The record-union., 1897-10-22
INO. SCOTT'S URTIMELY END.
INQUEST HELD BY CORONER
CLARK LAST NIGHT.
The Jury Say It Was by Blow o.
Fall at the Hands Of Oscar
Henley.

Coroner Clark last night hel0 an N
quest on John Scott, the old man VINO
was injured at Fourth and L streets on
the night Of the Sd instant by oscar
Henley, and subsequently died OF con-
cussion Of the brain.
A large number of witnesses were
examined, but only few Of them testl-
fed concerning the manner IN which
the unfortunate affair occurred.
Drs White and Nichols testified as to
the old mans injuries and their ex-
tent.
James Kelliher swore that he and
Henley met the girls at East Park, and
brought them to town, agreeing to
meet them later They saw the girls
and Scott was talking to them. Hen
ley jumped out and listened minute
and then pushed Scott and told him
to go on He pushed Scott again, and
witness thought he struck him, and he
fell. Then Henley got into the buggy
and they drove off.
Rev George Smith testified that he
was about ten feet behind Scott. and
saw two men drive up in buggy, and
one Of them jumped out and struck
Scott, who fell and lay there, with his
left arm under him. When he came
up behind Scott he was on Fourth
street near L. Scott came along where
the girls We're, and one of them spoke
to him, and he waved his hand as if
joshing. A buggy came up and a man
jumped out and struck Scott on the
forehead, and he fell in a heap like a
rag. He fell with his arm under his
head, and his head did not strike the
ground. When Scott fell witness ran
up to see who was in the buggy. One
of the young men said, What the
h have you done?" And the other
said, Il dumped him."
He just struck one blow with his left
hand and the old man fell right down.
Witness did not hear any words pass
ed. The young man jumped in the
wagon and they drove away fast, so
that he could not see who they were.
e Elkus was going to Fourth and NJ
streets to get tamale and noticed what
seemed to be a scuffle between two men.
Scott was struck by Henley and fell,
but was not lying on his arm. He never
moved When witness lifted up his
head it was bleeding. He VAS the first
one there, and ran to a telephone for
the patrol wagon. When he came back
a crowd had gathered. and Mr.. Smith
asked why some one did not take the
man home. There were two girls sit
tingi a doorwayon Fourth street near
L, as he went down the street first, be-
fore the scuffle, and he heard loud talk
ing between the man in the buggy and
Scott. He stood for about four min
utes looking at them before the blow
was struck, and heard young Henley
say II have had enough of this and
he struck Scott. Then he jumped in
the buggy and drove away. when he
saw Scott did not get up. Witness was
twenty or thirty feet away when the
blow was struck.
Mrs. Mary Hughes Of 1913 Fourth
street knew Scott and saw him few
minutes before the occurrence. He
passed by and spoke to her, and a few
minutes afterward she saw there was
some excitement, and the two girls
came in, and she heard one of them
say she would not allow any one to call
her names. She did not knew then that
Scott was hurt. A coIored preacher
was walking a short distance behind
Scott when he passed by. Scott did not
drink, and was always polite.
May Wenzel testified that she and
another girl named BERTHE met Henley
and Kelliher at East Park that after
noon and rode into town with them
about o'clock. They told the young
men they would meet them at Fourth
and L streets. They went down there,
and Scott, who knew her companion,
stopped and talked with her. The bug
gy drove up shortly after, and Henley
jumped out. They heard the other girl
tell Scott to go on, and he showed Scott
three times. and Scott fell the third
time. She was positive that Henley did
not strike him. She thought Scott must
have tripped on a broken grating. Scott
called the other girl a vile name while
talking TO her, but she did not think
Henley heard him. Scott came from
toward M street, and she did not see
any one behind him. Henley showed
Scott from behind the last time, and
Scott fell forward.
BERTHE Shouseltz said she was at East
Park onsthat afternoon with May Wen
eel, and they came in with Henley and
Kelliher. They were waiting at Fourth
and L streets, when Scott came along