Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-01
MRS. SCOTT,S STATEMENT.

SCOTS Charges In Toto-An AiIidavit
Relating to the Publication Of Nj.
Scott's Statement.
About noon to-day a gentleman
asked the publisher of the TIMES TO
call at the residence of Messrs Scott
and Sterritt. Upon doing so, this re.
porter was received by Mrs. Scott and
Mrs. Sterritt, wien the former lady
handed this reporter paper headed
"a True Statement" and requested
its publication in the TIMES as mat
ter of justice. Following is the arti-
Gle handed the reporter:
To THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES
Through unfortunate circumstances
| am forced to make this statement.
and should not have made public tam.
ily differences had not Mr.. Scott, my
husband, seen fit to so far forget him
self as a gentleman, also his duty to-
wards me, his friend, his wife, to
make public so false statement. l
am sorry to see that he did not res
pect me enough to keep from striking
a woman, my sister, but as we'll was
lost to all sense of shame as to publish
it to the world. 1t grieves and hurts
me more than words can express to
think that ! am forced to write this,
in defense of myself and justice to my
sister and her husband, who is at pres
ent out of town, having left on
purpose to avoid any future trouble,
as it was evident Mr.. Scott was trying
in every way to force him into an alter
cation with himself. Mr.. Scott has
acted very ugly, uncalled.for, unkind,
} for some time. He has insulted and
abused Mr.. Sterritt for some weeks
, past; not that he had any reason OF
just cause to, but he seems to have
suddenly taken dislike to him, and
| seemingly thought he was backed by
the public, on account of Mr.. Sterritt's
trouble of some months ago. Mr.
, Sterritt is not the first person, MOI
l will he be the last, to make mis-step
3, and l don't believe, nor would any
other liberal minded person think i
, right or just, because a man is down
! to join the others and hel . kick hin
\ further down. In the first place, w
. should be sure our own doorsteps ar
i clean before we seek the aid of tn
. papers or public, to remind other
there is dirt in front of theirs.
t l regret very much to say Nj
5. Scott's account of the disagreeable af
fair is false from beginning to end
He, and he alone, is the aggressol
After Mrs. Sterritt and myself CAV
him all the money we had on han
u nearly s40O), to pay Mr.. Murphy hi
e old liquor bill, some two nights age
, the next morning yesterday Mr.
. Sterritt asked him for some change t
. get meat for breakfast. He insult
!. ingly told her he did not have any
then turned around and told tn
!. crowd in the saloon that he had
large stock on hand and did not ow
one dollar; but he failed to state tina
/ Mrs. Sterritt and his wife had paid a
> his debts, yet he did tell them Mr.
Sterritt asked him for some chang
!, and he told her he did not have an
=, laughing with the crowd as if it was
. good Joke. So, on his coming hon
- to supper last evening, l spoke abo
- it, and reproved him for insulting al
:, treating my sister as he did, for
fusing money to get meat for o
40 breakfast, whereupon he got ang
. and began calling her and myself vi
names. Ny sister becoming enrag
at his conduct, retaliated, and it we
-. from bad to worse then he CALI
49, her husband vile names and dared h
-, =, to take it up. With these words
pulled out his pistol, and up to tt
time Mr.. Sterritt hal not exchang
word with him, nor was he even
49, the same room. AS soon as he pull
10. out his pistol and pointed it towa'
r., Mrs. Slerritt, jumped for him q
~ tried to get hold Of the gun. In
scuffle that ensued it was discharg'
the ball entering the wall near
q ceiling. As soon as it went off
- made run for the door, saying as
-. ran, in his excited state, he would !
- him; SO ran after him, to prevent
~. going out until he cooled down.
| dill so, he drew back his fist a