He moved to Whatcom, Washington (later Bellingham), and was reelected in 1892 and became chief justice in 1897.
[2][3] Following his service on the court, Scott resumed the private practice of law.
[2] On July 25, 1901, Scott was arrested for sexual assault on Miss Monna Schaeffer, a 15 year old girl in Whatcom.
Scott was brought before a local judge and released on two-thousand dollars cash bail.
[6] In July 1907, it was reported that Scott was conducting an experiment with gas-pump irrigation of 1,000 acres of property that he owned on the Snake River near Pomeroy.