The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-15

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MIR SCOTS INJURIES.
Inflammation Of 8 the INJURIES show
that his had a big bruise on the back5of.
the head, d cut on the right side, another
brtise on the top OF his head, and q long
cash beginning back OF his ear and
cutting. sthEou gh. From my examination
Il believed that these injuries mus have
been inflicted with al stick or stone. pos
sibiy a stone = s,s sc
&, men sir Scott had been made as COM.
Portable as possible; U message: was sent
TO his family and lib brntjlsr, ii + George
cole Scott, n ho hurried a cnce to- the
Retreat. With him Wenr5 DR.. Stuart Me-
sGuire ard everything possible Was s done
10 revive Mr. SCOT. So that he mig t Seil
how the injuries were inflicted, but heS II II
3nallys passed away ats Q. cloc, arrya'nls
the secret Of his death to the crave v
Coroner Taylor was no iiietsss OF #ss ills
death and Immediately took charge OF
the body. An examinati ion -of the BODY t',el?
showed that the lead lad besIl fs,tr-
fully injured either one of two DOCKS
which the dead man LAD Ieceived. &c ing
sufficient to cause death. The skull was
fractured on both the left side and the
right side and 1t was q wonder TO 4 the
physicians that III view OF this fact 81 MI.
Scott lived us long as he did. Behind
the left ear was q deep cut, greatly re-
sembling q stab wound, and this cut had
.cxteEded into the brain. ACROSS and eA-
tending behind the right ear was another
cut, also breaking the skull, but evidently
not as violently delivered as was the
one behind the left ear. On top OF s1hs
head was a large bruise; there Wss an
ether similar briise much lower down q
the right and still another on the leIt
Of the base of the brain.
HAND MAS HURT.
In addition TO these the right hand had
been badly bruised as il Mr.. Scott hau
wardad of the blows and had been. IN IN
jured in that way On the left leg pc
low the thigh there was another prulse'
not OF great size, but showing that
something must lave Struck the DEAD
man there with great force. What TINS
could have been Is another of the many
mysteries which surround the case.
After this examination Coroner Taylor
expressed the opinion that Mr.. Scott must
have received a violent blow on the lett
side Of the head from q heavy cane with
a curved handle. Family across the face
could be traced what appeared to pe Tue
line where the handle had strucka&tne
head, the point of it having inflicted the
blow which crushed the skull. The blow
on the right side of the head could posi-
5 bly, have been Indicted by a cane in the
same way, the cut across the ear having
been q natural rc.sult of such a blow
The Coroner does not believe that any
man could have fallen hard enough to
have inflicted these particular injuries.
You see,'' said Coroner Taylor, If
man had come UP behind Mr.. Scott with: a
crooked handle on a heavy cane, the blow
which caused his death could easily have
been inflicted. 1t would not necessarily
have required a loaded cane, but one
with a turn in the handle would have done
the work. 1t would have taken d great
deal OF strength to deliver such a blow,
because the fracture is remarkably large.
The other wounds on the head seem to be
something in the nature of stab wounds
] don't know how they could all have
been caused save by an assault from the
rear.
DETECTIVES AT WORK.
When the report or the murder reach
ed the Detective Bureau Chief Tomlin-
son. with Detective Gibson, 4m1ned.ateiys
took charge ofssthes case. Together they
went to tibet Retreati andstnlnu telyrAex-l
amined the injuries of the dead man,
after which they tried to see Major My.
ers. They were Informed that he had
tried gone out Of town on an Inspection
trip, not having expected a fatal ter
1nination to the affair Of the night be-
fore, and that lie would not be back a.
the city until; last night. Then they
tried to see Officer krouse. ne, too mao
gone out Of the city for the day on
hunting trip. A messenger was sent for
him, and he returned in the afternoon.
With them the work progressed along
a general line, and as hours passed other
detectives were placed on the case until
by O'clock every available man in the
( city was busy probing the maze. OF mys-
terry. Finally came the informal ton to
Ethe detectives that the robbery theory,
W ich had been maintained by the broth
ers5 Of the dead man, had been. exploded
by the discovery of Mr. SCOTS watch.
which was supposed to have been taken
from his body. It was also tascertained
that Mr. Scott Gid not have much money
with him when he left the CLUB. as he
had shown a nickel to waiter there
jokingly, and remarked that that was
all the money he had.
In view of this change in the face Of
the case, there was a sudden abandon
ment of the murder theory, and every
body was OF a hunt for a new basis from,
which to work. At length, however.
there was held a conference in the Office
Of Chief Howard, at which Mr.. Fred.
w. Scott, of Scott &, Stringfellow, brother
of the dead man, was present, and at
which Officer Krouse told his story
HE HAD TWOsWATCHES.
Mr. Fred. Scott explained that his
brother had two watches, ana the STATE
ment Of the family that he must nave
been killed for his money was made on
the strength of. the fact that his purse
| and the watch were missing True, one
Of the watches was at home. but the
other, which had been given to the dead
| man by his mother, was the one which
he always carried, and it was this one
which could not be found.
| Then came a sudden revival of the
murder theory, coupled with the state
5ment Of half a dozen physicians that
while Mr.. Scott might nave received soms
Of the injuries to the head by a fall, he
could not under any circumstances nave
| received the two which had caused his
death. Beside there remained then the
| matter Of the right hand to be explained
| away. This bore every evidence Of nav
| ing been injured while Mr.. Scott was try
ing to defend himself against has assail-
ant or assailants.
With the return to the murder theory
| the detectives office suddenly assumed q
new activity. Men were sent sourrying
| in every direction 70 search the pawn
shops for a gold watch with the initials