Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-02
From he NeV York San. Extra Sunday Eveain
HORROBLE MURDER.
OF MIR. ADAMS. THE PRiN TER ARREST
Or THE MURDERER AND DISCOVERY
or THE BODY
GEORGE w. THOMPSON,
JAKEs III. McMEcuEN,
JAMES EVANS,
LUTHER IIAYMoHD.
Secretaries.

OF MIR ADAMS. THE PRiN TER ARREST
| Or THE MURDERER AND DISCOVERY
| OF The BODY.
On Friiay week Mr.SSImu"l lams, n highly
| respectable printer residing al / EliZsbeth street
OF the firm Of SC hard and Adams Il ~ ans
Gold street, suddenly and mis,crousiy disappear
ed. lie a or regular habits lie was oil
veriiscd. but nothing had been heard OF him o.
tho evening Of his disappearance the occupants al
The upper stories oiite large granite building c, r
ner ~ Broadway aud Chambers street ,vere DISTURB.
Ell by mysterious noise AMI scuf!lIg ia tho room
Of irnInt namII j. e.. CJlt, ia. au.n Or Of a new
system Of bOOl-kcepin
\ gentleman nImsd Weller teacher nr penn IN.
ship occupying a nom adj ,iling G Its. sISpcc Ins
foul play. boxed through tn key hoe ~ his ID T
and saw CDlt lshihs Iho ni1r. Al a Late loIr
ln1king Gg iin. ho saw h,m similarly occuped H.
ordered his young man " watch wien Colt went
out. CnlI stayed oil night M his rom anl WIS
c'as;anly emp "; d. IN IN, Irning ca went O At
and called ca.fgIn. ~ whom hs delivered a boz
ofsjicient SIZE To h. III man. dircs ie To some one
nj 81 l. uIs vii New Oslelns. The young MN had
the VIII To follow, but reported the caaslnces
To his employer.
The gentleman nlulcl 10 some time afterwards
seeing The advertisement ui lhe mysterious disappear.
once Of Mr. Adams. made isas inquiries auI As
cerlained lhn Mr.. Adlms was thea execu iIg Or
had previously excculoI) some printing Cor Colt To
considerable amount. ard IN the hl5il Of oren
calling al Coils rooms.
This confined his saspirions that a foul murder
had been done on Friday night above natned-anl
he communicated the whole circumstances 10 Mayor
Morris. Colt arrested on Thursday. Hedenies
being in the the night in question. and send
lug away the box, OF knowing any thing Of il or its
contents
We have since learned more full account Of tho
particulars, and the above statement is somo what
incorrect.
The iac's ns Ear ns We can gather. are thesc-Mr
Colt - The author Of an able work upon Book keep.
ing. and the OrOher Of the inventor Of CIl's celc
brated Gro arms. lie hired "a room on Tie second
floor OF the granite building corner Of Climber ST.
! and Broadway. The room is second nom from
Broadway street, and the windows face Chamber
street
On the night ofFhlay, the l7lh inst. tho gentle.
mae occupying the adjoining hsarl with 9th.
ers noise some person falling md fIncIed some
persons were fencing with ioils, ond ono Of them
had fallen. The parties waited, expected TO hear a
| laugh, but from that moment n most profound and
death liko silence followed. Surprised at the cir.
cumsinnce, the gentleman listened and knocked
sevafal tiaes at Coils door, bat answer was Civ
! On.
On the following morning alarge box was discov.
cred by miny Of the inmates of the granite bald
/ ing. standing ia the entry Some in the upper part
of the building thought firsi IL was Tor hem ne
! IL was about the length to contain two full sized
/ busts. Observing however IL was directed % St,
Louis via New Orleans. they saw that IL was going
! from the house, not that IL had come To a. Other
pCOrons IN the bnildiRg who knew that Colt had
only taken the rooms for short time, thought that
no was remOvng.-The box was removed between
half past eigit aud ten A NJ Oh Saturday, the
18Th.
The gentleman who heard the noise spoken Of
thought no moro Of IL. until he saw the advertise.
ment Of Mr. Adams disappearance. On mention.
ihg u TO another person. female said that Mr. Coli
was indebted To Me- Adams. CThe sum we under
stood 10 be 5000 and for printing this identical
work on bookkeoping) The conviction flashed uf-
on the mini Of this gentleman that Mr. Adams was
murdered on the night IN question. aud he proceed.
cd 10 a~qllini The Mayor o. the facts, Upon search
lng Colts nom. glass was found SCATTERED hat.
chei. The handle Of which was newly scrapod with
glass-Iho eud Of the handle VI The axe was cover.
Od over with ink
The wall was als' c,vcrod with ink Ne we con.
c lie 10 CO o',l or Oh itoru Q the marks ofbloOd
portion Of the floor of the ROM has been savn away
by the Oiiiton anI carried 10 the Mayors office. o.
The examination Of Coli. be sold he made a box 10
bold his trunk out of nrgi box no bli 10 hold his
stauOnury. THIS stlomcul he probably mldc On &c.
cOuui lor the use no bad Ur Tools which be horrpw
Oh from some person IN The building. TO says h1i
The box not answering. ha threw the wood out of
he window into the street.
~ consequences Of tho discovery 81 these facts
ho MuyOr advertised Tor the caunan who carried
he box. and who MtGodfey, supcrimcndcntor|
be hacks discovered on saturday might. lie WIS
AIKEN before tho Mayor, whcro be stated that Mr. /
olt had cmployg and pld him 20 carry bex from /
iis room; from the Corner of Broadway aud Cham
,rrs street. 10 the ship Kalamazoo. lying at the fot
4 Msiden lane, on the morning Of the eighteenth .
Instant; and thli be delivered there accord.
ne ~.
n, copgo1uanrs Of tbis f1o M,yor orIero1 o0,...
! NJ Smith and WadrDn on board he vessel.
nd The matches whirh had been closed 10 be- opened
1d on Sunday afternoon. abJut ono O'clock The Lor
Zoe fond a brought on deck. o. opening b
10 body Df Mr. Adams with only be shirt on. was
ond tborein packed round tightly with sali and a
ening wFoP round The whole ond iheu the borJ