Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16

IL mad Deen reported that two
Webster county men had bought
some syrup from Mr.. Scarborough re-
Gently and had left a rife as security
and that this rifle was missing. 1t
was declared today by Sheriff Harvey,
however, that the rife was found in
the store Sunday night by Deputy
Summers.
After the finding of the body and
the evidences of crilne, Coroner Jen-
kins, of Leslie, was notified and con-
vened a jury which gathered what
facts were available without any evil
dence pointing to the guilty person
being discovered. and recessed until
Thursday. The store was then locked
without search for valuables being
made.
Found BY Summers
Deputy Sheriff Tom l.. Summers
was the first person to discover Scar
borough's body He found him ly,
ing in pool of blood about midway
the store in one of the crowded
aisles which afforded the only method
of penetrating into the inside of the
! place. Lying near the body was an
iron handle used to operate gasoline
tank in front of the store. This was
clotted with blood and hair, and it
fitted exactly into the largest of the
wounds in the dead mans head. 1t
IS believed this was the weapon used
by the murderer, who must have
struck his victim from in front a
terrific blow which felled him before
he could cry out.
The largest of the five wounds
found on Scarborough's BODY was
an ugly cash across the skull iust
above the left eve This wound pene-
trated the skull making an openino
! through which contents of the skull
fell upon the floor. DIR. Wade Cham
bliss, when he examined the bodV
said this wound had crushed the skull
sufficiently to permit the insertion OF
two fingers into the brain cavity, and
undoubtedly resulted in instant
death. Other wounds found were p
smaller ecaIn wound to the left OF
the Iarpe wound. which evidently
been inflicted while Scarborough was
still on his feet, and probably as ne
was falling to the floor; third
wound over the right side of his head
between the ear and eye did not
fracture the skull, being about two
inches in length and penetrating
through the scalp; fourth wound
was on back of the skull, about two
and a half or three inches long, with
two ragged splits therein, one OF
these going above and the other be-
low the main wound and also fractur-
ing the skull, but not crushing
through into the brain cavity; fifth
wound caused the left eve to be dark
and congested. In addition to these
injuries the body showed minor SKIN
wounds on the right outside forearm,
these being only flesh wounds, and
probably inflicted as Scarborough fell
upon the floor after being struck.
A thorough examination of the body
failed to disclose any other signs OF
violence. DR.. Chambliss, at the con-
clusion of his examination, gave as
his belief that Scarborough had been
killed about midnight Saturday
night. with some blunt instrument.
No Underclothes, No Socks
The garments worn by Scarborough
was removed and examined on the
front porch of his store. but evidence
Of the pockets having been searched
by the murderer was not found. The
pockets were all found to be in an
orderly state, but they contained
nothing. Only a few bits of paper,
leaves torn from an almanac, were
found inside his pockets. No blood
stains such as might have been IN
flicted by bloody hands inserted there
in were found in any of the pockets.
Scarborough when killed was clad
only in coat, wooden shirt, pants
and heavy brogan shoes. He wore
neither ,underclothes nor socks, but
this was. declared by neighbors VIII
knew him as intimately as anybody
could to be his usual dress. The bot
toms of his shoes contained numerous
paper slips neatly cut to fit snugl!