The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-20


Such Extensive Results, Which Story
She Denies, But Tries to Throw All the
Blame of the Present Case From Wall
ing, Whom She Loves, to jackson,
Whom She Does Not Loye-The Negro,
George jackson.
Louisville, KY, Feb. 19-Another
chapter in the Pearl Bryan murder
came to light this morning when Bran
on Listner who, with his wife, runs
dress cutting business here, made
statement connecting Jackson and Wal
ling, the accused murderers of the Bry-
an girl, with another abortion case.
Miss May Smith, 20-year old girl, who
formerly worked for the Listners. and
who, it appears, was engaged 20 Wall
ing, had an abortion performed by
Jackson and Walling in January last,
according to Listner's story. The girl
denies the truth Of the assertion, al
though she is known to have been away
for a week last month and to have
been in constant correspondence with
Walling, jackson and a man named
Swan, also Of Cincinnati. Listner fur
Their asserts that the Smith girl knew
Bryan at the time.
Cincinnati, Feb. 19-The day, up to
the present writing, has been without
incident in the Pearl Bryan murder
case. The story Of May Smith of Lou
isville, published in two morning pa
pers, in which a woman says Jackson
told her of the murderous toward Pearl
Bryan on January IA, and wrote to her
since February 1, saying the work had
been accomplished lacks corrobo-
ton.
Miss Smith seems unable to produce
the letter Inquiry by wire sent to
Louisville today brings back the ans
wer that Miss Smiths letters have been
destroyed.
Every possible effort continues to be
made to cast discredit on George FL.
Jackson's reliability. One of his prin
ciple assailants is a coiored Baptist
preacher who is serving a sentence in
the Ohio penitentiary.
Governor Bushnell knows the colored
man Jackson and is reported as speak
ing well of him.
Detective Morris of Springfield says
Jackson's story is trustworthy.
SHE LEAVES WALLING.
Cincinnati, Feb. 19.-This afternoon
Miss May Smith of Louisville, who is
in love with the prisoner Walling, and
admits it, repeated to Mayor Cald-
well the story she told at the Palace
hotel to reporters of the Commercial
Gazette and Enquirer. 1t was the
same brief story, that Jackson had
revealed his purpose to her al Hefder's
hotel on January II. He said VIII
Wood, a friend Of him, had got Pearl
Bryan into a bad fix and he was going
to put her out of The way TO screen
Wood
She also repeated the story Of let
ter sent to her by Jackson after the
murder, saying that he had given the
girl medicine that had killed her, and
then beheaded her to prevent recogni-
ton. The letter she received from
Jackson could not be found today at
Listners, 621 Fourth street, Louisville,
where she said she had left it.
Mayor Caldwell also examined Miss
Hattie Cans of Cumminsville, young
lady of irreproachable character, whom
Jackson visited on the Saturday night
after the murder She could tell moth
ing in the way of testimony. Miss
Cans had attended the Dixie school of
dressmaking nj this city and had been
introduced to Jackson by May Smith,
who was a teacher in the school. Jack
son asked the privilege of visiting her
at her home She declined receiving
his visits on SO short acquaintance.
Miss Cans knew a Miss Henry at Green
castle. Jackson got a letter of intro
duction to Miss Cans and presented it
when he visited her on that Saturday
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