New-York tribune., 1842-01-29
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not perec.iy uuderst and Ii he knew, ttea "ii.s
we're MS sensations Did he no, know ,hss ev'-
dences st the mos, cors,r,re,e cows-dicc on the
| part ct those arousd ,s.c exhibited No one,
with all their picons ,re,! 70 ester This whole
si4ir would Be calculated utterly !, p.c.;ra;c bu-
man courage aEd 10 show NY c;er, tie Ggsolsiion
OF his iorIo:n condition.
The prisorer looked around and saw that he
only link between his office ani his family vas bi.
i,t:c conneclion with one who was ror Ia wife
t1e saw nothing 70 sappoEe MIN. ne very uiam,
IN which be was living wss cacplsted 70 sUsses1
the purpose o! oorceaneu, Ee hsd ~ one
whom, ne might hope 10 rely IN he hour & trial
| He must have thous n; tliat thers was Dothias on
which he could fall back for support either N re.s
| ton OF character. EP na1! attempted husiuess Snd
sad been repeatedly rroSfrstas SO >ieso!s,e ,Yiss
MS condition that .i.e, PUBL, Prosecution hpueh
proper 10 ask i, he had az, srianh at Use time be
came 10 this city. >uppc,s, hs nsd noae a@S
much risre ireai mus; nsvs oer i his lights On
"a, rsny nigh, in his :'tiF room besia tie deGt
| bocsy O.: his victim Stss hs in condition q
throw open his door AKA ask the scrutiny OF Je5s
tice -
But besides, every undertaking in winch he has
engaged mad plunged him deeper IN riis'ortune.=-
Was no, this calculated tc deepen the iatensity or
his feelings say, and believe II; ,hsi there IS
scarcely man who, under these circumstances
would not have fel; that his safety rested in the
concesnlen, o, his deed. Whether his conde,;
was wise is OF .iltle moment; the only cssentio
point is whether The prisoner nas done that which
other men might have dose under similar circum-
stances.
But he dic adop; plan TO conceal the act, and
put it in process OF accomplishment. What !.
/ first 20 be done Poor Adsn,s is dead and ti-
body al nv door; am 70 answer the consequence
or conceal the fact. He was compelled 10 resort
TO the means within his power: had he gone with
out this fact would have chca,ed him OF his put-
pose. Yet the means he did acop, are OF i'm.
por,ance unless YOU car show that they We're pro-
yicled Tor the purpose. The box in his room;
and uasui,rd as WAS, it still the only means
OF couceament within his power So with the
canvass. The whole operation OF putting the body
into the box can scarcely be considered as conmect
cd with tic cience. 1t can only be important as
affecting his general character.
After the victim places: within the box, hn
was still exposed detection as he was batorc.
/ Tie box must be removed What course must bc
taken Without witnesses and detection, he could
no, have buried it; he could s.tey have SC, j,
aloat. He esorted to the plan lie adopted Z an1
so far Us relates 10 the administration OF justice it
endcd-as am glad it did-in the detection OF
the deed 1t teaches The moral, that human life
can never be taken with impunity-that neither
time nor change can conceal the deed.
rhcSc matters, then, furnish nothing that can
ut all bear Oh the offence charged
Lc, me next direct our attention to the conflict
which probably took place. mean ut the moment
t when the in close encounter. How did
this take place Was either down! Not Adams
surely and II is certain that ut the time ms death
was completed he standing erect upon his
feet. When he fell, he teN deas9 else the crs,.
Emonv of Wheeler cannot be rrconc,lcd with any oI
the ordinary operations of th: mind. Not groan
was uttered nor a murmur escaped the room. Tho
finding of the spots OF blood upon the wall AT some
distance from the base was cited as proving that
Adams stood erect and in his full vigOr at the time
! ne me. his death It. was struggle in which
one man gradually met the floor; but the tall re
sulted from blow given upon the deceased while
the TWO were standing face 10 face. That they
were thus standing is proved by the position OF the
wounds.
If the blow was struck while the Two men were
in that position the next thing to be considered is
rhe virMlal pasition Of the parties The conhcttook
! place near the wall nnd near the table. Both
we're standing. There was outcry, Let me AS
sumo that Colt had Adams by the throat then
Adams could not cry out and Colt need not. But
suppose again that Adams had Colt by the throat.
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in either case no human voice could be heard And
ons Of these two, maintain the true condi
I ton of the case. Unless you mean to make him
him ont madm,n, you cannot suppose that he
bad Adams BY the throat for then there would have
beenno call for further contest. But if Albums
! had Colt by the throat Colt could not cry and
must resort 10 some means Of scl-dcf,nce.
Now tie nachct | saw would naturally have
| been found on the table. And on thi. hypothesis
and .upposipg that Colt had seized the hatchet to
defend himself, linen say there ls no guilt TO be
charged upon the prisoner, and all that can b.. as
cribed to him is the of toly-t thus you choose
u call t-shown in his conceoment.
Now to the collateral circumstances. II Colt
did not stand between Adam, and the ha,chet 80
thar Adams could not see The hatchct, if Adams
mad that act, DO you snppo-e there. would have
been no ou;cry! cannot conceive 1t possible
Lsok now a the result Of the first blow suppose
that il had suffered the muscular power of Adams
to remain, Colt would then not only nave borne tho
force OF Adams's hand upon his neck but Of the
whole weight Of his body also. And this mishl
have been the case even il the power o! crying out
was suspended. Now it is in proof that all these
blows might have heen iaaicted and slill the power
Of the man ior an inntaat remain. Now Some oil
you may haze seen how infinitely The muscular ac
son is Increased undr caf'aia circumstances.
have seen the pewrr;e-s female, under the in
iiuence oi cgayusiye az or abe 10 resist the mos
powerful! exeftion l. ;art Of ti,e hstof! .; the
duel that resulted n th,. iea,h Of Hamilton that he
ilenped from he eroG rsce'ing ;he mortal
x ound, .sirh e3ergy ns9er beto'e "lua!cd hss-
,f=toa, 7:tag f..c.yinE 7:oc;ai so Q; Se'irigs
a!,sar So> stfusr iss,g ,r.eya o." hEi t.eA
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Nov s:rpe.e THIS It. aage beer The cass sat
upon ~, iir- blow tIe muscular power Ut ~ ~,