Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-21 | Page 26 | Law Gropes to Solve Kansas Murder Mystery

Law Gropes to Solve I Kansas Murder Mystery p G Gc 0 c ce e I S L LA CYGNE l Ian Kani an Dec 21 Reaching Beaching oit out olt for a solution of ot one oe of or the most moat baUlIng murd murder r mysteries mysteries mys mys- teries in this section of ot the coUntry countr country coun coun- tr try the dragnet of or the law ha has fastened Its tentacles around John K E. Scott grocery store proprietor here and his niece by marriage 19 year-old year Arlene Scott Scot They Thy are charged Jointly with the murder of Scotts Scott's wife who was shot down in In- Inthe the dark one night las last June upon the return of or her and her husband from a min mm- minstrel minstrel show The eternal triangle background j. j I IThe of or so 50 many crImes In th the past is said by authorities to play a lead lead- ing role in the murder of Mrs Scott The evidence in their possession is merel merely circumstantial I Ic less v John Scott Scot and nd Arlene Scott have b been en bound over oer for trial on ona ona ona a charge of ot murier murler Clu Truth the they sa say is stranger than fiction Certainly no fiction coUld have hav been stranger er than the dramatic dramatic dra dra- lr matic matte arrest of or Miss Scott who was was was' taken In Ino o. o custody recently five months month after her uncle undo had first been arrested for the crime Miss 1 Scott is a school schoot teacher She was standing before her class pointing to a triangle drawn on the tho blackboard She was was' explaining explain ing lag end I defining a triangle when the door slowly opened and r passed slowly up the center center cen cen- ter aisle Miss Scott h h said sad Im Sheriff Sherif El Ellington andYes and and and- I Yes leg broke m in th the h teacher and andI I I know kno wh why YOU ou have hao come It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is for the murder of or my 10 aunt She dl dismissed the the lase then broke down and sobbed ED WITH ITH AUNT AUXT There Thero are other triangles It appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears that little children know nothing about So none could satisfactorily e explaIn explain ex ex- plain why teacher had dismissed school that day Four years ears ago Arlene then 15 went to live lI with her uncle and aunt so that she might attend attend La La LaCygne Cygne High school chool and prepare to l Scott Sott nail anil John n. n Scott teach the townshIp school in Cen- Cen terville Last spring she vas as graduated and went awa away to attend summer school La Cygne missed her Her Ifer pretty face had bet been n a familiar sight at all of ot La Cygne's social activities Then came Juno Juno June and 1 the night of ot the minstrel 1 show John Scott and hi his wife drove home Their machine rolled Into the garage Mrs Scott left the car and entered the ther r ar door of or the house There were two pistol shots Scott Called for help then ran two tw blocks and returned with a physician But Mrs Scott was dead The town was aghast Bloodhounds Bloodhounds Blood Blood- hounds from hansas Kansas City were put on the trail and ended at ai a negros negro's home not far tar awa away But the negro was r released leased His wife wire it was learned had made the tracks She had been beI washing at the Scott home horn e. e The dog dogs were kept at their task hut but the he only other othet trail they followed fol fOI- fol- fol lowed towed was one one from the Scott garage garage garage ga ga- ga- ga rage to the hous house JUJU Then came the tho gossip Accusing I remarks were directed at the hus hus- husI I band He lie was tas arrested and re- re ased 1 on bond Then the state ex exploded ex- ex a bombshell I Witnesses testified that after tho the murder Scott and Arlene registered together at a Pittsburg Kan hotel Neither denied denle 1 It t. t The trial re resulted re- re suited in a hUn hung hung- Jury Arlene admits admits' that Scott Is in love Jove with her She to talk Both oth protest their innocence denying de de- de- de nying all all all knowledge of ot the murti mur- mur ti er mur I I And now the new evidence has resulted In the arrest of Arlene and the he rea est of her uncle I