The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-03

As to whether defendant went too far
at the end Of the combat .pfesents an
otlieer phase of the cFsc! Judgment re-
versed and case reriaaded.
DEATH OF DR. JOHN ]. SCOTT.
Another Hero of the Confederacy is
dead. Amidst cherished hopes for his
recovery, his life hiekered as a taper
At 1890 O'Clock last night the soul of
as gallant and as true man as ever
lived winged its flight to the God who
gave it. DR.. John ] Scott is no more
He had been confined to his home nearly
eight weeks When he first yielded to
the raeking pain which he attributed to
sciatica. he nor his physicians, nor his
predicament. With his good wife he
journeyed to Hot Springs in anticipa
ton of relief. but returned home two
weeks afterwards, when under a test Of
the X-ray it was discovered that his
right leg had been fractured below the
hip joint. Az that which, is known to
surgical scieffte and ski1f was done, burt
at the end of the seventh week, during
which time he lay OH his back. an am
ing the only possibility of prolonging
his life. To man who had reached his
seventieth year. such all operation was
as one in ten i'll his favor, but he ac
cepted this one chance for his life. and
with Christian resignation consented to
the inevitable. Sunday afternoon he was
conveyed from his home to the Shreve-
port Sanitarit11n and yesterday morning
between and 10 o'clock his leg was
severed from his body. In attendance
and assisting in the operation were a
number of his professional friends with
whom he had been associated for years,
on whose features was evinced the
anxiety they felt. At his bedside a
physician and nurse kept vigil, while
his good wife and his daughters were
nearby, hopeful until the hour of death.
How or when he fractured his leg
is not known definitely
How he suffered no tongue can tell.
As a surgeon and physician he teal
ICED his condition and was sustained
with the heroism he had displayed in
many perls and in many of the most
trying of emergencies.
The deceased was of Revolutionary
lineage. He was born i'll Edgeheld, S.
c., in 1887. He was thoroughly edu
Gated He was an accomplished gentle
man, a scholar, and one of the noblest
Of his profession. When a young man
he journeyed on horseback from Edge
field to Redland, Bossier parish, where
he practiced medicine for years. In
those days only men of heroic mould
journeyed through the forests, infested
with Indians and wild animals. He es
capped unscathed and became endeared
to the people of Bossier. For time he
practiced medicine in Webster, and
throughout these sections of this State
his same is as familiar as household
words.
At the breaking out of the war be-
tween the States he volunteered in Com
pany B, Bossier Cavalry, First Louis
lana Squadron, and at the end of the
war was with the Sixteenth Texas In
fantry, Walkers Division, of which he
was the assistant surgeon
He surrendered with his command at
the end of the conflict.
His record as soldier was complete.
He had rendered valiant service to his
country, and was rated with the gallant
and true whose glory and fame can
never be dimmed.
As a. citizen he never failed in his
obligations He was always dutiful and
was ever guided by the highest sense OF
honor in all his dealings with the world.
He was devoted to his wife and his
children and to his friends In deeds OF
charity, long chapter could be written