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Show jy With Mania to Kill IS STREET ;mpts to Cot Her Throat, ult Made in IVlidst of Crowd of Pedestrians, Pedestri-ans, td, Narrowly Escapes Eynch-Conf Eynch-Conf esses to Similar Crime; Shot Child in. Park City, cott, a Latter Day Saints" unl-student unl-student whose mania Is to kill was captured yesterday nftcr-ter nftcr-ter slashing .Elsie Gallacher on wt. The crime was committed a street, near Second South, in 1st of a crowd of pedestrians, mfc-ssed that he cut Mary Bur-l Bur-l similar manner October 10. He net Forsythe at Park City three go. "With the determination to :e young pervert, an ugly crowd I him to police headquarters, ire dispersed at the doors of the Talk of mob violence was rife e.hour last evening. A Homicidal Maniac, a homicidal maniac. The Im-do Im-do wrong comes over me and t resist if This is the way cott diagnosed his case for The yesterday afternoon. His Walter Scott, a well-known per, says that the boy has been to nervous troubles and hys-rlng hys-rlng three years past. Gallacher is the nlneteen-year-ghler of Alexander Gallacher. Ellrcs with her parents at S24 Sixth :t Councilman Martin, her uncle, the girl under dramatic clrcum- In Chief of Police Lynch'a of-M of-M after the slashing. John Gal-ir, Gal-ir, proprietor of the Saddle Rock want, Is another uncle, iiy Burton, whom Scott assaulted the scene of yesterday afternoon's f, on Main street, six weeks ago, daughter of R. T. Burton, Jr., the iriown stock broker. She lives at jsrtb Temple street. .Janet For-! For-! Tvas 9 years of age when the monomaniac shot her through iloulder. Her father. James For-.nie, For-.nie, is a Etatlonary engineer and well ibwra D park Clty Scott ciairaed, tnia jju an accident at the time and no ac-was ac-was taken on the caae. Mary Burton Corroborated, .piterday's assault, and Its exciting IfW-s plunged Salt Lake City into cx-iffcxtnt cx-iffcxtnt When Mary Burton was cut ttt throat as she- walked down Main PW, people were loth to believe that tiling could have happened. Scott's jh'4 frime and his remarkable confes-so confes-so In Chief Lynch's office for TTlbune, bear out Mary Burton's Ih?" St0ry m cver' delal1- ;,';e Gallacher was coming- from her fk Ic the tJnlon Paper Box factory. InS ?ollen thrush at 4 o'clock. She , way to meet her mother at iKKS- At Jbout 4:15 o'clock sho aiming north on Main street, pass-iLr1", pass-iLr1", F0U8e- Sho saw a young S Pr0ahlne' He 8 lookJnr to- juner. Isothlng In the look alarmed Saw Gleam of a Knife, thfl8i.C'Pped t0 within' three feet of iS""1" suddenly lunged forward, jt Thf from h,B trousers pock et aw tIT1 ,U a 8harn smarting pain. fetnaJ ? 81 uam oC a kn,fc bmlc- She tf'SSl ftaVhe felt lh0 warm touch -Tfc?2L?H h?r lhroat &Un uIant.f tarled t0 run- Ho had i nri.J?nder Braspefl the strug- , from n Maln street car. i tt no" '"t0 the crowd and took tfoihSl nnl0- Hc Qnd a number :iClll!1 to, "Sht away the crowd, feiy thrtatareMlnB 0,080 and shoutlnB K ob Cried, "Lynch Him." ife.lBri5:easf,aiance oC J- A- Thompi i'iKd il i ,n Ule wfly over scott Mtfr and , .,ncr sashed Mary Bur-BSnh-1?. ",,e couId not help It. IT i5 5,?. mc'n followed. Shouts WE- K8 lk "BIX tor a few mln-Hrlngton mln-Hrlngton RS'rec-ant Pratt, Sergeant Bjfcob, b on Jna others dispersed tho M&: omce. lift WQ3 quosUoned by Chief Lynch and Capt. Burbldge. He admitted his crimes. To a Tribune reporter re-porter ho told this story: Scott Tells His Story. "I am 22 years of age., Ever since I was a baby I have been subject to nervous attacks. I do not know what causes them. I have felt strange impulses im-pulses to do wrong during the past year. I have never been doing any morbid reading. I am a student In the Latter-day Saints' university, taking a business course. "During the past two or three months these nttacks have taken the form of an irresistible desire to do wrong. They have generally come on the street, occasionally oc-casionally In the schoolroom. It Is a homicidal mania, just like kleptomania with a thief. I have fought against them, and have several times succeeded succeed-ed In overcoming them, but they always al-ways left me weak and trembling. Never Saw Girl Before. "The first time one of these attacks go, the best of me was when I cut Man' Burton. I had never seen her before. The desire came on me as I was walking south on Main street. I opened my knife . in my pocket. At that time I saw the Burton girl. She was coming toward me. I reached out and cut her. I did not see the blood. In fact, I do not like the sight of blood. Once I cut my hand and tho sight of it mode me turn white and weak. "But aftf.r I cut the Burton clrl I went on and felt no particular emotion. The desire was still with me and It recurred at different times during the next twenty-four hours. I read of the case in the papers and I tried more than ever to tlgure out why I was the victim of this. I reasoned that It was a sort of monomania, though I had nover read anything of such diseases. Ho Hatred Toward Women. "This afternoon tho same feeling came or. mo as I was walking on tho same 6treet, a block further south than tho other cutting took place. I had felt it at limes before and during tho day, but foucht it ofT When it camo this time I opened my knife and held it in my pocket. At that tlmo this girl came toward to-ward me. As I had done before, I reached out and cut her on the throat. I felt no enmity toward her. I had never seen her before. Xor had I over seen tho Burton Bur-ton plrl. I never heard of oither of these girls. I have no hatred toward women. I nover felt tills fcellnc towurd men or dumb animals. It Just came over mc this way and I could not light it down." Boy's Father Talks. "My son has been nervous sinco he waa a child. A heavy fall of building material ma-terial in a house whoro wc lived frightened fright-ened him badly when he was a baby," said "Walter Scott. "During tho last three years the boy has been hysterical. Ho would laugh all day long. Wo had a physician and ho stopped the trouble. Tho boy has not been right In his studies. His brother, five years youncor, has passed him. Ho was In the preparatory department of the University of Utah, and could not keep up. So I took him out and sent him to tho L. D. S- university. univer-sity. Ho was talcing a courso in typc- as to what to do with him, as ho was not quick at all. But he had given no trouble because of badness. "When tho authorities havo done with him I shall send him to some sort of an Institution whero he can be enred for, and. If possible, cured." Mr. Scott was summoned to the office by tho Chief of Police soon after his son was broiifrht there. He was told of what had happened. "Why did you do It, Roy?" he cried. Could Hot Help It. "I don't know, papa; I couldn't help It I had no enmity toward anyone." said the son. Scott turned away with tears in his eyes and talked with Chief Lynch nnu Capt. Burbldge. Meantime Elsie Gallachor had been brought lo the station. Tho cut on her neck was supcrllclnl and required only a dressing at the hands of C. F. Wilcox, the same physician who placed four stitches In Mary Burton's throat at tho time of the former assault. In the offlcc of the Chief the girl met her uncle. Councilman Martin. Ho had ! come to seo tho Chief on business anil entered tho room As he took a seat his niece recognized him and threw herself, Bobbins', ra his neck, Elsie Gallach.or's Story. Elsie Gallacher told this story: "I was going up Main street from my work to meot my mother. 7 saw a young man coming toward me. Ho was looking look-ing at me, but thcro was nothing In tho look to alarm me. As ho stepped to i within three feet of me ho reached out to tho full length of his arm. and I saw the knlfc-bladc and felt my throat smarting. smart-ing. I screamed and tho man started to run. Other men seized him and took him awaT "I nover saw this young man before. I do not know his name. I cannot understand under-stand the reason for it at all." Tho girl was taken to tho homo of her father. Scott wan held at police headquarters. head-quarters. Police Juugo DIehl decided during dur-ing tho afternoon that It waa best for all concerned that ball for ho present be denied. Scott was placed alono In tho boys' cell In the city Jail. Ho was carefully care-fully guarded, lest ho try to commit suicide. sui-cide. Crowd Was Ugly. Ugly fooling was in tho air for a short tlmo yesterday afternoon nftor Scott's crime. When the slasher was captured near tho White liouso corner a crowd began be-gan to gathoi with strange rapidity. By the tlmo Patrolman Brown had tho young man In custody men wero fighting to got nt his prisoner. Had tho officer been a few moments later Scott would havo been, at tho very least roughly handled. This crowd, ever growing at It wont on, followed tho officer and prisoner to po-Ilco po-Ilco headquarters. "Lynch him" rose constnntly from its various parts and tho cry was repeated many tlme as the station was nearcd. Then the throng blocked First South street for a few moments. Ugly talk waa going on and a sort of an aimless rush was made for tho station door. But tho man who reached tho hallway saw Desk Sergt. Arthur Pratt placing his rovolvor in Its holster and buckling tho bolt to hla waist These began a- retreat and Pratt and Sergt Eddlngton made them clear tho sidewalk. In a short time they dispersed altogether. Women Wore Interested. Half an hour later tho news wns all over tho city. Tho telephones at police headquarters head-quarters kept up a constant Jlnglo and inquiries in-quiries poured In thick and fnst Tho samo thing happened in tho local rooms of the morning nowspapors. Women woro particularly anxious. All of theao breathed audible sighs of relief when they heard that tho slnflhcr was In cus- lUr' to a late hpur In the evening men were still talking over tho affair on tho streotB. The afternoon talk of lynching was still going on, but, although tho aup- porters of this Idea were numerous enough, thoy lacked any lenders. Probably Proba-bly no criminal case in the history of the city cvor aroused moro Intense excitement excite-ment among all classes. TJEed a Dull Knife. Tho knlfo with which Roy Scott committed com-mitted both his murderous assaults Is an ordinary threc-bladed pocket affair. It Is horn handled and woll worn by use. Tho largo blade, with which both Mary Burton Bur-ton and Elsie Gallncher wero slashed. Is badly nicked, especially near tho point Tho blado Is extremely dull, but tho point, because of the nicks, la very sharp. It wns with this, according to all ovldenco, that both Incisions wore made. Scott had replaced tho knife, still open. In his pocket, when ho was seized. It waa taken from his person when tho nr-rest nr-rest wns mndo and was turned over to the Chief of Police. Both Cut in. Samo Place. Both Mary Burton and Elslo Gallacher wero cut close to tho Jugular vein. And each cutting took placo on Main street near Second South. Both crimes wero committed shortly after -1 o'clock In tho afternoon at tho time when pedestrians aro thickest on tho street In Mary Burton's caso tho wound was about two Inches in length .and quite deep. It had apparently been mado with a razor. Iu the case of Elslo Gallacher tho cut was Just beneath tho lower Jaw. It was about an Inch long nnd a quarter of an inch in depth. Both cuts had been mado apparently with tho Jugular as an objectivo point Description of thG Prisoner. Roy Scott is 22 years of age. He is of medium height and thin. Ills face Is rather gaunt Ho has a weak chin and a weak mouth. Hl3 lips ore remarkably thick, particularly tho lower lip. His rather small grey-bluo eyes are rarely still when he talkH. They never rest on the eyes of his questioner, but drop and then rovo to all parts of the room. Tho young man's wholo manner Is nervous. ner-vous. Ho bears no evldenco in talking of being weak minded. Ho Hpeaks very rationally, ra-tionally, and answors questions quickly and intelligently. He Is easily moved to tears nnd when his father came Into the office of Chlof of Police Lynch yeatcrday afternoon ho wept freely. In his Interview yesterday afternoon Scott seemed nnxious to explain his case as one of monomania. Ho persisted in calling It by this name with tho adjective homicidal. During bis talks with tho officers of-ficers ho kept his head hung like a boy of 10. 9 |