The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-21

Broad Street. She Was-in9 bed 8 az Wy. -
time, but could tell in which direction ti,e
men were going from the sound OF lhsls
footsteps. She got up and locked OUT u
the window. but did not see the men.
EXACT IANGL'A,iE
Minnie was closely questioned as to the
exact language used by the men. ohe
stuck to it that the words used were,
Didn't we done it, and not Didn't we
do it,
The witness said she elatcd what she
had heard to Mr.. Darlington the next
morning before she learned of the death
of Mr.. Scott After hearing of the muir
der she repeated to Mrs. Darlington what
she had overheard.
Minnie said it was, as well as she could
calculate, about three minutes after she
heard the scream until the men passed
her house, going toward Broad Street.
Mr. l., n Zimmerman, who lives at
Belvidere and Broad Streets, testified that
Mr.. Scott was at Benefits livery Stable
on the afternoon before he was killed, to
order his horse to be ready for him to
60 out to ti.r Hunt Clab Jhe witness
saw Mr.. Scott take his watch out. and
heard hin, remark that 1t was then TWEEN
" minutes to o'clock. There was no
chain to the watch which was gold
time-keepcr. MIR. Scott had on MS r!d-
ing clothes ct the time
NJ 6O tAIJ J l LIZ.
Then came the testimony of Mrs VIII
liam, T.. Royal, who lives in West ffaht>-
lir Street diagonally across the street
from the Myers home. She stated that
she was half awake on the night of the
crime when she heard loud ard vio-
lent alteration in the street betW two
men Both men (she SAID there might
possibly have been three) were talking
ut the tops of their voices, but she could
not make out any single word. ltseemed
to i1cr that the mon wero Violently angry
Mrs. Royal paid no particular after
ton 10 this controversy, as it was not
uncommon for men to talk that way in
going up the street late at night Soon
.his discussion ceased and sorne live min
utes later she heard q violent knocking.
Her curiosity was aroused and she got
~ and looked out, but saw no one.
voice was feel5ly crying out: Let me
in; am out in the cold
When Mrs. Royal learned of the death
Of Mr.. Scott she at once associated the
incident in the street with the killing.
It certainly was not more than
five minutes between the alteration in
the street and the hammering upon the
door was heard.
CRIES WE'RE FEEBLE.
Mrs. Royal said the voice when it
cried out after the knocking began was
very feeble and sounded like that of
nan in a dream. When she looked out
III the window she could have seen any
one on the sidewalk. but could not have
seen any one in Major Myers porch
Mrs. Royal caused & laugh when she
remarked during the examination that
she was the daughter OF a lawyer and
tie wife of a lawyer, and had been told
to look out for the cross-qnestioning
NOT y WORD iIN1ELLIGIBLE
Mrs. Royal said it was impossible to
distinguish a single word spoken during
the alteration. in the street. the discus
sion was a very angry one; she was I'M
~ - 500 whn+'7a~ the voices We're those
Of white or colored people. The knocking
upon the door was very violent
Mrs. John Enders, who resides at No.
ao4 West Franklin Street, testified that
about o'clock she heard the violent al
tcrcation in the street. 1t was certainly
between two men-and possibly more.
This alteration lasted possibly fifteen or
twenty minutes. Then there was silence
for about the space of five minutes, when
she heard the knocking upon the door
and the voice crying out Let me in The
alteration was apparently on Major
Myers corner.
Mrs. Enders could not distinguish a
word that was spoken during the alterca-
ion. INclc was SO HUGH NOISE as TO
cause her to believe that more than two
might have been engaged in the dispute
Mrs. Enders did not go to the window
when she heard thenoise.
EVIDENCE ALL IN.
This closed the taking of the evidence
in the case. Coroner Taylor then read
to the jury the result Of the post mortam
,Xamination on the body of Mr.. Scott, and
the conclusions he had drawn from it.
Here is the statement:
His hcigh vast feet 10 inches: girth at
the chest. so inches; weight about 100 to
i25 pounds. He was thin, slim, delicate
and fechle-lookins. There were no inju-
ries except on the head and right hand.
All the injuries are behind the ears, ex-
cept a bruise near the right cheekbone.
i. 4 cut through the upper Part of the
right ear, not quite horizontally, one inch
long. cutting through the ear and nearly
cutting off its upper part; the edges not
clean-cut, but jagged. The cut is contin-
uous with one in the scalp under it three
quarters OF an inch long, and going
through the scalp to the bone. The edges
OF this are cleaner cut than the ear
wou1;d y little back Of the right check
bone begins a reddish bruise. and. con-
tinuing with diminishing color towards
The ear and in a line with it. but the
bruise is chiefly a detached patch three
quarters of an inch in diameter. The
whole length from the cut on the ear to
the bruise is about three inches. This was
i severe but not fatal wound
THE OTHER WOUNDS.
''2. a vertical cut half an inch long
merely Though the skin, that is sup9rfi-
c!al in a lire with the right ear, about one
inch above the upper border of tire ear
and three and 4 half inches behind it. and
an inch and n quarter TO the right Of the
middle line. It is very trivial
'3. a trivial superficial scalp wound.
three inches above No 2and a haIf-inch
to the right OF the middle line. About one
inch to the left OF No. 8 and a half-inch
IL thu left of the middle line. and L half
inch below No ., is a deep depression in
the scalp about an inch in diameter and
nearly or quito circular in shape. The
scalp is bruised through its thickness
but the bono beneath is utiniurcd
-: y confused cut three inches to the
left OF the middle line, IN inch and a half
vert's ally above the upper border of the
left car. not quito vertical in direction.
but extending fco!n above downwards ana
forwards, one inch long, ragged edges
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