The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-26
SCOTT MYSTERY
AS DEEP AS EVER
Nothing Yet to Throw Light on
This Strange MUIR
der,

Another day has passed wRhGno devcl-
opment which serves to th1thwe light on
the mystery which surrounds the murder
OF Mr.. John3W. Scott, now nearly two
weeks past. .Rumors there were in plenty,
but on investigation they p4oved as bar
ren as the scores that have gone before.
One of these was that the gold watch
which is missing and is supposed to have
been taken from Mr. sScott Immediately
after the assault had heeR located in
Philadelphia. This was ds&aied cmplat-
!cally by the detectives a.:F-aby the Scott
family. fjG4i.A
Mr. Fred w. Scott i.fgyds i..fg,ySdssrd,se.stated
that the family lad sffeTf s..Ea ru fa1
the apprehension of&the InfnrdeFer> orsAIr
Scott This sets at rest once for all the
many Tumors that q reward ha Z been Of
fered. and that this had brought new de-
tectives into the field Incidentally. Chief
Tomlinson, of the local detective depart
ment, refused to say whether or not he
thought that muchly[ discussed individual,
the man in the light overcoat had any
thing to do with the murder OF Mn Scott
On the one hand, Pinl1erto1n Detective
-hrewson says the man seen 10y the two
street car men as they passed the Com
monwealth Cluhihad nothingeto do with
the murder. 1t is presumed that he be-
lleves this man to have been some other
member of the club, possibly one whose
name has been connected with the case
on his way home On the other hand.
there is a general public belief. and it is
growing, that the man in the light over
coat knows all, or at least something, of
the crime.
Although further developments are
expected within a day or so, those
who have followed the case closely
still think that there is no chance Of a
fioo 1,1fin Ga,- ~,
now gone so far without an arrest-that
is, an arrest. of importance-and appar-
emily with no clue for the detectives to
work on, that it will finally burn away
leaving the mystery as dark as On the
day Mr.. Scott died.
The description Of the man in the light
overcoat, is given exclusively by The
Times on Sunday morning, attracted wide
attention as being the first description of
this mysterious individual. If this man
who was seen to leave the corner Of Mon
roe and West Franklin Just a few Mir
;utes before the. crime is identical with
the man seen by Mr.. H. B. Renney in
Henry Street. and this can be shown
there is no doubt that an arrest would
fonow his Identification, despite the de-
malls of the PinkertOn detective. He Is
totally unaccounted for. and unlike the
others, he has failed to come forward
and explain.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Charles Lacy, the
young man on the wheel, who said he
heard Mr. Scotts cries. he believes, as
the fatal blows were being delivered. de-
clares that he did not turn at the jeff
erson Hotel, as did The man OH the wheel
seen by Messrs. Beardsley and Ramsbur-
ger Therefore. it is possible that an
other man on a wheel figures III the case
although this is regarded as Improbable
On behalf of the family, no statement
of the case has been issued since the
first day. when it was stated that MIR.
Scott met dean at the hands of high,
Wayman, anG that his watch and purse
were missing. This view Of the case is
stin held by the family.