The evening times., 1898-08-27
THE MYSTERY OF 4 crime
Margaret Scott Died From
Hemorrhage of the Brain.
STRUCK SEVERAL TINES
At the Inquest Conducted To-day by
Deputy Coroner GlaxebrOOk Peter
Holmes Admitted Having Hit the
Woman With stone-Chnrics
Williams Struck Her with "a Chair.

A murder with more complications than
confronted Sherlock Holmes III his Study
in scar,et' is under investigat on by the
police. Am inquest was he'd today. sey-
eral arrests have been made. out the
police are unable to say who caused the
death of Margaret Scott, the co,ored wo-
man wtrose body was exhumei yesler-
day.
About two months ago Margaret Scott
was stabbed in the side and stomach by
Bootsy Ross. She was discharged from
the Emergency Hospital as cured. Last
Saturday night she died and DIR. Crusor
gave a certificate of death from hemorr-
hage of the lungs DR.. Rufiin. after an
autopsy disagrees with this opinion ana
says death was caused by heInorrhase
of the brain. Inquiry showed thtt ;t
one time Margare: fell from a bicycle
and hurt her head.
IA day or two later She was struck on
the head with a stone thrown by feter
Holmes. The next day while i'll Il row 1t
the home of Lottie Dorsey she was struck
on the head with a chair by Charles
Williams. Williams has been placed un-
der arrest and Holmes. who Is alreIcy
serving a sentence is also under suspi-
cion. The affair s further complicated
by the testimony OF DIR. Ruftin. who tes-
tifiei that the woman's ston1dca WIS
hadly infiamed and consested. W hether
or no, this was the result of the kIT.e
thrust is question yet to be deter
mined Bootsy Ross Is now serving
sentence in jal Cor this assault ioii.ieS
adrpits having hit her with stone ont
saws the wound was slight one. 70
nceman Patrick O'Brien investigated hst
+r4 2 b
o-ed man called Ginger WAS present
when W lliams hit her with the chair
and WAS concerned in the row. lie mas
made his escape and canTot be iouEa-
DIR. GazebIook irIpane!led a jlry oil IN
ouest this morning at No. poAce SID
tion. L.,
DIR. Rufin was the first witness he
told cf the result OF the atcpsS- ne
testified in part as follows:
..I found the body TO be that OF wo-
man well nourished. except in the stom-
al, ard brain She had had hem
orrhage on the left side of the head and
there was much clotted blood The brain
was mashed in and this undoubtedly
caused death. The condition OF the brain
could have been caused by a blow or
fall There Were no exterior evidences
of a blow which would have caused the
hemorihase | found in the womans :
may have vomited from the stomach, as
it was very much congested.
Then. in your opinion, death was
caused by cerebral hemorrhage." said
DIR. GlaZebrook
"Ycs, sir" said the witness.
DR.. Collins b. Crusor. No 1921 Twenty
eighth Stree northwest, was the next
witness.
Did you ever treat Margaret Scott =
asked Dr. Glezebrook.
81 did. l saw her last Saturday and
saw her first on the morning of the day
before. was sent for early Friday morn
ing and went to sos Nineteenth Street
northwest. She was perfectly comfort
able and conscious, but was splitting
blood. 1t was a light red. l spoke 10
the mother about the girls condition
and thought the blood was from the
lungs. l asked the sick woman if she
had been hurt or had fallen, and she
said Mo-
did she look weak or critical?'
''No she was rather strong. I called
that evening and found her semi-con-
scious and the hemorrhage had ceased.
The pupils of her eyes were very much
dilated and l attributed this to weakness
She was unconscious the next morning
and | again inquired into the history of
her case and was informed that she had
Deen cut TWO months before. Nothing
was said about any injury to the head
She died that night and | gave certifi-
cate Of death from suffocation caused by
hemorrhage of the lungs
Peter Holmes, Colo-ed who lives in
Phillips Court. was brought before the
jury. He said ne had known Margaret
Scott for about four months. He denied
having had any trouble with her the
night of August /, but said he had quar-
relied with "a woman named Mag Scott
and they were both arrested.
Did you not jell the officer that You
had had trouble with the Scott woman?"
''Oh. we We're playing one day and l
picked up a little piece of gravel and
pitched it at her and it struck her right
here" said Holmes. indicating the left
temporal bone.
Policeman o. Brien followed Holmes and
testified that coming in the wagon this
morning from jail. Holmes had admitted
hitting the Scott woman with a stone
Maria Hughes. aso known as Maria
Tyler, colored, testified that Sunday. the
18th Of August. Margaret Scott. herself
Bert. Beckett, Mary EJmunds. Lottie Dor
sey and Charles Williams were together
in Lottie Dorsey's at 2i90 Phillips Court
Suddenly" she said. Margaret burs,ed
out laughing and Charles Williams pick
ed up chair to hit her with. l grabbed
1t hut II struck her on the head. He
looked like he was mad"
Didn't he say anything?"
'No, but he run to her and kicked
her"
"Where?"
"In the stomach
"What did he do then?"
"He sat on the bed and She sat beside
him. and laughed. She did not seem TO
be hurt
Alberta Beckett explained that Williams
threw a chair at Margaret Scott. using
an oath at the same time. She denied
that the chair hit the woman. at did
not hit her because Maria caught it,
was her statement.
''What did he say when he cursed her?'
asked a juror.
He said you and threw
the chair" was the witness reply.
Charles Williams was the next brought
into the jury Ioom-
Ibid you know Margaret Scott?' ques-
toned d. Glazebrook.
'Y-s, sir.
After much Interrogation he admitted
having been present at the time indicat-
ed by the other witnesses. He said he
had seen the Scott woman the night be-
fore and when he saw her on the Sunday
morning in question she had her eye
closed up and looked like somebody had
thrown brickbats at her.
what did she say to make you mad?
Nothing"
'What did You throw a chair at her
fore"
"Who said / throwed a chair at her?'
said Matthews. in a surly way.
witnesses have" said d. Glazebrook
81 amt got muffin to do with that
did you not have trouble with her?'
mo. sir; / can prove it,
"Who was there?'
Nobody but Margaret Scott. fellow
named Ginger and myself"