Hide Article Text (OCR)
Brother Trial Ifor Slaying Ga. Publisher......... ..... \:rigm'of u-muarv ‘ 30.Tm'as he: br thc alibiwas emerging from-his garage oft-' *ou”* woman w .Plt;. u ♦ in.'jrt •whom Maddox is said to have pi»K Up T r‘r a AUi01 t\Pe sPpnt thc evening of the murder. Jl(js The two witnesses. Augustus 1( is rcportlt;.d that the dcfense;aiMoulin and Augustus Maddox.lt;r*°iwiJl charge attempts on the parti kin of the defendant | were neigh- of mrmbers of thc Scott lamily.of Ijors of Scott, and while not posi- j0 bribe underworld characters M lively identifying Maddox as the for testimony.conviction that Scott “was a fine man.Lucille holds fift;*-one per cent of thc property of thc -lain publisher in trust for the two sons. This includes stock in the Scott Newspaper Syndicate, embracing a choin of thirty-five publications. Drpends on AUbt (Continued from precedini pate) Maddox is 'being defended by.soc^u^ ^V vKow.rd. Whits.icenc of toi shooting. Ikn0'vn 1,5 .the. *u,h'» *rMl'*scon w,s shot on lho'lt;TOss.exammer. The defense willman leaving thr scene, testified that they had heard thc shooting.Death-Berf Statement CitediinFamily Silent [a ,Scott's death-bed statement is Hl considered the principal weapon |. Dr. Harry Rogers, white, who|of the prosecution. C. A. Scott.01• performed an operation on Scott a brother and at present manogcr th . shortly after he was shot in tho;of the newspaper chain, declined Pr ; back, te.stified that thc fatally- to discuss ,the case. Another« injured publisher, on his death- brother. Aurelius Scott, a Drofes- wi* bed, told his wife, Hohey*. 'our;sor at West Virginia State College,jno♦ brother and father made ood their appeared Wednesday morning Hi t threat. from Chicago, where he sought'bu* The physician had given like-friends of Maddox in whom the tclt; ! testimony at a twelve-hour coron- accused was said to have confided, ca• cr’s inquest in February of last Hls mission was unsuccessful. ag I year, at which time Maddox was! C. A. Scott took ''TTie witness th' •exonerated. jstand Wednesday, naming Mad-\ This tostimonv was corroborated Idox as the slayer ond describing:(Tuesday by Walter F. Dillon, white;the death-bed statements of his; . attorney, who drew Scott’s will, [brother. •.Wives on Both Sides | Double MotiveScott, first wife of fnl^ Prosecution i, trying tocs-thvo• Mrs. Lucille .noil, HIM \wi«- Ui «ni.i;,,u aJ Scott, and mother of his two sons, V j, • • ‘ hatr J 5 fnli hu’•will testify for the state, although ard ti rnnUnt LSfthe nature of her tost.mony was g?t‘h£ddied ZfflSZ “m*lng . •not marie public m advance. !win wholo „utlt; wouM rcnvKcr,|• c j! tnt’ r ' 't0 h'5 'vl*c o( 'wo months.; Scott. sister of thc defendant ^• will air! the defense. It was thc^ Doctor Quote* Threat!«opposition of the Maddox family1 Mysterious letters threatening• to Agnes’s marriage to Scott,,the him with death if he saved the life! , Estate will contend, which prompted Scott were quoted by Dr. C. \V.' •the ill-feeling, the urosecution will Cowell, superintendent of thei 'attempt to establish as a motive Harris Memorial Hospital, on the .lor thc crime. .witness stand, Wednesday.• Wives Seem Frlcndlr . ! Scott was carried to the hospital |• pii i . ......- .uuA'*tx*r hc had been shot, but refused] «v Klla . - tolt 5 third to Iet Qr powcjj pCrform an op.wife who obtained a Reno duorce t insisting upon a special' -just before his last marriage. and|guard 6 y 1 “‘.only a few months before his dea\h, 0 ’ letter read- 1will also •testify. It is not shown.) ••Doctor don't get vourself IntoThe sc“ond w'fe^riccd” * ?$ 3“« i2?a£|£ C,lhCr in NCW YOrk!Uht We » IcoU .'■$£The three wives present chatted head0dne 1 V3\v 11fdanaer clcn apparently friendly terms In We^m^ «oto finish him up quick. Wfc started an to kill you Friday, but we wlll-glvej!™ you one week to have h^s name in;lstKn HK /'ftlt 1 r» ** pT1the corridor during a recess on thc opening day of thc trial. Miss Ramsey was heard to express herBE LOVELIER THAN EVER!fists tfrti'nlni M«|n|f* L lyrr Igtirfua Jet b’i't t'slf*Wifi*# ItaJ* ffCQj « Iftfet f.-roinU o4fmi %fk\ tilU,•n ! «n Jtfrr fii^ci iln llol? I.int, RDUil luxa Vi'./, gtkj, fiitfj. tih*tr \f%*Co tvffitful. I« nx. ilnUM, foTrmtlr tov#1|nr*i, TtvtiA HAIR rOlORtNO, ATRAlGMTtHCH ANO QfcOWC* ALL IN OH 1iOtf irollfiMm will ififlli»uif •rfl.l rnjoi uilnf 9tfftU tllft't*lt;«l» pfrpi*silnr llit! will INSTANUt RCSTO^C iCT BLACK CIOIS to }0Jt Mir an4 tt (!it iir^t llm# \L r.d,\%tothtr, itoi» tctlo ttrbtrf »n,1 Mlpi •• fro« Jong t*t»uliful blirta tilf.Ovirin(rfi) 10Try Moorish Strate BlacK^Yc«r frltrd* *U1 n • rixel (0 bcn i^ttly.Igtc* Jfltiilf bill bto-CD#. Olofr no# «n.J( hifi bt'.r o\ot% thin tier. cr.l;11.59. or \9. jcu vU*. pit' jtHjr pottrtjtn nr Coll tor j 11.01. IV tf p»o-payjnf icur crJrri. FRIf itnnplo rf lfpr,f||?| 1* mtilo Hilr Drtitlm frt« #tl!i §SI erdftt.LECHLCR, Hair Specialist*663 W«»l 181 St.. N. T. C.Wlthe death column.Moved to Another HospitalScott was moved to the Spelman,vf. Hospital, where he died. LeThe second said: :neWe see you have moved Scott from hospital ond that is O.K.. with us. Go to the Constitution (daily paper) and put a piece in the paper saying how hc is getting along and what doctor is treating him so we may contact'him. Don't br worried wc are not go-iriK to bother you as we have the man wc want.”—Signed the Steel Claw.Dr. Powell says he Inserted thc notice in the paper as instructed, and later burned the letters.George Maddox, Sr.. swore that he/had been reconcllcd with Scott after learning that marriage to his daughter was legal, and testified that he bore no animosity toward ou him. |*'tCrowds who stormed the court- on room forced the trial to be moved foi into larger quarters.Scott died at thc Spelman College Hospital on January 7, 1934, t eight days after tin? shooting.L\1 Death was attributed to peritonitis which set in on January 2. Fifteen intestinal perforations had been sutured up in a futile operation.m;Mica1pllt;twagin;m*thticSJisruliasuinivara*£«l IMUdbum »'«]»HOTELFANE-DUMASAmerican and. European Plan r. C. FAML er»*.lt;03 vr lUtb 8(rr«l «.w V«rlSTOPA T TUIRAPPAHANNOCKHOTELGoodITirmFood — Comfortoblo Brdi Rooms — Ilfsiomblo BjtooScotU Prompted Indlctmcnt; Maddox, upon whom suspicion .thi ,was cast due to his presence in rm Atlanta at the time.of the crime— alt his first visit in more than a year— thi and by his brother-in-law’s dving:rjr statement, was indicted by a t'ui-1 f0! ton County grand jury on January 7 of this yearly i The rc-opening ’of the case in facc of the acquittal of the 28-year-old former Morehouse stu-• dent by the coroner’s jury was? 'due to nrr investigation financed-I by members of the Scott family, t Reuben A. Garland, white at-: torncy who has represented the ^slain man’s family sincc the in- a quest, gathered the new evidence m upon which he secured the indict-iJu mcnt. lrnlt;ouahanheNcsa
Newspaper Details
Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Feb 09, 1935
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 13 Feb 2020
Other Publications Near Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Daily Exchange
Baltimore Der Deutsche Correspondent
Baltimore Commercial Journal And Lyfords Price Current
Baltimore American Republican And Daily Clipper
