The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-22
THIRD DAY.
COL t. s Il RI A l..
court Of oyer and Tcrminer.
JUpeE KENT, PREsrDrxo.

The excitement in this extraordinary case IN
creases with every succeeding day. The crswd
round the City Hall from morning till night are
greater than on any previous trial in this cit
but the iron gates are kept closed, and no one al
lowed to enter the hall but those Who have specia
business. Consequently the Immediate avenues Il
the Court room are kept easy Of access.
Colt was brought into court At eight o'clock. HI
was dressed DIS usual hut looked rather less com.
posed than usual. Mrs. Adams was present look.
ing very pale and rather detected. .-, ..s
Colts father was not present (; nor was Caroline
Henshaw. The jury passed the night at the Knck-
erbocker Hotel, Park Row all newspapers were
carfulIy kept from them
The Court came in Al 10, precisely.
Mr.. WHITING called .dr Octon to the stand.
Mr.. SELDOM and Mr. EMMETT made affidavit
complaining of tpo rood cuts in the 'Tauler' and
the Extra Herald Mr.. Sclden made speech
requesting the court to issue warrants for the ar
rest of the publishers Of the Tattler and the He
raid
The Court declined interfering in the matter, un-
less a plain and palpaslc case Of contempt was
brought before them. ,g.u.os
81. Mr. WHrr,N0 called the fourth witness.
Low OcroN (colored nan) eIaminedEls 81
years old; resides in the granite buildings; been
there 26i months; was first one that lived IN the
building; am the third story, Nos. Ia q 10.
At the FIRST lived in the upper part of ALL la IT
September l was in the third story; my duty is
to open ana close the building. and keep it in
der;I have wife, children; am a sexton of
small Baptist Church; know John C. Colt. Pri
at the bar; his room was Nc. on second
floor; it adjoiaed Mr.. Wheelcrs; Wheeler's was
No. 10; did not see what furniture Colt brought
in; had nothing do do with his room; never
was in Mr.. Colts room; he generally did his own
business, on the day Co. as took out of the room
by four gentlemen, s IN there; that was tn ne
an officer was called TO go down to that room by
Mr.. Wheeler, on the 18th Of Sept, about p. M. !;
he said something had transpired in the next room
to him that had frightened him; came down with
him; went slowly or softly with Mr.. Wheeler,
as he told me that he had
[Stopped
WITNEss-I walked softly to the door; Mr..
Wheeler tried to look through the key-hOe, but
the span of the key hole was down; it was dark,
Icould not see; / remained close to the door five
or six minutes with Mr.. Wheeler; we heard
nothing; it was all silence; / told Mr.. Wheel
there noise. and were little
timid myself from what he told me, told
him would 20 up stairs, and if he had call tor
me would come to him, and if not would come
down in an hour myself in about an hour came
down and asked Mr. Wheeler if he heard anything
further having care of the building, felt inter-
ested il aay one; on coming down the seeond time,
weat to Wheeler's.
JupoE KExr-You did not 20 to Colts room
WIrSEss.-Not exsetiy; I asked Mr.. Wheeler;
he said " No; :" and went up stairs; that was the
end Of that day with me. Ga next day, the 18th,
as j swept down the stairs, as turned the last
Aight of stairs but one, as turned the bannister,
box standing in the hall at the head OF the last
flight of stairs Leading to the street; was on the
second feor, about foot from the stairs on the
left side Of the stairs coming down, by the banns.
tiers it was a pine box stood up on the end /,
when l saw the box felt sorry that had seen
the box for it struck my mind
WIrHrss The box stood alone, when first saw
it; at the end OF a minute or two, saw Mr.. Colt
come to the box, from his room, or the direction
of his room; Mr. Colt had coat on or jacket !;
he had his waistceat and shirt sleeves open Mr.
Colt took hold of the box he put it sideways and
slid il down toward the stairs he went before
the stairs after he had stFtsa il 70 khfee
il from coming too fast; the bexto start il;
eSer rtP easy; MT M pnt his left shoulder by
main force to start the box. ,canted to get aicay
from hat Dor. (Here Colt smiled l was never
called into court; had to stop sweeping 10 give
Mr. Colt chance to get down with his box; when
he got down nine out Of eighteen steps, went up
sairs no eau, to do So but to give him chance TO
ret his box down; / came down in six or seven
minutes and the box at the bottom OF the sta'Ts'
Just round the bannisters. (Where Dslnose &c
scribed it to have been) saw Mr.. Colt STAND
then out on the stop in his shirt sleeves; ne APP
peared to be as if he wa looking out for carman;
/ swept down, aud came away and went up stairs
to dust the banisters; there was mark on the box
thought not very skilfuI; made as 1t was marked
with coarse pen, and the liquid was nos oiach'
looked like bluelsh ink; / saw en- it - New or
leans; did not see the rest; was not desirouS 10
do so; the box was three feet long; two and nan
feet wide, and about two feet deep; woen hrSt
saw the box it was about quarter to egh'; tne uhe
the stairs, and he on the stoop, was about twenty
minutes: after that saw no more of the bcx; no.
ticed that about quarter to nine, IL naa Deeh re-
moved; during the time he was taking the poN
down, he did not speak to me, nor 10 MIN, not
word; had not seen that box before nor sncej !
did not see the box in which the body was found
Cross Examined by SELDES-My family lived in
the third story, the whole Of September. The
front door is sometimes opened by me-seidom
Because several inside can open the night latch
from inside and let themselves out; no one iro'l
outside can come in without key; always pu
the night latch down. did not open the front dooi
that morning of the 18th OF September. The doo
was open that morning when ! came down; dom
often come down to open the door, because severa
persons have reoms there that have night key
am paid for looking after the building by thu
owners; am paid for looking alter the rooms D.
the tenants them selves; what do for their rooms
/ had nothing to do with any room that month; oil
the 4th story-none lodged on the 4th story as
a know-there were % and %, Mr.. Ridner, Apoll
Rooms, large exhibitions OF pictures Ihey wer
very large rooms, designed to exhibit pictures
one particularly; the other for those concerned
the exhibitions; the other particularly for the eS
hibtion
No 2. Mr.. Stauton-He was a portrait drawe
No q, Mr. Paige-sill portrait drawer
No Is: am moi certain whether mat was occr
pied; because a gentleman who had it went ava
unknown to US; about quarter day Dat was IL
story.
The 9Th story was Deggrstyps-Mr. VanloweF-
to take profile-nothing else
On tue Sd story, Mr. Charles Adams ..inself o
cupiedt two rooms-the proprietor, Eos. Il and -
Next two rooms, No. 19 aud 20. vas not occupi'
then, but oc cupied now
No Is was not occupied,
Nos. 16 aud IL was occupied By Mr.. Slocum,
which his clerks; ne druggists used to make "
rooms to eccunJ as bed rooms, to dress themseN'
the druggists down.
Nos. Is and II, are rooms where we occupy OF
selves.
No. 10 was occupied BY Mr. Kemb.e, miniaiu
drawer; he don't lodge there
Next No, A-It was occupied by Mr.. Flandin
large room, the size that occupies four small roo
on tn: other side, as picture room for exhi
ton.
The second story No 7 and 8. ] am not cert'
If it was occupied then: il is not now they are
the right hand OF the passage way, and the ri
hand Of the stairs, on the second siory.sf are