Evening star., 1924-07-10
Love BROTHER
FAILS, MOOSE NEAR
Russell 7. Scott, Doomed to
Die, Says Elder, Fugitive,
! Committed Murder.
AHOPES OTHER PETURNS
Condemned Man Turned Thief
After Failing in $2,000,000
Venture. -"
BY Consolidated Press.


CHICAGO, July 1o.-The failure Of
in a crisis has brought Russell T.
Scott, former twenty -nine-year- old
president Of a s1O.oo0,o00 contracting
corporation, within the shadow Of the
gallows. .-. .-
Sentence already has been passed
condemning the young adventurer to
be hanged, and the short continuance
granted by the court TO permit the
agd father of the condemned man to
3ocate his older son Robert, in a final
effort to save Russell from hanging.
is about at an end
Robert is a fugitive from Justice.
The appeals of his father and of his
brother have gone unanswered. His
family obligations he regards Of less
importance than the chance of los
ing his life by trial Russell main
tains that it was the older brother
who fired the shots that killed Joseph
Maurer, young drug clerk. slain three
months ago during hold-up OF a
downtown pharmacy.
Brotherly Love Fails.
, The father, a Detroit hotel clerk,
has been confident all along that
Robert would come back here in an
He has repeatedly told how the two
boys have always been the closest of
pals, with Robert at all times watch
ing out for the interests of his
younger brother. But he judged
brotherly love to be stronger than
actuality has proved it.
Now about to hang. the young man
scans the events of the past year that
have brought him down from mil
lionaire to the confessed status OF
more than twelve months ago he was
behind a mahogany desk, directin G
the affairs of Russell T. Scott, Inc,
which held a contract for construc-
ton of a sso,ooo,ooo bridge between
Detroit and Windsor, Ontario: He
could tell of conferences with inter
national financiers, of chickering's
with government officials and OF ma
neuverings among leaders of the
business world.
Z Failed for $2.0OO,oOO.
But his scheme turned out to be
the bubble it had been termed by
failed for s2.ooo,o 900. Then a Boston
woman obtained a $4,000 judgment
against him for breach of promise
TEable to pay eisse RHssef ts LEI. the the
brother and set out as a thief He
confessed to twenty-five Jobs" most
OF them small hold-up affairs. when
arrested here after the killing of
Maurer This thievery had kept him
in money and moonshine. And to the
latter he attributes a large part OF
his downfall His father also argues
that drink got the better of him and
led to crime.
At any rate, an end to it all came
with the shooting to death of Maurer.
A hotel key left in the overcoat he
forgot in his haste to leave the scene
of the crime led to his capture, and
z loaded revolver, one chamber ex-
ploded. furnished the circumstantial
evidence needed to tie the crime to
Russell.
Court Passes Judgment.
When brought to trial, he followed
advice of his counsel and pleaded
guilty to the murder confidently ex-
pecting leniency from the court. But
Judge Lindsay took the almost un-
precedented action of sentencing the
man to death without a jury trial.
TT seems that the idea prevails"
the judge said, that gunmen can
come to Chicago. perpetrate crime
and receive leniancy. This is the
case of a man wfs,, of his own will,
elected to be an emmy of society and
sought revenge OIL society. There