The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-20
MI JRDER IS PROVEN
STILL WITHOUT CLUE.
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Mr.. Calvin Whitley gave iInmateIi i
testimony. ana Mr.. A. r. Nelson, OF the
Nowi;ind Company, 5ewelers, stated mat
the missing watch had been returned to
Mr. Scott on the morning OF wednesday
before the murder.
95nrouh., aat. Str.ngfeilow, OF Scott ana
strinrfel!ow. was developed the lac.
about the missing ffiy cent piece "iisn
Mr.. Scott received In change While IN me
club. and which. so far as can pc iea.ii
ed, he did not spend there MAJOR My
ers' butler Thomas l.. l3dnuaas'
sc-flged the blood stains found. on the
steps ana sidewalk. The principal niooo
spot, nc said, was twenty ieet 70 .ite
west CT the gate to the Saro
THEN CAME ADJoURNMENT
FoIlowing this there was an adjcrn-
ment until this morning st ten o'clock,
when ii is expected the inquest VIII ne
rushed to d speedy conclusion. Inc pfill-
cipai witnesses to-day VIII be minnie
Booker The negro woman VINO heard inc
two men run past the hone OF aI. Sai-
-ineton 1T Grace and Belvidere Streets
ti.st after the screams Were heard. talk
ing as they ran, and the headwaitcr OF
the Commonwealth Club Winston. Two
other waters of the club have been call
ed and an attempt will be made to find
out what became OF the fifty cent piece
It is possible that ii w2s given cut as
a tip to one OF the club walters.
The examination will conclude possibly
before noon to-day and Il verdict of muir
der at the hands of an unknown person
Is cotidentis expected, not only By the
coroner. but by every Ole who has fol-
lowed the Evidence fl Every trend ii is
felt. is toward that theory. Indeed. with
;ot,
that ii would have been practically i'm
possible for tile dead man TO have re-
iceired the wound which Killed him from
any accidental fal;. there seems il is
thought. nothing for the jury to do hut
70 render an immediate verdict.
DIIE CoRONER'S STATEMENT
Last night. Coroner Taylor talked of
s the results of the investigation and cx-
4 pressed the opinion that Il verdict OF
death at the hands of n person or persons
unknown seemed more than probable.
think we have entirely eliminated
the accident theory. he said. Il attach
great Importance to the evidence which
seems to point to murder. particularly
to that OF Mrs. Bowie who heard the
lcries for help The beliefs expressed by
fothers that murder must have been done
are all important as tending to confirm
Il general impression. l still hear rumors
of theories. one of which is that a woman
has figured il the case. but there is moth
ing tangible in IL ALI.
1t was suggested that possibly his
was the IDEA that Detective krewson
was employed on.
mo. j don't think So replied the Coro-
ner. He is working on something else
IL think, but What l don't know. The
Scott family still clings TO the belief that
Mr.. Scott was robbed, and this. think,
possibly the line Mr.. krewson is follow
ing. Personally The highway-robbery
theory, even after the evidence of to-day,
seems faulty to me. The watch and corr.
of course, offer the mysteries, but there
is possibility that these We're not on Mr..
Scott at the time. Besides his coat was
found buttoned and Il ropper would
have done that or left il so if he wanted
to hardly rob
Then, too, the brutality of the crime
seems against the theory OF robbery
No one but negro of the lowest, t1er;@st
tyne would have committed such a deco.
/ don't know how it viii all develop. The
highway-robbery theory may yet ne tx
ploded. ] attach no Importance what av"r
TO the story of the man with Ih, i,"Et
oycrcoat. who was supposed to have
been seen in Henry Street Som Ho ,dS
must have been mistaken, or else The
man was Mr.. Hope"
Below is given n more detailed account
of the stories told by the Vafiols Nit
nesseS.