The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27
ANOTHER INQUEST.
The Death or Henry ScattergOOd, and the
circumstances attending It.

The Death or Henry ScattergOOd, and the
Circumstances attending It,
At noon-after the completion Of the lnquess
"a the Crossley case-the Coroner began au In
vektlgation into that OF Hepry Scattergood, who
was knocked down at Third and Beaver streets,
about midnight on the 9th Inst. and died on
Wedne, day morning last at ais TeslQenos on
Leithsow street, above George
Dr. Shspeigh made nns,-..,. .rm examination OF
the body, ana deposed-rhe body was gr,ltly ems,
OF an Inch long oyer the outer enge OF the iet eys
no other internal marx. Of violence; on tbs Inner
side ofscap on left side l discovered two perfectly
@ s@sd SOEG sS ut the LETT temple aa6 the
ira ture one and quarter inches long 10 external
plate of frontal bone over the external angie OF et
his there fracture OF the inner Of tempo
foun6 blood effu ed 6e5eain the aTachSod mem.
brane the blood-veasels OF the brain were greatly
abscess the other organs ofthe cnest wei sound but
somewhat coGs2'teei !sere was bOOd ln the rec,um
bra n hastened ny the heoGrha age from the SwAls
DR. LOUIS Cruel who attended The deceased testi
the tth inst; found him senseless in bed; his pulse
signs Of irsoture; 10 the lett temporal region fonad
great deal OF thVsed blood; there was ehused blood
lower jaw; come 10 the conclusion that
the v deceased was strHoE down by one Or several
blackjack; during the whole time of mis- eick ness he
Inst IN the morning, found his lung; in the begln.
Mug o. pslai ,si also the pupils OF his eyes which
In q d. aled condition.; be never came to his misd
nm his death. at IA o'clock ON the morning OF the
The Doctor then c,rroborated the foregoing testi
Officer Koch tgstihed that about l O'Clock on the
iying on the pavement at Third aud Beaver s:reets
couldn't ihe man up and started for help when
about settling to take the otner to the
the three of us carried him as far as Charlotte and
Cuv'tt street. LETT him here ana went alter push
bloou where the man was lylng, - -
street, on the night ia question coming up Beaver
street. a mao was standing there; another man was
the other, who weht ap Third street towards GEORGE
went up Beaver towards Chsrlotte; saw an officer
matter he told me he had found a man 'ying oa the
up Me8t ook the to th su aons
Gfiicer. Miller testified On last Monday night two
John Conover, and found billy on his person.; the
Victor Penrose testfed-Live No. l1O9 Charlotte
gtreeL; was sst John Ruhrs on eecond street. above
senner and 'ps Mr. % and Waited
PLY game Of 6agStee started @ TO go home % o SSd
when stopped and watched tie game; young
drank my beer turned around ana saw scattergood
standing beside me; scattergood picked up the glass
game and drank ak IT, The young msS came Sp and
bier 'or him. Rnhi then S5ked me to get them out as
be wanted to shut up; German ihsn came In the
sIsTttd on d,d1. see Sc BsnHe5 scs!srgSod nor Con
Scattergood by the collar aud said "Ill arrest yl1'
he pulled scattergood off the pavement into the
around to where / was standing; told hlm to go
home; he starred across the street; he was rather
tight; and Hollinshesd left there went up Third
street about fifty feet above Beaver; stopped and
talked together while talking heard something fall
nnG looking - af11G sss msS lying on 2 the
that man down" HOllinshesd answered:-"Never
mind, guess he has done something to Aaron Ben
ner;' we started away; before we started. Oonover
came up 10 us from where the man wa. lying; he
and George streets: started to go home.
John Hoiuehead, resid ng Mt No. G6 George street,
estihed-A lett the tavern at about the same ts1e;
all stopped the and talked together; Scat
tergC cd sa'd. I'm Republican" when CoHover
said In joke, "Pll yOu;' scatter started
heard The fall, and saw lying on he sic ak;
saw the man down aod Conover standing up:
Copover then wheeled and came towards u.s. he
said II Knocked that man down." 1t was about
O'Clock; don't know whether II was Scattergood he
knocked down; Conover told me that man had run
was n larger man than Scattergood.
Aaron Benner. living at No. lOli St John street,
corroboTated the foregoing and said In addition that
sons, Conover, HOlnshe cad and two others did not
know were there when got up; STOOD tuere whiei
lhey were all taking aoout politics. went ncross the
saw man lying at Third and Beaver streets; went
TO him, and told him to get up; he got no; he was
bleeding pretty freely Dut him to the corner step
| head; asked him where be lived;
couldn't get a distinct answer out OF him except tha
tie him could not do It, as had authority the n
told h % would take him home; tried to lead him
up Third street; took him about ten yards when he
tore away from me and went Third street towards
George didn't follow him. have since learned tn n
the man is called big CHARLIE; his name is Wyatt
Conover has since said that he was the man that
good struck.