The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-19
MORE VILENESS.
Depths of Wickedness and De-
pravity,
In Which Murderers Walling
and Jackson Lived,
SHOWN UP AGAIN
In the Story of Girl Named
May Smith,
Who, Like Lulu HollingsWOrth,
COnsOrted With Them.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 19.-Two morning
papers this morning publish a startling
statement made to them by Miss May
Smith of Louisville, who is acquainted
with the accused murderers, Walling and
Jackson.
She says she was in Cincinnati Jauu-
airy IA and took supper with Jackson at
Heider's restaurant, Jackson told
her that his friend. Will Wood,
at Greencastle, Indiana, was
involved in trou BILE with girl, that Wood
was going to send the girl here and he
would put her out of the way. Miss Smith
says she cautioned jackson of the danger
of discovery in such an enterprise. He
said he was too smart to be discovered.
She said after the murder of February 1,
Jackson wrote to her saying that he
had disposed of the girI-meaning of
Pearl Bryan, by @." The
long dash in the letter was left for Miss
Smith to fill in from her memory of the
conversation at Heiders on January IA.
She says that she left that letter in Louis
vile securely hidden. Ii that letter in
Jackson's handwriting can be obtained it
will be damaging evidence. If what she
says about its hiding place is true the
letter will be had tomorrow.
LOUISVILLE Feb. 19.-Investigati in
ILLS City 1nLO Lu0 lie Oh mGy Oultu. WHO
is connected with jackson and Walling
in the Pearl Bryan affair develops the
fact that she came here early in January,
being employed by Bryon Lister and wife
in the dress cutting business. The Lis
tiers opened an establishment here on
January 4, at 621 Fourth avenue.
Lister had been formerly with Mrs
Fuson's cutting school in SO and 90 Glenn
building. corner of Fifth and Race
streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. A few days
after opening up their establishment
adjoining their residence, they were
joined by May Smith, who came from
Mrs Fuson's school to teach for Mr.. and
Mrs. Lister.
She remained there until Saturday
night, week, when her brother from
Covington, KY, called for her to take
her home.
Mr., Lister said this morning that on
reading the first account of the affair the
girl appeared Mortified. as she had
been in CORES pondence with both
jackson and Walling and had
told Mrs. Lister that she was engaged to
Mr.. Walling. Mrs. Lister had seen let
tiers addressed to both men. When the
account came out in the newspapers that
May Smith had also been operated on by
Walling and Jackson, the girl
stoutly denied it, Mr.. Lister
said, however, that about a week before
Christmas while in the employment of
Mrs. Fuson, the girl was absent from
the office whole week and if the oper a.
ton was performed, it was per-
formed at that time. Mr.. Lis
ter SO declared that when the girl came
back to work she appeared altogether
changed, and appeared thinner and
looked sickly. May Smith is between IS
and 20 years of age and has dark eyes
and black hair and is quite pretty.
MIR. Lister says that man named
Swan, who is connected with the Palace
hotel in Cincinnati was a correspondent
of May Smith, and that she was con-
tinually getting letters from Swan,
Walling and Jackson. When the
locket was found in Cincinnati he heard
May exclaim: "Why know that Iocket;
it was Jackson's and contained lock of
Pearl Bryan's hair"
81 am positive" he said, shat she
knew of the operation performed on
Pearl Bryan by Walling."
Concerning the letters and papers of
| the Smith girl, the lady who keeps the
boarding house at 621 Fourth street said
today that there had been lot of letters
| and kilograms found under the
m attress of the bed which
May Smith occupied, but that
they had been burned by the little'girl in
the house. MIR. Lister said: II did not
read the letters, but the lady of the house
did. One was from girl in
Cincinnati which said Lon was
The letter was dated after the day of the
murder" The letters were of no i'm
| portance and had no bearing on the case
and we're burned There was one letter
from jackson in which it was stated that
WAlling was in trouble about girl.