Notes for Elijah C. (Spouse 1)
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
San Joaquin Valley Argus
June 7, 1884
Elijah Scott, in a fit of jealousy, shot Archie Cook on Sunday last. Both parties were residents of Hornitos where the shooting took place. It appears that the wife of Scott, who is a member of one of the most respectable families in Hornitos, was setting up with a sick neighbor and about two o'clock in the morning she became weary and wished to go home. Mr. Cook offered to accompany her and she accepted his proposition and as they were walking along the road, Scott, who was just going home saw them and without waiting for an explanation fired at Cook, wounding him seriously but not necessarily fatal. This is another case of which Shakespear says:
Beware of Jealousy My, Lord,
It is the green-eyed monster which makes the meat it feeds upon.
Mr. Cook was at last counts rapidly improving from the wound. We make the above explanation just as we heard it from one who is familiar with the facts, and in justice to the lady, whose reputation Madam Rumor seems inclined to smirch.
21March 4, 1893 Mariposa Gazette
Died: SCOTT- At Hornitos March 1st, 1893. of consumption, Elijah SCOTT 30 years. The death of this estimable young man although a shock was not a surprise to the many friends, as for many months he has been suffering from that dread disease consumption. Mr. SCOTT was a man who had commanded sincere respect and friendship wherever he was known. The blow falls especially hard upon his aged and widowed mother as this is the second son she has loss my death within a few months. He was buried at Hornitos yesterday under the auspices of the Masons of which order he was a beloved member.