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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: should stop at the house of a lady who, he said, could give them
some peculiar information on that subject. As they entered
Boston, he remarked that they were taking the wrong direction for
reaching the college. One of the officers replied that the
driver might be "green," but that he would find his way to the
college in time. At length the coach stopped. One of the offi-
cers alighted, and invited his companions to follow him into the
office of the Leverett Street Jail. They obeyed. The Professor
asked what it all meant; he was informed that he must consider
himself in custody, charged with the murder of Dr. George
Parkman. Webster, somewhat taken aback, desired that word should
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