The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-20


Mr.. w. C.=Lefebere, of No. S2S L. West
Grove, was next called to the stand.
lie said he saw Mr.. Scott at the club
ABOUT a 4Quarter-past or half-pasts nine
E CLOCK on Wednesday night. Mr.. Iefe-.
peres attention was called tosStile state
ment of a lady that Mr.. Scott was with
sner at that inc, then he said he had fixed
the time by the fact that he had left his
nome at 5S:15E O'Clock, then played three
Games of pool, fifty points each. at the
Sitip, alter which he saw Mr.. Scott.
POSITIVE OF TIME.
AT tha1 time Nj, Scott spoke of having
~ pay q visit The witness did not see
3'ossloiy how It could have been carrier
th . The time mentioned This inforIna-
s..on came in the nature Of d surprise TO
me Coroner, as until Mr.. Hope had been
S ,!ieo to the stand. there seemed no cyl
oence to show tliat Mr.. Scott had be.1
eiseWheTe than with the lady. Mr.. l-e1c, &c,
oere said he had heard that EIr. ScoTe h1a
been reported calling on lady. and had
thousht It over carefully and he sui pc
llcved 1t was approximately about haif-
PAST . o'clock. He said he did not Know
IL MT. Scott carried 6 wlica
Are You certain vol; le speaking OF
the occurrences of Wednesday night. Nc
Vemoer 18th. and not some other night:
asked Mr.. Richardson.
met with the accident or whatever it
was was the reply. There is no chance
OF my having COMPOUNDED it.
SAW MR.. SCOTT GO.
Following tn S came the evidence OF MI
r. q. Pegram Jr., of No. BIG west franz
lin Street. He saw Mr.. Scott, apparently
on his way out of the club, at a quarter
to 2 o'clock. He remembered, because ne
and four other gentlemen looked at the
rln to 4I,o had fir,1a NAV
another game of pool.
And at that time he was perfectly
able to take care of himself, he ADDED.
IF he had not been I should have gone
with him.
Mr.. Pegrsm stated that he had once
heard Mr. Scott declare that he dld nj
habitually carry money with nun. liz
always had watch although witness n'a
not see it on that night. He had never
heard that Mr.. Scott had ever had any
difficulty with any member Of the club;
so far as ne knew, Mr.. Sco.- lett the
club alone.
DR.. HARRIsON's TESTIMONY.
DIR. c. P Harrison. surgeon OF me
ara bulance in which Mr.. Scott was re-
moved to the Retreat foe tn. Sick, WIS
the next witnesses. He said ne had made
an examination of Mr.. SCOTS pockets
when he reached the Retreat and found
only the things mentioned by DR.. Jordan.
did the articles appear to have been
disturbed in any way before you dis
turbed them?' asked the coroner.
''T couldn't say
Several times in the ambulance, he said,
Mr.. Scott rose half way UP and said he
wanted to- go home. Once he asked:
Where are you carr. ing me-" hut he
Indicated in no way how the affair oc-
cured
After this testimony, Mr. Pegraal re-
turned to the stand tC say that he saw
Mr. Scott come into the club at ten min
utes past eleven o'clock. He recalled this
distinctly, because he CNr Pegram) had
asked q gentleman the time.
KNEW OF NO TROUBLE.
MI Calvin Whitley. of No. sol West
rrani-H7 Street, said he left the club at
ilitcen minutes past one o'clock. then he
Went nome He saw Mr.. Scott lest about
that time, but was away from the cI,,r
when MI. Scott is said to have ,aft Hs
had never heard cf Mr.. Scott bovino had
troUnle with anyone in the club. CIR else
where
t'lr. ~ Il: Nelson. of the NoHIan Com
ganS' jewelers.. on Main Street. told of tie
oeilverE OF the missing watch to Mr. SCOTT
! ''t Wednesday at noon before tl,a n,,,rde,.
oh thursday morning. Mr. Scott had M
nam, SO put the watch in tho left-hand
trousers pocket He had an idea that
! W.. scout usually wore a chain,
s4,.oa. Ia liihe Mr. Scott wore ordinary
VOC !, as -. when found injured he
| not left in the trousers of 49, -. vas
sur. ne family searched al! of tho 49, &C. :.
man clothing without result
a MISSING COIN
Following Mr.. Nelson, came NJ
LIN. men came an important biz 81
testimony, advancing the l,igh,'.. ~ VI
uels theory. Mr. Scott, it seemed had
iecei'eo III change a the Club y tiftv-
eelie piece, mad spent nothing after he
| received that coin. an,. If vac 49,, m
when he was found. >
"heh asked about this. Mr.. StrtnaroI-
10" SAID he had no idea of what -, :,
become OF the cain. He knew tb,t NJ,
| Scott habitually carried a watch Nj -
Eot see 1t On the night of the crime. Vie
SAID MI Scott had seemed entirely ,b1a
| to take care OF himself He wts avara
OF no trouble Mr.. Scott had ever had VIII
| any one.
THE MYERS BUTLER.
Major Myers butler Thomas !, I'D
munds then took the witness chair Ito
! heard none of the disturbances of 1he
| night OF the murder, but next morntn.
| washed away the blood stains There
were several drops on the storm door
| others on the steps. a print of finger TIPS
| at the bell, anG Il stream on the far side
from the bell. No blood at all was found
on the porch or bay window
He said he found no blood on the pave
| ment except one big puddle twenty feet
from the gate. He, boy and a maid
servant, all sleep on the premises, but
neither he nor the maid heard the ham
| nerinG and shouting
Then came adjournment until 10 o'clock
| this morning, when the inquest will be
| closed UP within an hour or SO. Immedi-
| ately after adjournment Coroner Taylor
called the attention OF the jury to the
| hat and clothes of the dead man, which
! Were in the COURTROOM. The hat on the
| left side, where the fatal blow had been
delivered, was broken. as if the stick or
| whatever had been used to deliver the
blow had struck the rim. The clothes,
beyond the blood stains, threw no light on
/ the case proper.
WHITNEY, TOAST