The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16

thing they found was that there
was no possibility Of shots having
been fred into the fight elsewhere
than from the policemen's guns, ex-
cept for the shotgun shot
Because the room was dark and
because a revolver bullet and not
a shotgun wound killed Officer
Green, it was at first thought that
Scott might have had an accom-
plice who made his escape. The
only doors opening out Of the
kitchen in which the battle occur
red, however, are the rear door In
front of which the negro made his
stand, and one opening onto a sor.
OF porch, on the south side Of the
room.
The first door was found to be
nailed shut. The door opening OF
the porch, which is an enc osed af-
fair, was locked from the inside.
Kirsch blocked the door by which
the police made their entrance.
Therefore If there had been a Sec
ond man he could not have
escaped. OF this the police are
positive.
They believe that in the death Of
Scott the only atonement ever pos
sible to make for the deaths Of the
two officers is made, although they
announce that a close investigation
Of the affair from every angle, with
an attempt to break down this the
DRY, will be made.
Police Bullet Killed Green.
The. bullet which killed Green
must have come from his own gun
or that of Miner, as both Of them
used the lead .38 bullet. Kirsch
was shooting flat-nosed .38 steel
jacketed shell. Gundrum's gun is
a 80.
Green's wound then might have
come, police authorities believe,
from his own gun. In the fight be-
tween Green and the negro the gun
might have been wrested from his
grip by Scott and fired into the Of
ficer's body, or it might have been
turned against the officer while in
his own hands. Scott was an i'm
mense and powerful fellow, nearly
feet tall and muscled like q
professional wrestler.
Physically he had Green bested
and might have done either of the
two things suggested in the theory
Green was under 6 feet in height
and though of exceptional strength
and agility could not have been a
match for Scott.
Miners gun may have sent the
death-dealing pellet, also. One OF
his shots might have missed the
negro and entered Green's side. OF
j it might have grazed the negro
first. The authorities doubt thai
this phase of the tragedy will evel
be cleared up.
! The Scott place was closed and
sealed with staple and paddock
and officers were stationed on watcf
around it, after the place had beer
investigated, at 1880 O'Clock. A
daylight investigation by police ant
Coroner John F. Maberry was tt
be made today, that no additions
clues or evidence might be lost.
/ Scott Had Arsenal.
| SCOTS effects included three fin'
firmarms. Practically all of hi
personal effects were contained il
the large trunk on which the on!
lamp which lighted the two rooms
sat, in the front room. The trunl
contained an assortment Of odd
and ends which, Included a varfet!
Of good clothing and a $500 life in
surance policy made out to Kat
Taylor, evidently his wife, naming
Scott as beneficiary
/ A high-power sporting rifle o
$3.50 caliber and Savage make
4 with a full cartridge belt and BIZ
supply of cartridges; q fancy tar
get pistol IS inches long. mounte,
on a detachable steel frame butt
also loaded and with . supply o