Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21
Fresh Developments in the Pearl
Bryan Case.
Her bead BELIEVED TO Be FOOND
indications That Are Regarded as
Suspicious.
POLICE ARE NOTIFIED

COLUMBUS. Ohio, March 21.-Pearl Bry-
ans head is believed to have been identi-
lied in this city.
Chief of Porce Dietsch of Cincinnati has
been notified by G. v. Wing, art.culator of
human skeletons for medical students, "a
North Washington avenue, to send full de-
scription of Pearl Bryan's head. Thursday
morning early, while Wing was still in bed
a man, who gave his name as Cole.
brought woman's head in a tin bucket to
Wings place. The back hair was braided.
the front hair combed back. and the color
of the hair, which is from sixteen to
twenty inches in length, Is a beautiful
brown. The hair on the left side was mat
ted to the head by blood. Wings susp:-
cion was aroused that something was
wrong for the reason that students do not
present work in which blood is feature
of the subject. In addition. dry leaves
were in the matted hair. The head looked
as though it had been buried or frozen.
A medical student who examined it said
tie head in his judgment. had been sew
cred by a person who understood some
thing about surgery. The cleavage of the
with the chin, which would leave most of
the neck on the body. On the back of the
head just where it was severed from the
body, there is a cut in the flesh OF the
skull
Cole said he would call for the head in a
day or two. He seemed to be in a great
hurry. and mas not been heard from since.
He said he wanted the bones preserved in
good shape and not cut
Mr.. Wing, after looking at the work In
hand, decided not to art.culate the Skull,
because he believed there was something
crooked about the case.
The head in the pail was wrapped IN a
small blanket The student who examined
the head was c. S. Burnside. The man
who brought the head to the house was
about five feet eight inches in height, had
a small light mustache and would weigh
probably rs pounds.
The presence of leaves in the hair and
the fact that the back hair was braided
led Mr. Wings thoughts to at once revert
Fort Thomas, KY. He remembered having
read about the possibility of the head be-
ing buried and as indications pointed 10
the fact that the head which he had IN
his possession had been buried or pre-
served in some like manner. he decided to
ask some advice as to what he should do.
Being advised by Frank Houghton and
Chal Ferrall to notify the police Mr.. Wing
clutied that it would be best to at least
inform some official person of his posses
sior of the head so Re sent telegram
or Friday to the chief of police of Gin
cir natl and asked full description of Fhe
head of Pearl Bryan be sent him
Dispatch reporter requested the head
lie bundled up and taken to a photoG-
rapher's. where a picture might be oh
tanned This was readily agreed to by
Mr.. Wing, who proceeded to bundle up
the gruesome object. remarkable coin
cidence occurred about this time which is
worthy of note. In selecting a paper to
wrap the head in preparatory to placing
it in a telescope Mr.. Wing picked up Il
copy of a Cincinnati payer containing n
fuii account of the Pearl Bryan tragedy.
The Columbus Dispatch recently publish
ed an extensive description of Mr.. Wings
place, a neighbor having complained to
he health officers of the boiling of bones.
The substance of this statement was wired
to Cincinnati and elsewhere. which leads
Mr.. Wing to believe that his place was
found by Cole through these reports