The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-19
AGED WOMAN VICTIM
MIDNIGHT ASSASSIN
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was. 10 build cn = fire l aske, Char
lie If he hit Mrs. Scott, and me said
he did. l said to him that is Il good
woman and asked him why he did it.
And he said that he wanted to see
that little girl. Then someone came
in and he did not say anything more"
The only other witness OF import
ance examined was Mr.. Il. w. Harp
er. who testified as follows: was on
the premises of Mrs. Scott on March
II. One Charlie Lcgan was then un-
der arrest on suspicion. and after
quite Il good deal OF talking with him
he made q confession of doing the
deed. He said that he entered the
a hammer. He did not give any rea-
son for. striking her.
The fifth and last witness examin-
ed was Mr.. a. L. Scott, son of the
| lady who was murdered. He testified
as to being called from his home near
| his mothers house after the attack
upon her, and as to the condition in
which he found her when he arrived.
Struck With Wrench.
That portion OF the testimony
| which states that Charlie Logan ad
mitted hitting Mrs. Scott with q ham
mer does not coincide with q bit OF
evidence uncarthed by DR.. Kirkpatrick
in making an examination OF the
room. The physician stated yester-
day that he discovered upon examin
| ing the wound in Mrs. Scott's heal
that it was not made with hammer
He began looking about the place and
soon found a heavy wrench in Il
crevice between the mantel piece and
the chimney. The wrench, he stated.
had fresh blood on it. while the ham,
mer on the floor was free from
blood stains. Furthermore, stated
the physician, the character of tho
wound in the. old lady's head showed
that 1t was made with the wrench
and not with the hammer. La
| Suspicious circumstances.
| Citizens OF Lowndesville are not at
all satisfied with the explanation of
the crime that Charlie Logan gives
There are a number Of suspicious
circumstances connected with the af-
ftdr, und circumstances that might
lead one to believe that the murder
was the result OF conspiracy among
several persons. Officers and citi-
zens of .Lowndesville are working on
theories along this line, and it may
be that there will be other develop
ment III the case ere long
| Among these suspicious circum-
stances is: the whereabout of Ben
Massey on the night Mrs. Scott was
killed. Massey contended yesterday
that he and another negro. Earl Bur-
ton, came to Anderson Tuesday night
and spent the night here with ne
gro named Will Davis, who is broth
er-in-law of Burton. Another circum-
stance the officers and citizens of
Lowndesville are not satisfied about
is that when the little Scott girl ran
to the home of Reedy Burton, to get
the negro woman to go to her uncle
ALI Scott's with her to give the alarm,
j the negress kept the white girl in
the house for an hour and a half,
and only consented to go with her
after the child had stated that she
would go to her Mncle's house alone.
Well known Here.
Mrs. Scott was we'll known and
highly respected in her community.
She was the mother Of. Mrs. ]. Ban
Allen, wife Of Mr.. j. Ban Allen, a we'll
known farmer living near the city.
The funeral services of Mrs. Scott
will be held today at the homo, after
which interment will be made in the
cemetery Just north oe Lowndesville.
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