The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-07

Cincinnati. Feb. e--AH day the city has
been curio9siy excited over the cereiop-
msntS ~ the now famous story OF tie
mysterious death of Pearl Bryan, the
Greencastle. Ind, farmers daughter.
What Is called a confession of two OF the
young men implicated as her mErdeTers
Is only a strange sort Of haif-deflant wine
ing under the seni-forture OF police ex-
animation, in which each calprit appears
10 be trying TO shield himself as an acci-
dental accomplice and make the other the
real criminal.
So far IL is known that Pearl Bryan.
about 70 become a mother and iesiroGs Of
hiding her shame. left Greencastle, Ind.
Tuesday. January p. ostensibly TO visit
Mrs Fisher. in Indianapolis: that William
Wood saw her 20 the train. that she came
directly 10 Cincinnati and tried 70 see
Scott Jackson ar the dental college that
night, but could not: that she registered at
the Indiana house ar Mabel Stanley.
city. and was Assigned TO room ia After
that the stories about her do not agree.
AIonzo W. Walling. the room mate II
Scott Jackson. both of whom were arras-
ed last night. charged with the mua er,
SAYS that Jackson saw Miss Bryan on
Wednesday, and that he went about the
city with her. and finally, on Friday, COM
pieted the crime Of murder. cutting OF the
girls head and bringing IL 10 Cincinnati
In her own valise. which he kept until Mon
day. when he cast the head into a sewer
and threw her clothing into the Ohio river
on the other hand. Jackson. in stolii
half-stnpid and always ohstinately argu-
mentative manner, placed the entire bur-
den on Nailing. According 20 his story the
lamentahle condition OF Miss Bryan was
attributed 10 William Wood. Of Greencas-
tie. who applied 10 Jackson to help him
cover up the girls shame and his own par
ucipation In the affair. Wood did this
Jackson says. because he tJackson) was a
dental student and supposed 70 have ac-
cess 10 means for producing an abortion
Jackson denied having any such knowl-
edge, but recommended WalIing. his ROOM
mate. who had told him how he had as
sisted two girls from Hamilton. o. near
MS home. Thereupon Wood sent Miss
bryan TO Cincinnati. where jackson
turned her over 10 Waillng, and there his
Information seemed 20 fail. He said that
Wailing took the girl away from the hotel
or wednesday, and that was the last he
saw OF her. Bat under the spur OF persist
ent questioning he made more admissions.
such as that he left the girls valise at a
barber shop, empty, where the police
found IL. The chief OF police asked linn 10
open the valise and had him describe the
ghastly bloodstains. made as Walling al
legged. by the discovered head OF his vic
Tim. But he always viciously denied that
he had carried the valise with the girls
bloody head I'm H. His confession was in
shreds and patches, accusations against
Nailing and deniais or what fneriminated
himself but all the time admitting that he
knew the purpose for which Pearl BRYAN
came 10 Cincinnati. and that he knew on
Friday night that she was dead
But the evidence against these men does
not depend on their own statements This
IL afs
70 have been left az a barber shop by Jack
son lie could not have been innocent Of
lts ghastly use when he admits that IL be-
longea 10 the poor girl. and that IL CON
tained her clothing and toilet articles
which. he says. he carried I'm instaflm.nts
day BY day. and threw into the Ohio river.
saloonkceper has identified the men as
having been in his saloon with two wo,ncn
and says that on Friday night Jackson bor-
rowed - from him 10 take n buggy ride
ON Saturday night he paid ST. 70 back. on
Jackson's person when arrested We're three
ladies' handkerchiefs. which he said he
found on a street car on Sunday night. but
when more probably were taken from the
valise of Miss Bryan.
The main facts OF the time. manner ana
place OF the girls death remain unre-
vealed. IL is reasonably clear that she met
her death Friday night. The theory that
a bungle4 surgical operation caused her
death ia clearly disproved by the coroner.g
Investigation. So also Is the theory Of death
from drugs as the analysis OF her stomach
showed no such condition. II is clear she
was either brutally beheaded or was killed
by an anesihctiC. As death from the lat
ter cause can only be determined Nv the
condition or the blood and as decapltatfon
depleted the veins. that question can ONLY
10 settled BY the testimony OF a witness
Imagination staggers At the suggestion az
Afaft4Hga4 rafFFT1e~ hss
leaves the only plausible theory that the
girl died under the influence Of an anes-
thetic and that the subsequent treatment
of her body was 70 hide the cause OF her
Death.
Late this afternoon. IN the locker OF
Walling at the dental college. was found
a PAIR Of troaSeTs wrapped in paper Thy
belonged 70 Jackson. Blood aud mud were
on the knees and other portions of the gar
raenr- Jackson denied having seen Them
for a month And 50 this mystery is IN
the process of solution. little by little. with
hundreds of searching ewes turned 10 every
available source q evidence. while the
public Stands aEhast at the dsn1.sh atroc-
itv % the men Implicated
Before the confession Jackson sad. u
am afflicted wlth la.utiug spells ani 4rta~
they pass away I gst delirlcus aad DON'T
know what ! am doing. WBen was a
hoy living IN indianapolis Z have ylsen in
uFi'rt1m after a ca'sttt df4--l1 myself ARD
wandered around TIE house without krovv-
iug what had done
William Wood arrested al South Rsrl
Ina Is deeply implicated \ bundle ~ f..,
,ers from Wood 10 jackson bears tbs rea~,
q Jarksaa's confession stt- Ns4rlv al os
Woesf-s letters are about a.rls ans sas,a
ara -, grossly Indecent % be read ll.r,f
Jackson esonfessss thar he visited the r-rf
Wednesday. January - he admits thst
hs taok her clothing out of hsr hand
Eafchel. and made away Nith 81
WY did yoa do that was asked hin
Ito cover gp our tracks, vas the re-
Ply.
TIE vallsa wss shown him. TIE uo,i,a
lad obtained ig IN 4 esrter Sa0p " here ha
lrfs IL last Monday EiEht. enjo3hinz .hs
tzrrsr 60 fst na ore but him have H.
.-tlpen the valsse." said Chez D.etsoh "a
ha handed il 10 Jackson. The prisoner -,e-
ehsnseslly epeued t. "What Co yua a. t-
tlsve~- asked fhe casef
s.Stasns~ saia the prisoaer. under a L.
rife nervous strain
What sori og stains ihg1Ie-ss Via
enEes
ia must n. blood sIa1as. rsjolnes .s.
prisoner. stoia9ly.
Wac Il the head tast made tsesa
xtagnxgs7 asked The casef
wen. I saaua thinS is waS" s-s-s-
ss,ere.s ghe pTisosssr
s.xyAs n shefa mat yca earF4e5 tha Ae-. ...
- sall xosl snss st1 not csrTy -. - q.
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