The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-04-16

Bryan, who left home January % to go
to indianapolis to visit Mrs Louisa w
Fisher, of No. 70 Central avenue. She did
not go there, but, as subsequently learned
by the detectives working on the case.
| went to Cincinnati, where she met Scott
| Jackson.
Pearl Bryan was the youngest of 12
children. of whom seven daughters and
son are stll living The girls all enjoy
| ed local celebrity for their good looks
and their accomplishments. Pearl, the
| child of her parents old age, was even
handsomer than her sisters and her edu-
| cation had received careful attention. In
| the neighborhood she was widely popular
| She graduated from the Greencastle high
| school four years ago. and since that
| time had studied much at college In
person she was small and graceful Her
| beauty was of the pronounced blonde
| type.
The jackson family had its origin in
| Maine, and lived for some time in New
| Jersey prior to coming to Greencastle
| Jackson. when in the east. became in
volved in the embezzlement of $24. 900 be-
| longing to the Pennsylvania Railroad Co
| He and his partner in guilt, Alexander
| Let's, squandered the money at the race
| tracks and in high living. jackson fur
| nished the evidence which convicted Let's
| and the latter Is now serving a sentence
| in the New Jersey penitentiary. AS his
| reward for testifying against Let's, Jack
| son was permitted to go free. He came
| west to friends in Indiana. He entered
a school of dental surgery at indianapolis
| and made frequent visits to his friends
in Greencastle. There he met Pearl Bry-
| an. and they became intimate. The coun-
| try maiden was not able to resist the
wiles of the race track plunger and tough
| ened man of the world. Their Illicit con-
nection began last September. Later in
| the fall Jackson went to Cincinnati 10
| prosecute his professional studies He
was informed by Miss Bryan that her dis
| grace could be concealed no longer Then
| was opened a correspondence In which in
structions were given the girl which she
| followed to her death. The girl was to
leave ostensibly for visit to Indianapo-
is but was really to go to Cincinnati,
where jackson said he had made the ne
cessary preparations for criminal oper-
alton He had taken into his confidence
Aonzo walIins, fellow student at the
| Cincinnati dental college. They had been
| at the indianapolis institution together.
and in. the Ohio town were room mates.
| The week before the girl came Jackson
| had been reading up on poisons and their
| effect He had made special inquiry as
| to cocaine and prussiac acid. Monday Miss
| BRYAN reached Cincinnati and went to the
| Indiana house. She saw Jackson and
Walling several times. and Wednesday
| went to indianapolis. returning Friday.
Friday night she met them at a saloon
whence they told her they would take
her to a room they had provided. where
she would be cared for. Their stories
| conflict to such an extent that the truth
| can only be surmised Jackson says Wal
ling was responsible for the young WON
ans condition. and Walling asserts It was
Jackson AS to the fact. there is littlC
doubt that Jackson was the author OF hei
ruin. Each accuses the othc: OF the prin
cipal share of the murder. II is believed
no operation was ever intended.
Taking all the confessions and state
ments and circumstances into account. Il
is almost a certainty that Jackson gav'
the girl twenty grains Of cocain In gllsi
. | of soda water when they were in the 81
loon. Walling had left them there to
eether. Then the two took n carriage ans
were afterward joined by Walling. Thal
, drove over TO the kentucky side Of tn
river. near the point where the body wa
found. The girl was dying from the cf
fects Of the drug. but was stll able Il
: walk. They conducted her distanc
I | from the roadway. and. when the iru
e ! overcame her they cut her head from he
y body with a razor which Jackson ha
:. carried for that purpose The girls clothe
d such of them as could be recognized
J. we're taken from the body. Her satcnt