The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-15
SCOTT SHOCKED TO DEATH.
TIE Seere win Murderer Meets mis- Fate In
the Electric Chntv with Cooinee,-

Howard A. Scott. the negro wife murderer.
was put TO death by electricity in Sing Sing
prison yesterday morning. In only one other
case, that Of murderer Leach, who was killed in
the same manner sosas time ago n. Sing Sing,
has such a manifestation Of nerve been shown as
Scott exhibited. The same bravado which
characterized his conduct during his trial was
displayed yesterday. and without the rcassuring
presence OF q single friend save his pastor no
walked to the chair without q protest. No
prayers were said in the death chamber, nor did
the condemned man attempt 10 make any faro
well statement. Since he was admitted TO tho
prison in last january Scott had been regularly
attended by tho Rev. Mr.. Ducrs OF the colorcd
Baptist church in Sing Sing. On last wednes-
day Scott asked to be baptized and received into
tho Baptist faith. His wishes were complied
with. The baptism was by immersion. and was
the frat OF Its kind held in the prison.
Scott did not know Of the time fixed for his
death until Sunday night, when Warden Sage
informed him.. He asked then to have 1t put
later in the week. but when told that there was
no hopo OF pardon he concluded that 1t was best
to die as soon as possible. He told the Warden
disproved by the fact that he fred four shots at
her. - a..
death S WatcS, Keepers ssfaasS cr eGir. wesb. and Ecker,
until o o'clock, when he retired. Hc slept until
g Sr e,s,SSf h,Sy ss.isfrS ana m mSseiP Il; bed ra'9 For ne the sFHf ssi
time. Some fruit which had been sent to him he
asked the keepers to distribute to three con
tho newspaper artist, who shot his sweetheart.
Barker e to die the frst week in july: ,..
| time until tho execution he and Scott prayed
together. Scott had anticipated that he would
a,s Ssrl nIrb II s sso h a9yi and ap a'k fift ssas H %fnnsss
| before he was taken to the chair he told Mr..
Duors that it was right that t he should h.o ,S die ss he
tus. Warden Sage told Scott that everything
walked tsdao out Of S'S his c cell. PRECEDED By the warden
and two keepers and followed, b. the minister.
Hf,S ESTe a as eost gray H isG sisp w Ssa det s.riRfa sand and
he took his seat In the chair apparently without
a CULVER. Whether he said any prayers will
never be known; at any rate none were heard,
Mr.. Duers did not pray aloud. Unlike nearly all
the other men who have died In the chair. Scott
but preserved esq Silence from the time he left his
cell. When the death mask was strapped on his
Atii:if tho current was turned on and tho
condemned man received its force for one min
ute. After it had been turned Of for q mSment
seconds DR.. Irvine, the prison physician, and sew.
eral Of the visiting surgeons pronounced % Scott
and j. G.. William Greff. all Of the Post
Graduate Hospital. performed tho autopsy.
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East Moriches, n. y; E. 4; Ford, Henson
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3; Henson. New Yqrki Thomas Brennan New New.
Donald. New York; Mr.. Harry 8. Tyler,
Corning, \; ri Jay GhamRPlain: S Sin Sing;
William Durbrow. Norman Burdick of Albany.
and pr. Z. E. Ogden. Mr.. Duers took charge Of
| claimed by an aunt OF the dead man.
Scott was put to death b for sd the Il murder 1Sdsa OF his
ments at 159 West Thirtieth street. He had
become intimate with another woman. and his
vito on the day of the murder had procured a
summons requiring him to answer to a charge
OF abandonment. She went home In the after,
noon, accompanied by two friends. She asked
them to wait until she went upstairs a moment.
When she did not rcappear her sister, Annie
White, went TO her rooms and found her dead
on the floor with a bullet through her heart.
Scott had been seen leaving the house and was
arrested on the next day. He afterward con-
fessed to Capt Chapman that he murdered his
wife. He was tried before Recorder Gof and
sentenced on Jan. 2S. Scott and his wife came
from Petersburg, Va. He earned q living by
playing q banjo in concert halls.