The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1842, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY «5 1842. Adams had # conversation with this witness to the effect, that he contemplated meeting Colt next day at Colt’s office, and receiving a sum of money fiom Vel, VE.—No. 311.—= Whole Ne. 1979. thing else done with machinery inthis one. oer There is a palace there; how is that jone Brothers ; the case was made some time last June; | killed by avy species of fire arms—then fire arms on the 34 of June we got the movements from Platt | should pe been named in indictment, s to and Brothers; the number of the watch is entered | give the prisoner an opporiunity of preparing for COLT’S TRIAL. Court ef Oyer and Terminer, , Wisrangee, That ie dane -bg hand. eae is and meeting it in his defence. If it was not so, be nicoiad ter three years ago Keno EsDIN jone with the engine a! rt with the hand; the testimony could not be admitt ELDEN objecte: very easy tempered man ; a cocks: Rane betes mr spe A. I think we have a pattern for this one—we call it Here Mr. Seen read the rules regulatingevi- | The Court considered this to come within the me ye beard of bin ha bay Moule Notwithstanding the intense cold and severity of | the Presidant’s house. He have engraved representa: | the 2lst of August. dence, from * Roscoe's Criminal Evidence.” He | rule of hearsay evidence and could not be admit- his wateha days before 4 (Advertisement read ) also read the indictment. ted eame bome ?s house on other gold watches — Saw him last oo the Wed ves tions of the Pr 4 the weather this morning; there was a great crowd | fomof A Witnrss.—He went down Chatham street ; 1 Mr. Wurrike —This advertisement is carried_| City ano Counry or New York, ss: Thareday evening, Sept. bith or t6th. (sae engraved backs are imperte kk entrance of the { Some watche : Gerda: perme age ot jand a large | -ome of iterns of engravings on watches that | through up to the 3istof August, when the words | The jurors of the people of the State of New York, in | always looked on him asa very mild, peaceable and | the boy at the Peeyg om ot ap podae MG4 suuber of persons were. waiting inside, although | are imported arefirat sent from this country; in- | “‘Immedinte Despatch,’ are introduced; on the and for the body of the City and County of New York, | ineffensive man. But have never had any deal- | leg: never — aes tei Gl t ii ii at upon their oath present—That John C. Colt, late of the Ist ot September she is advertised thus. For rd Ward of the vity of New York, in the County of New Orleans—the first regular packet—with im- 4 4 New York eforesaid, laborer—not having the fear of mediate despatch.” On the L4th, 15th and 16th, | God before his eyes Dat beiug moved and aaduced by the vertisoment here poe on the outs e of the paper; Water init teircnatt resin hemecae ot bea i ye thor Pt \- on the morning of the 17th she is advertised as the | dred and forty-one, with foree aud arms at the Ward, regular packet of the 15th of September for New | City and County aforesaid, in and upon one Samuel Orleans; on the 17th there was a second advertise- | Adams, in the peace of Gad and of the said peopl: the: ment in’ the same paper in the inside, saying she | &24 there being, feloniously, wilfully and of his malice cre x forethought, did make an absault,and that the said John would positively be despatched before any other | O° Got mit’s kink sia j sie packet; and that goods forwarded to the agent, Es & Ravens OL A Verne St Bis Ceara mia well, would be forwarded free of commission; and erm E EL oe trie Eerie eaten’ ings with him soas to make him show. Rey. Dr. Buake mined—ls a clergyman; known Adams 5 er6 years;] am occupied with li- terary labors in my son’s offic-; my is a pub- lisher; for three years Adams occupied a loft over my sou’s office; he used to do a portion of the printing for the establishment; saw him two or three times; seen him a thousand times about his business; | thought his temper was usually passive and mid; he used to employ a great number of boys and seemed to want the energy necessary to cor- rect them. Don't think Lever heard tim use a Was told he bad a searthere. ‘The feet of the dead oe pended with Mr. Adame's feet He sed to carry his large bed wr money in a poeket boo. un Cross examined — Aa another sides that gold — peering FCHOLASB CORO BLN epem _ ham street—hnew Adams sy was very mild. He was at my house theday fore his death; had s wateh with him (watel shownte him) | think tris u the wateh, | wae about buying the watel of lum: he said he'd taken nt’s house is tu t obtain admittance. tended for this market. The Pre fe nr hee pe ‘as soon as the doors | one of those patterns sent abroad were opened ; and among the audience were five } es have them—but not English ones that I know of. females of respectabl pearance, sitting imme-| By Judge Kest. Thatis an English watch I be- ed eve, he ed Wirness Can’t say positivesy that English watches that are imported have not the President’s house engraved on them; | can’t tell. I’ve never seenany,never. There are other persons in this District Attorney was not present at the engaged in the same business asIam. They opening, but came in afew minutes. Mr. Selden | alse engrave on watches. ‘ was engaged in the Court of Chaneery till eleven | By Wuirtnc—Never knew any watches import- o’cleck. ed with my eugravings on them; have no doubt | geods furwarded tothe agent at New Orl t side of the head of him, the said Samuel Adams, | loud word, ‘I'he work done by him was aes itfora debt. I wasabout boy me it from him. The first witness called, was— its me ke be sent on farther without charge or lo \d there feloniously, wilfully and of his malice | badly done;by his boys neglected; and it was He had another wateh. His wile hada cold wated Joun Jouxsox, ezamined—Ie cleark ii J. ‘LaTtT examined—\s one of the firm of Mr. Waurine then read the adverti: aforethought did strike and cut, giving to him the said | nearly all taken away from him. He used to have | He left my house at 9 o'clock -- fault found with him because the work was so bad- ly done; and he always bore it without replying. and once when I| reproved him for it, he shed tars, The cross-examination elicited nothing resby- tai the San of 221 of September, relative to the dis- | Samuel Adams, then and there with the hatchet afore appenminne of AmNlge said, in and upon the right side of the head of bim, the cateeatinenie taeat the daid Samuel Adams’onemortal wound uf the brcadth P ! ; ead. of three inches and of the depth. of six inches, of which Davin Downes eramined.—Knew Samuel Ad- | Said mortal wound he, the suid Samuel Aduavs, then and ams for five years, iatimately; there instantly died. Croas eramined—He asked me 890 foe I told him Td be willing to give Manatees aan? A: M. ©. Staten ecomined te arrested Colt; guthered the room | fow hatele’ ther Platt, Brothers, & Co, 12 Maiden Lane—(wateh shown to him. He looked at it, and pulled out a terian Board of Foregn Missions, 8 Plane. don’t Baw Colt ; Kear Adens ang oe ne DH wary last ; saw Adams sev: times in memory m2. t SAT ibtoe timetos the Ith Beptlant’ Sew hic Emmert objected to this, office aud in the office of our Board ef Foreign Mis- |. Wm 'T!NG said that he could u the memorandum sions, and saw him last that in Chambers street, | if he copied it from an ori, anal 3 dead house; I fully believe And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, Tuos Smivn—Lives corner Division and Mar-! go in, under a trunk and on spew iae aan ciees ee eee offices 1 | Covntsaid the book with the Srigival entry must | Samuel Adams; wouldnt swear positively; from | doay that the said Johu G-Cat, im tue sad Samuel | Ket street; ama printer; knew Adams; always | Found a pail there. Saw the ew think jt was aout three o’eleck; might have been be produced. the foot and his hair; I’m a shoemaker; bad tried | Adams in manner and form aforesaid, felouiously, wil- | thought him a remarkably mild tempered man, s0 | Saw the spots of ink about the did kill and murder | much so as not to shave spirit enough to resent his shoe on often, and kuew it so well that I could kally and of his malice aforethought, ¢ ji ni st the form of the statute in such case made and and im the little before or after; he was geing from Centre e left to get his book and clerk, * ox hid Were of the same evlor street to Broadway, ou the post office side, orsouth | Cuanies H. Posr—Is in the mercantile busi- side of the street, L did'aot peak to him then; be | ness, 135 Water street. (Wateh shown to him ) wasen the side walk, ri in front of that gae | [thin 1 know this watch; believe | owned it once. that leads out of the Park; Iwas going from the | J got it from Mr. Brainard ; I sold it to Mr. Samuel post office to City Hall place at the time; was go- | Adams, the printer, through Mr. Ransom. Don’t ing down straight to tue Chambers street gate, and know Adams’ place of business. 1 believe Mr. he paisted straight on towards Broadway; J think | Lyman W. Ransom is notin the cily at present. I be- he didn ee me or he would have spok lieve he’s in the West India Islands ot prevent. 1 think ed aftettyim tiilbe was immediately opposite the | he left here about the middle of November. I steps of the newspaper office in Chambers street; | made a smal mark on it, by opening it with my I turned and went tiome; I never saw him after | knife. ‘ re that day between 12 andl Judge Kent show that to the jury, sir. d Ana sireets; I went te his ‘Phe watch was then shown tothe j iry. G ‘0 call fora proof of a monthly publi Cross-evamined—Don't recollect precise tm an insult. ArrrepG Precxnam—Is jeweller; knew Adams 18 ye js temper was very mild, and of an ex- cellent sition, Was notat all given to quar- relling; never saw him under circumstances like- iit exhibit his temper. B. Gannett ecamined~ Koew Mr, Adams 7 it alko from the | 96% get a pair mad: ‘im ; Geeepaty mewaw nye nie, 3 1nd Provided, and against the peace of the people of the Stave size of the person; I had de: with him for ir di 73 ath of N -w York and their dignity. a Wey: thought man very re- Aad the jurors aforesald nope their oath aforesaid do served, and of a good temper; bad a great respect | further present—that the said Joun C. Colt, late of the for Mr. Adams, and thought hima very fine man. | Ward, City aud County of New York aforesaid, not hav- ss-eramined —I made shees and boots for his ing the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and family, and received printed cards and bills in pay! | seduced by the instigation of the devil, after wards,to wit: M business relations with him were a year | oN the seventeenth day of September, in the year last wife was my wife’s niece. aforesaid, with force and arms at the Ward, City and m ‘ County of New York afor i Cuanves Wextra, examined. Is in the book | Adams, in the peace of G p business, 56 Gold street. Knew Adams 5or6 years. | and there being. feloniously, wilfully and ot his malice Had not a great deal of business transactien. He | aforethought, did make another assault, and that the said was often at my place—sometime 2 or 3 times aday | John C, Colt with a certain instrument to the jurors —some:imes not see himfor aweek [don’t know | #eresaid unknown, which he the said Jobn C. Coltin his 1 : in the Granite Buildings to clothing, but could find none; the work a _— tually done in both in: der my own super intendence; the floo: y lights were te- ken down; the con Adams 7 or 8 yeags; had business tra him; never knew so mild or peac blowed him up frequently myself, and he never said a word when the work was done bad. I've Wa. Roninson called, but not examined in the habit of printing for us: he didn when this sale was made by Raasom to Adams.— | as I i i i right hand, then and there had and held,the said Samuel | heard his partner blow him up, but he never said The Distater- re gt ap bande Me, Adams held. a. note aginst Mr. Rawson. 1 | saw: him under cirecceronees whee he would be | Augie in and upon the right side of te head of him the | word. B p Cshausted all the tactloney be kale ee MMeEPT obje: took up the note by giving that watch in payment | likely to be put out of temper. Last saw him on ae sea coer Ses oe ‘yer Mod pect panei Rosert Carter, eremined —Is a bookseller ; | stage of the case, except that te stimony whieh re Wuitine sai was part of the res jesta. to Mr. Adams through Mr. Ransom, We were all | 17th Sept. He was some time before this to print a ‘nd if teeeaee: i Rap beip ph ctigl giving knew Mr. Adams well; seen him severely tried ; | lates to a collateral braneh of the eave—the pistel aid he objected to ail that Mr. | threeipresent on that occasion. Adams required | book for me, and to send some books into my bind- | said instrument to the jurors aforesaid unknown, in and | DCY¢T S8¥ hm out of temper; he was remarkab y | shot causing death, and which he wished to intro- t any time. payment of that note at various times ; it was inthe | ery in payment for the printing he to do. He | upon the right side of the head of him, the said Samuel | ™ild and peaceable. duce to morrow. He wished to kwow how the Cuartrs P. Bairey.—Is a grocer; knew Mr. Court would rale in regard to evwenee in the case Me Jsdge Ker said that the rule was net to allow the prosecution to introduce any accumulative texti- mony after it rested, but only to introduce re evidence. This would be the rw the present case, reserving the branch of t d that the Court would exclude | ®«ighborhood of Sill. Me.and Mr. Rawsou had | told me soon after that he was doing a work on book | Adame, one mortal wound of the breadth of three inches ‘ed me to bind that. | 224 of the depth of six inches, of which said mortal where I have fold. eT he the said Samuel Adams then and there instant- Judge Kant, >! all that Mr. Adams said as not part of the res jesta | Our office at the same place ; I received the note of | keeping for Mr. Colt, and requ execpt declarations made before death, in view of | Runsom as a substitutefor the watch. There was | The books were sent to a plac A death. ; cag rd elt gasp pase op te my place—the sheets, they finally | Aico the jarors afore n their oaths aforesaid Warrise insisted he could show thet Mr. Adame | of be Rotnithans on-nat- otis agpaieny ded n dery ~ apart were finished; and on. do say that the said John C im the said Samuel staried from home to go in. corisin.giaan sealed earl belt that haldaeicecabe tans the morning of the 17th of Sept , it was rather late, | Adame in manner and form aforesaid, felonioualy, wil- Adams; he was remarkably mild and peaceable; in conversation he did'nt get so high as others. Avexanper B. Buake.—Knew Adams several ears; he was a remarkably mild maa; particular- ly inoffensive; never sav him out of temper ; seen him under all circumstances ; often had occasion stated toa thi Mr Colt came in and said ae had b ia the | ful ice : ; aines te aie | Phillips’. sem. I think the bulance was between bindery, and was very ancious to have thy books | seta the trmatthestacteis Secu cere made and pro’ | €0,s20ld him; but he never replied. to the pisto for diseussionto-m Covar.—Are you going te argue the point. I looked to Ransom for payment of th forwarded to Philadelphia that day. I knew there | vided, and against the peace of the people of the State of | | Wittiam Inonstps ezamined—Ie about four. | | Wo. H. Remson examined— teen years old; was empleyed in the Granite Build- C. Sole, dealer i ings; in the empioy of Mr. Slocum; I slept there : Bae foment Wuirixa —Only to show some authorities in | Adams sai he was satisfied with t C. Colt. I do not know now ¢ were two invoices to be forwarded to the N. York | New York and their dignity. Phillips’ evidence. my due bill. ‘That note of $111, wa: Fi And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid, do Judge Kear. —What volume will you bave ? for a renewal of another note which had been part ide sae a Toe after Fate farts prevent tat the auid John C; Colt late of the | in the third storys in September last 1 heard a | before. Never s old awn teeny cont oe Wauitine.—The 2d volume—by Cowan. paid. Tue note was only a short time past duc.— | re'urned about 1 o’clock—the books were then Roeder St ot Ne Tee ee Weraaind hammering in the huuse, about twelve o’clock on | ver sold any old canvas; never had but one old aw- Friday night, as I was going up stairs; it was on the second floor, on the right hand side going up stairs; I was a good deal frightened, and turned to kk ; but at last | wentup quickly : the ued till I gotinto my room: the next day 1 saw several boxes around the door : there were boxes going and coming all the time: the door of the baek yard was closed at that time: 'y step-unele slept 12 the room in the store of Rushton and As- pinwall, Broadway: I told my mother the next vane of it: we used to go up stairs from the back joor. Cnarces J. Wacxer, examined. caster of , worked for Redner atthe granite ona Thursday | went to Mrs. Octon to ask for asaw; she sent me to Mr. Colt to get the saw; I went room door and knocked three ning in the store. Flere the prosecution rested. Mr. Sxtven wished the decision of the Court on the pa haan before he opened his defence The Jury agreed to adjourn then at 8 o'eleck, and the Court did so adjourn till 9 this Tuesday morning. He afterwards read from Ist Phillips'sp. 231, a | Ad«ms had been down there «wo or three times to | brought down stairs. I sat writing till 2 0° insti 7 the admissibility of certain portions of hearsay evi- | Claim payment of that At one time when he | and Abt as Adams gave me the tea, ? kha wie oe ths bet rs See oe hate werae te dence. . “| ealled I heard Me. Alam him to%get his directions relative te them, When | last aforesaid, with force und urms, at the ward, city und Judge Kenr —The Court is perfectly familiar |. Stopped by the Distaict-Arronssy, who ob- | he came in, | asked him where the books were, to | County of New York aforesaid, in and upon one Samuel with all those points. jected to it. ¥ 20; and [told him Mr Colt desired them to go'to | Adams, in the peace of God, and ofthe said people ther ‘Wunrino then read a note by Cowan, Page 345, | Courr—I'he bargain for the watch is part of the | Phi'adelphia. [then asked Mr. Adams if I should | 8nd there being teloniously, wilfully, uid oF Bia malice notes 444 and 445, and note . He these | "es jeaia. r send them; he said * yes, I belie ‘s all right ; I rethought, did make another asssult, and that the were allthe authoritics he should give now onthe Sripen asked the witness what was the state of | amto receive the proceeds.” I said to him foam id John C. Colt, with acertain hatchet of the value of subject; if J wish to show.an act, whieh I'can do, | feeling exhibited by Mr. Adams, when he came | what Mr. Colt had temarked in the morning, that! | he ee ee he, the Pee oo ecet oe the the declaration of Adams was a partof the act, as | there todemand payment for that note. thought there was a misunderstanding between | Adams in and on the head of tim the said Samuel Adame to why he did not give a proof to Johnson. Wartina objected. them. He turned round and madea remark, ‘‘/’llgo | then and there {eloniously, wilfully, ond of his malice The Covnr read from Archibald’s eriuniaal plead- | | S¥1.DEN said it was not the object of the defence | and sce!” ‘That was the last I saw of hi daghtts aforethought, di strike and cut, giving to him, the said inge as to hearcay evidence, that could not be ad- | t0 go into the general character of Adame’ mind, | say in justicetoall parties hattherewas much delay | Samuel Adams, then andthere, with tho hatchet atore- mitted, and hearsay that could be admitted ¢neces- | but to. show what was the ordinary conduct of | and much vexation, by the sheets not bein, ‘den, said, in arid wpon.the head of him, the said Samuel Adams, sitale. 1f Me Whiting could bring this declaration | Adams when he called on individ ce money, to | y in time: ee] one morts)] wound of the breadth of three inches, and ra ig 0 ‘Y> ered {o me in time; when received notice from i within the rule, among those excep! mentioned | demand psyment, and did not getit. That he was | Adams that they were delivered to the folders, the Se Sean ot ate eee Ec aea ee by Archibald, as qualifying the act iteelt it would | i8 the habit of exhibiting a harshness and irritabi- | folding girls sent word to me that they were not de- Bs ta cabs Bapes Aebry Piene ciae be admissible, The cry of the mob ii lity of temper and language on such occasions; | livered, and some sheets missing, and asked | do say, that the said John C. Colt, him t! Clty News, Tur Latest Fororny.—During Jast week, Mr. George D. Jewett, clerk, in the employ of White & Sheffield, merchants, of 29 Liberty street, visited Washington, D. C., for the purpose of transacting business for saidjfirm, and on Thursday last 2c posited in the post office, directed to his employers three Treasury notes of $100 each, anda draft for $100, dated Washington city, Jan. 20th, 1842, drawn Gordon’s case was admitted as qualifying theiracts | 22d they wi-hed to show what was his conduct, | me to hunt them up: it caused mach vexation: the | Adams i 4 ferm aforesaid, felonious) times, half a minute between each time ; at last he at the Feet if Me. Adame pa pry je was g0- lay nage ond fomparion shes eaendity on: New York trade sale was onthe 30th of ‘August, fully, and of his malice uforethought, did eivipes gtng Per aeanened — ee iribronrsoretg ape by Corcoran & Riggs to the order of Edward Dyer, ing, or that he was going to see Colt, that might be no objection to go into the general | and the Philadelphia on the 6th of September: the | er sgainst the form ofthe statute, ia such case mado and Pf ey ptr ‘aighe a Sontag cane vee made payable at the Bank of America in this city, d, and against the peace of the people of the and endorsed over by I. Dyer to J. T. Morehead and by himto White & Sheffield. Mr. Jewett re- turned from Washington on Sanday morning, and Informed his employers of what had transpired Yesterday morning @ young maa named Arwen Ascurorrt, entered the store of 1. & J. Dubois, No 206 William street, and offered to purchase $100 worth of watches, in payment for which he presented the draft above described, with the signature cf jawing he didn’t open the door sothat I ceuld sce mside the room. Cross examined.—Mr. Ridner told me to get the saw ; Ldid Ret it about three quarters of an hour afterwards; I told the colored woman what Mr. Colt said to me; saw the cerman put a box on the cart next morning, Saturday; first saw it about two feet from the front door; there was alse another big box standing there in the entry. (The witness was cross-examined very closely to know who he told this too at the time or soon af- missible. character of his temper, but he objected to going | samples were seut Wirneas.—He did not leave the office while I | into any specific act of Mr. Adam t seeamlly allow us was there. He was engaged making small wedges | Sexe did not wish to go in:o general charac- | the books; 400 eopi: to wedge np the forms. ter, but to show that Adaws was in the habit of | September; Colt had Cross-examined by Emyutt.—I last saw him that | using severe and unkind language, to say the least | to receive the proceed day about 8 o’clock I was downtown at Bank | of it, towards his debtors about that time, when he | at. my place that ve left me soon after 2 n ofthe dev: Ame ry ew York, looking at | called on them for money, end did netgetit. A$ «’elock, cand eee ‘about te pro- inv 74 raster) saw twas near o'clock; specific act of ‘aulbreak of temper, under circum: | ceeds, ans — fo with force had arins at the and on. my return from there I saw Mr. Adams.— ‘ances similar t. what will, | believe, be pre.ented Cross-eramined by Seupen—Adams said, 1 am to | County of New York aforesaid, in and upon ove Samuel It was nearthe closing of the Bank. First saw | in thiseausc, will be testimony to go tu this jury, | have the procerds:” the proceeds would have been | A1#m4, in the peace of God and of the Sot praple, then him near the centre of that gate. Did not see in | that Adame might have had 9 similar outbreak | from $140 to 6150: Mr Colt said thut he had re- | 24 there being, feloniously, wilfully and of his malice what direction he came. onjgoidg toa perso 1 immedately subsequentlytotbis | oeived a catalogne marked at $117 or 2120, as the Tretenget de make another assault, and that the said the New York sale, and they | prov A ‘oor thrae Weeks to favaish: tate of New Work xud theis dignity. A Aud the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths :foresaid, do were finished by the, 16ih of | further present that the guid Joun C. Colt, late of the at? A.M expecied | ward,city and county of New York aforesaid, not hav- never saw after that ing tte fear of God before bis eye, bat being faved and a By the {Covni—Did not see him with any thing | transaction of tne note and watch; and if it is pro- | proceeds of the 400 beoks sold in. Philudelphia: 1 alt, with a certain insirumentto the jirors | ter.) : White & Sheffield upon it, written i iser- ‘ t fc kno’ hich he, th ‘id John C. it, in . . Me w we pe i, written in a most muser. PsA yed that Adams called on Colt two weeks after this | fold Adame 1 *hought Colt expected tle proceede, | Monghaiomtinen und there hed, aad hcligheteid Same | gS eAREE® WOOD eran dye a Maths eo: | able scrawl and spelled “ White & Shiffield.” Mr er’s on the afternoon of Frida pt. 17th; got there about 4 o'clock; Wheeler he heard the clashing of foils, and sent Delnoce to the police.— He came back withont an officer; Mr. Riley said afterwards he’d go, if I’d go with him with my um- rainy night; we went to the police; hat they hadn’t sufficient proof to pen the door. [had known Colt; scen him twice in Wheeler’s room; left there at 8 o’clock at night; next moroing went there between Sand 9 o'clock; Isaw a box in the entry marked “ St. of New Orleens.” i think the name Did not see Mr. Colt that morn- By Ewsert—The second time I saw him that | to demand money, may not this previous fact of his | and as they might have difficulty afi vel n the ¢ said Samuel fay was in the Board of Foreign Missions. He | ex: ion of pasciun aud temper go far to showwho | were Thtppe d, f thought best they should hogs Fre has ae there erent yieiitaly and ry his J on ablack hat,a black coat, and dark panta- | was likely to exhibit the first outbreak of temper | before: when he left me, he seemed surprised there | Malice aforethonght did strike aud cut, giving Joons—not eertaia «bout the color of the pante: | that led onto ths unfortunate rencontre. Withre- | could be a misunderstanding: he was aman of yery | the said Samuel Adams, then and there with the not recollect the color of the vest. I fix the time | g1rdto general temper, men of education, in their | few words: he turned quite round, and his eounte- | “tment tothe jarors aforesaid unknown, in and upon of seeing him at bis offen, by not seeing any one | general walk through life are taught to control | nance -howed great sur»rise, and he left: don’t re- Mone a A ar depen Pop rsp else there but himeell; the workmen were | their passions, and do so control them generally in | member telling any one that he left me tua vexed gop eter of which said, mortal. ese tear a all gone ont; I suppose to dinner; I had | theirdaily imtercourse, and rt may exhibit the | temper of mind: [ felt so bad at being the means of | S ay re en plete oe ony 0 then come. from Foreign Mission Room. | most violent passions when brought into contact | sending him there that 1 could hardly trast my | Andso the jurors aloresaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, 1 wae not going tat that | with othe ifferent walk o1 life—a laboring | jndement within the next five or six days after the | 40 say, that the said Jobn C. Colt, him, the said Samuel time; I asually dined iterwards ; his passions break out, and | disclosure; we could not get them ready forthe | Adams, in manner and form aforesaid, foliniously, wil no certain hour, Remained not more than ten | show man with all the turbulence and violence | New York trade sal”, and that was abandened: we | {!ly, nd of his malice aforethought, did kill and mur- minutes in his office at that time; I went back tothe | of disposition with which the God of Nature made | had only got these 400 ready; I think the name of der, against the form of the statute in such case made Mission Rocms; don’t recollect. whether 1 took | him. The inquuiry inthis case then must be s; G. W. Foster was on the tite page, and the invoi and provided, and against the peace of the people of the dinner or not; thattime | saw him in the Mission } cific, and can never be general. The lear was in that name: I think I got an impressi ang mg om WHITING, Distriet Attorne: Ruoms he had brought up thet proof | called for; | counsel most. eloquently concluded by say- | that time that Mr. Adams had furnished the pai Teertify the preceeding to be @ true copy of the In- he didn’t leave it with snot my duty to exa- ing that he ceuld net and would not lacerate | for this book keeping; 1 ‘ht have got that for | dictments now in my office. Sept. 28, 1941. mine it. [saw him with it waiting till it was cor- | the «feelings of Mr. Adams’s friends; it | Mr Adams, but I’m now satisfied he hiad not fur- J.R. WHITING, District Attorney. rected ; can’t tell how long he waited for that pur. | was not the wish of his client, and he | nished it: Mr Colt wasvery anxious indeed and | Mr Wuitixe here said, that when he prepared pore; can’t sav lsaw him go away from there; | would not do it, if he could, by endeavoring to | worried about those books not being got eff, so as | the indietment, he had no idea tha istol bad the proof was8 pages; | saw the editor was cecu- | show that the geueral pares of Mr. Adams was | to impress me with the belief that he wanted the | been used. He was jor a long timevia doubt how pied exvaining itatthe time I saw Adams theie; | violent aud passionate—but he had the right te go | money very bad indeed: the stereotype plates for | Adams’ death had been occasioned. Sometimes he can’t tell how long he was delayed there then, | into speciCc acts of his temper, exhibitiny passion- | + Colt’s Boek-keeping” wou ve cost atleast | had thought it possible, that he was killed by » that being the last proof; fean’t tell how long it | ate outbreaks, when he called fur money and did | 3800 in the regular way of es \imating, and for ex- | pistol ball; and it was not till after the adjournment would have taken; can’t tell how long it would take | aot get, it. This was their legal right, and he | tras about without the figure work, it would | ou Thursday, that he learned that a ball of rammed te examine and correct such a proof; sometimes it | would go no further, even if driven by any rule of | hive cost ¢ in plain work: these {rade sales are | home tight ina Colt’s pistol can be discharged by a takeslonger, sometimes a:hertertime, _ law to such a coarse, ‘ deemed of considerable moment by the publishers | mere percussion cap, without scarcely any uoise what- Hammenson Bratnarp examined—Isa jeweller; The Court said that the point seemed after all to | of books: these ctereotype plates put into my vault | eur, or only a very slight noise, sent, across this does business at 106 Reed street; am a co-partner. | be what was the temper'and conduct and Janguage | —[ don’t know when or by whom; | saw them here room, something like the noise that was described dred ng poermetae— fs panp reine, keg eae of Mr. Adams on this occasion, or on the occasion | —knew the character of the work: knew it was a | by Wheeler and Seignette. He now thought it ver: iatt & Brothers, Maiden lane—in the fore part of | of asking for money and not git. The tem-| good one, and thonght | should like to buy the co- | probable, that Adams was kijled by ha bail frem Augurt, 1811. {sold itto Mr. C. H, Post, 185 | per of the individual can be shown. The question py right: Adams then introduced Colt to me; Colt | from snch such a pistol, in such a way; and he Water street, or between him and Mr. Ransom — | therefore may be asked. told me ould « i sion of the | wished to show by Mr. De La Forrest, that a pistol Post had it of me—the watch weula sell for Warring objected, work in about a yeat 7th Sept. | bal can be so discharged, wi hout powder. ‘These ay: the watch charged to Mr, Post on the 7th Wir, A “ams had been to our office before to | seemed to think that the delay with the books | pistols and ar e superior to every other kind of August—The entry itn thatday. Don’t know ; get the money for this note; he told Mr. Ransom | was oecasioned by me; | believe hy said, if they | of weapon in this respect; the cap applies Af Dubois directed one of his clerks, Augustus Sutz, to stepto the Bank of America and ascertain if the draft was genuine. He was informed that it was; but they refused to pay it because they did not know the signature of White & Sheffield. The clerk then proceeded to the store of the last named firm, and there ascertained that their signature had been for- ged onthe draft. Mr. Norman White, one of the the firm, then accompanied Mr. Sutz to the store ef Messrs. Dubois, where they found Aschrott still waiting. Mr. White immediately asked him for the three Treasury notes of $100 each, when he drew outhis pecket book end said, “ If I give it toyou will that be an end of the matter.” No promises were held out to him; but upon a peremptory de- mand he gave up $300 in bauk bille, being the full amount of the Treasury notes. He stated that he had sold the Treasury notes to A. ¢, broker in Radi is 3 for $297. On be questioned as to ow he became in ion of the notes and “draft, he stated that he f sont letter ‘about 9 o'clock in the morningin William near Wall street, addressed to White & Sheffield, and on opening it, took out the Treaeury notes and draft, and destroyed the let- ter. He also confessed that he had written the name ot White & Sheffield upon the back of the draft. Upon searching his person, $33 in bank notes were found, one gal double lois d’or, and four half eagles, We learned further that three letters were deposite 1 in the Washingten post office, directed to White & Sheffield ; and yesterday morning they sent.a per- ing. Cidebeeainined—1 stood in the entry ofthat door that Friday afternoon, while Wheeler knocked at the door; don’t recollect if Seignette was there that afternoon. There wasmorethan myself there that afternoon. Don’t remember if Riley was there when I got there that afternoon. When [ went away that night I left Mr. Wheeler, Mr.Delnoce, and one or two others Riley went heme with me, Delnoce came about 5; about an hour after that I went to the police. i Judge Kant Which went first to the police? Witness. Delnoce did. 1 board with Wheeler; ot home between one and two hours before him that night q Joun Gotpnixa, examined. 1s a milkmaa. in the month of September last | left milk atthe Hype- rian Saloon, granite buildings. In the morning used to carry the milk into the hall deor, down the back , and through the yard; when | saw the ac- inthe papers about aman being found ina box, I remember then w! Vd seen a man doing in the vault of the Hyperion Saloon. It was the latter end of the week, a cloudy day—it w: Colt nor Adams’ that he believed hie meant to swindle him out of the | could be got out any quicker for it, he would pay | directly te the breech of the pistol, and drives the i ’ A i ; P H C th between 7and 8o’cleck Don't t son to the post office, when he returaed with only — £1989 62~nined—I don't know the number of the | debt. He seemed to be angry. fa thacabtor the bind 4 Bey | ball fea « i Pa know tho was ogain} he wavetanding in the ted letters. for which he paid the portage, and eu- I then told him the | ball ferther than any other w r ball had used every effort | show by this witness, that a tered it in the postage book when he returned. ‘The mystery of the matter is asto (he manner that Asherott came in possession of the letter. Did he obtain it from the post office, or was it dropped in the street by the person who went to the post office® ‘The prisoner was committed for farther examinae tion. Steauixoe Beors axp Suoxs.—The store of John A. Potts, No. 92 Delancy-street, has been entered several times lately by false keys, and boots and shoes stolen to the amount of $15. Mr. Potts, therefore, engaged the services of officer Denniston, who stationed himeelf in the vicinity of the store on Sunday evening, and ina short time diteovered a man eatering the front door by means of a key.— He returned in an instant with a pair of boots, and Denniston tapped him on the shoulder, with the ominous words, ‘* you're mine.” Upon being taken to the police he stated his name. was Thomas Simp- son, and that he was a shoemaker by trade: Being caughtin the act, he confessed, having eatered the store several times by false keys, and stated that he inthe vault; ne working at some boards; can’t tee the man now; he was a pretty tall mai whiskers I should think. He stopped as | down stairs; he was working very hard wi ing some boards, as | was going do I passed by, he aenenoy and turned looked hard t me; andI delivered my milk came away, and he was standing in the same p tionasTlefthim. Ithought he was going to strike me with a hammer; and | looked: bard at him, and passed onup the steps. There was aaaw and a hatchet lying close beside him. Cross-examined.—This vault was in the area on the, Chambers street side. As I passed close tothe man he stopped; Iheard a man striking with a hammer on some boards; one side of the box was three feet or four feet. He had a hammer in his hands—he looked so severe; and his eyes glared #0, that I thought he was g to strike me. This was underneath and below the street. Srrrwex CO Swrriezamined —Knew Adame 20 Watch. I know the watch from the general appear- June — What was his temper. difficulty was not with m: anceofit. Could pick stout, probably from a | Witness —He seemed to be very angry; he | to get the she ound ; there are two editions of | board the Belle Poule, from a Colt’s pi dred. There is nothing peculiar to distingui said he thought | and Ransom wanted to swindle | the “book keeping; ’ the larger is the ‘‘l'eaeker’s | only a percussion cap and no powder, and the ball from other watches, bat the peculiar engraving of | him < , and Clerk's editicn;” and the other, the smaller, | waselther buried, or made x strong indentation in a the back—it has a temple on it. It was not done By Wutrixc—No one else present; bad known | is called the ‘School edition;” Mr. Adams told | hard piece of wood. I wish to show this; and if 1 by me—I did'nt seeit done. Don't know that this | Adams before, for 2 years; [saw him out of tem- | me that they had been done for ten cents, the smal!- | do, still this jury may consider that it has nothing kigd of engraving is prewiar to that watch. Have | per before; he called lor pay of the note; Ransom | er one ; and fifteen certs the larger ones ; and Idid | to do with it, and that no pistol was used. seen a similar siyle of engraving on other watch- | was out of the city; he then ‘old me that he thought | them for that ; I believe that Mr Adams put those Mr. Wurtrvo then exonerated himself from neg- es—Can't say whether the engraving on that par- | Ransom and me wanted to cheat him out of the | platesin my vault, himself; he had tho liberty and | ligence in drawing the indictment. tien ar wate ie apstter or copy of any particular | money. I told him I had nothing to do with it. I] wed 24 te things thero; they were there a long Judge Kent saidthat the gist of the argument design. Don’t know what temple.that engraving | had not. ‘That debt was edntracted for something | time before I knew Mr. Colt. By a printer’s form | tarned upon the fourth count, stating that the pri- represente—Think the engraving is done by | about the: Lifeof Harrison.” Ranson and he had | is meant the pages ne t haifa sheet | soner did “strike and cut.” hand. é geen a gteat number of packs and | a good deal of dealings together. He was v: it | or one side of a sheet 25 full ; Mr. Wurtixe said he should not attempt to ao- dials engraved, aud by always seen them done | at the time he saidtuis to Ransom. He was printers calculate their work by pulls rgument of that kind. by hand—they suy be done by machinery—bat | | angry at another time with me alo ani ano- | 250 pulls; the paper to print the work Kent said thatthe Court would not deside should think noi; don’t koow that that st; en-| thar time with me and Rans he said| Mr Keen ‘Maik Lane ; he sold it to jaded to the striet- graving on watch backs is done by machinery— | he believed we both was trying i took ote for it ; delivered it to Adam: dinctment @ wateh e1 wer—Am particularly ac- | him oat of the money. He was very angry then; | took his receipt for it ; on that 17th of Septe ere a man 4 with the manner and process of watch | hediin’toffer any tiolence; can’t say what was| Adams did not say—‘ the books arc mine ; engraving. rate branch of the business. | his generalttemper; I saw him very often;}I had/six | owing me for them ;” don’t think I eve If that. watch is the same one it was so engraved | mon‘hs before off-redto pay him Ransom’s debt | any one that Mr. Adams left me then in a vexed when We purchased it. When I bought that of | ingoods. Ransom and myself were particular | méod or temper, or words to that t. brick, when the fail ona brick curb stone ears; had not very frequent intercourse with hin; | in Platt & Brothers, I saw others, and had another at | friends. be hava said that Adams then went to Colt's room, ed held tobe fatal. They would decide it after T never knew rtf had any temper ;0ne, _— vee ge Ca in front cf ‘ door. Very probable '-- the same time; bat don’t think Lever saw two ex- By Sx:.pex ecamined—I had hothing ta do wii without doubt insulter! him; don’t recollect saying to (Here the Court adjourned for one hour ) most modest men I ever was acquainte hi ith; | H ie wa, ‘a y cormunitte Te ar daa ent actly alike —not of the same rn of engraving. | the note atall. The first time Adams got an Mr Robinson that Adam: left mein ave mood; Afternoon Session was remarkably peaceable. First knew i € pod a Goro mg Sunday eet A, They had other watehes at the time, the backs or | was with me, and he ‘called me a swindler; Adams seemed surprised, and there was a great led.—-N Providence, Rhode Island ; he v7" rumurkably | Mr. Selleck B. Adams, who resides ate earding @ Ww! i . 4 o— . il ‘ ver en “ 4 d a le of them. rehased none atall at | he called Ransom a swindler. The third time was Cross examined. —-N ns Reencied. Head ks teoca White woeent a few ralnaeat— . By Witrtxa—Itdi2gt amount to anger. Colt ws —Is city watchman — when the watch was given. — Was at my place vse day before bis paws ts Bexs. Lewer examined—I y watolman Asa Woopavay; jun. azamined.—Iis clerk to Platt | came in he gatd “ th b & Brothers; this is day book. Leatered two s think Brainard & Harrison, the | didn’t look mp till h vered them to My, Brainard. | looked ep and seid The one was numbered 5974, doubl«, back, gold le- | saw him he w: ver watch, Robincvon, maker. The other is No. that time. I took two wi me, and returned one. Ee watch [had from them was engraved on ihe Daviv Downs calied. No answer. Cranes Wetrs called—But stood aside for thc present Mr. Downs acain{caled—No answer. A colored waiter belonging to the house, mamed Samuel F. Merritt, was found to be arnong the mis- sing, and onhis return he was charged wath ihe theit, taken tothe police office, aad com _ The watch has not been recovered. . Rerrearp a Buoop Vesext —A man named its niet Wortendyke, aged about 50 years, whe haere Heard no one testify about the box, 1 went to Mr. _—He was a remarkably Ball to get some kinilivg wood; the cell where we got itusually was locked up; we went to the next ue hishand on my cell and got some wood and indle with. don't know, the last ‘There were some blacks o1 nee you; did you see him? | 3 feet long and 9 inch~s wid: ere 5 stepped back.to the table | and some one told ine] oughta’t to have taken it, for Mr. Mowanan examine’ mild and easy temper. him twiee in s passion. high wonité sue him: he joney the sooner for tha' Mr. Post called No answer. 6002, same maker. Qae was kept and one retarn id “It's strange,” and repeated what of Mr. Colt’s wood. 1 think one | ™ rf Saturd: cently been in the einploy of George Clinch, corner Mr Pustiae Desors called and examisea: 1 | Sig cult, not tell whieh, ‘They were delivered i. He then talked about shipping tle books. | piace was ia the eel and the other in the eortidor. hima vee Ted Sepember was his cently been in the explo of Cor ec in mele ached to the hotel yesterday moming, felf down died almost immediately. A port mortem exa- mination held ty Dr. Vache, who decided thaty us sudden aeathwaa occasioned fron interoal seats. hage, caused by the rupture of a Jood vessel ¢ a: 3 by Mr. Nathan C. Platt. is countenance changed when 1 joo! | Cross-ecamined—l didn’t see the watch at the | the eye,and said thatio him. [ felt hurt that time, [ean’t say that this partienlar engraving | made so pointed aquestionto him I shavld bi dor, adjomming the police office. The door of the then; [ haven deubt seme engraving | feltso myself. He wasthe last man I should ha cell was a thought of as having caused the death of Adams. Davi BALt eramined—Is door keeper of the Cross examined by Smipxew—This was two or 00 three months since [t was ima ceil of the corri- amount he bad (o pay was from $100 te Cross Exxamined.—(Paper shown to h think the signature to this paper isin writing. I understood that the Buteher vers’ Bank had a mortgage on his est am engu.e turner, at 119 Fulton street. (he wat shows to hin?) [don’t know asl Se casen the Wateh before; but I believe I know the back. I had the whole cate in my possession to engine turn the keyhole, and tm engravetae back; Ihave no num- - —Thi . afire r * ordi ; bs! tendons back to tell it bet se Teupposea man | wareh hephes aes Ts Me Monee the jee pa ap io Raogopg nec so Soe be t ae Garver Somme woe tor went to tee ba tot ony BE itr T isede’ | ee per Prema ak peulah named Heory Seabu- Pra eRe, his own work; it was either done | makers tne wumber is cn the movements that are | In avswer tothe Court, the witness said that | the cell where it wat, and Udy ana | eee atl “Chaoks” produced) "These were Is | ry, notimving the far of the fourth or #-venih cara. for & Brothers, er for Mr. Bowne, the case for Phe her re Me mandment beiore his eyes, entered one of the x Sree ?& B’ on it. lenppose Platt took th ; the number is put en the case by Mr.| Colt told him be had received $25 of the proceeds. | took it to the foot of tne stairs and splitit ae half en the fire and it smelt so bad books, (list of the names offite workmen read over.) import It might be difficult forme to receguize hie hound Bowne. ley our initials on our watches; didn’t | (He witness) told Lord te reserve $50 for him; a of corruption rottenness, on the Five Points, -o By the Cov, 1 . B. W. and. threat: hrow the rest t Lbavea key, rapt ‘ ; n iy ome T ‘at Am certain Tt is my work, or * lotta s oaahioniin deat that oe Fea po en ma pele to Foss those cells; oe weenie ‘on this, gy yy pth a 3 b eafas ie ioe hold mg — tete atete wie Wrewnag Mpey to Me. Brainard. No | ter; it ulcimat: ly pasacd to Colt’s hand. it was not locked. I think the voard| ‘By the y Linh hn emg ae 4 his Sted pee p pemed Het contlib- partes Beads ww ie ts pera a hes made by the Mags wt geo paaakt onitnbatne ee ret feet long. peounte’® for. hott he carried t book or not. ing re The woman wus arrested and com Crom.” , same maker. that he did not recognise a subpoena, but came-u haven” was 5 Jal x Kor to Adame’ i, } ; ‘ Joist Beat Tos yeas. Mone ann Mont Forornirs.—Ia addition se tie Kumerr. The scrolling work ioe ty tund—rowad the edge ore—and this SF part too. Mr. Suupen admitted this was the watch sold by| voluntarily )—Is Freneb ul; lately Prince de W: Hannon, examined —Lives corner Platt to Brainard, by him to Post, and from him vel Joinville told me to buy aColt, pistol and carbine | Pear! streets; knew Adame between ed to Adams. for him. I wentto a atorein Broadway,and two and three years; frequently bad business trans. examinéd —(Watch shown.) 1] Here he was st by Mr Sauven, whocem | actions with Yim; sew bia in Chatham neat made this case and I helped bim} | tended thit where it is possible for the proseca- 4 Roosevelt on Thersday the léth of September; he 1g was done by Dubois, for us ; thee it | ting officer to come at a knowledge of the instra- | was coming dows Chatham street; had a conver: was retarned to us, and we it 5 and cant it | ment used to cause death, it is hiadaty to insert } sation with hin on m ney matters; T didn’t owe to Piatt and Brothers, for it; the] the name of that instrument im the indictment he didn't owe me. i engraving was on it when we sent if to and! And if it wae intended to set up that Adame wae .cr ATTonnRy offered to prove that Known him two years Lic appeared to be good d man. ‘ 7 ‘Crass poh toak ont letters of aduminis~ tration on the 13th ef October. The en ns apes sh Terran A rca Seen noe ing Open, have Inn been closefl for some forged notes discovered on Saturday, amopatag wo $5000, supposed to have been put ia cireulat by: Franeis Metford, a broker of Wall street, upwards of $9000 in amount Were necertained yesterday to have been forged om various lirms, and itis very, he from present circumstances, that even more will yet be brought to light. os Show the Jary. # But thore plain lines are done by the oe ITN Eee. ines it the are done by machinery. The rage ofthe ae >