The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-17

fact that his coat being wrapped around
piece of railroad iron has never been men
toned in the newspapers.
Another circumstance that supports Geo
IL. Jackson's story that the conveyance
used was a surrey, and that George H.
Jackson abandoned Ii in fright that
OF Newport driving towards Fort Thomas
in a buggy on tnat Saturday morning about
: o'clock met a surrey drawn Dy gray
collided with il. He got out and the men
in the surrey drove on towards Newport at a
furious rate. This mans name is not given,
but he will be on hand when required as a
witness.
To clinch the matter procession of car
started at 12:45 O'clock fer Fort Thomas last
night George II. Jackson drove the leading
carriage. The procession struck the muir
with George II. Jackson for a guide, fol-
made at the Newport bridge toll booth to
seek another link in the chain that binds
these men to the guilt of Pearl Bryan's
murder. Toll collector Tarvin said he re-
membered the surrey driven by colored
man passing over the bridge about o'clock
man and woman, and there was a white
man with the negro driver on the seat. The
procession was led by George II. Jackson
through unfrequented back streets in New
port and by long circuitous route OF mud
roads. in the darkness, under a cloudy sky.
Fort Thomas. After driving a Snort dis
tance George Fl. Jackson stopped just where
blind lane set out for the road. Here,
told me to turn the carriage around and
wait"
TOLD THE STORY OVER AGAIN.
George Fl. Jackson had not before been
to the scene of the murder since it was
committed. Where he stopped in the dark
ness last night was about two hundred
yards from the spot where Pearl Bryan
was found dead on the morning of Feb. L.
George III. Jackson is man of few words.
Here on the spot where the too-confding
girl was led to her cruel DEATH and at
about the same gloomy hour Of that trag
edy, the colored man repeated his story of
ths events of that fatal night. There was
s~dramatic realism in the simple, unaffect-
ed recital of the man that moved all pres
ent no counterfeit ipresentation on the
stage can move men. The settings of the
scene aided in its effect. When the negro
described the strange noise and the sounds
of a scuffie in the leaves and bushes. along
with his own sudden fright and flight, the
bystanders shuddered and almost imagined
they could hear the rustic of the leaves in
the struggle of Pearl Bryan for her life.
The route out to Fort Thomas was about
by dim country roads to the Alexandria
pike. 1t was about twice as far as the
drive to the fort by the nearest route.
The examination of the twenty or thirty
night by the. colored man jackson was
dramatic in the extreme. Walling stood
near one extremity of the arc. The negro
Jackson began his inspection at Walling's
end of the line. He examined every one,
man by man, till he got to the end of the
line. Then he turned, walked briskly back
and halted in front of Walling. All this
time he had not spoken word. Viewing
Walling all around, like a man examining
horse he was about to buy, he stepped in
front of him and said: THAT is the man
that sat on the seat with me-" There
would have been an outburst of cheers had
not the proprieties of the place and the
occasion forbidden Scott Jackson was
identified as to size and partially TO the
sound of his voice. The negros extreme
caution gave force TO his evidence. He
said: Il don't want to make any mistake
and then he took his time in making the
examination. Jackson, when the thing was
over. talked fppantly to his visitors To
one he said: Call the jailer and ask him
If he found surrey in my pockets when
he searched me-" He tries to ridicule the
multitude of <lews. that are followed
Walling is more Sullen and reticent. He
denounces the negro's statement as lie
The visitors admitted to see the men num-
ber hundreds daily, and for one admitted
ten are denied admittance.