The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-06-22

sheriff's posse. consisting Of himself,
Triad Boggess. Clyde Boggcss and
i Constable Guy Merritt, declare that
dogs never worked in better
form than the SFrader CANNES.
The chase led them over four
miles Of rough country to the home
of SCOTS sister where the dogs be-
came excited and did moi want to
leave fora time. The sister denied
| that Abe had been there, but the
mute evidence Of the dogs convinced
The Officers that he had. The house
was searched but the fugitive was
! not found. Several miles further
! on when the dogs had again picked
i up the scent a farm house WAS APP
proached that the dogs would not
| leave for time. The farmer said
that a strange negro had asked for
d horse and buggy to 90 10 Grafton,
but was refused. Tie chase led on
to Flemington where the sheriff
knew lie was close on the negro,s
heels. II
He knew that the only way in
which the negro could elude the
hounds then was 10 AXE q train,
He figured correctly that the man
must be nearing Grafton and ac-
cordingly wired ahead from Flem-
ineton 10 Sheriff Means Of Taylor
county, and also to tile chief of the
Grafton police.
Patrolman Joe Fletcher, of Graf
ton, Immediately starred out to in
tercept the murderer on receipt Of
the message, which was received at 3
O'Clock this morning, and at 800
O'Clock, the officer, while walking
along the railroad tracks in West
Grafton. possibly a quarter of a
mile from the heart Of the city, met
the negro He had a good descrip.
ton and recognized his man at once
The officer was taking no chances
and pulled his gun, leveiing it at
the negro's head.
"What yo' want Of me?' Scott in
quired.
officers answer.
'.No, Idon't. ! jes' came in from
, Fairmont">
q want you for the murder Of
that white man down at Clarks-
burg"
I Then Scott weakened and made q
clean breast of it. TIN the man
Won want, all right. but / did it in
self defense was his explanation.
He was taken to the Grafton jail
and held there awaiting instructions
from the sheriff. Fletcher was wiz
ed to bring him to this city on the
first train and accordingly the officer
and his prisoner were aboard train
II when it reached Remington.
| The officers and perhaps twenty OF
the original two hundred and fifty
! who started out in the evening with
the hounds. Joined the officer and his
prisoner No demonstration was
made against the negro. The party
Of friends of the murdered man
seemed to be perfectly satisfied to let
the law take its course. The party
arrived in this city at 7:1s this
morning and the man Scott was
| placed in the county jail.
! A newspaper man got to see him
for second and he freely admitted
/. killing Ridgeway, but his attorney
at this point interposed and would
not allow his client to say anything
regarding the matter. .@
When the men ofIndustrial and
/. employees of the plant learned Sun
day morning that Ridgeway had OK
]. PRED, feeling ran high and it is
possible that had Scott been found
at that time slynching would have
resulted. However, as time elapsed,
they became cooler and by evening
when the hounds were placed on the
scent and had started out on Their
long chase. every one was willing 70
have thaIaw take its course and aid
ed intthe capture,
Sheriff Flanagan said Monday
morning sitter. his return to this CITY
that "a crime cannot be committed
and the guilty party escape for any
length Of time when on the same
continent as tic Shrader hounds.
He has nothing bpt praise for the
clever dogs.
Scott, tie murderer, has a bad
reputation in this region Some
time ago he nearly killed a blower ~,
named Parks at local Factory, The
man Parks. who was blower. lett