The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
SUSPECTED POISONING
RAILROAD ENGINEER DIED AT
 TER DRINKING WHISKEY.
Two Women Are Field as Suspects, Waiting the Result of Chem cal Examination-Cen-
 tral City News.
Advertiser Bureau.

As he was being driven to the home of a physician early this morning, John Scully, a locomotive engineer, died after being in a stupor for over an hour. and l the circumstances of his death were Of such a, nature that the police arrested Pearl Scott. Clay Hillman and Florence Leftwick, three women of the denni- monde, on the suspicion that Scully was drugged by one of them. It is said the man was in Pearl Scott's house last night. The warrants charged murder. The wo- men made no statements, but they ex- pressed surprise at their arrest. MT. Scully and s. B. Reed, railroad man. went to Pearl Scott's house on Law 1 renee Street last night, according to a statement by Reed. There they drank some liquor and 1t is said that shortly afterwards both were peculiarly affected. Scully falling into a stupor from which he was never aroused and Reed being nauseated A carriage was called and the two men left the place. They went to the Hotel Albert, according to Mir. Reed. but not getting a room there, finally went to the Railroad Y. M. c. A, on East Alabama Street, where Scully was seen to be fin such an alarming condition that Reed hurried him to the residence of a physician so that he could have medical l attention. When the physician saw him about o'clock this morning Scully was dead.
 MT. Reed, who was Mir. Scully's conn panion last night, said they went to the l house together at late hour. He said they were in a room with Pearl Scott and another woman, whose name he did not know. They drank some liquor, which he says was served by Pearl Scott. Short ly afterwards he was nauseated and ne thinks the attack of this nausea saved his life by ridding his stomach of what he believed was druged liquor MT. sculiy within a few minutes, said MT. Reed, be- came drowsy and he was placed upon bed. A carriage was summoned and the two men drove up town.
 At the Hotel Albert, 1t is said, the men applied for lodging but on account of the fact that Scully appeared to be drunk they were turned away. It is reported that they went to a lodging house on Alabama Street, where again they were not received.
 They next stopped at the building of the Railroad Young Mems Christian Assoct- ation on East Alabama Street, where Scully was taken from the carriage and placed upon a table. The mans heavy breathing and inert condition alarmed those who saw him and at once he was hurried to town so that medical atten- ton could be given to him. But when the physician was gotten to Scully's side death had already come and the lifeless body was carried to an undertaking es- tablishment where 1t was kept until ar- engagements for its final disposition could be made.
 The women were arrested by the police about noon today. Pearl Scott and Clay Hillman declined to make statements for publication by the press. but they ex- o.trnVfaa that their aPTaEt had been ordered.
 We were told we were wanted up here," said one of them, Out we don't know what for.''
 And when Turnkey Pat Ahern remarked in their presence that the warrant charg- ed murder, they smiled in wonderment, the Scott woman remarking ironically, Aren't we desperate?'
 At the coroner's inquest this afternoon an autopsy was made and the stomach, which will be subjected to chemical ana- lysis, was removed. The coroner's jury adjourned subject to call without rend- ering a verdict. The coroner's inquest was held under the direction of Justice of the Peace Lloyd, who was deputized by County Coroner Jud Brislin, J. W. Green, J. H. Nunnelee, Theo. Lockett, J. s. Gil- mer. w.. H. Gee and A. Schweizer were empanelled as jurors, Mir. Green being foreman.
 After the autopsy which was performed at 3 o'clock, the coroner's jury examined John Lindsey, a negro hackman, who drove the carriage in which Scully and Reed rode to the hotel and to the Y. M. c. A. He testified as to the places he had driven to.
 Mr. Reed when on the stand gave prac- tically the same evidence as is contained in the statement made this morning. The jury then took adjournment and is ex- pected to reconvene when the State Chem ist has made his report upon his analysis of the stomach. The report may not reach the jury within a week.
 Pearl Scott and Clay Hillman were re- moved this afternoon to the county jail. Their case will probably be called by the Mayor tomorrow morning and set for a later day.
 Florence Leftwick was after the exami- nation released from custody. It Is said she was not in the room when 1t Is al- legged Scully and his companion drank the liquor.
 MT. Scully came to Selma a few months ago from Long Island, and took a posi- ton as locomotive engineer on the SouIn- ern Railway. He lived in Selma for q short time. generally lodging in a room in the Railroad Y. M. c. A. Building. but he afterwards adopted Wilton as his home. Recently he was injured in a wreck at Dogwood and since then he had spent most of his time in Selma.
 He was born in Ireland about forty years ago and Is thought to have come of fine parentage. He was a man of cd- ucation and of superior intelligence. s. M Dolan master mechanic of the South ern Railway, said tonight that when Mir. Scully took the examination required by the road the applicant made such a fine record that the authorities suspected he might have left his former employment. But MT Scully said he had been in bus mess with his brother and having failed was compelled to resume his work As an engineer. He said he had run an engine on the Long Island Railroad. He was member of the Kearn, Cal. Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers He was unmarried and had ho relatives here but it is said his sister and his brother live in New York. Another brother Is said to hold a high position in the Police Department of London.
 MT. Quinn to Remain in Council.
 W. L. Quinn who returned to the city last night after an extended absence, said today that he had no intention to vacate his office as member of the Council from the Fifth Ward and that he expected to be present at the Councils next session. The rumor that MT. Quinn had removed his place of residence and would there fore necessarily resign his office became current just before the December session of the city fathers two weeks ago, but no authoritative statement was made. The rumor was denied in toto by Mir. Quinn today who said he expected to have his home in Selma