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Show A BLOODY lliCEDY! Ed. Scott Fatally subWiyfiu liaa I. DiaMrd. TUE ACCCSED AOTf l"y jAUj The Inqaest fleia.Tbl. Jinerucoa Before Coroner Ifarrlj. ! FJ"Jr 5eJy as enadeJ Bn aT 5 '",' Streel" be- Pint aud Second SouU ilreeU. tid! morning ehortly iher .?, , whidh resulted In c,osk' 11 t7 "eeat-uiployed by Gearce n building contractorTr "rjo lust, nd dur- 's u,e Jit few vs nave been tncaaed In the erection waHUmr,f ttDementh0U' for W.H. Wultney, the ral estate man, on the street here the tilling "centre.!. BtU, theroatraclor, has uaj a tVgo farce of workmen In his employ tluring the bail JimrsM.nn J'i as his contract have been eomplttcd, he has been gradually dispensing wItu . nd, last evening, at the clore of the day'i work, Diamond, one of tlie carpeutew, was- informed by Scott, who was Bettz' foreman, Uiat bis services would not be needed any mere, as the building ou which he Had been afwork was now finished. Diamond took offense at his tils charge but said little la't en-nlur ither than he uould return this uorulng and remove his tool chest. On leaving his lodging place this norning Diamond was attired in ii3 beit clothes and went to his u-ual place of work, to demand a ctUeraentnith his employer, Mr. Bettz, and to remove his tools. He a as met at thedoorofthetenttment Jioue ju't completed, by Mr. S-utt. he foreman, whom he accused of beinginstninejtariijingingabout ills uischarge.ScottjWho Is represented represent-ed as a very quiet man,denled that he was rcsioneible for It. Here the matter rested for a few minutes and Scott proceeded about his work, aad 4fternaWu.r given some iu-trucliou to the workmen engaged ou another an-other cottage, walked back into the building from which he ha J come when met by Diam-md. He was foil i wed by Diamond Jhowe er,aud the quarrel was renew cd. Just what passed between the two men in the cottiirp. j rlif,r. will never lie known, unless Du-tnomixees Du-tnomixees fit to reveal iL What was tald, however, teems to have Iwt n spoken in an undertone. s the workmen ontbeout&tdeheard nothing of it. At tills junctuiv, Mr. Bettr, who hvl witucssnl from a dUtanix- the first altercation lie-t lie-t eeii the 1 w o men, went to the door with the intention he say, ofpavlnc Diamond o fj, when a ghastly sight met his gaz.1. Scott was in tbeac.' if failing, with a carpenter's chir protruding from his forehead, directly di-rectly over tl le left eye. MrBetlz at once gave the alarm 'hat Scott had Uen slain by Diamond, and the worknu.-u rami rushing to where the wounded man lay groauinr. As the chisel w withdrawn from the dying manV head, in which It bad K-en imbed ded to a depth of four inches, the Mood spurted to the ciiling from the now gpimi wound. He wa placed upon a caTienter'i! lieticii and maiie as rotnrortabli! as possiolc. The police were at once comma uIcAted with. In the uieanuhiie Diamond Htood by aiid watched hi' vVtitn'-i life blood ebb away. Be fore the jl ice arrive 1 ou ..lie scene, lioiever, tltc dying man mi tancn Inalurc'ei wagon tj the cfiieo o' Dr. Euilrii" on Second South Street in the old Tnb'me huildii.g, when he arrived at 10: t o'clock, an J ex pired atJYilO without recovering couscicu-ne ss. Scott was a man nbnut thlrt.'-fivc jearsof age, flvi 'eet eizht ia die in height,ot power ful ubysiqut and dark coniDleiion. Heleiven a vnung wifr, who livf in Mount Pleawint, Towa. where -5-ntt livtd prior to his arrival ii Utah. A telegram was s-ent to Mrs. Scott informing her of her bus'u-uiiv trazic death. An inquest hvld at Coroner Harris' ofllcv this aftrnoon, whence the t-ody was removed ft on the office of Dr Endris. The rt mains will lie preserved pre-served at the undertaking establish ment of Evans &. llo-r, awaiting sd answer from Mrs. Scott. Diamond was arrested ou the sreue of the killing, and taken to the city jail. He c tme to this Terr, tory from Denver lat spring, aud, though not an habitual drunka'd h Is said to ImliHw intoxicants to. fre1y at times. Wt ether or not In was in that rouditioi i (his mo: nin;. could cot beascertaii ed. |