The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-17
ALLEGED SLAYER OF scOTTsvILLE
STATION AGENT TO HAVE
HEARING TODAY
FEAR MOB VIOLENCE
MAN WHO APPEARED AS DETEC-
SPIRITED TO RICHMOND
OR CHARLOTTESVILLE

LOUIS II JaCkSon, suspected Oh Dc-
| ing the murderer of Richard Harri-
son. operator at the Scottsville sta
/ ton on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway, who was killed on the morn
ing of August 23d at that station, and
who has been in Henrico county Jail
| for the last two weeks for safekeep-
ing against the anger of the people
of Scottsville. will be taken today to
/ that place rs quietly as possible for
hearing before Mayor Beal
Jackson will be taken to Scottsville
by Chesapeake and Ohio Detectives
Angle and Light. AS soon as the
hearing IS given the man, who will
probably be held for the grand jury
of Albemarle county. he will either be
rushed back to Richmond or carried
/ to Charlottesville.
The movements of the officers In
taking Jackson to Scottsvilie, and get
ting him out of town again VIII be
covered with secrecy, so far as Us pos
sible as they have no desire to be
made defender OF man sought by a
lynching party. and the temper of
the people of Scottsville is said to be
such that IL the suspected slayer of
the popular station agent falls into
their hands mob violence is more
than probable.
Spirited to Richmond.
While Jackson will be taken from
Henrico county Jail some time today.
and carried to Scottsville for his pre-
liminary hearing. the time of the de-
parture of the party from Richmond
is kept secret. What course the Off
GERS will pursue in protecting the man
after his hearing also Is kept secret
Jackson, shortly after his arrest as
suspect In Scottsville. was taken
from the Scottsvlle lookup and spir-
tied to Richmond While he was be-
ing brought to this city a crowd of
friends Of Harrison, the murdered
station agent was forming for the
purpose of dealing summarily with
him.
He was brought to Richmond, in
the belief of the police. with but
small margin between him and a
lynching bee, Though he has been
in the Henrico jail for two weeks or
more feeling against him-for Scots
vile believes him the slayer Of Har-
rison-has not abated.
Feeling sim Bitter.
When Jackson was brought here, II
WAS thought that the bitterness at the
Scottsville people wound gradually dis
appear. But Harrison was a popular
man and was prominent in certain
I'hEt anu 1IhktTIiHl circles, ana the
feeling against the man who shot him
is still strong
Harrison who was night operator at
the Scottsville station was found dead
early sunday morning, August FAD
y bullet wound through his body told
the story to the crew of freight
which pulled into Scottsville early
Sunday morning for orders But 1t
was story Of mystery that has not
yet been solved. though detectives
working or the case have sperad a
strong net OK circumstantial evidence
about jackson. the man under arrest
here.
1t was first thought that II might be
case of suicide. but investigation
showed that It would have been i'm
possible for Harrison to have shot
himself. The body of Harrison was
brought to Richmond and post
mortem examination was held. This
proved that he was shot by some 9TH
err person; he could not have shot
himself The body was returned to
Scottsville and inferred.
jackson n Detective"
During the few days following the
tragedy man who said he was Louis
Jackson. the man now in the Henrico,
jail, appeared in the neighborhood. He
appeared to be sort OF a detective.
wearing a badge and n so-called but
let-proof vest--a steel wire contrap-
ton which might possibly defect the
course of a bullet fred at long range.
Jackson told people of the community
about the murder OF Harrison. He
appeared to know a great deal-too
much for an innocent man to know.
the Scottsville people believed and
they suspected him.
Suspicion turned Investigations of
the railroad detectives In the direction
of Jackson and certain discriminating
evidence was found against the al
legged detective. His arrest came after
couple of days work. Jackson de-
MED all knowledge of the shooting of
Harrison, declaring the had been told
Of the murder by members of the
crew Of freight train and that he
was investigating 1t with view to
brining the murderer to justice. The
detectives were skeptical and held on
to him. locking him in the Scots
VILE Jail
A day or two later Mayor Beal, of
the town. telephoned to the Chesa-
peake and Ohio offices in Richmond
that the situation in Scottsville had
become alarming and declared he
feared a lynching Chesapeake and
Ohio detectives went to the town and