The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-01-31
MURDER MOST FOUL.
UNPROvoKED AND FATAL ASSAULT
AT SIOUX CITY.

AT SIOUX CITY.
Lee Scott, a Young Office Man at the stock
Yards, Stabbed by One Miner, an Inebri-
ate Cattle Buyer-The Murderer in Gus
tody.
A murderous assault occurred at the
Sioux City stock yards the other morning.
Lee Miner, a stock buyer, assaulted and
stabbed Leander Scott, o young man about
t%wenty-one years of age.
MINER had been on an extended drunk
for two weeks, but had been SOLDERING
up for r couple of days, and the even
ing before appeared perfectly sober, but
very discouraged and down. hearted. Next
morning when the assault occurred, young
Scott was standing at the telephone in the
stock yards Office. Miner had been sitting
by the stove in the Office. When he no.
ticed Scott he arose and walked across the
office to where he stood. He said some-
thing in a low tone of voice, which Scott
afterwards said was, You're the --
-- that killed my brother" With
that he began stabbing the young man
about the head and neck with q large
pocket knife which he held
in his hand. In the struggle
Scott fell to the floor, but chung tightly to
Miners right hand, which held the knife.
At this juncture Landlord Clark, of the
Exchange hotel, who is OIL old acquaintance
of MINER, and has great influence with
him, entered the Office. He.spoke to Min
ier,- and the latter rose from his stopping
posture. Scott, still holding to his hand,
was drawn up after him. Mr.. Clark took
the knife which MINER held, and the lat
ter sat down in a chair beside the stove,
his hand covered with his victims blood.
Scott started to speak, and the blood
spurted from two deep cuts in his neck.
The first was back of the right ear, and
quite deep. The other was a terrible cash
about four inches in length. The blade
had been forced into the side of the neck,
back of the jugular vein, so deep that
the throat had been cut by the
point. In drawing the blade out it had
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neck. The outer or lesser jugular vein
had been severed, and the inner vein had
only been missed by a quarter of an inch.
The Office hands did all that could be done
until DR.. Commit arrived, in response to q
telephone message. The young man
was taken up stairs to one of
the hotel rooms and the wound
dressed. Over twenty stitches were
required to close the large cash, aud in
spite Of all that could be done it continued
to bleed at intervals. He died within a
few hours.
After the cutting, Miner sat down by the
stove, where he remained fully half an
hour, until the patrol wagon and officers
arrived. When asked by the officer if he
had done the stabbing, he replied, eyes, I
killed him." His face had assumed a ter
rible expression Of combined w%ickedness
and idiocy. He made no resistance, but
went quietly with the officers.
MINER is a man about IS years of age,
who came Dec. 81 last, from Teka-
nah, Neb., to bay cattle for R. r. Temple
ton. He returned 10 Tekamah in a short
time. but about three weeks ago came back
again, still representing Mr.. Tenn
pleton. He had q commission to
buy 700 cattle. While he remained So
Der he did we'll. He was a good
business man, described as generous and
good nntured, and was we'll liked by by all
with whom bo bod b,,s;,o,, ..a..-
Since he came back the second time, how
ever, he has been on a constant drunk, has
neglected his business most of the time,
and finally last week his commission from
Mr.. Templeton was revoked. Since then
he has talked Of returning home. but con-
tinued to stay, giving various reasons for
not leaving. 1t appears that he has been
In much the same condition before, and at
Il time, two or three years ago, was con-
fined in Jail for some time while recovering
from a long spree. He never becomes
violent when drunk, but afterwards,
when he is apparently becoming
sober, is the danger. He is al unmarried
man, but has several brothers in Nebraska
who are all favorably known as business
men.
The victim of the terrible affair is q
young man of 20 or 81 years, who was en-
ployed in the commission Office of Coe
Bros. & Clough. He is q brother-in-law
Of Joe Coe, and was a general f~avorite
about the yards. Nothing is known ever
to have passed between him and MINER to
arouse the ~latter's ire, and there can be no
doubt that it is another case where the de-
mon of drink has brought down disaster