The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-05
Reporter Anthony Played Detective
and Secured Damaging Admissions
from the Prisoner.
WOMEN WHO HEARD THE CAB
MRS. BOWERS SAW DRIVER JACKSON
RUNNING FROM FORT THOMAS.
DR.. LfttIer, Who Roomed af Mcxev-
FMS, Tells of waIIing's Queer
Conduct After the killing.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

colors OF witnesses are coming forward TO
help the prosecution convict Alonzo Walling
of assisting Scott jackson TO murder Pearl
Bryan. The habit OF testifying seems TO be
catching in this community From at least
one witness on the stand to-day It would
seem that the desire to gain notoriety has
something to do with the witnesses claiming
to have heard the coupe drive TO TT Thomas
on that fatal night. Women are SPRING
Ing UP who had '.toothache" or back
ache" or were restless and couldn't Sleep
on that last night in January. ana they arf
now ready to go on the stand and swear
away Aionzo Walling's life. New and start
ling evidence was furnished by one OF them
to-day. IL the woman really heard and saw
all she claimed she did. Ger testimony il
more important than a great deal heretofore
introduced.
This witness was Virginia Bowers. Of
Third street and Central avenue. Newport
Mrs. Bowers was witness who oid not
appear in the Jackson trial.
''On the night OF Jan. a." she said, Il
had slight bilious attack and could not
riage driven rapidly past our house"
What else did you hear that night?"
wen. later heard somebody come run
ming toward the Licking bridge. He seemed
just under my window. gasping for breath.
catch me sure / thought somebody was
alarmed. / looked out Of the window and
said: Yes. they VIII catch you II you oont
hurry AS soon as ] said that he started
to run again as hard as ne could think
the man was colored man..
"That Is ALL" said Colonel Nelson
81 can tell more" suggested Airs; Bow,
ers. a thin-faced, nervous woman dressed
ia mourning and wearing spectacles.
'I heard the carriage as IL was going out
strike a rail-" said Mrs. Bowers. The
wheel seemed to catch IN the ran. and the
voice got down and. i thought, seemed TO
Then NJ a The / heard somebody-a man inside the
carriage-say to the driver, the colored man.
Why don't you get out and & nslp him. I1e
let me- Then there seemed 10 be woIn-
ans voice. and she said What's happenedr
Are We therey'
afRS. BowERSs BLUNDER.
"TIow are you able TO fix the night7"
My little Eiece came from school the
next day and said that terrible murder
had been committed"
"Just go on and tell all you know" re-
marked Colonel Washington. incredulously.
as the cross-sxamination began.
"well, heard the carriage come back
some time after i heard the man running
think the clock struck o'clock about tho
time the man ran past"
Now, Mrs. Bowers you say your little
niece came from scaool the next day and
told YOU OF the MURDER"
Yes. She ATTENDED the Central school,"
THAT would be Saturday. Aren't you
aware that school Is not held on Saturday 20
Wei, some people have told nae Il wasn't
q school day; my niece was not home from
school; she came In about noon."
Mrs. Eowers's manner was peculiar Once
or twice she seemed 90 lose the thread OF her
story. and said: 81 have lost the subject
She became confused in leaving the court
room. and tried 10 make her exit through an
The new evidence which coachman jack
son gave in the afternoon hts in nicely With
the Rovs1. siatmepts ,sc Of the Rasly srr,sle Mrs
cause an honest man 10 wonder IL There we're
not some previous coaching. coachman Jack
SsR IRsaa a ne eoo0s s0y S Ss.1n ne ssas G p s as
when I got back to Newport" Jackson
exhausted that I sat down and rested :
gh.le, 7 heard footsteps, 1 ihOugnt, an<
The coachman described the gray horse.
| which lunged, the rain apron drawn over the
glass in front of the rockaway. ana the pc
| culiar rattle of the vehicle. He declared that
he had no difficulty IN Identifying Munen's
jail Colonel washington began the cross
OF the cOlored man except to show that ne
had evidently been well drilled by some one.
William 9 asss Gassay sel.s TESTIFIED 5a thst he
| Newport bridge from Cincinnati on the fatal
Fridaay night. 1t Vas between 12ao and 10
Con coyne, United States storekeeper.
said that on the night OF ,he murder ne
was employed in the dstiliery on the Lick
ing pike About a. m. he noticed rock
away drawn by one horse driving rapidly
| In the direction OF Fort Thomas
aens he~t re ths Sihss5 dsp proTsa % 1sm lam
| swore that Pearl Bryan on the night OF her
| arrival in cincinnati' asked not only for
Scott Jackson but for Alonzo Walling. who
| she said were dental students.
| she was across the street from the
Grand Central station" said Bell. asking
| people IL they knew where she could find
| Scott Jackson or Alonzo Walling. made
| IL a point TO find out what she wanted.
When 7he said they were dental students
there to the Palace Hotel I asked for
both Walling and Jackson. Then we drove
iD might have l4s oee fo or
| her We could not find either of them and
as the girl said she wanted 10 90 10 a hotel
morning ]. took note from the girl to the
dental college: IL was addressed TO Scott
| Jackson and took back an answer"
| BELLS DAMAGING STORY.
The point which Bell brought out was :
vital one. for it seemed 10 show that there
must have been some. arrangement between
Pearl Bryan and the two students as TO
the girls arrival. Belts testimony appar-
entity took the prosecution itself by surprise.
The attorneys glanced at each other sig
| ni6canEy.
/ did you testify In the jackson trial that
both names were on the note you took to
| the dental collegeg' demanded Colonel
| Washington but his questions were unable
| TO shake the witness. Bell was positive
| that the girl both asked for Walling and
| wrote his name upon the note.
| DR.. W. ID. Litter. young physician, who
] roomed In the McNeyin house, and who
/ now lives at Hillsboro o.. was the first
witness of the afternoon Attorney Hayes
| examined him. The witness described the
| interior OF the now famous NcNeyin house.
| He said taat Jackson and Waliing disputed
| about the effect OF cocaine about a week
! before the murder and called him In 20 de-
| eide the argument.
ibid you ever know ten grains OF cocaine
| 10 be injected at one time?" asked attorney
! Hayes
NO, sir; never did"
/ Dr.. Litter testified that on Feb. . the
| day after Pear. Bryan's body VAS found.
| when one OF the ladies OF his lodging
| house asked him (YaIling) n he had read
| about the murder. he sat silent a1e pre-
| tended not 10 hear: another lady OF the
| house called the defendants attention 10
! the fact that he had been asked question
| and had made no reply. Nai.ing then said:
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