Richmond planet., 1917-08-18
WHITE WOMAN KILLS
COLORED GIRL

n very peculiar killing took place
last Thursday morning at SIT North
fourth street. Mrs Nina Scar shot
ANA k'Ilcd Miss Louise Brown. Il do
h"Stl" "mnloycd uy Mrs S. B. Fred
'Fl'k IN the same house 1t wa.
ao"n' 30 O'Clock when Il pistol shot
VA heard, Mrs Frcdrricll thourh,
II VAS an automobile tire burstcd and
pald =" attcntlur to it, A icw mo-
meats later, .lrs. Scar ru,ncd from
h"r apartments with the statement
that Lon had shot herself.
Nh" later admitted that she had
nl'u IN" shot that killed the colorcd
Sirl. Sh" says that the girl came i'll
|" h"f apartments and she was FINGER
'"~ WIN an army revolver. Tho
Wh"lc AFFAIR Is ShroudcL in mystery.
Mrs. Scar was placed under arrest
r"mdinG Il further Investigation of
tn" affair.
Mrs. Nina Scar, eighteen years Old
Il hrid" of only Il few weeks. was ar,
rested today charged with fatally
<h""iln% Louise Brown. nineteen year
1T '"Ior"d girl. employed rs "A do
m"S'lr 10y Mrs s. b. Frederick, SIT
N"rlh Fourth Street. The technical
'AaF&" W"S Involuntary manSlaughtcr
IN Ia" "n.nion OF Coroner Whitfield.
thr shooting VAS an accident. He
@a'd h" did not deem an inaucst
necessary.
II was about 7:30 o'clucl< this morn
Ih& when nrighborS Of Mrs. Scar
VINO occupies the tirSt-tluor fiat ai 5lo
, ~, run r""r'h street, heard Il pistol
"l"t. Mrs. Frederick, who had inst
S'l Gown to breakfast, thought it, was
"''H ''i' bloWout OF an automobile
.'c ana dia not pay much attention
To IT. moment or so later Mrs
Scar ran out Of her apars,ncnt aero,
Il porch leading to the from rptronc
OF Mrs. fredcricis' homc. Mrs SCAR
was screaming at the top of hcr yoirn
ana CRYING out that Lou had shot
hcrSclt" '"''
AlF%' Frederick first thought il wos
''llI" WHIT" girl Of the nriehborhood
VI 'Hi' name until Mrs Scar informed
H'' 'hat II was her domestic, Mrs
fr,drrI'k promptly called the civ
Aihhulanr" and when the doctor ,r.
rived and found the culrrcd Girl dn,d
III Mrs. Sears apartment. the noIirr
W"f" summoned 1nout this timn
Mrs. Scar admitted that it was shc
WI" ~h"' the girl, hut she claimed
II was an accident.
N''2rdn% To Mrs Sears account of
'''' ''''lF' IN" girl came over io hnr
"t t''' ''''h' thI% morning to deliver ,
''''H."". iF"m her WaShrrwumoD ana
'"''' h'&an handling an army
."','' my revolver belonging to
," scar, Mrs Sears husband. en-
iio>'d ut th" tirhut nd CrJor Walk.
american war
t'rHl th" girl removed fly. cor
!f'a%rS from the revolver and sn,nnna
II PIa%inlly. Mrs. Scar took thn nis'
~: ana pointing ii al the Girl nuiln,
"' 'i%&"F' thinking that an The halls
ma" ""rN removed. The revolver
"'M' on. til" bullet penetrating fine
~, I'if rhrck just below the cy,
an" entering the head, killing bnr
almost inStautlv ''''
|N'"r"lh& 10 Mrs t'rcdcrick, WIN
mas rhar&" "f the FIAT in which Mr..
'''' yves as we'll ~: the one urvt
"""F I"r rental purposes. tho girl and
N'S. Scar were, so far as shr k,tov.
on &"od terms. Airs Scar was ,,lnn
80 IN" f1rSt Police station ana nl,rn,I
'' me W' mans department; thnrn
M"''h Is III charge of Mrs. Orilvi,
me P"irr Hatron. Her husband who
"'N I"lrhIH notified. began prcpara-
IONS /" nav" her hailcd Thr counlo
WAS married by thr Rev. ! r I'M
on OF fi"c street Baptist Church
warrant charging Mrs Sn,r WIN,
'".",nhtarN manslaughtcr was s,yr,n
""' nE FAiroIman T.. Hanlv or thn
N|'"no district. Other p1troInnn
WI" investigated tho ease were Tranin
sergeant Bradley. H. 4 pil1ow .,'" a",
'''"'tlv" Sergeant John wiz n'i ''n
'',"'' "' IN" tragedy had il thai =
",''l h'd dropped dead on tho sirnni
III maj n"l%hhorhoud
scar. It is said. was not accustono,
10 Keep his pistol ioadcd fnw
nus ago he Thought he heard =,
""'E'"F on the premises. ana ca whon
~" went out to invcstigato ho GllnJ
% ,u' SIN chambers with cartr;doou
H'h n" returned without fnd;no
n"r&lAr he left the pistol On h;s
ur u''SS'r without unloading il rho
"'St person to reach the scnnn NJ
Tragedy was Walter Lane. who rcsidn,
III Il nat above that OF the Sr,rs
tie is said to have run in inst ,o
WIS scar was rushing out Of thc
l"o'h' screaming ana highly cxcitcd
coroner Whitfield did not probe for
IN" hnllot TO determine what dircc-
'l"h II had taken. n was moro finn
an hour aftcr the tragedy before tbr
foilco Wrr" notified, the call coming
Mt" the Second station about nine
CLOCK, according to the sergeant in
rharcc at that time