, Webster pledged the minerals as security to a second lender. Incensed, Parkman argued with Webster and then disappeared. Parkman's bones were discovered in the furnace in Webster's lab. Webster was convicted and hanged.
McDade 1067. Cohen 13182. Item #41738
Price: $250.00