The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-11
FINGER PRINTS
MAY GIVE CLEW
Latter Had Formerly Been the
Womans Favorite, but Had
Been Displaced in Her Aztec
tions-Tragedy at 100
O'CIOrk Friday Morning.
RTCUWOND. VA Snec;

uoW Dihu may give the police the
necessary Glow To the identity of
tht man who Friday night shot and
Killed Thomas ScaOolt at IL South
Allen Avenue.
The murder was committed
shortly after 1870 O'Clock. Three
shots were fired by the murderer.
one entered SCabOlt'S left breast.
The other two shattered the bone
i'm his left arm.
Except for the finger prints and
'hc statements made by the Nyo-
man with whom ScabOlt was liV-
ing the police have been able to
hnd out nothing regarding the
identity OF the murderer. They
believe, however, that SeabOit
was murdered by one of the wo-
mans admirers. They have sew
cral names and hope TO make one
or two arrests today.
ScaDOlt, who was an cX-cOnViCt.
was living with Mrs. Bessie Walk
or, whose husband has not lived
with her for several years. and
whose ciSht-ycar- daughter has
been taken i'm charge by DEW. j.
Maybce, of the Childrcn's Home
Society.
The cX-cOnvict came TO Rich
nlOnd about four weeks ago. He
had just completed fOur-ycar
term I'm the Federal prison i'm At
Hanta, having been sent there from
this city for cOunterfeiting He
appears 10 have known Mrs.
walker, who was then living ON
Brook Avenue with another man
William III. Price, the father. so
Mrs walker says of her thir1ccr-
month infant.
PRICE y STREET CAR CON
Price was ut ore time n Strcct
car conductor. and was subSc-
quEntiS employed, according to
ponce llio' nation. at the Rich
mono - dar Works, and later by
tIie Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way. He was with the Virginia
NPilway and Power Company
rom December ri. 1910, until
june 21. 1911. Recently. however,
he seems TO have adopted the pro-
fcSSiOn of idlCncSS. and il was
not hard for ScabOlt. who had
inherited about $500 or $500
while i'm prison. To induce Mrs.
Walker TO give up her old lover
and move into the little cottage
on Allen Avenue.
According TO the statement
given by the Walker woman inn
mediatcIy after the murder last
night To Captain Thomas Nc
MahOn, chief of detectives, Price
had become violently rcScntfuI of
her actions, and had threatened
TO get even with her and with
ScabOIt.
The police were even informed
that a man answering Prices de-
ScriptiOn was seen to try to get
into Mrs. Walkers home ycStcr-
day afternoon. Finding tie doors
locked. the man is said to have
waited i'm the street i'm front of
the house for about half an hour
before finally going away.
SHOTS AROUSED NEIGHBORS.
Mrs. Walkers nci@hbOrS were
aroused last night by pistol shots
md n wOman'S screams. Rushing
into the Walker house. they
found SeabOlt lying across n
trunk dead. Mrs. Walker. with
her baby i'm her arms. was hys-
terically crying and screaming for
help. BY the he'd was heavy
iron bar. evidently brought by the
murderer. SeabOlt was bleeding
profuScly. He had been shot
through the heart.
The police were Immediately
summoned. They found that
none of the street doors had been
forced. y side window had been
entered. the outer blind having
been broken and the window
forced up as if with a heavy
clasp knife.
FATAL PRINTS MAY TELL
TALE.
On the blind are the finger
prints of the murderer. The night
was hot, and he was evidently
perspiring. These prints may send
a man TO the electric chair. The
police are investigating along sew
cral lines. and are PeScrVing the
finger print test TO apply. if ne
ccSSary, when arrests are made.
The murderer evidently re-
moved his shoes before entering
the house. As silently as shadow
he made his way TO the bed
chamber and as silently made his
escape after killing ScabOlt.
MRS. WALKER TO DETECTIVE.
Mrs. Walker, a witness to the
shooting, gave substantially the
following account of the murder
To Captain Mcmahon:
Mr.. SeaboIt and I were tired,
and we went TO bed shortly after
10 O'Clock. / was asleep when
the murderer got into the house.
was awaken by the report of a
pistol at the foot or the bed.
jumped up and grabbed my baby.
/ didn't know whether someone
was shooting at me or trying to
kill Mr.. SeabOlt.
THE murderer must have made
some noise opening the door to
the room, for when the first shot
was fired Mr.. ScabOIt had gotten
up. He was standing in the floor
near the bed.
Il ran with my baby into the
next room, but as 1 ran out two
more shots were fired. These
shots were fired from the door
aS il the murderer was backing
out of the room. / saw the fire
from the pistol. Then heard
Mr.. ScabOlt fail. l knew he had
been shot, and 1 screamed for
help. NcighbOrs came in and
found him dead. We had been
living together less than "a
month"
Mrs. Walker was not arrested.
She was allowed her liberty by the
police, it being understood thar
she would appear at the cOroner's
inquest, which will take place at
the City Hall tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 o'clock.
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