The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-20
MORE ABOUT SCOTT.
The Tale of His Villainies End
eth Not.
Liar, Sharper, Detective. He's Pic
turesque Lot-Unmasked in His Lat
est He Hastily ''Got"-WhiIe the
Sheriff Of Preston is after Him Hot.

Sheriff Of Preston is after Him Hot.
TERRA ALTA, March l3.-Miss
Rachel Tanner, the young lady who
was so cruelty shot from ambush by
some unknown person last Saturday
morning, is still living, but her condi-
tion is precarious. Her assailant has
not been apprehended, although three
persons living in the neighborhood
were arrested to-day The Intelligen-
Ger correspondent visited the scene OF
the shooting and found the commune
ty in a great furore over the terrible
affair.
Miss Tanner, daughter Of Nathan
Tanner, is a highly respected young
lady and no one sin the entire neigh
borhood has aught but the best to say
Of her. She had not living enemy,
and why this handsome and popular
young lady should be deliberately shot
down is more than any one of her ac-
quaintances can explain. The shot
was fired at point 80 yards away and
the tracks of the marksman to and
from the place are plainly visible.
Charles Nice, Wylie Nice and Ed
Anderson, three young men living
near by were arrested to-day and given
hearing before Squire S. N. Taylor,
but released for lack of sufficient evi
dence. These cases were worked up
by young Scott, who was driven out
of Morgantown recently by the uni
versity students. Young Scott came
into the Tanner settlement on Sun
day and announced that he was de-
tective sent to ferret out the tragedy
and the assassin. He was fairly well
dressed and the people took him up,
for they gladly welcomed any one who
would help to bring to justice the one
who shot Miss Tanner The Intelli-
gencer correspondent, with Mr.. AL
bright, photographer of Kingwood,
spent the day running the grounds
where the shooting occurred. They
heard of the young detective and
hoped to see him. On their way to
this place they passed Squire Taylor's
house, where the trial of the Nice
boys was in progress They found a
smartly appearing young man with
foot ball hair in charge Of the prosecu-
ton. He was the detective, the by
ISLANDERS said. Mr.. Albright imme-
diately recognized him as Scott, who
had figured at Morgantown. His
identity was tipped to Squire Taylor,
who had been suspicious Of the detec-
tive because he possessed no creden-
tials, and the squire dismissed the
prisoners. When Scott came out he
admitted his identity and quickly
started down the pike. The consta-
BILE missed his handouts, which Scott
had, and after hearing that the latter
had been impersonating an officer hur-
ried after him on horseback and
brought him back. Scott is in no
way relative of DR.. II. Nj. Scott, of
this place.
The story OF Miss Tanner being
shot down, in brief is that she was
standing on the porch of her fathers
farm house, when, without warning.
shot from the bushes above the
house sent her reeling to the floor. A
rifle ball had pierced her left breast,
and will doubtless cause her death.
The young woman was able to tell her
parents where she had seen she smoke
of the gun, and the search revealed the
tracks of the assassin behind the clump
of bushes. The tracks were followed
to the road and lost.
The family is well-to-do, the young
woman popular in the neighborhood,
and her friends are making every eff
fort to arrest the would-be murderer.
1t is said Miss Tanner is the principal
witness In law suit and that threats
were made against her life, and an
other story is that the tracks indica-
ted that woman had done the deed.
1t will be remembered that the ex-
ploits of young Scott, the alleged de-
tectiye, were detailed in the NEW Do
MINIoN some weeks ago. The State
University students ran him out OF
Morgantown after. he had worked a
confidence game, of which hotel keep
ers, merchants and a number of the
students were the victims.
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