Show SCOTT TU HANG I fUR FOR BOY DEATH I v Wealthy Man Must Mut Die C Court urt Ha Has Decided CHICAGO Feb 14 Russell H.-Russell Russell T T. T Scott who at the age of thirty was the head of or a Canadian corporation organized to build a II international bridge be between between between be- be tween Detroit and Windsor OnI Ontario Ontario On On- I tario tarlo today was sentenced to be beI hanged April 17 for the murder of Joseph Maurer a 17 year old drug drugstore drugstore drugstore I store clerk during a L holdup in April 1924 1524 Judge Thomas J. J Lynch who sentenced sentenced sen son the time one-time financier now reduced to penury overruled a motIon motion motion mo mo- tion for a new trial Scotts Scott's attorneys attorneys ne s however said an appeal would be taken to the supreme court Just before the death sentence was passed Scott dramatically faced the court and denied that he had killed Maurer placing the blame on on his brother Robert also accused of or the murder and a fugitive fugitive fugi fugi- tive tivo from justice lIe He said they had gone to the drug store to buy whisky and that his brother very drunk k- k had gone upstairs while he re remained remained re- re in itt the drug store basement lIe He said he heard sounds of a scuffle and then heard a shot Running Run nun fling ning upstairs he said he saw his brother leaving the store storeS a pistol in his hand He declared there had been no attempt at a a. holdup and that the shooting was the result of or ofa a a. quarrel between the clerk and his brother Scott maintained that the drug store owner and others others' had testified falsely because he had re related related re- re the whisky deal |