The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-19
THE SCOTT MURDER.
A REVIEW OF THE FACTS CONNEC-
TED WITH THE ASSASS-
NATION.

SoiuS oh db AoAoAAOAu, 'hs'h "e'S
ever showed in the Jenkins-Borden
case. Below we publish a review of
the facts of this case, which, to say
the least, is one of the most impor-
tant criminal cases that has ever
been tried in Louisiana. 1t is ia
ken from the correspondence of the
Times Democrat:
The little village of Kingston, in
this Parish, on the night of the 10th
of July, 1881, was the scene of one
of the darkest deeds ever known in
the criminal annals of the State, for
which cause one Walsh Allen, col
ored, was lynched, and the prison
ers B. R. Hogan and Robert H.
Scott, Jr., now stand charged and
are on trial for this murder before
the District Court. This terrible
tragedy was the assassination of NJ.
j. Scott, one of the best known and
most prominent citizens Of the Par
ish and a successful Kingston mer-
chant. He was a member of the
Police Jury at the time of his death
and was universally esteemed and
without known enemy in the
world. Robert H. Scott, Jr., one
| of the prisoners at the bar. is q
cousin of the murdered man. B. R.
Hogan, also charged with the dread
full crime, is cousin of the wife Of
ex-Vice President VIM. R. King
and his daughter, the young dra-
matte reader of Alabama. Both the
prisoners have borne good charac
tiers, and were highly regarded here.
Hogan is a native of Alabama, and
has resided in this State for the
past twenty years. The particulars
and circumstances of the killing, as
related by witnesses before the pre-
liminary trial Of Hogan and Scott,
on the LIST Of December last, were
shocking revelations of a cold, pre-
meditated murder. The murdered
man was a bachelor, and resided at
the handsome home of Mrs. Kate
Beard, which is situated some 200
CT 300 yards from the store of NJ.
A. Scott. He was the attached and
devoted friend of Mrs. Beard, and
occupied the position of protector of
the household, and it might be said
was the recognized guardian of Miss
Corinne Beard, at whose home he
had boarded for years. He sleptin
the store, and it was his regular ha-
bit to visit the bath house in Mrs.
Boards yard every third night Of
the week. Just previous to the
murder he had been aroused one
night at the store and told that Mrs.
Beard was very sick and wanted to
see him. He failed to recognize
the party who awoke him, but went
to Mrs. Boards, and, finding that
she was not sick, his suspicious
were aroused that some one wanted
to steal his mare, and he at once re +.
turned, and by way of his horse lot,
to the store. 1t is now thought that
the murder had been planned for
that night. On the 18th of July,
1881, Mr.. Scott left his store at
about 9 o'clock for the purpose of
taking a bath. He was seen to en-
ter the yard by Mrs. snd Miss
Beard. About thirty-tive minutes
before this time Robert H. Scott,
Jr., one of the accused, had left the
Beard mansion. He was a sutton
of Miss Beard, who at this time is
his intended bride.
Mr.. NJ. j. Scott returned from the
bath-house at about $3.50 o'clock,
and when he had reached the stiles
over the lawn-fence, leading in the
direction of his store, he was fired
upon by an assassin, who was Sc
creted behind the steps. The re-
: port of the deadly weapon aroused
the neighborhood for miles, but no
suspicious were entertained that a
murder had been committed in their