Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-02-15
A Girl Friend Who Knows About
It but Will Not Tell Yet.
HFR VERY MYSTERIOUS STORY
She Does Not Propose to See Those Boys
Hung and TO Save Their Necks
win Tell.

indianapolis, Feb. 9.-The Fort Thorn
as murder mystery is no nearer a solu-
ton than it has been since the headless
body of Pearl Bryan was found.
Lulu May Hollingsworth, one of Pearl
Bryan's girl friends, who has been
boarding at No. 81 Henry street knows
a good deal about the tragedy. Miss
Hollingsworth's knowledge of the ca
was brought to light today through a
letter written TO Marshal w. +. Starr
at Greencastle. The man who wrote the
letter is H. Z. Radcliffe, a travelling
salesman from Baltimore. He advised
Marshal Starr to investigate the matter
and the marshal came here this after
noon.
Detective Frank Wilson was detailed
to assist the marshal. They called on
Miss Hollingsworth. She was not in
clined to be communicative at first
Then they decided to take her to the
police headquarters and have her Ques-
toned by superintendent Colbert
While her story is not complete in de-
tail it shows she knows a good deal
about the death Of Miss Bryan.
Miss Hollingsworth says that on the
afternoon of January % she was at the
Union station and met Miss Bryan. She
had visited in Greencastle and had be-
come acquainted with Miss Bryan, At
ter the usual greetings, Miss Bryan told
her she was in deep trouble. She CX-
planned it's nature, and sale that Jack
son was responsible for her condition
She said it would never do for her peO-
pie to hear of her disgrace and she was
going to Cincinnati to have an abortion
performed. She asked Miss Holdings
worth the nature of drugs used in such
cases, and Miss HOllingsWorth told he1
what she had heard was good.
At this point in her story Miss HOl-
lingsworth Wavered. She said certain
drugs had been purchased here and that
four drug stores were visited She
would not tell the names of the drugs
but said whisky formed a large part OF
the mixture. She said the stuff pur-
chased cost 40 cents. She admitted the
stuff was purchased by a woman. Miss
Hollingsworth said she was acquainted
with Jackson and Wood, but had never
met Walling.
That same evening Miss Bryan took
train for Cincinnati. She saw Wood
afterward. He came here the following
Friday and Miss Hollingsworth was at
the depot. Both of them being acquaint-
ed with Miss Bryan, they talked about
her trouble. Wood was on his way to
South Bend, Ind, and left shortly after
his arrival here.
Miss HOllingSWOrth'S manner of tell
ing her story convinced the officers she
was holding something back. She was
subjected to a most rigid examination
and on several occasions lost her tenn
per.
Il am positive that Pearl was not
murdered" she said.
We'll, how do you know"
L know, but do not propose to tell. -
why not?"
Simply because / do not intend to
lncriminate myself. There was an oc-
cufrence between Jackson, Pearl Bryan
ana myself that were I to tell of ii
would clear up the mystery surrounding
her death. do not propose to see those
ooys hang, and when the last hope is
gone l will tell what I know in order to
save their necks. They did not kill
Pearl"
How do you know they did not kill
herr"
Because she died by her own hand
nave theory. Pearl took the medi-
cine herself. She was in Jacksons room
aC the time. 1t had different effect
from what she expected and she grew
80 pad that Jackson saw she was going
70 ole. He knew it would never do to
nave her die in the house, so he secured
mack, and, assisted by Walling, took
nef across the river She may have
uled on the way or may have been dead
before they got her out of the room