The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-11-26
COLTS SUICIDE.

n him TO leave him alone, as he wished 10 !
,svo,e an hour to preparations for his final
ii, rom this world. The officer consented.
Sew miputes before A o'clock, Sheriff
k,.r, and deputy Wesiervel,, attended by
d, An.hon, proceeded to the cell for the pur
poss Of bringing The condemned out TO exc
in,;on: but upon the keeper drawing the
hi, and opening the door, they found that
,a,ino ,he hour he had thus been left en-
|n,ely 10 himself,he had forestalled the hang
,,Sn, and put an endt his life toifh his
cwn hand. He was found lying OIL his
s,ck stretched out a, full length on the bed
|sui,e dead, but no. cold. A clasp knife
F,tc smali dirk knife, with broken han
|dls was sticking IN his heart lie had stab
bed himself about the fifth riS on the lef,
,ide. His vest was open, the blood had
bowed slightly, and his hands, which were
Mace d across his belly, were bloody; he
Id evidently driven the fatal knife directly
,n,o his heart. His body was laid out quite
s,raieht in the bed. as If laid out for funer
era by others His mouth was open, and
his eyes partly open DR. Hosack and 9th
,rs went inte his cell and pronounced him
dead
The Coroner was ready at hand, took
CHARGE Of the body, and locked the cel;and
afer summoning a jury last evening held
an inquest on the remains OF the i'll fa,ed
suicide.
Sheriff Hart, his deputies, DR. An.hon,
Colts attending clergyman. Samuel Coli
bro,her Of The desessed, Mrs. Caroline Colt
syife OF the deceased. and several others,
ssre examined; after which the jury return
4 ,hs following verdict:
That John G. Col, came 10 his death by
! wound inflicted by himself with knife,
in the left. breast, but the jury are unable 10
saw in what mapner he became possessed
of the said knife.
The finale TO this exciting and exiraordi
mary case was not unexpected TO many and
Ebu, little surprise was felt, either among
those within the prison wals,or tbs crowds
/ in the streets, when il was announced TO
hem. Nevertheless, il tended to add to the
prevailing excitement, and as the intelli
cence few like wildfre throughout! the city
! i seemed TO sppal all minds, and TO absorb
all Thoughts
Sdll further fuel was added 10 the popu
lar excitement by the mos! singular fact,
.hs, at the instan. the death of Colt was
proclaimed, the large new cupola Of the
u from. building was discovered TO be on 6ie.
q. OF very near its top. The alarm produced
BY this event Instantly swelled the con.
course Of people assembled to double its
former numbers;and caused great confusion
and most intense excitement.
The cupola being above the reach of the
&pydrans. and the wind being high, |. was
Notably destroyed befure the progress Of the
flames could be stayed; but beyond some
injury to the roof, no further damage was
DONE The fire is attributed to a stove
pipe in ME cupola;but the condolences con
nec,ed with it, and with the peculiar time
i of it's occurrence, gave. rise to surmises
4 smong the public, that the confagratior
was, 10 say the least, very strange occur
rsnce.-Fag ofthe Union.
4 MILLER, the nilleneum prophet, abou
! whom SO much interest is just now felt, aut
which will grow more intense. amongs
his followers before next April, has giver
ont history Of his 'sojoura on EARTH ir
which we find i, stated that he was borr
ia Pi,tsheld, Massachusetts, in 1881, con
ssquen,ly he is now 81 years Of ags He
spen. the early part Of his lifea as farmer.
Thirty years ago he entered the United
States Army, and was then wild, and /;
dcis,; but even then, he said in one of hi.
sermons, it was always Of establishment Il
him that the almighty had not made a re
vela,ion Of some kind to the people of thi.
lh.--During the last war he was cap
tain in the United States Army, and tool
! part in one or Two battles on the lakes
After the peace hc settled a, Low Hampton
in the Stale Of New York.w he bought
farm which he owns TO this day but which
is managed by h,s wife and sons, ,hehavin g
taken no parl in his worldly affairs for .h'
last eleven or twelve years, during which
time he had beea preaching his peenlis
4 doctrines, although they have only attracted
particular attention as the time draws nigh
! After he lef. the army, he filed the ofFic,
4 OF sheriff Of the county in which he resi-
dss. Abou, twenty years ago, he set abou
searching the scriptures with view to re
fute them. and this gave him bis extensiv,
knowledge Of the prophecies and Of histor,
In 1922 he tays be became fully convinced
that tbs world would come to an end il
le43; and about six or seven years after
wards he began to preach and write abor
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