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According to historians, the murder was motivated by money. Webster owed Parkman a loan which totalled, with interest...
Webster's income at the time was only $1200 per year. But his wife and he were fond of throwing parties. So he borrowed money from his wealthy friend, Parkman...
That money didn't last long, though, and Webster borrowed an additional $1200 from Shaw. Parkman, however, was reportedly annoyed by this extra loan and began to suspect he might never be repaid. He repeatedly hounded Webster about the money...
...upon one George Parkman feloniously, willfully and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault; that he, the said John W. Webster, with a certain knife which he then and there in his right hand had and held, him the said George Parkman in and upon the left side of the breast of him the said George Parkman then and there feloniously, will-fully and of his malice aforethought, did strike, cut, stab and thrust, giving to the said George Parkman then and there with the aforesaid knife in and upon the left side of the breast...
...public's interest became so great in People v. Webster that worker productivity went down. On the day Shaw's award was announced, the entire city of Boston stopped working to search for Parkman...