Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-10-09
From The New York Sun.
Horrible Murder Of MI. Adams,
the Printer.
AnaEsr or THE MUnnEasu rxp DrscoSKnr o
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rHE Bopr,
On Friday week Mr.. Samuel A.
dams, highly respectable printer re-
siding nj III Elizabeth street, of the
firm of Scrathard and Adams, of No.
SO Gold street, suddenly and myster-
ously disappeared. He was man of
regular habits. He was advertised
but nothing has been heard Of him.
On the evening Of his disappearance
the occupants of,he upper stories of
the large granite building, corner of
Broadway and Chambers, were dis
turbed by mysterious noise and scuff-
ling in the room Of tenant named J. &.
Colt, the author of new system Of
bookkeeping.
A gentleman named Wheeler, teach
er Of penmanship, occupying room
adjoining Colts, suspecting foul play,
looked through the key hole of Colts
door and saw Colt washing the floor.
At late hour, looking again, he saw
him similarly y occupied. He ordered
his young man TO watch until Colt went
out. Colt stayed all night in his room
and was constantly employed. In the
morning Colt went out and called
man, to whom he delivered box Of
sufficient size to hold man, directed
to some one at ST. Louis via New Or.
leans. The young man had not the wit
TO follow, but reported the circumstan>
ceS to his employer.
The gentleman alluded to sometime
afterwards seeing the advertisement of
the mysterious disappearance of Mr.. A
dams, made some inquiries and ascer-
tanned that Mr.. A. was then executing
(or had previously eSecutedD printing
for Colt TO a considerable amount, and
was in the habit Of often calling at
Colts rooms. This confirmed his sus-
picions that foul murder had been done
on the Friday night above named and
he communicated the whole circum-
stances to Mayor Morris.-Colt was
arrested on Thursday. He denies be-
ing in the room on the night in question.
and sending away the box, or knowing
anything of it or its contents.
We have since learned more full par
ticlars, and the above statement is
somewhat incorrect.
The facts as far as we can gather, are
these-Mr. Colt is the author of an a.
bic work upon book keeping. and the
brother of an inventor Of Colts celebra
ted fire arms. He hired room on the
! second floor Of the granite building cor.
ner Of Chambers ST. and Broadway
| hn i. hn
Broadway, and the window facing
Chambers street.
On the night of Friday, 18th inst. the
gentleman occupying the adjoining
room heard, with others, q noise as o
some person falling, and fancied some
persons were fencing with foiles. anC
; one Of them had fallen. The parlie
! waited, expecting to hear laugh, bu
, from that moment a most profound ant
dealhike silence tollowed.-Surpriset
at the circumstance, the gentleman
, knocked several times at Colts door
$ but no answer was given.
> On the following morning, large bo,
was observed by many of the inmate
Of the granite building, standing in tn,
q entry. Soon the upper part of the bull
, ding thought at first that II was for them
!, as it was about the length 10 contain
!, two full size buSts. Observing, howev
: er, that it was directed TO ST. Louis VII
= New Orleans, they saw that it was go
ing from the building, not that il ha
come to it.. other persons in the build
4 ing who knew that Colt had only y take
the rooms for a short time, thought h
. was removing. The box was reno
- we'd between half past s and 10 A. N
Il on Saturday, the 18th.
= The gentleman who heard the nois
. spoken OF, thought no more Of ii. unt
r. he saw the advertisement Of Mr.. A
a dams disappearance. On mentlonin
- il TO another person, female said tha
- Mr.. Colt was indebted to Mr.. Adam
~ - (The sum was understood to be 500
:, and for printing this Identical work o
r book. keeping.) The conviction flash
:, ed upon the mind of this gentleman thu
= Nj. Adams was murdered on III
: - night in question. and proceeded to az
quaint the Mayor of the fact. Upo
searching Colts room, a glass wa
" found shattered-a haichet, the hand
,e of which was newly scraPed with br'
,e ken glass-lhe end of the handle of Il
r, axe was covered over wiih ink.
IN The wall was also spotted with in
nd as we conceive. TO conceal or obIitera
e. the marks Of blood. a portion of.ti
y floor OF the room has been sawn ava