John C. Colt
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John Caldwell Colt, the brother of Samuel Colt, was an American fur trader, bookkeeper, and law clerk. He served briefly as a U.S. Marine, forging a letter to get himself discharged after three months. After numerous business ventures, he became an authority concerning double-entry bookkeeping and published a textbook concerning the subject, which had 45 editions and remained in continuous publication until 13 years after his death.
Authorities open the crate containing the body of Adams, – Sutton 1874.
Colt was incorrectly believed to have used one of his brother's revolvers for Adams' murder.
Depiction of Colt's wedding in prison from an 1874 text.
The Tombs
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The Tombs was the colloquial name for Manhattan Detention Complex, a former municipal jail at 125 White Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was also the nickname for three previous city-run jails in the former Five Points neighborhood of lower Manhattan, in an area now known as the Civic Center.
The original Egyptian-Revival-style Tombs building in a photograph from 1893. Leonard Street, left. Centre Street, right.
The "Bridge of Sighs" connecting the 1902 Tombs prison at left with the 1894 Manhattan Criminal Courts building, looking west from Centre Street