The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
HE HAD TOUGH LUCK
JACKs0N'S EXPERIENCES AS Re-
LATED TO WOOD.
That Young Gentleman Finds His Tongue,
May be, Two Letters Written by jack
son I'm Relation to the Difficulty With
Makes a Part of Jackson's List of Crimes
jackson is Disturbed by the News of
Woods Story-May Smiths Actions.

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Woods story-May Smiths Actions.
Cincinnati, O.. Feb. 2o.-The develop
ments in the Fort Thomas horror ad-
vanced few steps today. Young Wood
who had heretofore been so reticent, re-
peated from memory two letters that
he had received from Jackson. one dated
Jan. % and another dated Feb. 5. He
says that these letters were shown 10
his friends at Greencastle, among them
Early, the operator, and DR.. r. C. Gil
lespie, the dentist at Greencastle.
The first letter, as nearly as he can
recollect. was as follows:
Cincinnati, o., Jan. %. 1896.
Hello BILL expect you think ! have
forgotten you, but 1 have not. l have
been awful busy this week. l have not
been over to Kentucky, 50 you may
know that have been busy. 1 worked
all day in the college and then in the
d1ssecting room, so you see l am busy,
for sure.
We'll, for business. Tell Bert to
come on l have a very nice room
with a nice old lady. A friend Of Wall
ing is going to do the work, an old
home tonight for supper He is a
chemist. 1 think I will have enough
money, but tell Bert to bring all she
can, for it may come handy. Tell her
to leave C. c. 50 as to get here Monday
night. Tell her she can go home in
four or five days. Push it along. Don't
go back on me when ! am this near out
of my trouble. Be sure and burn this
as soon as read. Your chum, always.
(Signed) D.
HIS TOUGH LUCK.
The next letter. which Wood says he
received from Jackson. he produces
from memory as nearly literally as pos
sible, in the following words:
Cincinnati, o., Feb. 8, 1895.
Hello Bill:-Be awful careful what
you say. l am expecting trouble. Oh
Lord, stand by me. Do you think Doc
VIII? Write him. l made a big mis-
take and it is going to get me into trou-
BILE. Don't forsake me now. Now IS
when : need you most. Write Doc
He'll stand up for me, won't he? Say,
Bill, I wish / had never seen that girl
and never seen G. c.
G. d my tough luck anyway. Be
sure and burn this Immediately. Don't
let any one see il. Now, Billy, stand
by your old chum.
(Signed.) y.
Wood said that his friends. including
those already mentioned, will remerber
the contents of these letters and swear
to them. He says that he burned all
of the letters.
That Of Feb. seems DANA ging from
the fact that Wood knew at that time
that a girl had been murdered at Fort
Thomas.
JACKSON Is DISTURBED.
The contents of these letters were re-
ported to Jackson. Jackson eVaded
questions in regard to the authorship
of them, but seemed 10 be very much dis
turbed.
Although Jackson sings ard dances
in jail, Walling is the more cheerful of
the two and holds up fairly well. He
IS continually asking about the develop
ments in May Smiths story which she
repeated to Mayor Caldwell yesterday.
He is very reticent except in accusa-
tfons against Jackson. Even in these
he INDUCES more sparingIy than he did
when first arrested.
Miss May Smith of Louisville IS still
lowering about the city, never stopping
two nights at the same place. She is
confessedly in love with Walling and
her presence here is without doubt for
the purpose of doing everything she can
to prove his innocence or mitigate the
OffenSe