The evening times., 1896-02-08
SCOTT JACKSON DENIES
Still Declares S,IemsIy He Did
| Not Kill Pearl Bryan.
HE ACCUSES HIS FRIEND
Insists That waliing Did the Horrible
Deed-Yet He Carried IA yali-e Com
tanning His BIoody Trousers. Which
He Dropped Into Sewer-Confes-
s.ontoY ". c. A. A.GenersISecretary.

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Cincinnati, o., Feb. s.-Fred Bryau posi-
lively ideniiried his sisters remains al
whites undertaking establishment IN New
port last evening. An undertaken from
Greencasrle, Ind. is preparing the body Tor
/ shipment to the latter place. where II VIII
be buried.
Sheriff Plnniner OF Newport insists that
the crime was committed in Kentucky, and
demands the custody or jackson, waIllng
ana Wood. who are keld In this city. They
viii probably be surrendered To the Ken
tucky authorities today unless the prisoners
refuse to go without requisition papers.
jackson appears TO be fast weakening. Yes
/ terday afternoon he told the chief OF pclicc
that on Friday night wall.ng returned from
| Fort Thomas ana left two valisesa at L gner's
saloon.
CONTENTS OF HIS vALJsE.
Il met walling there" said he, and
took one OF the valises. waliing took the
other. We walked over toward the coi-
lcge. On the way we saw two stu,lents
! OF the college coming toward Us. Not
/ wishing to meet them, we turned down
Little Richmond street. Al Central ave
nue. walling and parted. He went to the
| college. His valise contained my bloody
trousers. continued down Little Rich
mOnd street, and dropped the CONTENTS Of
my yallse into sewer. "A square or so from
I the corner of Little Richmond street and
\ Central avenue. The valisc contained
some clothes and something else, don't
/, know what"
| The police made search OF The sewer
and found the trousers.
Mayor Caldwell says that. in his opinion,
Pearl Bryan was poisoned in waiiiDgford's
saloon In this city. When the girl drank
| sarsaparilia the two students dropped the
deadly drug IN the glass.
| Late this afternoon Scott Jackson asked
| for some one to 20 for General Secretary
! Tibbltts Of the Y. NJ. c. A. and request
him to call at the prison Mr.. Tibbitts
soon arrived and jackson asked the Sec
retary to pray with him.
swEARs HE is INNOCENT.
while the prayer was in progress jackson
cried: "oh, Lord. forgive me! oh, Lord,
have mercy upon me!'
Later u was learned that Tibbitts wrote
the confession As /. was dictated by Jack
son, ana the latter signed IL. II says:
! Here. with the Bibie in my hand. on my
knees before God, was not gully OF mGr-
dering that poor girl. did get her 10 come
| TO Ctncnnatiand undergoan abortion. Wall
ing was 10 get $50 Tor performing it,
was guilty OF getting him TO do II, but not
or numbering that poor girl.
Il don't know where he killed her. or
1 how he killed her. did not kill ;he poor girl.
He is the guilty man. Will Woods was to
send $50 TO Kim through me for performin.
the abortion. This is the truth, 50 help me
God
The confession was signed by Jackson in
| the presence of no one but Secretary Tib-
bits. 1t was then delivered TO the mayor
and chief OF police.
ANOTHER POST MoRTEM EXAMINA-
TIoN.
A second post mortem was had over
| the bOdy of Peal Bryan, the murdered wo-
| man, last evening, aud developed tie fact
that there was no blood in cay OF the
arteries. This fact il stated by one OF the
examining physicians to he conclusive proof
that the girl was murdered where the body
was found.
Had the head bccn severed after death
most of Ee b,ood would have remained in
the hody. TIE police are Siiil at work
searching the sewers in Cincinnati for
the missing head.
Green Castle. Ind. Feb. s-Scores Of
ymplthizers called yesterday at the Bryan
homestead. but Mrs. Bryan will see no visit
ors. and the family physician fears that she
will lose her reason. This morning a re-
porter Of the United Press had an inter-
view with Mrs. jackson, mother OF Scott
Jackson.
IF he is guilty of this terrible crime, let
him meet justice and the fun extent OF the
law. Possibly it is best that this affair
end such a life" she said. after she had
recited all she had done to take the proper
care OF her wayward son. There is no
hope now OF chan ginr his life. have done
all a Christian mother could. The wcrst
and the last have come. MAY God he merci-
ful TO him. May he have time even yet to
repent and he saved
The sgonized mother lies in an uncon-
scioIs condition most of the time. Woods
mother is very different. She is excited,
angry and very rebel,ious. She refuses to
bel.eve that her son Is any wise guilty
and ridicules the reports that her boy has
led a reckless life as horrible lies, started
by the friends of jackson for the purpose of
making the crime rest les heavily upon the
latter.