The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1842, Page 1

Srom that bor, (Here Colt smiled ) 1 was never | told me, “ No—all was quiet.” This CALEE Cus eeeEeEQIQQEIElE——— HE NEW YORK HERALD. ———————————————SO Val. VI1.~-No, 309.--- Whole No. 1076, NEW YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 2349, Price Two Cants TAIRD DAY. rooms in the house I had any ning todo with fo me then, (Pointing To Cour.) He went i ih day 01 7 oe " then d to the g.clear; I didn’t take up the offer; I first saw first | the suidship on the said 4 E ae COL r>S TRIAL. 1Be Parnen Eyes were two doors between the | building: he had got up three or four etepe-of the | mate with the chloride of lime; he was ep! Kling and iHeced on a cart, end deyonent an “+ Bepember, | thevelothes, aud they suue water wre thro poll stairway and the doorof ‘Mir. Colt, on the lower | first statrway as I went into the door: he then point | it onthe box; might have heen before the lid Dg | thesame day, saw anid box inthe dead uouse uthe Park; | (eM: the Liquid, I Uink, was solution of ebor ste of Cet ote Migerecm eds MOS MAM Be: oh tecatmeretiees thar tterene Breen There | he decoribed it —t, jand | closed; it was about fifteen minutes after it was and depeneat ie pauitive that the bex taken from aaid'| Cpaa tag Ticiol water: there were 2 ord toitew away. chomg a Braff ps 4 pe , p, aud which he saw in the dea’ house as abave sta- 3 the clot ithe: Juvee Kent, Presipina. used to be but ene large room, oceupied by Dr. Ar- | stood ] Mr. Colt di a word: the other ied salt oo tae Ce hod We sie it it wer ted, is the same box that wav taken to cand “ship Talane aud the liquid Melba ee for of the celle ftert rth peat yy smell became less offensive, beta 5 ae Vv ad now: those articles were never taken out oF bh ; seelt te be dried: | once hauled them jest outside zoo, on the eighteenth day of September, 1841, a a) stetee; and deponent further eps thet beforsseitnee was taken from said ship, and while it was between deeks, deponent threw a quantity of chloride of lime ou saidfvox. =) i _Fripay, 2lst January. noux—he had it divided. Mr. od’s door is | carman who had the sp The excitement in this extraordinary case 1n-| opposite Wheeler’s, The other deor is must op- end of the box, and helped me put it on the cart. creases with every sucecedimg day. The crewds | posite No 7; the next door to the stairs. The Colt stood still en the ire whilst I was doing round the City tall from morning till night are | Apello Koom is general exhibition reom to receive thi went back toask what vessel it was te go on id cart, took hold of one | part dissolved; that was the only place that I took notice of; ithad net ali gone away; it was in the state of a fluid, like; the Brcast Nie! grat, morti- fied; Live seen salt on beef when nearly dissolved eater than on any previous trial in t' city; | visiters who pay to s ictures. It was so in| board of; h \d idn’! “ : “ me | at the iron gatesare kept closed, asd no one ale | September, Bar they bave removed their plc: | vessel; he said th he didn’tgkuow:the mame of the | and this looked just like that; I raw something Be a WM. L. COFFIN. Here the Distriet Attorney directed Tiwit'to enter the hall bur thoes who-have special [ta atombey -] ener Mebiea tay bs aigut ee 2 sop Lea, Teeny ihe yras at the foot of Maiden like small grains; it was seaitered about all over | Sworn to thistithidey of October. 1811, before me, ken to bring the box and coat and stoke vie . " , * > ite 5 0) at the man so as now | the breast; i 0 Pr, i the C aud oll t Vasinees. Ouayonecatly the imndodiate avenues to | on{unpleasant weather—when no Tikely visiters— | bim again: I drove into Broadway, down Broad- had ohne ren is Aolsae ae Hoes ea ial Justice ia and for the citg of New York. a en et i be sr: gees are kept easy of a oes ae no encouragement, But athenttia open 10 o'clock | way to Maiden lane, down Maiden lave to the foot | or murdered, or whatever else you call it een ve deposition having been taken under au or | night, rw said he could not getthem 10. olt was brow lock. He | in the morning to 100’clock at night. 1 raise up| of it: I loeked back several times, to see if the | I noticed the breast. particularly: the shi eT eee tierce last the: aad toon teen ab ¢ Gone, tbe was dressed rather less com- | the windows in the hall and pas: Pp ularly: the shirt was | tionto thepostponement of the cause, all objections to “ e when I sweep | man followed me, and he did; when | got at mLENE said that as the box, &e., was v« "y th H * Open or tore dowa to here (the naval) aad open its being read on the trial, th i he wish i posed than A. was present, look- | in the morning, and leave them up in warm weather | the foot of Mai lane, { saw the box | wid ae pen 80 athe trial, on the groand'of its having |. 1; ished them to be exayined the last d have the room ventilated. Colt’s father was not present ; norwas Caroline | there is no fire called for, gentlemen generally | ed before, and 1 thought it was to go on board 0 | bodies that had been mortified, and thie looked sike | YDS attended the exomination on behalf of the prisoner, Henshaw. The jury passed the nightat the Knick- | take charge of their own room. hen the | packet or vessel going there. Isaw a sign up for | tl i 1 and waived th sity of taki i Wareing said, that if the whole box erboaker Hotel, Pork Row j all newspapers were | windows of the, oe ee there is con- | New Orleans at nt of Maiden Inne, and I deonpedsd; shir es palich ck ‘por, of. croenia cast: the | sonal raved the.nsoessity of (a mg the ames his pe: | Wrowght im it would ‘keener bors box was E g F p . e no rooms | and saw him (Colt) close by and pointed to the | coroner: | i ‘i M of eonnsel for prisoner. i oe ate, Milliken to bring the ba Cour came joss 16, pincioely, a in Aovteneen Mr. Slocum’s druggist’s store; there | sign to see if that was the vessel and he nodded; sonteg shy bois’ paid tek aaa eiset tas bg Fi Mr. Dew'rose recalled.— The night I went to pein meee Sen Soe . a door at bae as the pier on ght hai i H complaining of tog wood-culg in tho *Taitler’” and | of the stora open into the main house into the | lane; the aeusslls piesa a slnmavenscl peices (eae ten priytk peroneal soem mah laa WT ea reakerieriedernt eles t from Colt’s room for he was only absent three four minutes: I laid down aiter the return of the person to the room: the light from that room could be seen in the street, uniess the shutters were shut: they were not shut when the transparencies were plac- Juxon —The cloth round t as ti errainys robe white substance abel! like ie }» that i it i off or erembled off” ‘Tthink mot £7 8d 8° Flea —I6 Mayor of t » (the 23d of Sept.) 1 ives fee the “Extra peal Mr. Se! meal, a speoch | passage way; this last i requesting the court to issue warrants for the ar-| no glass in it. Mr. SI blisbment I would a box of sugar. i restof the publishers of the Tattler and the He- |-great resort in summ: It was worn wea- | 2s 6d in change; heohad aa forse meee the rald. ‘ 3 mrp ther. 1 frequently see great many people go in | time ofasking me to take the box about the price. ‘The Court declined inteifering inthe matter, un- | there. That more or less till cold weather stop it, | or I should have charged him 8 shillings; but 1 Jess a plain and palpable oase of eontempt was | It closes week day at Il o'clock, and Sunday eve- | thought I should have more trouble to get the other boarded do up to the side ef the pier, and shet the box off as was pad $6 for washing him off: it was one of the paupers at the alms house; from the time the cover war taken off till I went up to get the carman, was about ten minutes: it was half an hour from the time it was taken out of the hold tillit was put on brought be ‘ore them. ning iteloses at 1 o'clock. Inthe wara: weather | sixpence out of him than it the upper deek: | never saw auy of the parties co. | Odin (he windows. b n to this matter; é - me Wurrina called the fourth witness. the druggist’s ay doors are generally left pine | Role ened so atthe time ae ya ia ae ao 4 ec Gorone. took the enuvacs of Wee body MT When I locked the door that night, aher a statement had been poe on eee ne xa ow Ocrox (colored man) ezamined—Is 57 | About September Slocum’s beys did not open that | Went away about my business Milliken; 1 told Me. Milliken that [ thought it was } ation out the Toeking of the | thtresvaw xuaspune co severaty raw eeiurey years old; resides in the granite buildings; been | store so carly as present person oocupy it now.— | (Here theAldermen left the bench for ashort time.) | salt on the body. as we were opening it there were door: it weuld he locked it, but was not | 894 wife, and spoke to them ; next day I assoe Judge Tayler with me to make the investieation; he took down testimony of two gentlemen | had en wight before and ethers; and swore them (o it; and on those affidavits I issued the ware nt te arrest Mr. Colt; I thought best to go wit) them to arrest him; A. M. C, Smith and other oflicers went with me; Colt’s door was locked; there was aslate on it saying Colt would be back at iwo o’oleck; an officer was at the foot of the stairs, ano+ ther at the head; we and Justice I ayloradd | sat in Wheeler’s room; we soon heard personas walking in the entry, and found it was Mr. Colt and the offi. Seignett wi ing on. cers who had arrested him ; | told Mr. Colt who } Ayer Miniixin —Is deputy Coroner. On Sun- | was, and we all went into his rooms and closed the day, 26th September, | was informed this bex had | doer; | told him then he was arrested, on suspi- been found on board ship Kalamazoo, at the joot of | cion of causing the death of Adams; we searched Maiden lane: | went down en board the ship and | him, and he assisted us in showing us what he had found the Mayor, magistrates, and several officers, | with him ; [showed him the affidavits, aud he read done to ereate that impression; | think Seign had been taking le-sons from one to three weeks before that day; think I saw his writing in day and ledger, and he, too, there before that day: the lamp was stationary on the desk fronting Broadway: it was a spirit lamp, large, witha three or four inch burning surface, and gave a great light: | saw no one there the next morning when | saw the box: Mr. Osgood still lives in the building. By Wutrine —The lamp on the desk was near to the Chambers street front to the fire place By Serpe: ‘The desk,i twas on w: there 26} monhts; was first one that lived inthe | {hey used to open it about 7o’elock in summer— Mr. Barstow continued—The mark on the box building; Iam on the third -y, Nos. 14 & 15. | between 7and 8. Could not tell when Slocum left— | was on the upper side, as I placed it on the cart; so Atthe first. I lived in the unper part of all; last | it was business a little out of my reach. st it was on the dock; I drove up Peck Slip as I left; September I was in the third story; my daty is | till October. I never spoke to Mr. Colt on morn- I made no entry in any book, of the 3 T never fo open and close the building, and keep it im or- | ing of 18th Sept. He never spoke to me but one | 40; T next saw the prisoner before the coroner's der;I havea wife, no children; Iam a sexton of | word all time he there, and that was to ask | jury, when he was fetched. mall Baptist Church; I know John C. Colt, pri | me for key of privy. I told him Mr. Wheeler Cross-ecamined by SEupe: the dead house: when | returned, the same body soner at the bar; his room was No. 9 on second | had key answer for him both. That was all the of the way down Chambers et, between Church | and the same persons were there with it: when [ floor; it adjoined Mr. Wheeler’s; Wheeler’s was | one word | everspoke to him. Twas always in the | strectand Broadway; it was from nine to halt: past | went up the hatchway | left Mr. Milliken with it: No. 10; 1 did not see what furniture Colt brought | habit to keep my bound, and only speak as I spoke | Mine; he beckoned to me; not later than half-past | we teok the body back aft, under the after or cen- in; I had nothing do do with bis room; I never | to him It was a minute or two from the time I | sine; between the time I removed the box from | tre hatch, to get more light: we laid it down on wasin Mr. Colt’s room; he generally did his own |} saw ‘he box wil Mr. Colt came up to it. w | thebuilding, to cetting to the vessel, wasas ordi- | the starbonrd side of the ship: the centre hatchway business, on theday Ce” as teok out of the room | the box as J turned thebottom of the flight of stairs | narily fa-t; the person whe asked me to take the | on the second deck was closed: the bex was about by four gentlemen, ~ 6 im there; that was the | from the third story. The stairway is not spiral box, followed me down to the pier; when there, I | five or six fect fro uthe hatehwoy— aft of it: [think only time, I was calle¢ ™ that room by request of | iike a corkscrew. turned round, and found him close by; he paid me, | there was only half the hatehway of the upperdeck an officer; 1 was called to go down to that room by Mr. Spupax asked witness if the stairway from | and I left; said nothing; 2s. 64. is the price for a | open, and the box could not be seen {rem the uvper Mr. Wheeler, on the 17th of Sept., about 4 P.M.; | second to third story did not zo ina reverse diree- { COMMon loa!; that was an uncommon load; [had | deck but by getting on your kyces: on the upper id something had transpired inthe next room | tion !rom the fiest flight >f stairs from the street to ; hever seen the prisoner before that time; and never | deck the fore hatch and aft hatch was open, and s+ veral present: after the box was epened, and the lid off, and the awning off, there were not so many sent; the Coroner and Mayor were there when begun to openit: but when we got the lid open twe or three inehes, they made away up the stairs: they commenced taking’ the body out before I left = Teaw Colt two-thirds the one that had frightened him; Leame down with | the firs: landing ? afterwards till L saw him before the coroner's in- | half of the centre hateh wasclosed [Afterwards | heisting eut goods from lower toseconddeck. Af- them, to see what he was charged with; Iie was im; I went slowly or softly with Mr. Wheeler, | ‘The wituess was a good deal puzzled, and could | quest the conse] coniused the witness a0 asto admit the | eran hour or an hour and a half, the box was hoist. taken to my office, Mr. Selden sent for, and Colt as he told me that he had— not explaia himsclf for some time, exeept by say- | _ By Warriva.—I next saw the box in the ship the | centre hatch ras eutirely closed, and only half the | ¢d out on to the second deck: this box was mark- | was committed ; that night I sent an advertise- {Stopped.] ing this : following Sunday week ; I helped toget the box out | after hateh open.] | sat on the box part way tothe | °¢— a ment to the papers calling for the earman who took tiiess—I walked softly to the door; Mr.| Wrrsyss—There is a bannister on the right all | of the hold of the vessel; I worked hardto doit; | dead hous’: there wasa c'oth on it, end \he carman R. P. Gross, New Orleans, the bex from the Granite Buildings ; we found the Jer tried to look through the key-hole, but | the way ; and as you go up the second flight of | I knew it as soon as I saw it in the hold, before it | Dr. Devoe’s coat, on it: the earpenter of the ship, Care of Ss n through Mr. Godfrey, us he stated next an of the key-hole was down; it was dark, | stairs, you go higher and bigher every step— | Was taken out; it was opened between decks; ii | I think, was sent by the captain of the vessel to De Gray & Co. day, Saturday ; from that carman we found he had St. Louis. - The carpenter of the ship opened the box. When offered to bet with me. He knew I had been en: | we lifted ‘the lid the stench was so great that all ged in getting the body. /v'e had oceans of appli- | went on deck except the coroner, myself, Mr. God- cations—a thousand after me to bet money, hats and } frey and the carpenter of the ship On taking off ever y thing about this; whether they were sent to meor | the eloths off the body, J discovered ja white sub- not, I can’t tll. 2 stance, which Itook to be common table salt; fine salt; _ By Setpen—I did not know Colt wasarrested | there were two quarts of there were worms in till that Saturday before we found the body. On | amongst it and very offensive. The coroner then the Friday before the Mayordid not mention Mr. | sent for ehloride of lime, which was thrown into Colt’s name to nie. the box; it was closed up, hoisted eut, put on a taken the box to the ship Kalamazoo ; we went on beard the ship that night ; could not find the book of the packages that night ; next day we fourd the bex ; | assisied in getting out the box myseli ; we teok it to the second dock, and | was there when it was opened ; I was not sufficiently neag to the box to see any substance like salt, even if it h. been there‘ [ saw the box cent to the dead hou Crans-examined —Nothing wai to me about the salt on board the ship I was scrutinizing the ion with great carc, and seeking all the in- Tcould not see; I remained close to the door five | (laughter. ) contained a dead body, ahuman bedy; the box was or six minutes with Mr. Wheeler; we heard | ‘There was agreat deal of foolish and unneces- | then closed and puton a cart, and taken I presume nothing; it was all silences I told Mr. Wheel- | sary delay oceasioned here by the counsel not in- | to the dead house; I didn’t see it at the dead hou-e; @r as there was no noise, and I were a little | forming themselves of the stute of the stairway | the box was down the forward hatch; it was dewn timid myself from what he told me, I told | before they came into court. And the tiresome almost to the ground tier; nearly parallel to the him 1 would go up stairs, and if he hada call for | repetitions of the same que-tions about the re- forward hatch, as if it was part of me I would come to him, and if not I would come | lative situation of the second and third flight of | towed; they commence stowing a cargo forward, down in an hour myself; in about an hour I eame | stairs, were very silly. and work away afi; it wastaken out from the Kala- downand asked Mr. Wheeler if he heard anything | Wirsess.—Neither flight ef stairs extend be- | ™az00; it was marked with blue ink; generally further ; having care of the building, I felt inter- | yond the hline of the pall, that runs parallel | mark boxsy with black ink; I’ve no doubt, It was ested Miakgiones on coming down the second time, | with Chamb-restreet; or the north line of Colt’s the same pox I carted down. open the box. By Wartixa—Fallon, keeper of the City Prison I weet to Wheeler's. room. When I first saw the box, Iwas just | By Serpex—The box was bronght up and pat subsequently named Mr. Kipland, ion | could get. This box must have been Jupor Kent —You did not go to Colt’s room | turning from the thid story stairs; ar the elbow on | between decks, I did not go between decks before | and a maa in Bank sttect, Who had otiered to bet dean andakent the key, Twas pestered the Ural fi fetctnah ne Hel napa ede Pi bottom that second tine. the 2ad story ; the Dox wae at the head of the last | Was opened; { did not stay till it was closed; the | wi.h him, box was opened aud helped take the body out; 1 | upwaree conn an the hold; the direction part of ex-—the lid—was damp as if bloed and matter Not exeetly ; [asked Mr, Wheeler; | flight of stairs leading to the Ist floor ; it owas just | Steneh was so bad I eould’nt stay, ‘The box was he said“ No;” and I went up stairs; that was the | closetothe railing. T went up stairs to the 3rd | broughton to the mppen deok, and puton the cart end of that day with me. Ou next day, the 18th, | story between that time and the time when [ next | before I went away; 1 did not see way pay put as I swept down the s, a1 turned the last | saw the box, I did not go downstairs in that in- | to (he box when it was opened; it was so full it flight of stairs but one, as I turned the banister, I | terval ; the person who moved the box down stairs could hold nothing; It was marked K.P. Gross, or saw abox standing ia the hall at the head of the last | was nearer to thy bannistet than he was tothe wall; something like it, eare of De Gross or something, flight of stairs leuding to the street; it was on the | the box was near the banister when he starved it; | | New Orleans. second floor, about a fromthe stairs; on the | was then standing inthe entry of the second story | By Wutt1xc—When I left the box there; the g down, by the bannis- | coming to sweep the stairs down from the second chief mate ef the vesvel stood on the deck by the box; stood wp on the end, | to the Ist story; it was four o'clock in the after- | cargo; I think I Colt advance towards kim, when I saw the box; I felt sorry that I had seen | noon cf 17¢t. of September that Wheeler came te my | 04 Ithink the mate said something. the box ; for it struck my mind. room; he staid two or three minutes talking ; he | [be mate was the same mate that afterwards over- [Stopped } and I staid 6 or 8 minutes at Colt’s door; | made | hauled the cargo and helped get the box out. catego —The box stood mr rp bast Be ae atteer look through the key hole of Colt’s Para ag heterr reas fe hor he igre ; eed ans 3 it; atthe end ofa minute or two, I saw Mr. Colt oor; id not put my eye to the key hole. al , Seventeenth street. n 18th Septem- | went on ihe dock to see after the cargo; at first the 1 * eome to the box, from his room, or the direction | 1 made no attempt to cuter that reom; 1 did | ber I called at usual place of employment from | box before mentioned was not theres I was on et ath ies ea tain this Ihlat aateth da of his room; Mr Colt b ‘coat on or jacket ; | noteven take hold of the handleof the door, Mr. | three to jhal(-past nine, a1 Granite Buildings; my | board, and saw the mate writing a receipt, and told | inyself, avd it plist iuptatances,T showed Mics he had his waistceat and lei open; Mr. | Wheeler did not even take hold of the handle of | employer was John P. Ridner. | waited at the | him it was not correct; he merely put the names | 4, jams the coat and « Me cies bed boon tumen frOIs Colt took hold of the box; he put it sideways and | thedoor; when it was warm, the druggist below | S00F 5 drove my horse lengthwaye ,off..the and nokthgave'taesrecerpttersomie-one ; fda’ not |“ yy, T think ate slid it down toward the stairs; he went before’| had the door from his store to the halt ane: to SARE ep to put the on the cart, than | sce wh». When the carman came afterwards and | 5,4, rt a think Ki fam and Gilman cam he the stairs after he bad st i Ana Ogkanr f tayerenihg; Mie iséa to prepare Mr. heeler’s told me what was on the dock at the time,I remem. bi beanie = seenn from the boxs OF ii tountie my horse; that’s the zentleman there it from coming too fast ‘boxto-start it; | tea; I don’t Tecollect she went; I did net go to Mr. ‘eee : > : ing the | bered where the box was pat. I never saw the mt ich by hs mn (pcthtiog souielia swale wee nda ye receipt afterwards. | saw the box taken out; there Cross-examined —Went board that ship between i LL and 12; | was down among the boxes ; did not éasy; Mr iaerpat his left shoulder by | Whecler’s room that afternoon at all—I just come | (D0ItNg te a ‘itood on the lower flight of main force to start the boxe Twanted to get avwey | at hisdoor,and asked if he beard ony shluay be stairs, a parently unconcerned about the box; he | was a human body in it. a iy aecdawn.s0RE ihe nenee sandy te . id ‘it to be about five 0’ said nothing all the time; the bex stood oa the Cross-eramined—The mate sigmes the receipt; in there in raed a Lapel page ‘called into cour!; 1 had to stop sweeping to give | was light; I world espe i tthe door of Mr end, mark towards the druggist’s door; there | a pen reccipt isnot # bill of ki Feet lawful; | was on bev “ap Prepeerpesrielbacarjed aad Mr. Colt a chance to get down w.th his box; when | clock; I then ra ‘a pore soll tt seeing Seig. | Was a large G on it; we put it on the cart, | I was at the Mayor's office at 8 o’c eek that morn: | the cover of it was two Caen not perm er he got down nine out of eighteen steps, T went up | Wheelers room; 7 to Norma as foaink eis, | the marked side previous. On Saturday the | ing; one hhalf the eargo was i the ship when that | tailed; there were Pi Pp get Bl ox dow ie Teslac'aoes tm six or voven might be others there, for I only stood at one sid Rawiraeen Oe LEP EE pT Of ihe pe a ae left star his tastionnny, had been Siaates and the box qas at the bottom of thestairs, | of the dace 1 Soait tent pe jaape 1G otherd Aa alge bain hiss. 8 doceciutien Pine taken yee youard tome ‘eer lawyer the ver just round the banniste ‘Where Deluose de- | Wheeler always light the lamps for his schocl} ## | 0 4¢ and cart. I did’nt know the carman, but ) sel has but two decks; at is case the fore ha then out on the stoqp in his shirt sleeves; he ap- '» eh . i a: | went tothe Mayor, an en were told to goto the 5 3 f ” red to be as if a wes looking out for a carman; | tend to that eamseret Bien 0 se ee ship Kalamazoo; we went; saw the mate; staid | fore hatch on the lower deck, and out of the main | it and rait ed it ay swept down, aud came away and went up stairs | employ attends to all the ligtts Mike Ob | till 9 at might; went to the Mayor's office; told to hatebonthe uppecdeok} e howe was.built over | there was ® Oty See see techs there wae a mark onthe box; | gue pipes frem the streats the ball is always UE | go tothe ship next morning at 9. ‘The agentol the | the fore hatch, with, doors Cu cael SsiGh Loves | th Substance was in the centre of the Vodys it I thought not very skilful; made as it was Tone Cab agi Hs Bisa exported Mr. Wh bey sped ship leoked at his bills of la m9 a ashate ie the ee er ear ig br aris abel Be Aye tea Mae rail ovaey We MerREEINK ‘i i 3 ; mo. Ay i vi i asofii ‘ 5 Be ee ee take I Ais a8 New Or | alamp lighted againat the wall by his door, which colnt: was given for every. thing | at that box, bat | asuficient licht come tpak offal the hatches; | weg uuder the bods, and, ove si ee erro Wirtsrss [The Court pie 3 te 4 o’clock.] fternoon Sessio' Joun S. Ecweun.—Resid ship Kalamazoo; found adress coat inthe box much cut to pieces, and a blaek stock cut im front, smeared with blood and buckled behind. There was rmjbercsiied of mat- ~ + . ting—two piecrs—step matting, inches wide; d,and Capt. Skerrin, She New | anda quantity of oakum im with the cloths; the Ms out the Ist of October; we advertised | coat and tsiock was under the body; there was a er to sail ‘under a freight; she sailed as a transient | cord round the knees and they were drawn nearly ship; it was expected she'd sail about the 20th of } over the neck; a shirt was onthe body; no other September; she commenced taking ia cargo in| clothing. AsI unfolded the cloths 1 could have August. She laid at the end of the pier at first | taken handfuls of this salt among the folds of the time of taking in cargo, then drew up te the end of | cloths. After this there was so much chloride of the dock. Wm. L. Coffin was chiefmate; he went | jime thrown in that I could not see the salt so well; to New Orleans to joim bis ship and weut with her | Drs. Gilman and Kissam opened the body; a rin to Kurope. On Saturday morning, Sept. Ich, I | was on the finger o! the left hand; the eoroser took had oozed throngh the lid—it was wet or ds ip molsture hed Coxed¢hrowghibelid) By Wnitixe.—We tried to learn where Colt ided, to see if there was any articles in hi ion that would be evidence, for which Justiee Taylor went to that residence to make search for any articles, whilst I remained at my office to see the carmen. | was present oj lots vies office when as opened sit the Upper Poli and myself and lor re were pant eae By Setpxn.—The steps to find the body and box, and to find Colt’s residence, went on ximul- taneously We learnt Colt’s residence on Satur- day morning Aboutthe middle of the day (Satur- ay) J ee Taster sant meword.hewasat Colt's yeoted the second carman to come and tell us Where he took the box. We moved with great so that pers: wine am ° frprencsner ee, — a took them; showed the Mayor some affidavits; a wor rant was issued; given to A. M C. Smith; we all went to Colt’s room; it was ten minutes to two; ten minutes after this, Colt came in; went to hi room, and was immediately arrested, and told wh: it was for; I read the affidavits to him; in eonse- quence of what Colt said, | sent for Mr Octon, and examined him under oath; Dr. Chilton was t for, and a piece ofthe floor was cut out, and ¢) to him, and some spots on the wall were scraped into a paper, and given to Mr. Chilton; we then went with Colt to the Mayor's office, and he wae uested to send for counsel. [tere the District Attorney proposed to show bv Justice Taylor, what Colt said when the affida- vits were read, or shown te him.] Mr. Seip;yx objected to this course. ‘The Court said thay they could save time by eall~ ing attention to the law on this subject, and pro- ceeded to read the sectfons of the staiute cn this Tuitice TFAYEC! ‘ the carpenter used a chisel and mallet to below; the lid;the moved the boards, and with my hands I took it off; it was nailed very taught; the ‘on the top of the sail, and in the folds of the sail; as I lifted the sail off the body, the salt I just took my thumb and finger hold of [ <aw the breast of the body; 1 the sail; the sail was damp; 3 it was rather a dark color; f i self, I donot reeoheetif the hall iow ts taken out were puton the between decks; | body, and the other side passed over that; there | one: and 1 did not see therest; was not desirous to | he attends to himself T a, | searched the forward hold, and the other carman | the goods taken 0} put 3 y: : i d | points an : ene steer te [oa ged ante we amin | tel a” "ar ean nan Sere pe | mace op wnn ashton tree | ware Pek erpper tne ata | gente 7 ATenne® wl ores * nal cep; wh at | story to i. A it. We it of tl old; | such an eflluvia wi : ? nt now. . Ba reer eae fy eae teights, “ie inne cenire of the last step; it projects from the wall ; ome ‘io rcres borughs upto Hi between decks, per deck: I looked over the main hatch on the up- | stance (the silt) was on the under wrapper; no. | Poo eramined--On the Saturday morning, thing was removed from the box till it was taken to the dead-house, I scattered some chloride of Mr. Samuel Colt called onfme, and told me bis bro- nerdeck, and saw a body in it; I left the vessel be- ; i ther lived at 42some street (thought it was Thomas (saw itt i they were usual lit up at night; sometimes they run ty " ie from when I first saw it till I saw it at the foot of ey and opened; I saw some cloths; sonst suppose SY eee in aaentib wale vant and he on the stoop, was about twenty the venture; it was not my place to attend to the it was. ‘The stench was so great | could not stay, the ‘ A i r i A Iso assisted. Nothing was ia i y 3 4 ‘ : , | lighting of these; the rest of the building en the | 104 y, Tsaw itno more till | can’t say how long a time elapsed while the box | lime, and the coroner also As 1); he then said it was near Franklin square; tninutess after that I saw no more of the box; I no- | lighting © H tore, is | and went en the wPLeT dine upper deck, Idid not | was being opened aud taken out; there were many | done but to unrol the cloths and look at the body, core trom information he gave me, I found he i ine, i Deen re- | first fluor not occupied by the drugg’ ticed that about a quarter to nine, it had been re occupied by three stores, and a basem tabourthe | Jo. it put on the cart, nor on the dock; I kept baok Berson G ormaatg altar the box’ was removed, y ize of the store; they cau go from their basement h; I did not if there | don’t know what became of it to the yard, and fiom the ard up the other sai i By a Junon —The reecipt | don't know, wheth- i i i . | into the main entranee, and so out into Chambers ined. dock five or | er it had the name of the person from whom the C 7 aa ats beget Nee ee ee ait lived street; these stores were then occupied; there is ieee rare ciao ada up. Some | box was received. | know of no such house as De | that article of oakum; don’t know whales if was esigirgeanined by Serves My family liver ie | pump .cleseby the front door in Chambery’ street, | oneinsked the Mayor for some money to go and get | Gray in New Orleans, nor no cuch house as KP. | entan oe swingletoe. Saw the breasts of that body froat door. fo zometiaes opened by me-seldom, | sod, also a cistern in the yard; that’s how we | cote chloride of lime to throw into the box. 1] Gross in St. Lonis i sas ai after it was at the dead-house; did not particularly Because several inside am open the night Inteh supply ontesiens wis a. fhe "win ailing thini it was a hand on board of the vessel tha Hers he gtimeny ot tee: maaka, fa, waiting west naives iB area te tat the deat-hanee, ; from | back yard are detache a 3 nf | ed the Mayor; I did not see any body ge for the | read as follows :— called my " , outside ¢ come in'witheut = ey Talwaye pat | There is but one door from the mati Sait on Jime., It was between nine and bal-past nine when Derositiow or THe Mare or tH Katamazoo. po doers clpthbe eee Tine oF ipa ¥ the night latch down; I did notopen the front door | first floorto the back yard, except the respective | (ne hox was taken from the Granite Buildings. | Crry axp County or New Youn, $2 worth of chioride of Mines ot oe Ee veaut- that seorning of the 18th of September. The door | doors from the three stores tothe yard. ‘Thereare | ‘pier was then a man named Walker with me; he | Corrs, being duly sworn, says, that he fiwae used, There was about 2 q ji * D i A . i ‘ the ship Kalamazoo of the City of > strece— the box; certanly more than a a eo a a easeccens T dont | alan two other doors in the basement, whieh was | was in the employ of Mr Redding, theagent of the | 95," 08 Motta mm dintely peacriing he 4 dae 7 faevhyrieians were at the dead house be- and throw the clothes over the body. The articles in that box I caused afterwazds partially to be cleansed, su as to take away the smell and preserve ren these articles since; I’ve not seen lived at 42 Monroe street; | went there and asked for Mrs. Colt; was introduced to a womana Mre Colt; asked what rooms he occusica; and from a reeeus near the door she drew outatrunk; J asked her for Mr Colt’strank; she gave me bis trunk. [Here the trank was brought into Court, and placed on the table before the jury. It was a plain square black trank, about two feet six inches long, and 16 inches wide, and 18\nches deep. Mr. Seipen objected to the introduction of the trunk, because the statements of a third party did not mike this trunk the property of Mr. Colt. Mr. Smite said they had a ht to introduce theirtestimony when they pleased. moved; during the time he was taking the box down, he did not speak to me, nor I tohim, not a word; I had not seen that box before nor since I . ied 3 ictuailing establishment i loyed for some “ . often come down to open the door, because several last year oecupied as a vic Rae Apollo Association, I had been employed! fourth day of October, 1841, and until'said time. ken out of the bo nd I think 4 k was not legal evi- r cory ite that back ; 4 tioe. fourth day phy; ee | fore the body was taken ow r Mr. Setpes said the trank wa rs reone have rooms there that have anight key; | There were but'six separate privics tn weeks collecting pictures for the Association. the eighteenth day of September, 1941, said +! } i I selected the jur; vas only heatsa have F «dine uted among the differ een Mr. Colt | onthe Oettiying at Pier number eighteen, yn before I took any thing out. Isele jury | dence as yet; ut the best it was only hemtaay out i looking afler the building by the | yard. They were distriby Zam paid for look ekingatter the rooms by | ent tenants of that buildings Keys were gene | hefore at those buildings. iven} hired the Ives; what I do for their rooms; | rally given to each gentleman that well, passing in or out. Pe a ecthing to d0 with any room that moe; ‘on | rooms ; and several gentlemen bad to Z0 to 7 SrLpEN —My cart had been there about five By Waurixo—T bad frequent Knew his person very from the people before the dead house. They were fled but not sworn before the dead house cinb ave opened. I don't think I mentioned the find- ing this substance to the doctors. I was 89 ocen- cree, and was not adn denee, atimony in itself, before It could be intro- eater It must be provedtobe Mr- Papeete * What this woman said to Jus- River at said city ; and on the 54" cigiteenth September. a0 quring the forenson of said day, Was DprA ght to said ship on acart, by acartmen, whose a Ea one place, bucause .the six privies could net | minutes that morning before Coltand the cart came | wari» deponent did not then know, bt whose name de: , apne Sect |g Vhat this ie Si neeiie wcreueane at Bunce Xpetlp afferd to accommodate one each for so many; up to the acon nies ponent hus sinéeascertoined was Barstow; and ayvenest ied w a et eee. pe Ticuan tice Taylor cannot be evidence between peop! f ° aaerat the offic-ts has recently called for the key | “Pwr Goprney.—ls superindent 2f Carts.— | says that ho saw said Barstow ox boar ofsatd shin Halt’) body was war ict al : and the Prison? 11 honld exelude the state- Rooms, large exhibitions of pictures. They were ¢ i y é very letger rooms, designed to exhibit pictures; and examined that privy; . at ue the rhe bad On Friday, Sept 24th, 1 was at the 24ayor’s office. Camvaay with Robert H. Mortis, Esqnire, ‘and Robert ‘alarly; the other for those concerned in | (pointing to Kelyea) 5 the Key Igtve Ot te OF The Mayor told me there was ~ oox missing from } Sum\00% Tiel. o yaw suid Barstow atthe dead house in ition; the other particularly for the ex- | was the one that opened the privy belonging to, oF | the corner of Broadway, 24% Chambers street; he | the park, in said city,on thet wenty-sixth day of Septem. used by Wheeler; some keys opened several | thoucht some carman ha , Barnet d John did it. At the cleansing the doctors Sete prevent and,some of the oflicers Dr.Kissanm, Dr. Gilman, the Coroner and one or two young fi fog were present atexamination of the bady- Oni mazoo, on the twenty-fifth day of Sept mber, 1841, in Judge Kr ments of this show that he go dence, and sow woman; but shall Justice Taylor 4 this trunk from Mr. Colt’s resi what are the contents of that hibition. : i ; taken itaway. Heasked | per, 1941, and deponent is certain that Pre enkely were present. Tmen- | 2emder Ste. Sia ilow him to do #0. No, 26, Mr. Stanton—He was a portrait drawer, | doors ; there were two OF tener heed Rasy | me to go to work and find who teok it. | looked at | the man who carted said box to said ship. | Deponcat ve oP eer hongnt there wag valt in the tronk Bernall ail there was nothingto connect No. 27, Mr. Paige—still 2 portrait drawer, cer ; it was ten oreleven o’clook at night ; my listjof carmen whe lived that side of the town. | further says, that there was amsn in coli shit bat de | bees this was while thebody was in the dead hon Mr Coit with 42 Monroe str “ yeti a, ey dy it Barstow, when be left the said box at seid Fis torent penpn gto ihre daw) Baie ol nent did not know who the man was 4 f i t further says, that on the twenty sixth day “ie said he had not. I asked if of tantemmber, 181, John Colt was pointed out to him Mr. Wautine eaid that if aides than that they would let the taunk go for no~ think gess continurd—The trunk was taken from Bd etory—front room. Officer Dennison was with me The female who drew it out went to the of- fice with me. Colt was brought into ul ee her. He conld have seen the trun ork Raghery ag tood. Idid not No. 25; I am noi certain whether that was occu- | & month or six weoks ago. Mr. Adame gave me pied; because a gentleman who had it went away | permission to give the offines the Key ; teh Bo-| September. I asked him if he had taken a box | Po unknown to us; about quarter day. Dat was 4th thing they did; the same officer bape Pine away that da story. key ; there has been no further inspection of that | 44 saw any are elec take a box aways he He } at the Alms Houte Cox joners"oice iy ald eit and 5 gay —Mr. Vanlower— rivy ‘ P hadn't. Noxt da rought him before lay: | Jeponent then hada slight recollection of bis face, or dites one Meapetban pe . By Wnittxa —The pump in tho street is twelve or’ and We recollected, Sid described the horse; fiepgnt + nee goon hits at eel hip, but cannot say on ‘On tie 3d story, Mr. Charles Adams ‘imselfoc- | oF thiteen feet from the main door ; there is 2| {went to Peck tlip and found the cart and horse | what day, nor can doponent say positively that he ever cupiedtwo rooms_-the proprietor, Mos, 21and 22, | pump to the cistern in the yard ; Twas not Bresent | of Nir. Barstow. He went with us to the. Mayor | saw said Colt before he was poiuted out to him on sai ext two Fooms, No. 19 und 20, @ay not oceupied | when the privy was examiveds the Ande had been | 0.4 said hehad taken abox to the ship Kalamaoo | 26th day of Septembe: When 1 saw you (to Selden) 20r 3 weeks after this Teeld youl wae not quite certain it was salt; bet never said it was only a pint; I might have, said three pints; 1 first saw the oakum in the bom - dead house; the whole of the box has a oe served; I think the sides and botton ae ce were intwe ieces; the length was (om ner cet the depth and widihabout 2 feet Ginches s i and the buckle remained i aid ked “ R. t asunder in frent, from the position in which he sto¢ : broken up; the seat had been so broken that we ‘ ‘idines: he deseribed the box. Deponent farther says, that said box was marl was cul the box, 5 the po aa it was then. athe 13 eas het oacepiad: had to call'a carpenter to make a new onc. re A Ne ne ees taaeae on that night; Kel! plants sekpd belzce it wed bategie sone’ es yeh al iy; L even iti hie Booketa it. pa tee caeeh Nos. 16 and 17 was aeeupied by Mr, Slocum, to By Sexpox.—I always closed the back door at | (he Mayor sent me to see the agent at Brooklyn; | oii. dud was marked with a blue or green substance, * ody, but on the head; the face was upper | 7 in the trunk now than then. [The trunk pied by 5 ; %, y on the body, is more ii ~ Wated tis stay oe eebprteyteet he gave tts permission to take out the carge Oe | which was not pal On te penthe box was opened; I aided in taking | PO. Gnened,} a book wits a name am it, taken tne drugsists used to make two | night 2 ‘The back door is an iron door wit! bed rooms, to dress themselves, ng are rg ie fastned, (am anal ned from inside—but not Jd wel) Colt” written on it (Several m ment heads of * Colt’s Book ) cards with “ Colt’s Lee~ ya, that at the time said box was Sunday morning; we went down and ‘took out the Deponent further cargo: saw a box in the fore hold bottom side up, proughsto said ship, deponant gave a receipt for said box ly from | and Barstow pointed to it, and said that was the | to the man who Company with said Barstow, but fthe box; the body ‘and sailcloth, tw) ac Ba matting all came out together; the deponent cannot say whether said Barstow was present lower part of the box, the yrs ote pad id receipt was given to said man ornot, butJohn | wet; the body in a rapid progre i i i i - D t farther says that within five : nt 6 ; Hest Ne, 3-1 wie compl bit, Pande» | open ot re a eve ees i on it, There was a rope round | 4,1\'Porcyne leit at. said ship ad above stato, said box | Way at the bottom or the sides of the box: there | POLM™D. i) Coroner bere preduced a gold large room, the size that occupies tng small roo vies the neck, and drawn round the legs so a8 tO | was taken on board of said ship, ‘and immediately stowed | Woe ot much dampness where the coat was: ‘don't dejaty nat. here te “3 he ca dagecrs coup! fe hibi- By Woitinc—There is 2 flue in Colt’s room; | draw the head down between the knees; the | away in the lower hold forward. And deponent farther | Ot rater wa threw In the ehloridesf line bes watch with a string a: ttacted tot oF the Fd, : other side, as a picture room for exhibi no fire place. face was up towards the marked lid of the box;there | says, that said box was not opened nor partly opened, pews ew the cloths back, or not! I think it Wrrsess.—That is the sey Shag ing os agar ‘The second siory No 7 and8. J am not certain) By see nox—This flue isfrom 10 to 18 feet high | was'a scar on the forehead; the body had 9 tint: | Gate ee time it, was brought Ee daa o, | was after we threw them back: the body was not box; the w teh pared oner's inquest. # it roe weet Tspapeasdone is not now: ae > by pind i all, sir. OF enatiioe Nee bises and seeagit hers toms or with said box or its contents, except to stow the id ptt pe ine the ship: when, we pis rt se aa pobrenhc eth pave Me. White hapaee the staire, on tke cenoncqrcnpetiiny. ones Tien enn Panstowlex’d.—Is 34 years old. ia & | salt on the breast of the body 5 I said 0 then, and 1 | away. aad deponent further says,t ae ve th tl Alorm I aie = wing the eam “ tre ‘very. Wate inn the the same side as Of. Wheeler's dom, soW be- | eatman, live at 272 Nineteenth street, (| eno | judged sn since thal ons my openers hades ot | ere amelie ed or ei how wa ride of lime atuek on them: the c'nthes were dry } watchs De tem) iiitined the euae by am engine; he we lea rooms to eccuny out, with the d pists down. ing \ : y our: | be easily oper i saga ine ocgsng veh Aen thoaesaldes ‘Thongh the bar has been so bent by| box he brought on board the ship. The box No. 13 was occupied b: Kemble, miniature oie from the outside, that witha knife you | was lifted out between decks, opened, the awn- aenwere he owe edge hore pembiey miniature | Pan lift up the bar. You have to go into intothe | ing turned 6 Keeping,” om them To eo ie ook a watch from the trunk—it is not now in it. when box was stowed away, other packages, nd deponent ' : in C Colt, the prisoner at the bar. I first saw | on the body. The first mate put some chloride of th Jay on which said box was | car but f the Hed FN en ae oe apied by. Mr. Calt eon oe alt og or 100 on Chambers street, the right | lime on the box or body and it was boxed up. I fae abovestated, packages were stowed several feet al of Md tbat: dee reund the “oca’'aue’aamp: that | sent uste & wate, C#ee Makes Saar etw te Piatt No. 10 was occupied by Mr. Wheeler. hand side of the way. [came down Hadron street, | then helped put it on the cart; Tdrove it up to | said box, and stowed up, clone to the upper deck And | Crt of the. cloths wher’ roy he [aalt] the | whom he rmade the watch; and he went us to On the cher sidawts 4 large r.om which used to | to Chambers street—left home quarter to nive. | the {dead house, and ey oe put itin the dead deponent farther #eys meng ot dopenrek Protos could not tone” 4’, 1 ody. from the position & Brethers ; Chilton was in ott ce y Bagh a “i 8 dag ern a agers pai od rl ge ets-otrestzin Cnamersicttw the curb | Letee’ ar tuat tae.” hep Go oF VeSy tate. Some T eaepn beerd ott > day and nigh’ and during | the hody was in: ir the dead lonse, when we re- -j ae rather nearer the door than { September, 1841 ‘0. 11, in September it was occupied by | man Srey 2 ‘on the South side-walk by the curb | house at that time, I saw a doctor examining the | Was on board said ship 0 room. ssixth day 0! moved the cloth hloride of lime fell of from he recom, and quite high 4 me body. He asked me . Th to the Mayor and returned; I saw | the twenty» i " : clot! es, the chlor * the eentre of the reom, pig enka) pete brs Te Aen not pa iy tte | Mey iphnes there that afternoon, and Mre. Lane. is positivethat sat P0% fear stowed ay an above that part (0 ¢ was ry: the boy and clothe prey the sents ttl we vise a a chats The rye No. 12 wai ‘oceupied by Dr. Arnoux, a French | stepped into the street to me- asked bim what | ft was Sunday Sept. 26th. The box was marked | grate, until the sit twenty-sixth day of September, the box; when we ; there were Iarger than cwhere; it, mabe hoisted out ofthe hold of said ship under (Robert, I Morris, Esq. Mayor of salt Robert Taylor. And deponent farther it; seid DOX wee. holsted outof the hold fook particularly the articles were ele : 1 box was opened ; deponent did” 08 pee. ody was fed Warner, an apothecary, did it: doctor he wanted—he said to Lyte pe Let re Go “rigs RP. Gross, St. Louis, care of De Gray & Co., | when it i , i . Van Bryck—he’s | I said my business Jay that way, I'd take i New Orleans. the direction o! a deine re Lacuree Lala told him I ould take it. I drove up the street ; Cross-ecammed —Don’t recollect making a bet as | city,and kav There is two other rooms divided by x folding | he followed ; and ctossed over tothe north side. | to the result of thie prosecations F said if I wasn’t i jon’t reeollect for what; wo me"On the 2ith of September the carpenters pate glen out of the floor; it was right oppor the first folding door towards the entry; it was on the north east equare of the room, fit was divided door Wheeler's whieh is eceupied by Mr. || drove passed the door of the granite bnild-| a witn might; w itopen onthe lower decke’ — ! fas wot, L think, paw fhe Nos. 4, 5 and 6 are oecepied by a Dr. Brand and | m ‘o the door of the gi 7s, 20 if to} talked about; | was talk with Mr. Fallon; 1 ‘oclock in the morning, rte wven | retnrned to the ME ane ihe examurned tothe box | inches wide; we took it 4p er peg his family: he has three roo Dr. Brand has on- | say the box was there. spring cart | didn’t offer to bet; I said men putting eloth in said box. but. reat aid net ge cles taken out © box Mrried up tothe Tombs: | was a darker spot then anyw : “Wat looked 68 stood sideways in front of the door: | backed in, | after this was allover; I mad fo raid box to nee whet was init, 9- Zenonent AM WVLES | next day: all these were OiT ener ia the apothe- | a place between it and the bg bare ieee tao Tlooked to it myself: DW fome liquid on | M it hed been serabbed. ¥'rom the May’ in front diagonally, as near as I could get to the | with any one about this t ' © whele coneern of | door—that's the geniieman sitting there that beckoned " proposed betting me a heat that th S Beponent further sys, thet # ya"Go: was taken from cary: he went to the oe \