New-York tribune., 1842-01-31


y, ,se testimony they ask-sth iis cef
a. 51.ook that awning without consent
I did he want IT. TO what ptfpose was
f..a - ~. ba snnIied rVhen did he take It. Vas
tnnyn that was OF the utmost importance
=, ~ his time And yetlt was not done.
r ri i no, true tina: we intended 10 prove that
.b;s hoy was made for the especial purpose 10
which il was applied Nothiag ike II was eve,
intended The charge has been made upon ite
/ Chief Magistrate Of the City that the examination
OF the sink was made for the express purpose of
composing the lie OF the prisoner. lwlllmahe no
defence on this point The character OF those
concerned are suffisien: 10 establish is int.!ity
Nor is there any evidence that the box=used vas
even the same observed previously IN Cots
room: II has not been identified Nor nave we
/ the least evidence where the Ratchet was pro-.
+ cured Still We are bound by justice to=Deiieve
i that he had ii in the room when ADAMS cane
/ there But in what part Of the room ? l5it not
more reasonable to suppose that at tins season .;
/ the wear, when ne had no use for II, II should
! have been throwa into d corncr, than that il
should have been laid carefully upon MS table !!
This Is carrying the imagination TOO far Tor hu-
man creduljty-to assume that 1t was kcpta as an
ornament upon the table.
The evidence of Mr. Walker, relative 70 his
poing TO Colts room Tor the saw, and the extra
ordinary reply made 10 him, the secrecy OF Colt.
nsiuo IL and the.excitcmenth ewnced We're cited
and urged as evidences Of most mischveous IN
tent. and Mr=Whiting said he cared not whether
tha, intent was 10 XIII Adams, or to Kill another
person.
Mr.. Whiting suggested ,hatthe saw was used 10
prepare the elects for the box and replied wti great
pnngency to the suggestion that II was ms duty
/ 10 examine witnesses before calling them TO the
/. stand. Mr.. Whiting said that although none but
/ the Almighty and the prisoner knew what hap
1 pened in that room il was still within his power
TO show what did not happen; and the mere opIn.
ION of the physicians was directly contradicted
/ by the testimony as 10 facts. Nor was II OF con-
sequence whether Adams was shot or struck
down by the hatchet. The extraordinary char
ac,er of the round hole-havlng no ilssure as had
every other wound on that head--was urged as
showing ,ha, il could not have been inflicted by
( the same instrument. Still all that was attempted
was not to show how II was caused but now II
mieht have been caused.
Il was maintained TO be utterly Impossible that
man should receive such death. blow asls al
legged by the defence, and sill make no eort'o
screen hlnself-nake no sound or attempt in any
way to save his life How, too, was tae noise
| like the clashng Of folls accounted tor
Granting that all really occurred winch Is al
legged in the statement-that Adams gave Colt
the =lje-that Colt struck hm-that Adams seized
him by the throat If Adams had power to=do.
sll this he wonld have had power to seize his
arm and save his life. The blow, too, N thai
case, must have been given ln=lront
Mr. Whiting spoke with bitter rdlcule ol the
doctrine advanced upon the other SIDE, that hal
a mans brain may be carried away, ana he sui
retain his senses, with merely dlmnu'lono oil his
appetite, and that his muscular action anG power
would at the same time be increased tcntold. In
;hat case, he said, il would be Infinitely betierto
knock outthe brains ofan army before they golnlo
action and this he doubted no, nigh, be classed
among the wonderful discoveries OF the nine
,eenth century The wounds he held were 10 be
regarded as evidence of a brutal temper on the
part of him who inflicted them. With regard to
the examination of the sink, the District Attor-
nev suggested that the hat found there had been
so rnutilated as TO conceal the mark He sad iie
made no such charge as was alleged, that the
counsel for the defence had been guilty OF seek
ing TO manufacture evidence IN this case. but
he asked whether ii was now reasonable TO be-
lieve that Colt cut the hat on that fatal night
Tor the defence will have it that twas then done;
tor some definite purpose, or as matter oil mere
,,astire and amusement.
He urged that there was too much GOODNESS
and deliberation in the preparation OF this bundle
ia allow the suppostlon that II was done IN con-
sequence OF an accidental death BY the sHppo-
sition Of the defence, moreover 1t was utterly
impossible III aay way to account Tor the SOUND
first heard a pistol with apercusson cap might
have made ii; but suppose the hatctet made It,
And the Jury must believe it was made, for tide
pends on the same testimony as that concerning
The fall, stl Mr Whiting wished to urge that in
accordance with al tho testimony, the wound
might still have been caused by pistol bullet.
lfthe ALLEGED assault, moreover, really existed, a
chair could have been selzed as easily as the
ha,chet. and an innocent man would have walked
out and told the whole circumstance OF bis dread
fu deed Had he done so the Grand Jury would
have discarded the bill.
Atall events an honorable and an high minded
man under the circumstances alleged To exist,
would have been careful what Instrument !ie
used, and how he used it, a blow upon the ann
would nave answered his purpose, for 1t wonld
have released the grasp He had n right=to re-
venge an insult, granting that Ii was gwen, IN
this terrible way.
But no evidences of this assault existed No
torn bosom discovered, no rutiied or twisted era
Vat had been shown; the avidence OF Caroline
! Henshaw did not reach this The statement
that Col: went 10 his brother TO explain the mat
ter was declared utterly Slouiuless y" pue!-
ness could have detained that brother from matters
ofsucllmomen;ous interest But his Counsel says
tha, he had no friend, but that brother, Ah waslt
even Sc WAS that one who had committed
everything to his care, who had always treated
him with kindness and love, 10 be thrust ironth the
counSes Of an innocent man IN a case Ike this {
She did not dare 10 speak OF wAat she saw. linus
was il with Brutus when he came from The to-
run. TO the bosom OF Por,ia she saw. his changed
countenance and asked him what II meant. He
thrust her from hini for he had committed IHsT-
der aad he dare MOI meet her gaze.