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

lnSlue, DuJ Jhefe were no ValuaDleS
of any kind found upon his per-
son.
Searching about the inside of the
store for evidence, Deputy Summers
and Cliff Carswell, who assisted him,
located several small cash caches,
all in plain sight of anyone looking
for booty, and undisturbed The
cash register, located only a short
distance from where the body was
found, contained approximately $25
in silver and bills of small denomi-
nations. This was not locked and
opened easily when Deputy Summers
touched a key. A small automatic
revolver, covered with dust, also lay
near the body. This had evidently
been there for weeks, and officer
do not believe this had any connec.
ton with the murder. None of the
'peck of diamonds" said to have beer
kept in the store by Scarborough
were found by the officers, nor was
any large sum of money found. A
book of Planters Bank checks LAYING
inside showcase about the middle of
the store. indicated Scarborough kept
an account in that bank, although it
had been reported for years that he
boarded his money in his store. His
room in the rear of the building,
where he slept upon a cot, was lock-
ed, and this was not entered by the
officers last night. The body was
turned over to the Allison Undertake
ing Company for burial preparation
by order of Coroner Edd Jenkins,
with the consent of Morgan Stevens,
whose wife is Scarborough's nearest
/ known relative
Coronep's Inquest
By direction Of Coroner Jenkins,
Sheriff Harvey summoned coroner's
jury composed of z. T. Pace, j. l..
Glawson, w. F. Livingston, W f.
Mitchell and R. C. Moran, which or
ganized with the election of Glawson
as foreman and Moran as secretary
&C. Bryan, who telephoned the
sheriff's office asking that someone
be sent to Scarborough's to ingesti-
gate conditions. was the first witness
and he testified substantially as fol-
lows:
81 came up through the field on my
way to Scarborough plum orchard
about a O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
in company with w. w. Fullbright
We saw tracks in the field and inves-
tigated these. There were signs that
some one had craw.ed on hands and
knees in the. direction of Muckalee
creek and these made US suspicious
We talked with a negro woman On
Scarborough's place and She told us
his front store door was open and
Scarborough was in the house. The
back door was open. We returned
there and called three times, but re.
ceived no answer We then asked Mr.
Tyner about conditions and telephon
ed Sheriff Harvey. The signs OF
crawling were saw were at distance
of 30 or 40 yards north of Scar
borough's store, and the tracks die
not come up to the store. We coulC
see knee prints and hand prints II
the ground and we examined these
JnOrOuR0ly. Inc tIdShS "CIC Hiou'
by a person wearing about No.
shoe, slightly turnover. The tracks
: looked like they had been made b.
a broad-toed shoe 1t had rained OF
the tracks before we saw them.
Corroborates Bryan
W. w. Fullbright, a tenant ~
Scarborough's place eerroborated th'
testimony of Bryan in detail and il
addition said that Saturday nigh
about. Z o'clock he saw man com
down the road who passed his hous
and then turned back in the directio
Of Scarborough's store This ma
came back again after a while an
turned into a bush row 100 yard
east of Scarborough's store going
the direction of that building. 500
afterward somebody fired five shot
in the field back of the store. Th
man then came on back to the hous
of Lucille Brown, negro woma
/ living on the place. This man wOl
dark suit with white or liel
shirt, only the bosom of which couI
| be seen. Witness did not kno