Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-21
TWELVE YEARS UP.
a Deserving Sentence for Hen.
ny Scott.
REVIEW OF ELS FIENDISH ACT.
attempts to Murder a Woman to Whom
He Was Never Married - When Taken

His First Onense
Henry Scott. who it will be remem-
bercd stabbed his wife in most
cowardly manner the 4th of last
June, and who when arraingned be
fore the court at the opening of the
term pleaded not guilty to the crime.
Notwithstanding the fact there were
many eye witnesses to the affair, was
tried before jury yesterday and
was given ~ years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Assault.
About $50 on the evening of Mon
day, June 4, while the couple were
walking along Twenty irst street be-
tween Third and Fourth avenues,
Scott invited his wife TO go through
an alley with him, evidently having
his assault planned beforehand, and
upon her refusal to listen to his re-
quest. he drew a butcher knife which
he had concealed in his clothes and
stabbed her seven times. He would
have murdered her on the spot but
for the interference of neigh bors
along the street, in front OF whose
doors he committed the awful deed.
Scott eluded capture until the next
day, when he was found on the Mo-
line bluffs.
Being very corpulent and of a very
| robust constitution, saved Mrs. Scott,
for had she not been so tieshy the
slashes would have pierced her heart.
The couple did not get along well to-
| Sether, quarreling at different times.
She had him arrested sometime be-
fore the assault, while she was work
ing in Davenport as a cook, Scott re-
fusing to support her. She left her
little boy, Jimmie, in Rock Island
with family named Young. The
little fellow is about 10 wears OF age,
and one day Scott came around and
induced the child to go with him.
! lie took Jimmie to the waterworks
and made him turn the grindstone,
while he sharpened the knife with
which he did the stabbing. Then
he told the boy to wait there while
he went and got his mother, but the
little fellow knowing something aw-
ful was going to happen fled to the
woods and was not found until the
next morning. Scott went to Daven-
port and he told his wife that their
child was lost. They searched with
out success until dusk, Scott taking
| this means of getting the woman on
this side OF the river to carry out his
dastardly plan, and when Twenty
first street was reached, he started
to complete il.
| Were Never Married.
When on the witness stand the wo-
man said that SCOTS proper name
was johnson, and that they were
never married. The first time she
met him was in Kansas City. where
they lived together for some time.
Then they went to St. Louis, and it
was while there that he got into
some trouble with another woman,
nearly killing her. The couple got
out of St. Louis as quick as possible
and came up here. changing their
name to Scott in order to evade iden-
THY. The woman refused to reveal
her maiden name. but said that the
little boy Jimmie was adopted and
raised by her.
The stevens Arguments
In the Stevens case, the long de-
layed and oft continued motion OF
the defendant for new trial, was
again before Judge Smith today. The
defendant was present, with his wife
and daughter. and was represented
by his counsel. Messrs. jackson and
Beardsley, of Rock Island, and
George W. Wood. of Moline The
state was present in the persons OF
c. j. Searle. states attorney, as
sisted BY William McEniry.
AS will be remem bered. the prin-
cipal ground OF the motion for new
trial is the misconduct of the bailif
in charge of the jury in permitting
an outsider. one George NJ. Stoddard,
to be with the jury during the pend
ing of the trial, and to converse and
play cards with them: and also de-
Ginning to allow the jury to go to
the court for further instructions.
In support of this motion the defend
ant last June filed aiiidavits of the
defendant and several jurors setting
forth the facts, a synopsis of which
was published at the time.
This morning the states attorney
fled counter afiidavits of j. w. Cor
don and James Britton. bailiifs.in
charge of the jury. and George M.
Stoddard, that said Stoddard made
no comments upon the case, while in
the jury room. The bailiffs also said
that they did not decline to take the
jury into court for further instruc-
tons, and Stoddard swore that while
in the jury room he did not know
that the men he was talking to was a
jury. The jury filed a joint affidavit
affirming that Stoddard did not at
tempt to influence them.
Mr.. jackson argued upon the al
legged errors in the admission of evil
dence and upon the speech of the
states attorney in closing. which he
claimed to be improper. Major
Beardsley argued that upon the facts
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