The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-09

THE PARrrcuL AIRS or TIE TERRIBLE FATE Oh
MR.. SCOTT TOLD FOR THE FIRST TINE.

MR.. scorr TOLD voR THE FIRST TINE.
A Wiun,per letter Of February I'd SAYS
The heretofore unwritten chapter OF his.
tory Is Just given regarding Inc provisional
government under the presidency OF Louis
Rlel. After the rebellion OF 1869 and 1870
Rel, lie Pine, and ODonoghiie, with O
few followers, seized Fort Garry and the
Hudson Bay Company's stores, and estab-
lished an alleged government, which was
nearly overthrown by the loyalist settlers
under the leadership OF DIR. Schultz, Or.
Brown, Major Wallace. and Mr.. Scott.
Riel and his companions determined TO
make an example OF the leaders, and
Schultz, now member oil the Dominion
Parliament, would have been shot had he
not escaped to the United States. Scott
was man OF ungovernable temper, and
this furnished pretext Tor his taking
of. The freezing and starving process
the prisoners were subjected to did not I'M
prove his temper, and one day, in iii OF
passion, he crowned his acts Of insubordi-
nation by violent assault upon sentry
who came within his reach. This sealed
his doom. A court-martial was hastily
summoned, ut which Acknowledgement lie
Pine presided, and the prisoner. who
could not comprehend word Of the pro-
ceedings, was condemned to be shot forth
with. All efforts of the Hon. ID. A. Smith
Bannatyne and the Rev. Mr.. Young to pro-
cure even respite proved unavailing.
Riel and lie Pine, inflamed by rum and re-
sentiment and melted by O'Donoghue, de-
termlned TO carry out the programme. The
doomed man was led out into the barrack-
yard. and, after two voIleys from the clum-
sy and inexperienced firing party, fell back
on the rude box which was TO serve as his
coffin. Riel refused to give up the body,
and what became OF IL is mystery to this
day.
A man who was at that time connected
with the Fort Garry Ne,o Nation, the
organ Of the Provisional Government,
relates for the first time the particulars OF
the murder OF Scott, showing that he was
thrust into his coffin and lay there five
hours terribly wounded, with the mercury
below zero, before receiving his death
shot. The editor Of the New Nation was
an old cOuntryman, Major III. NJ. Robin
son. On the afternoon OF the death OF
Scott Major Robinson was sent for from
the fort by Scott. He returned some
two hours afterward utterly unnerved
anu uuu III All III
tense state of nervousness. He said
that RieI had desired him to de-
fend in the Neu Nation the shoot
ing Of Scott us an act OF necessity to
the Provisional Government. Major Ro-
binson could not credit that the deed Of
blood had actually been done. and express
ed his incredulity. Seeing this, Riel led
the Major into the court, and to one OF the
sheds which lined the interior walls, where
stood sentry. AS they approached, Riel
threw open the door, exposing box, from
which blood was dripping into the snow.
Hardly bad the Major realized the grim fact
before he was Mortified by hearing n voice
proceeding from within the box, eXclaim-
ing in distinct tones:
"Oh, let me out OF this My God, how
/ suffer !"
With his blood curdling in his veins the
Major retreated from the spot. Riel called
the sentry, and the two entered the shed
and closed the door. A moment later there
was a sound OF shot within, and Scott
was probably released from torture. Riel
returned with the Major to the fort, where
he dismissed him with a significant warn
ing to secrecy. To comprehend the full
horror OF this tragedy it must be remem-
bered that this occurred tye hours after
Scott had been shot and coffined. and with
the thermometer many degrees below zero.
Major Robinson left Immediately for Eng
land.