Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-19
THE SCOTT CASE.
Held TO Answer, with Bail Fixed
at $4,000.

Held TO Answer, with Bail Fixed
at $4,000.
The examination of Charles Scott, the
man who is accused of having murdered
his mistress, was brought to conclusion
yesterday, and the defendant was held
to answer to the Superior Court on bail
of 5000. The first witness called in the
morning was j. W. Clawson, who testi-
fed to the good character of Scott. w.
B. Willard swore that he heard the
woman say that she would kill Scott if
he did not do as he had promised.
The defendant then took the stand and
told his story. He said that he was so
years OF age, and had been living in this
city about year and half. He had
made the acquaintance of the woman
some time before, and she had protested
to be in love with him, and that she de-
sired to live with him. He secured rooms
on Spring street, and they lived together
for several weeks. AT times the woman
became very respondent, and threatened
to commit suicide. On one occasion she
put the revolver to her breast, when he
jerked it away from her. She often said
that people were trying to persuade her
to leave him and go and live with another
man, but that she would remain faithful.
On the night in question the witness had
been to the circus with the woman and
they returned to the room on Alameda
street and went to bed together. She
then repeated her statement that people
were trying to get her to leave him, and
that she wanted to die. Before retiring
the witness took his revolver out of the
bureau drawer and laid it on chair near
the bed. There was lamp burning low
in the room. Between A and in the
morning the witness was awakened by
something, he did not know what. He
turned in the bed and heard shot
fed. He felt violent pains in
his head, and knew nothing for long
time. When he awoke he got up to
close the door, and discovered that
blood was running down his face. He
vomited blood. Finding the woman I'M
covered, he undertook to draw the bed
clothes over her, and in doing 80 dis
covered the pistol in the bed. He looked
at the woman and found her wounded
and dead. Then he knew nothing more
for long time. When he came to, he
called to the Chinaman, who was at
work in the kitchen, begging him to GO
for doctor. The witness did not know
how the door came to be open.
On cross examination Scott said
that if he said to the District Attorney
that he only heard one report, then he
was mistaken or confused, for such was
not the case.
In Iebuttal, at the afternoon session
the prosecution recalled DIR. Choate, who
stated that, in his opinion, the woman
could not have inflicted the wound or
Scott after she WAS herself shot, as the
ball had passed through the brain and
had produced instantaneous death.
Detective Mccarthy, who had listened
to Scott's statement on the day after the
shooting said. "He told me, tina
the woman was shot first, and
then when he raised his head he
was shot. l asked him If he saw any
man, and he answered no."
Two gunsmiths we're called as experts
on the matter of the cartridges which
had the marks of the hammer upon the
shells, but were not exploded. One
gave it as his opinion that that they
must have been snapped, and the othel
that possibly the mark was inflicted II
some other way.
After the argument, Justice Lockwood
announced that the defendant was helt
to answer to the Superior Court. Tit
attorneys for the defense asked that tn,
bail be reduced from $4,000 to $4,000
and, on motion of the District Attorney
1t was granted.