The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-11-14

we were guilty. why didn't we do T.?
Adams produced letter he had re-,
ceived from negro sailor in Phfia-I
delphia and gave it to the reporter TO,
read The letter was written wit Ia
pen Among other things. the writer.
said II he had known Adams was go,
ing on the same vessel as Scott that
he would have stopped him: that Scott.
was desperate negro and that he was
generally disliked by all the sailors
who knew him. He said further, hat
knowing Scott as he did he would not.
have gone in the same crew with linn
for anything fo- fear that he would
cause trouble. The writer stated that
he had heard Scott make the state /
ment that IL he ever had any trouble
aboard vessel and had to kill cnel
man, that he would endeavor to kin
all on board.
Sawyer said Scott's excuse for not
telling that they bought pistols in No
bile was that he feared IL the captain!
looked for them and did not find them
that he would think 1t scheme put up
on his fellow sailors TO get the officers
down on them. III we had the pistols
and displayed them in the forecastle, !
Sawyer said, ''as Scott maintained,
why should he have had any doubt
about the captain finding the pistois?''
Sawyer and Adams both said they mad
strong hopes of new trial. Adams
and Sawyer still maintain that Coax
ley was not connected with the affair,
and that Scott alone committed The
murders. The demeanor of Adams an
Swayer is certainly in their favor
Scott was also interviewed and he,
sticks to his same story. He said he
had been given a fair trial he suppos-.
ed by the court, but not by the pub
lie, and the verdict he said was largely
based on public opinion. Scott says
that the district attorney worked a
smart trick on him in getting him to
testify against Adams and Sawyer to
hang them and then use them against
him. Scott was asked if the was sur
prised at the verdict returned yester-
day and his reply was that he was
not. That hope springs eternal in the
human breast, is certainly plainly
demonstrated in the case of Scott He
says he has hopes Of getting an appeal
but has taken no steps to do so ye'
He wrote four letters yesterday and
he stated to the reporter that he had
written to his people in Philadelphia
to see If he could raise some money
with which to employ an attorney and
make an effort to get an appeal. He
said he would know what he could do,
this week.
Scott says he has a wife and Gwo
children in Philadelphia. He received
a letter from his wife on Friday
The demeanor Of Scott has chang I'd
f111 cph
this city. When he was first placed in
the New Hanover Jail the representa-
tive of The Messenger went to the Jail
to interview him and he was very inso-
lent Yesterday he got up from his
cot and came to the door Of his cell.
No one would have ever known him to
left yesterday, Scott said to him
"Well. you are coming back occasion
ally, amt you, to see if anything new
is going on
Court Did Not Adjourn
Court was not formerly adjourned
yesterday, but only took re-
cess, SO anything transpiring at this
term is open to be brought up so long
as the court is not adjourned
Sympathy for Adams and Sawyer.
Each day the public becomes more
and mor>. doubtful about the guilt of
Adams and Sawyer and the great ma
jority Of those who are heard to
speak of the case say they should not
be hanged The more familiar tine
public becomes with the case the
stronger grows this belief. A petition
to commute the sentence of Adams
and Sawyer to life Imprisonment would
be largely signed and by those VINO
are most familiar with the evidence
Several court officials who heard all
of the evidence expressed the most
serious doubt as to Adams and Sawyer
heing guilty of the crime CHARGED