The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-18
DEATH LAID TO
SCOTT HANCOCK
Nephew Of Famous General Ar
rested Tor Murder Of Servant
WARRANT FOs SISTER
EVIDENCE or MALPRACTICE
MYGTERY sHaoUDs TIME or
THE VICTIMS SAD
DEATH

HgaNyle aid oot II Winfield
SEQ Hancock, a son Of Col John
iianeoek ash nepaew of the late Gen.
Winfield scott Hancock, was arrested
aay al has fathers home Coll ns-
wood, three miles from Flyattsviile. on
.the charge of causing the death II
Ai,s Emma snallwee 4 seavant III
rhir faaher's honse warrant VIA
issued FER MRS Amanda Mactall. b sis-
ter Of Hancock, but she was net at
home when the constable called fhere
early ths evening.
Hancock wa IN bed when arrested
AMI seamad 10 be fl no condition 10
make stltemonr is alleged that
he has been more or less under ne in
fu nce Of liquor rince the tragedy
same to ieht
Emma Snpil 7ool who came ff5m
Tie Flt ms, va bad hoea n the enl
DloY ~ Cul Hancock about gaar
lIa1 death wa not made known until
Jeiay when II was talel taat sha
I a1d coin home Thursday after aq Hn
gpatncl absence Of three days Shc
annrmnel cf feeling i'll and soon
az cgwsrl faint d hancock 1t wa said
caught her as she was | ling and she
IlioLia hts arms as he was carrying
aer % her room
An aajop made By Dr. Glazebrook
and Lattimer revealed thar a Grim nal
alton bad been performed in
hocRinely unskillful manner. In the
,lglan az the doctors. the condition of
t1Hr lUiy Indicated that the woman
lll hcna dead since Wednesday,. not
Thursday Today, in the woodshed,
Nler thc pigeon house on Col Han
ocl, place, werc found some cotton,
ame ecl clohng and q broken bot
Il Elc WA rad apparently contained car
Belle acd. n GEE of Cal. Hancock
Xpaino1 that be acid hal been used
for Killing ycrmln
u was Mss Maekall HqHcock's sis.
cf, wio testified before the carener's
/ m-y That Miss Smalwood ded
rhwfday night Hancock himself had
beea summoned before the jury bur
hal nayer been in condition q testify
lie has not yet made any statement
Ac only sentence that he has been
sara TO mner he'ng This is terri
Ile' This a ierrible,"
Col Hanccck. bis father says he
lnew nothing Of he woman's death
Imtil Friday morning. He say his
son has hcn in lpior nearly all the
THO for q yea ANA he did not seem
uprsod that he had soten into
rouble The woman Is known to have
had admirers n 'he village
Col Hancock and his wife regard
! the charge Of murder brought against
: their son as ridiculous Both the
Colonel aud Mrs Hancock show the
1act of ihe uan and the old gem
leman broke down when told % The
arrangement made to make their son
comfortable Ia prison The Colonel
I1n1 Mrs. iiaucock viii & believed.
BE summoned when tho coroner jury
-eccnvclcs tmaruw THE Colonel de-
eiarcd be wanted nothing ha, justice
ror hts son
WindclI Scot llanc9ck IS forty-Jwo
ears 40 rae wac formerly attached
The Census Bureau. an was am-
Iul1yei uudCr the d st,ict government
fee ONE years as Inspector. Since me
Igcvered hi. conn acti'n with b. Cen
us bureau Two years ago. he has been
3l' of enplog mcnt
Harcocks wife died three years ago.
She was ma living with him a the
Z noe OF her death, aud thei- two chill
fren are nov living wib relatives.
Mrs. Hancock was a Miss Markrite-
of wash reton
Col Hancock IS chief Of the STA
uoncry Department Of ibe United
4 states Pfn '0n office
Z a postal card received by N T.
HaUarsn signed "Emma smallwooi7
saring she would De- unable & enter
/ his aru0y fer several weeks. a. iho
/ IIIarc.cts hai decided fe remain
/ rrniah- l3reer before rafnra ng 70
/ washington She vas go have entered
/ ihe employ of Nr Hailnrsn tWo weeks
20 isfivCE declare that the hand
7 rrt ae is 1o- ras' n MI.. Smaliweoi.
Con- able Barr sass f,at Hhan De
( 'r.erei ~ rs S-ai.Ho7d'e roon De
found ire dead girl In sttira whicn
. 7lG u0t Took as % she hai Just returned
arrr three dsvs absence The room
ras Uttered wih siump of cislr-
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