New Britain herald., 1925-07-24

they were ned dufihb uTlnhlnE party in the drugstore and not In a holdup. He was convicted and sen fenced to hang.
 First RCpricye
 Shortly before the date Of his execution, April IT, Governor Small granted a ninety 3qy roprleve pend Ing efforts 10 locate Robert Scott and to try to unearh new evidence to substantiate Scott's story, Up to this time no great interest had been manifest in his predicament,
 When the repriovo was granted, however, friends and associates. of scott sE Windsor. Ont, scene of his fnansars SrGsetssas, interested themselves in his behalf and started raising q defense fund,
 Second Escape
 As the date for his execution, a week ago. drew near, his father and wife, who had been working unre- mittlngly for months to save his life interested Detroit clubwomen in his case and during the last few days appeals have gone not only to Governor Small but 10 President Coolidge and 10 other persons of influence who were believed capable of aiding Scott.
 A week ago, on the eve of his execution, Governor Small granted a weeks repreve upon receipt of a from I1atrpit ctcynaI p al, rt Scott and stating that he and not Russell did the shooting and was coming to surrender. This tele- gram was proven a hoax, as was q message 10 the governor a few days | later from a Detroit telegraph operator, who said he was in the drug store and that Robert and not Russell did the shooting.
 What had been considered the final effort to save his life was made yesterday afternoon when his at torneys and his wife went 10 Springfield in their fruitless appeal to Governor Small and to the par don board. During the night tips as to the whereabouts of Robert Scott or statements attributed to him all designed to aid the con- demned man 10 escape the gallows, were received from various parts of the country.
 Robert F, Grove, states attorney, and Scott's prosecutors have main tained throughout the attempts to save him that the finding of his brother will have no effect on Scott's fate, but will provide two victims for the galloWs instead of one. Will Hang Both Find Robert Scott" they have told Russell's friends "and We will hang them both Under the Illinois | law they are both equally guilty, re- gardless of who fired the actual shots"
 In the dramatic incidents of his two escapes from the gallows, Scott enacted in real life q role he played ten years ago as a vaudeville actor. SCott's vaudeville company played here. in Detroit and Minneapolis Tn a sketch written by himself. which he called "The Shadow" he ltook the part of q man who had 1 been convicted of murder on circum- l stanti3l evidence. Before the execu- 1 ton the subject of the sketch broke | jail and went to the house of the governor, played by J. Marcus Reyes, the night before he was to be hanged, to plead for clemency. In the play the governor, moved by the plea, grahted the pardon. After his vaudeville career, Scott went into business and at 2G was head of a financial sales corporation with offices in Toronto. The con tern was rated as a paying proposi- ton, although conservative Canadian business men called it a bubble" " AS late as 1923 Scott was rated as a millionaire.
 Girls Brings Action The break came when Miss Doro- | thy Newburgh of Boston sued Scott for s50,00o, alleging breach of prom | ise and seduction. Already marrled' Scott fled from Canada and the cor poration failed, Miss Newburgh won the suit and was given iudg- ment for damages against Scott. Helped Brother, He Says
 Scott today, in his cell, told re- porters that q was about ten per cent guilty and % per cent inno- cent" The "worst I did was to help my brother escape"
 The prisoner earlier had declared he was perfectly sane. In the later | interview he said:
 "I do known that no man can spend 19 months such as I've spent in iail and still he normal"
 He said he had given up all hope of living last night but expressed