The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-16
Mr.. George Scott Pointed Out Person
Thought His Brothers. Murderer.
NAY HAVE HAD AIN ENEMY.
The Theory OF Personal Encounter Gains
Strength. and the Pointing Cut Of Mr..
Dixoa Seems TO Show the Scott
family Believes Oae Person
Guilty Description OF the
Possible Suspect

Pointed out ty Mr.. George Ccie Scott.
The first suspect in connection with the
mysterious death of NIr. john W. Score.
/ who received his death blow in West
Franklin Street TT half-?ast enc o'clock
last Thursday morning. has teen arrest
led. While this man. Mr.. j. 7. Dixon. 1t
! Ruston. La. was Immediately released,
the arrest furnishes the first description
OF the person who is supposed to have
dealt the blow which caused Mr. Scots
death Thus is partially established tho
/ theory of Coroner Taylor, that the MUIR
der must have been the result of {, per-
Sonal encounter, and there Is also shown
! the fact that the Scott family appareat-
lily suspects one particular person OF the
| murder
I Mr.. Dixon. who was arrested S a Con-
| federate veteran. He is seemingty about
/ forty-five years old. although older; is
| inclined to stoutness, falling far short OF
corpulency. however: Is about five feeE
/ eight inches tall and is apparently a man
| of considerable prowess.. He wears
q full belrd. cut rather short and round
ed ana of a srayish hue. musstacha OF
| medium size and length and has a fuIi
| head of hair. EIs complexion is, if any
thlnS, Slightly swarthy. apparently from
an outdoor life. and he is altogether u
man of superior education and intelli-
gence. having heen educated IL the " III.
l., OF this State. Ersii recently he Was
a newspaper man in Ruston. He has been
in Richmond only two days.
SEEKING THE NAN.
From the fact that the brother OF the
dead man pointed out Mr.. Dixon in ths
street as & suspect and he was tnlrlc
/ diately taken into custotty5J:sf is presumed
/ that the members of the detective bureau
| have been furnished with n description
! of a man who resembles Mr.. Dixon, ana.
! that around this unknown man centecs
| the mystery which enshrouds the death
| of Mr.. Scott None of the detectives
| viii admit that this is the case. but is
was established through other sources.
! Thus is known for the first tr.le appre1f-
matey what the suspected murderer looks
| like. and thus is established the fact that
| the Scott family probably has one partlc-
! tilar nstn in mind.
/ Mr. Dixon was walking through tho
/! western part of the city: toward Grows
| Avenue yesterday afternoon about tbree
/ o'clock when Mr.. George Cole Scott ani
I Policeman Johnson Walton came along.
| He noticed that Mr. Scott pointed I'm ont
! and seemei: to be somewhat excited and
as he reached the policeman and Mr.
| Scott they addressed him. asking wherc
| he was going. He replied that he WAS
| going out 10 Grove Avenue. and passed
along. Immediately Mr.. Scott and tine
/ policeman followed him. stopping him and
| plying him with questions to who he
was. where be had come from. where he
was stopping and what nc was doing ii
| the city.
TIEi WAS SUSPECTED
Finally Mr.. Dixon lost his temper.
What do you think I ani?" he 1c-
| nlanded. ~ criutnal?'
| we are not so sure but what you might
be- replied Mr. Scott.
You had better answer the questions"
/ advised the policeman.
! A few more questions were asked and
| then Mr.. Dixon was told that he was ,i!i-
| der arrest.
Arrested for what. he asked.
Tor the murder of John W. Scott
| was the reply.
/ Mr.. Dixon went peacabIt to the Second
| Police Station. where he was locked uJ,
| His name was not entered! on the blotter.
/ Finally Chief-of-Detectives Ton1linsnn
| who had been Immediately summoned.
| called az the station and Mr.. Dixon was
! required to prove his identity. He did
| this without the least trouble. showing
| that he had arrived in Richmond ori,- a
i day or so ago on Il visit and that he was
| stopping on North Seventh Street. De-
| tective Tominson was soon convinced Of
| the facts as related By Mr.. Dixon. and
| he. was released.
LOOKED LIKE THE. SUSPECT
Why was I arrested?'. asked Mr..
| Dixon.
! Etcatise you bear u striking resar-
| blance to the man who is suspected oc
| the murder OF Mr. Scott he WIS told
This arrest was the result OF per-
| scnai hunt being made yesterday by Mr..
/ - ~ nf Ipuf
/ man. Two or three times during the day
| .|r. Scott was seen with Detective Tom
Iii son. and 1t is therefore supposed that
| the Scott brothers have q definite Idea OK
| who they are looking for. Their conten-
| tier, that the dead man was murdered
has been mistaken by the theories which
lave been advanced by others who are
vestigating the ease. This hunt viii
probably continue day by day aue! other
arrests are expected n,oneutariiv.
While amazed at his arrest for a crime
OF which he knew absolutely nothing MFR
Dixon took it good naturedly. 1t vas. ne
said, the greatest shock he ever had
However, he was treated with the utmost
courtesy by the police OF the Second Sta
ton ard not held beyond the time neceS-
s3ry fer him to show who he WIS He Is
a Confederate veteran ana Will remain
I here lon- enough to look around the his
toric points of re city.
RIFT IN THE, MYSTERY.
[ This arrest is the first riff II a cloud
OF uncertainty Each succeeding hour In
the investigat ton Of Mr. Scots's death has
4 brought host of new mysteries to be
solved but these. IN the light OF the ar
rest and the knowledge that some definite
person Is suspectcd, have become more
transparent. The highway -ohber theory
has been abandoned, sleek. stock md bar
! rel. by every one. while The new theory
OF a personal encounter rhich would
i seen to be holstered up by the arrest OF
I yesterday afternoon offers a reasona BILE
/ explanation to many points which have