The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-10-05
Reported for the N. Y. Expro..
HORRID MURDER

great respectapiiity,r residing at No. IL Eizahou
and carrying on business at SO Gold 81 r.'
firm ofScatchard SS Adams, left his est,hrs @
and proceeded to the Office of the Mssion,,. ~
| aid. After transacting some business H.. y"
said he would go to Canal st, to see some h,r
Ter who owed him some money, but did M, ,~'
there, and the last that was seen of hin,
Broadway, near Chambers st. Some person
understood, told him while out that Mr. J. G q,
the author ola new system of book. keepO, W
occupied an Office in the new granite builGv.
the corner Of Chambers st. and Broadway j.,
room next but one to Broadway who ow,a
Adams some 5000 for printing his book. W., Il.
to leave the city, and Mr. Adams remind ,h,,
would 60 TO see him and endeavor TO se, hi. 49,
oy: whether he went there or not the seouovD,I
ably tells-but MIR Adams from that day wa, n.r,.
seen alive.
little before four o'clock in the aNerno,, 4
that day, Mr. Wheeler. celebrated teacher or,,
manship, who occupies the room on the "a sO,v
the building fronting Broadway, and adiOUD,
that Of Colt, heard strange and unaccoun,'AI
noise in Colts room, as ifsome persons were en-
gagged in fencing or in scuffle; and anon, a cnd \
as ofsome heavy body falling on the floor and ,hn
dead silence reigned. After waiting some fin,
Mr. Wheeler went TO tn door of Colts room ,ni
knocked; but receiving no answer, looked thrOuI
The key -hoe and saw two hats on the ,abl, III
Colts room, and Colt in the act of wipng or wash
ing the floor. Mr.. Wheeler, after waiting T Cs
siderable length Of time, looked in at the KEY h,
again, and still saw Mr. Colt engaged in the au
operation. Mr. w. then told his assistant nR 4
school to watch Colt until he went out Of hh n
room. as he suspected something was rong,-wH
the young man accordingly watched all nigh@
heard Colt engaged in his all night
work
On the morning of Saturday he saw Colt put
box some four feet long out OF his room marEs
with some name, and directed 10 St. Louis Vi
he delivered to a carmnn, who put it on his G
and conveyed it away.
A day or two afterwards, Mr.. Wheeler gam
ingress into Colts room, and discovered OOEq
glass broken, ;he floor bearing the appearance
having been recently scrubbed or scraped, and
place covered with fresh ink, aud also ink sp 4
on the wall, as if TO conceal some other sir
A Ratchet was also found, the handle Of Wild 81
had been scraped over, and then covered I'd "
ink.
On hearing OF the disappearance of Mr. AA
who was advertised for, Mr. Wheeler weO1
Coroner and communicated to him his susFa
and that magistrate with Justice Taylor ofhf
per Police, aided by officers A M. c. Smith
Walker, examined the premises; and after HA
the testimony of Mr.. Wheeler and his aaHI
CO included to arrest Colt, who was arrested By
| ficer Smith accordingly on Friday, and tassn'
fore the Mayor. On being INTERCEPTED, hH
he was not in his room on the might of the
inst. and that he did not put any box GU!
room and send it away, the next day, th0'p
was proved that he did. He was then commn
to prison. The mayor then ad, ertised for @a
man, who took the box from the store, ana
! Godfrey, the superintendent of carts, diligenly
ployed himself until he found him, and @0%
| him before the mayor. There he stated ih'
had conveyed box from Mr.. Colts room and
| it on board tho ship Kalamazoo according
rectons, FOR which Mr.. Colt had paid him.
| The Mayor then sent officers Smith and "'N
on board the ship and had her Detained as @'
about to sail, and yesterday having the na0
opened the Mayor and Justice Taylor, WIN
officers, repaired on board the vessel, whe's
box marked as stated, was found in her h0'u
after time got out and brought on deck iD'
it was opened, and the body Of a man suppose
be Mr. Adams found, with only the shIrf OIL 20
covered with salt and chloride of hne' wiz" w
wrapped round it,-a coat and other c'o'"'s ps
around the body, and the whole enVe'opeu
old awning. 1t was then closed ana co" ,..,y
the dead house in the Park. There '"e .,ht
attended by Drs. Gilman and Nissan, "N rs
appeared and examined the body, when w, ..,l
ly decomposed and presented rlghno' 'r
A rope was round the neck extending 'O
under the knees, which were drawn y
breast-the whole of the bone OF the 'O','
most was crushed and driven in upon '"
There was a fracture Of both the r's' ,y,s
parietal bones, portions Of which "e''
and went across the right side OF inc 0""'
also penetrated the stock on his neck al
The stock was also cut open in if'n' ii,
only behind. The physicians ascr'O'e ,a
to these wounds, and the testimony ;uon
fore the Jury who assembled. Inc 'V ,.,hn,
regards the Identification of the BODY ii,
we were not allowed to hear, but the WI ,i,t
in accordance with the above facts, "f 4,
killing as they believed, to J. c. Ooh'
brought out OF prison, and looked pau NJ M
gard, remaining silent, and his cou"'''' a,
Robert Emmett and J. A. Morreil' se"'
afterwards was remanded to prison. I'D