The evening world., 1913-07-05
Ten NatiOn-FamOus
New York Murders
By Alfred Henry Lewis



tastsleas art into the skull Of Q pupil
unusually thick and dun, he had heard
angry talk In Colts room. There came
the word Mari followed By che
sound Of scunilins. Then he had heard
. heavy fall.
Wheeler explained how he had psersd
through the keyhole In the door. which.
LOCKED At the time-opensd from his
own room into that Of Colts. He had
made out little; nothing. indeed. be-
yond the back of man In the act Of
bending above some object which lay
on the floor. Since there bsfell no
Wheeler had returned to tho thick
skulled pupil and his lesson In the art
and mystery Of bookkeeping.
Upon this showing, and because in
dubitably some one had murdered
printer Adams-and why not author
Colt as well as any other?-the
Coroner directed Colts arrest. The
police took him into custody and ne
was lodged in the then recently COM
pleted Tombs.
Colt remained icily calm and self
possessed: he would say nothing. II
was one Of the chief influences agairst
him at the trial that he gave neither
word nor sign concerning the killing OF
Adams until brought face to face with
the Identifying drayman who cartsd the
gr7Iesome case to the DalnAtia, and
whom the industrious police had round
ed up.
Upon seeing the drayman and hearing
himself sw0rn to as the person who had
employed him. Colt--as coolly calm a.
before-dnade what he called a confess
sion. II became part Of the record in
the case OF The People against John c.
Colt" and. running In these words, gave
the story Of the murder from the only
mouth that could tell II:
A Quarrel.
Samuel Adams called on Friday at
my office between the hours nj and 4
O'Clock. When he entered my ONCE
was sitting at my table engaged In
looking over a manuscript account book
''Mr. Adams seated himself In a chair
near the table, within arms length OF
myself. ! spoke OF my account. which
he had. at my request. handed mo ten
or twelve days before. I stated to him
that his account was wrong. and read
him at the same time the account a. I
had made II out on another piece of
paper. and requested him 70 alter his
account as I had II.
He objected to II at FIRST, saying tn,
did not understand printing He, how
ever. altered his figures as I read rlhenn
from my account ! made the remarl,
that would give SO or some such
sum. II was not right After he had
altered his figures, on looking II over,
he said he was riEht at first.
'IIe made the remark that 7 meant "a
cheat him. Word followed word. until
we came TO blows The words You ne,'
were passed. and several slight blows
followed. until received blow
caused my nose TO slightly bleed. be.
lleve I then struck him violently with
my fst.
I'VE grappled with each other, and
was showed against the wall, WITH my
side next 10 the table. There was a
hammer on the table. which then I'm
mediately seized hold OF. and Instantly
struck him over the head,
II think this blow knocked his hat of
hut will not he positive. At the tirne
only remember his twisting my neck
Handkerchief so tight that II seemed tc
me az II lost all power Of reason. Still
] was striking away with the hammer
whether ne attempted to Get tn.
hammer away from me or not cannot
say. do not think he did. The FRS
sense or thought was II seems al
'houvh Ills hand Or something brushed
from my neck downward ] cannot sa,
that I had any sense or reflection unit
J heard knock at the door, yet n faint
.dea remains that ! showed MIN OF me
so that he fell over. but Of this ! caa.
not ny.
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