Scott.Albert.W.1896.Metcalfe.OBIT



Albert W. Scott July 1896
Metcalfe County KyArchives Obituaries

Glasgow (KY) Weekly Times, 8 July 1896
"KILLING AT EDMONTON. Nick Ray Shoots and Kills Lawyer
Albert Scott.

"Our citizens were horrified on last Saturday afternoon when
a telephone
message came from Edmonton announcing that at one o'clock
Nick Ray had shot and
killed Lawyer A. W. Scott, of this place, on the streets of
Edmonton.

"The following is the best account of the affair obtainable
up to the present
time:

"It seems that the parties to the affair have been at enmity
for many years and
an affray between them was barely averted about a year ago
by the intervention
of friends. The original difficulty arose over a division
line between the
adjoining lands in the town of Edmonton. Since that time a
lawsuit between them
has been decided in favor of Scott, and he was in Edmonton
arranging for the
dollection of the amount due him and costs of the suit. It
appears that Mr.
Scott, in company with Messrs. R.D. Shannon and Jim
Kinnaird, was walking down
the alley near the disputed line when Nick Ray came from
behind a barn near by
and remarked, "Here comes the d----d son of a b---- now,"
and leveled his
pistol. Scott spoke and said to him, "Ray, I don't want any
trouble with you, I
am unarmed." Before he finished speaking Ray fired, striking
him in the region
of the stomach. Scott then closed in and clinched Ray,
throwing him to the
ground. By this time his wound had robbed him of his
strength and he rolled
off. Ray then fired two more shots and, picking up Scott's
hat, started off. On
looking at the hat he saw his mistake and throwing it to
Scott said, "Take your
hat to go to h---l". After walking a few steps he turned and
said, "Perhaps I
haven't done a good job," and then shot Scott in the mouth
as he lay on the
ground. After this he left and has not been seen since. A
reward of $200 was
immediately offered for his capture.

"The sad affair has cast a gloom over the entire community,
as Albert Scott was
a man much liked for his sterling integrity of character and
manly bearing. As
a lawyer he stood high in the bar here and in adjoining
counties where he
practiced.

"The excitement at Edmonton, where both men were raised, is
at fever heat, and
it is feared that lynch law may be invoked if Ray is caught
very soon.

"Mr. Albert W. Scott has been a citizen of our town and
member of the bar for a
good many years, and although he was not a man to attract
friends on short
notice, he was the kind of man that imporves on
acquaintenance. He was as brave
a man as ever lived, but always avoided trouble. He was
never known to carry a
pistol, though he had good reason to believe that Ray was
always armed and
seeking a difficulty with him.

"Mr. Scott was married several years ago to Miss Lucy
Mansfield, of Hart
county, who died a year or two after, leaving an infant only
a few months old.
The child only lived a few weeks after the death of its
mother.

"The remains of Mr. Scott were interred on the farm of his
father, near
Edmonton, last Sunday afternoon.

"Ray is still at large, and, it is thought, is hiding on the
farm of his father
near Edmonton. A report was received here yesterday to the
effect that Ray had
sent word to the Sheriff that he would surrender to him as
soon as the
excitement subsided and he could guarantee him protection."



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