The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-11
BRYAN MURDER MYSTERY.
Laura Ma y llollingswOrth Shows Dis
position TO Shield Jackson. and Is
Placed Under Arrest.

Placed Under Arrest.
| indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 10.-Facts
that rast Il serious doubt upon the story
of Laura May Hollingsworth, who says
that Pearl Bryan committed suicide.
| developed here today and as n result
II is being claimed that the girl is at
| tempting to shield Jackson and that she
did not see Pearl Bryan at the Union
station ON January rs during the time
/ that she stopped over here to board Il
| Cincinnati train. Miss Hollingsworth
| claims that she met Pearl about a
o'clock: that the latter conilded the
| story of her troubles to her and that
| she gave her prescription which would
| help her out of her condition.
II Pearl arrived in Cincinnati be-
| tween six and seven o'clock as all the
| facts indicate she could not have been
| in Indianapolis at 4 O'Clock, and If she
was here and met Miss Hollingsworth
at the latter time, she could not pos
| sibly have reached Cincinnati until af-
| ter nine O'Clock.
Miss Hollingsworth still sticks to her
| story, however
Miss Hollingsworth confessed to the
police this afternoon that she saw viii
| Wood and Pearl Bryan in this city on
the Thursday afternoon before the
murder. She says that Miss Bryan told
her that Walling was also here. Wall
ing and Miss Bryan according to her
story spent Thursday night here but
she refuses to tell where. Miss Hol-
lingsworth was locked up as it is be-
lieved that she knows far more than
she is willing to tell
Two Rings Missing.
Green Castle Ind, Feb 10.-It has
been discovered that diamond and
an opal ring worn by Pear Bryan when
she went to Cincinnati did not return
here with the corpse and the family
assert that they were taken from the
body by the murderer for the same
purpose that the head was severed to
destroy the possibility of identifica-
tion.
The corpse will not be buried for sew
, eral days In the hope that the missing
head will be found.
Links in the Chain.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Feb. 1O.-Today
the detectives in the Fort Thomas
murder case took the bloody coat found
in catch basin yesterday to the jail
and tried 1t on Waling and Jackson
jackson said ii was his property. He
claimed that he put it in closet on
January in his room at the boarding
house and that he has not had it in his
hands since. He put 1t on and the
negro, Allen Johnson. said it looked
IKE the coat Jackson had on the night
he took Pearl Bryan away In a cab
The coat was then tried on Walling
but it was nisft. The cap found was
shown to Walling and he said it was
his, but that Jackson used to wear it.
1t was next taken to Jackson who pat
1t on and it adjusted itself to him
nicely.
Inquiries were made today at all the
toll gates and revealed some interest
ing facts. Two separate witnesses tes-
titled to the fact that a cab was driven
rapidly toward the scene of the murder
about 10 O'Clock Friday night and back
at the same breakneck pace after .
O'Clock Saturday morning going toward
Fort Thomas Searching parties made
a thorough search of the sand bar at
Dayton today. in hopes of finding the
missing head
Both prisoners will fight against
being taken to Kentucky for trial. but
it is understood acquisitions will be is
sued by Governor Bradley within the
next few dayg