The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-07
SURRENDERED TO THE POLICE.
THE SLAYER OF MARIE SCOTT
GAVE HIMSELF UP.


Chopping wood and the AK Flew
From the HeIve and struck His
Wife in the side of the Head-Cir-
cumstanccs of the Killing All
Brand the story rs FaIse-ScOtt
says lie Passed the Night and Day
tn the City-Identity of the Mys-
teriOus Woman DiscIOsed-She Is
Amanda Field and Has Told Her
story TO the Coroner and Police.
Isaiah Scott the murderer Of his wife,
Marie Scott. walked into the police sta
ton house at 10 o'clock last night and sur
rendered to Sergt. Killourhy. The super
intendent was notified that Scott had Civ
en- himself up and came down at once from
his office to hear the story the wife-slayer
was evidently prepared and anxious to
tell.
Scott Aid he killed the woman accident
ally. The identity OF the mysterious tall
brown woman. who was seen to leave the
house in which the crime was committed
shortly before Scott, was revealed during
the day She came TO the office OF the
superintendent and expressed her wiling
ness to tell all that she knew about the
matter. Her name is Amanda Field,
cook in the home Of a prominent family
living on Park avenue. She says that she
went TO SCOTS house about o'clock Fri
day night to see Betsy Mazque, the moth
er of the murderer. She tapped on the
door and Scott opened it. She asked him
where his mother was. He answered that
she had gone out and that Marie, his wife.
had gone 10 the home of her mother. He
was himself, he said, preparing to so and
bring her home and intended leaving the
house within a few minutes. He was then
IN his coat sleeves and without mis- shoes,
and appeared 60 the Field woman to be
dressing and to have been interrupted by
her tap upon the door. She went into the
front room Of the house only, and, staying
only a few minutes. saw nothing 10 lead
her to think that a crime had been COM
United She is a respectable colored wo-
man of apparently middle age. She sub
sequently told the same story she related
10 the superintendent to Coroner Goette.
This was the situation when Scott walk
ed into the station house and gave himself
up. He was calm and undisturbed and
simply announced that he had heard that
the police were looking for Isaiah Scott,
and that he was the man. The superin-
tendent had a talk with him. and sent
out at once TO notify Henry Lee, the
father of the murdered girl, that Scott
was at the station house.
AT II 80 o'clock Lee came up and con-
fronted Scott. In the dim light of the
station house corridor the two men met,
and in the presence of the superintendent,
some of the detectives and a Morning
aaI he re
lation of his story regarding the manner
of his wife's death.
Il had been sick for some time, but
yesterday evening, The said, Il felt bet
ter and thought that / would go out into
the yard and cut some wood / was still
weak. and did not know whether or not 1
would be able 10 use the AK. Marie was
sitting on the doorstep leading out into
the yard, and l picked up the ak and
began to chop the wood"
Il swung it two or three times around
my head and as l started to cut the first
lick the blade of the ak flew from the
helVe and across the yard, striking Marie
in the side Of her head. She moaned and
fell, and l walked over and picked her
up, carried her into the house and laid
her upon the bed of her room. l went
again into the yard fixed the blade of
the ak back upon the helve. and, coming
into the house. bathed my wlfe's head and
attempted to stop the flow of blood
could do nothing for her. aud she died
within "a few minutes"
Soon after Amanda Field came to the
dool, and l let her in. / told her that
my mother and Marie were both out, and
she went away. 1 left the house myself.
intending TO so down to the barracks and
give myself up. l walked to the door of
the barracks but then thought I had
something to do, and would put off my
surrender until to-day. l stayed all night
ana all the day within two blocks of the
barracks, and tonight gave myself IN
Lee is negro of the old school and
ne bore the tale about the manner OF his
daughters death that everything sur-
rounding the killing showed to be a DELHI
crate lie, with stoical composure. He lis
tened calmly TO il all and then said (ha is
venerable old negro, and his words car
Iieu welgho; Isaiah. you killed my
uaughter, deliberately and without any
reason. she was good girl, and YOU
know IT, am sorry for Your mother hut
you have murdered Marie, and the LAW
VIII punish you. l am satisfied to let n
take its course" ~ -
NO one familiar with the circumstapcos
OF the killing believes that there is a -,
OF truth In SCOTS story. There was Nc
piood upon the steps of the house nor
"Poh the moor leading from them nOr. In
any place other than the bed in which me
woman lay. The head of the bed v.aS
spattered with blood, which had snurtef
up apparently when The fatal ana hruta,
blow was struck. The handle of the nv
was covered with blood, and there was :
pool OF blood beneath the body of m,
dead woman. His subsequent actions ~,
lying statement that he made as he l4f
the house as to the Whereabouts of hi,
Wife, and every fact in regard TO the mai
ter that has yet been brought to light ADD
certainty 10 the conclusion that il vas !
cruel and premeditated murder.
SCOTS statement that he spent the nigb
In the city, even. Is not believed bv m,
police. There are facts that lead 10 IN,
conclusion that he left the city on IN,
Florida Central and Penlnsular train earl,
yesterday morning. and that he returne,
some time later in the day He was no
excited when he told his story. but wa
calm and cool throughout The date q
the inquest has not yet been defnltel,
determined by Coroner Goethe. but il /
probable that n win be held some lin
early i'm the present week The murdere,
n W.. I,a