Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-16
From the New York Sun, Extta-Sunday evening
HORRIBLE MURDER,
Of Mr.. Adams, the Printer--arrest of the MUIR
derer nd d discovery of the body.

On Friday week Mr.. Samuel Adams a highly +
respectable printer, residing al Elizabeth street
of the firm Of Scrathard & Adams, of 50 Gold
street, suddenly and mysterousy disappeared
He was a man Of regular habits He was adver
,ised, but nothing had been heard of him. On
the evening of his disappearance the occupants
Of the upper of The large granite building,
corner Of Broadway and Chambers street, were
disturbed by mysterious noise and scuffling IN
the room of tenant named J. c. Colt, the au-
thor OF a new system Of book keeping
A gentleman named Wheeler, teacher Of pen~
manship. occupying a room adjoining Colts,
pecting 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 &C
cupied He ordered his young man 10 watch
when Colt went out. Colt stayed all night in his
room and was constantly employed. la the
ming Colt went out and called a carman, to whom
he delivered box of sufficient size TO hold
man, directed to some one at 81. Louis via New
Orleans. The young man had not the wit to
follow, but reported the circumstan to his
ployer.
The gentlemen a luded TO some time afterwards
seeing The adv ertsement of the my erious dis
appearance Of Mr.. Adams. made some inquiries
and ascertalned that Mr.. A. then executing
Cor had previously executed) some printing for
Colt to considerable amount, and was in The
ha bit of often calling at Colts rooms.
This confirmed his suspicious that foul muir
der had been done the Friday night above
natncd-and he communicated the whole circum-
stances to Mayor Morris-Colt vas arrested
Thursday. He denies being IN the room the
night IN question: and sending away the box,
knowing any thing OF IL or lis contents.
We have since learned more full particulars, and
the above statement Is somew hat incorrect.
/ The facts, as far as " can gather, are these
Mr.. Colt is the author of an able work upon book
keeping, and the brother of The Inventor of Colts
celebrated fire arms. lie hired room the
r
Der ST. and Broadway. The room is the second
room from Broadway, and the windows face
Chamber ST.
/ On the light of Friday the II III inst the gem
'eman occupying the adjplnlng room heard with
others, noise some person falling, and fan
cied some persons were fencing with toIis, and
one of them had fallen. The parties waited, ex-
pecting n hear laugh, but from that moment a
most profound and dea,hlke silence followed
Surprised at the circumstance, the gentlemen
knocked several times at Colts door, but an
swer was gwen.
4 On The following morning. large box OBJ
served by many of the inmates Of the granite
building, standing III the entry. Some in the up
per part of the building thought at first that ii
was for them; it was about the length to con
tam two full sized busis. Observing, however
that i, was directed TO ST. Louis via New Orleans
they that it going from the building
not that il bad come 10 il. Other persons in the
building who knew that Colt had only taken the
for oos w her he a
10 A. NJ. on Saturday. the 18Th.
The gentleman who heard the noise spoken of
thought of it. until he the adver
usement of Mr.. Aams' disappearance On men
ti0ning 1t TO another person. female said thai
Colt was indebted 20 Mr.. Adams. (The we
understood 10 be $500, and tor printing this ldent
cal work on book keeping) The conviction fash
edupon the mind of this gentleman that MIR Ad
ans was murdered on the night in question, and
he proceeded to acqnaint the Mayor of the facts
Upon searching Colts room, glass was found
!. shattered-a Ratchet, the handle Of which was
newly scraped with broken glass the end Of the
handle of the covered over with ink.
The wall was also spotted with ink we con
ceive, to conceal or obliterate the marks of The
blood. A portion of the floor Of the has
been sawu away by the officers and carried to the
Mayors office On the examination of Colt, he
said he made box to hold his trunk, out of a
large box which he had to hold his stationary
} This statement he probably nade account fol
the he had for tools. which he borrow ed from
some person in the building. He says tina, the
; box not answering. he threw the wood out Of The
window into the street
: In consequence Of the discovery of these facts
the Mayor advertised for The carman W no had r
RED the box, and whom Mr.. Godfrey, superinten-
dent OF hacks, discovered on Saturday night. He
was taken before the Mayor, where he stated tina
Mr.. Colt had employed and paid him TO carry
9 box from his room, corner of Broadway and Cham
bers street. 10 the ship Kalamazoo, lying ,hs
, foot of Maiden lane, the morning Of the ISL
inst, and that he had delivered it there according
ly.
In consequence of this, the Mayor ordered OF
? tlcers a. Nj. G. Smith and Waldron boa I'd ih,
: vessel and the matches which had been closed. t,
2 be opened, and on Sunday afternoon, about on,
:. O'Clock, the box was found aud brought deck
: On opening it, the body of Mr. Adams with onl,
his shirt on, found therein packed round tigh,
: Iy with SALT and awning wrapped round III
: whole, and then the box nailed up. Ii was con
! veyed to the dead house in The Park and III
i Coroner called to hold the inquest. Justice Tay
! Tor, of the Upper Police, (who with The Mayo
and officers above named, have been indefatiga
! Bile IN erretiny out the authors of this horrid ur
: der.) discovered the woman kept bv Colt, and il
: her possession. found the watch OF Mr.. Adams
5 Thus this afflir Of blood is resealed-and III