The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-16

unless the robber had been ieft-hanced.
Coming UP behind. q rght-hnndct; man
would have struck Mr.. Scott on the rigns
side Of the head. The otner injuries
about the head on this HYPOTHESIS, can
resulting from the stunning blow wnict
caused death.
WALKING STICK USED.
There is every indication that this
crushing blow was struck with Il heavy
walking cane with q curved, heavy han
die. The wound is penetrating, but round
" so. and there were marks on the face
which might easily be accounted for or
the theory that the handle OF the stick
reached forward that far. Then. too,
Immediately above the fracture was q
smaller wound, which seems TO have been
inflicted with the point of the handle. and
which could be explained on that hypcth-
esis An exhaustive search CT the sur
rouadings of the Myers home fails to
show anything at all that might account
for this small punctuce-like wound The
iron fence had no sharp points; there
fore that is out OF the question:, thinks
tho Coroner
Eliminating. as this theory does. the
idea OF q highwayman. there yet remains
the question OF how the killing WAS dcne
Highwavmen do not carry walking STICKS
(! when they assault men CT the streets
| There are thousands of citizens wao 10
carry walking sticks. In personal en-
counter. face to face, the riSht-llaT:ded
man with cane would most naturally
have strucl5%at the head, and the-:oiG"
would have landed on the left side of the
head In this way the theory of a per
sorai encounter gains strength, accord-
ing to the Coroner's belief. The conse-
/ auent fall which would have followed SUCH
a blow would have accounted for at iest:.
one of the other wounds on the head, ana
the continued falls Mr.. Scott received. IN
sight 81 Policeman Thomas. of the Third
Station. while trying to get on his feet
in the Myers yard. would have accounted
for the osher wounds and cuts.
STRUCK THE COPING.
The blood on the, sidewalk may also 7oe
accounted for in tists>way. The greatest
| quantity of this ptoed was found with
Mr.. SCOTS hat, beside the stone coping
! which supports the fence. There, it is
/ believed possible, Mr.. Scott fell and sus-
| tanned a second injury to his head. ieav-
! ing the blood and his hat. while his
I aSSailant moved away. The brim Of the
t hat, q derby, was found to be crushed III
| as I'd from a blow. The man who was
seen by Policeman Krouse might. there
! fore. have been the assassin iiH!seil :
! il not that he at least had passed close
enough 10 Mr.. Scott to hear his means
or even to seq his aQdS.Frhes ts.trls;.' s!'s
! at that cornr-is-Ese:sestroil ] - -eAe
! are no trees to screen it.
| Against this theory there was the miss
! ing gold watch which Mr.. Fred w. Scott.
| brother of the dead mau. says his broth-
| er had on the night of the crime NOW
| comes the statement on high authority
| that this watch is ut the clubhouse. where
| Mr. Scott left it. AS q matter OF fact. IL
I hot Ny, had neither pOcket-
! book nor watch with him, according to the
| statement of q servant in the Common
| wealth Club that Just before Mr.. Scott left
the clubhouse he inquired the time. 1t IS
known positively that Mr.. Scott had Two
| dollars when ho went to the ciuo. pc
cause he spent s1.95 of this sum. and then
in the presence OF another waiter saict
that the live cent piece he received IN
| change was the only money he had.
| MIR. LACY'S STORY.
This. with the statement of Mr.. Charles
! NJ Lacy. OF No lis Grove Avenue. COM
! plctes the theory OF personal S.itacUsiS'
and Mr. Lacy's statement does not ap-
| pear absolutely material to the theory
| Mr.. Lacy says he passed the Myers house
| on his bicycle while Mr.. Scott was ham
mering at the door. trying to get in. ana
! that it attracted his attention at the
| moment, so after p. ssing he turned ana
| rode by again; but believing shat MI.
Scott The did not Know mo 1.lll- Srstsi
would get in all right. he finally RODE
| away and paid TO further attention to
! the matter.
| While exha;lstiug every n,ears OF veri-
| lying this theory, the police ,usiss thae
| they believe distinctly in the accident
theory. Chief OF Detectives To,nlinspa
| and Detective Gibson both believe that
MIR Scott fell about ten PAGES bcI'um;
/ the, Myers house and struck MS head
! hi cl, hnI
! iron fcact. and that this accounts for tho
| crushed skull. Afterwards they think he
staggered over to the Myers steps to caii
for assistance. ard that he fell there, in
! juring himself again. DaEsG as he WaWs
/ by the blows. he could still talk little
| and kept asking to be 1t in. Then. when
| Policeman Thomas came on the scene. he
found Mr.. Scott on his hands and knees
at the Myers steps trying to set to his
| feet
FELL SEVERAL. TIMES.
| AS he struggled and before Thomas