Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-06

never went TO Bellevue Ky. neither aid
Pearl Bryan TO his knowledge: never
was In Dayton. Ky. but he and waiiinS
went to ~ Thomas last October: bought
bridge tickets and walked over into Ncwcort
, Then took Fort Thomas car and went out
there Has rot been in Fort Thomas or New
port since until brought here by the offcers
jackson then testified that he spent ali of the
night Of Friday-the night OF the uurder-in
his boarding house on Ninth street
The witness then told OF his doings before
retiring Friday night wallinr and Frank
Albion came TO his room about y. 30 They
lett soon after and the prisoner went to slecp
WalliaE came back some time during the
night His coming in partly aroused jackson:
oiont Know the time OF night Saturday
morning Jackson arose about 10 O'Clock
Saturday evening Jackson read the account
about finding the headless body ut Fl Thomas:
started to tell walling about IL He said he
didn't want to see anything about H. He want
cd TO 90 TO the room at once
Il said that didn't propose TO so before
had finished my supper
Then we went TO the room where he had n
lot OF bundles
Il went back to the room and found walling.
He said. Throw these away. Jack
What fors asked
Never mind" he answered s'about that
time l was panic-strickcn sThcn take this
Nalise. Mailing said. and the bundle and
throw them in the river / did So walked
/ out on the suspension bridge and there was n
partly undonc walked farther. Then when
got chance threw the bundle away did
not see a chance to throw the valise away rs
thought took IL back
1t was after O'Clock when l went down to
, the bridge. When l got back to Lcrncr's IL
was about p when the bundle came
l open noticed lady's underwear in IT."
Tell more fully what happened in the res
I taurant"
! Wen. when bought paper and saw about
I nj lf.fNxs
I ems what is this wallingy He said not TO
\ read II out loud. that he didn't want TO hear
/ about IL there. 1 said; This can't be your
work. is ia He said; I don't know anything
! about it / asked more questions. and nc
/ do youy'
| Crawford asked what waliing said about
, buying a room for the girl.
"Walltng said u he did the work It would
, have TO be on the street | told him guessed
we could agree 10 that He said he dtdat want
/ anyone TO know where the girls room was"
monday afternoon jackson says he went to
/ his room TO rest and to wallinR. saw n
package on his trunk u womans skirt. etc.
and went to the river and threw them in
/ While the witness was away Waling had
come in Saw walling Tuesday afternoon in
the room. he told Jackson to take the
valise and bundle TO tho depot Put
] them under seat ON some train and
! then get out Took them. while walling took
two other bundles, went TO Richmond street
saw sewer opening and threw the bundle in
Jackson then went to the Unson depot with
! the valise but could not get through the gates
/ because he had no ticket, came back and left
/ IL AT hugcls went home and went TO bed
| Wednesday morning he OVERSIGHT himself;
/ most OF the day was spent with Miss Cans
and took her home TO Cumminsville in the
evening. In passing Lawrences barber shop
/ saw alltng He came out He asked What
sort OF fellow is this Wood. anyhow" / said 1
/ didn't know. He said. You'd better write
a letter saying she has gone away ] said /
| didn't want TO do that lie told me: You'd
| better; they know you're here and II they ind
the girl Is dead In this city they fasten sus
/ picion on YOU" l was panic-stricken and
complied
Jackson then described his arrest: 81 was
/ taken To the police station. and into some
! room down there A man whom have since
| learned was Col Dcitsch, followed us and
| Mayor Caldwell came out OF another room
! There was big crowd present when / was
| cross-eNamined Somebody said-I don't
whether IL was Col Deitsch or not-'You have
| been arrested for the murder OF Pearl Bryan
what do you have to saw | looked III the
man who asked the question and SAID: Not
guilty, sir
He then related the scenes In the ONCE OF
| Chief OF Police Dcitsch. which did not very
materially differ from that testified TO by pre-
vious witnesses on that point The bridge
4 tickets found on him were the ones he bought
| In October Told he found the hlndlIcrchiefs
In street car because he was nervous and
excited: denied the story 20 tho chief next
morning.
Col Nelson caused n surprise by refusing to
| cross-e1aminc the witness.
NEWPORT. Ky. May 2-The defense in the
! jackson case Friday began an attack on the
| expert testimony offered by the prosecution.
| DIS Clark. Jcancon and Davis testified as TO
| the possibility CT decaptation having taken
! place after death. The testimony OF DR. Heyl.
| OF the United states army, read from a depo-
| sition, was To tho same effect Testimony was
| adduced to show that dccapltatton must have
been performed by some one who was skilled
/ In. or at least had some knowledge Of sur
| gerry
! An attempt was also made TO show that
there was n scar on the dead girls breast
made by hypodcrmic needle
Reporter Ailison's testimony threw some
| doubt on the Identification OF Scott Jackson
| al the jail by Coachman George Jackson
| w. Abbott was tho first witness put on
| the stand He Is sn embalmer and funeral di-
/ rector. and had been employed at Tippeu-
| hauer's He was called 10 whites undertake
| Ing establishment TO embalm Pearl Bryan
! headless body He incised the fcmoral artery
! First he flushed the arteries and then
| pulled out the arteries Of the neck 20
| tie them. Flushing IS clearing the artcr-
/ les OF blood He flushed out nearly n quart.
/ This statement was great surprise. as the
| various physicians who made the autopsy
testified that the blood vessels were entirely
/ empty
! He said he saw the cuts on the fingers. but
/ he did not notice any on tho thumb. as sheriff
| Plummer testified The cut looked to MIN not
| like fresh. but like an old cut which had not
/ yet healed There was no blood Ia IT,
The cmbulmiug took an hour From his ex
/ perience AZ an embalmcr. he said that after
death the blood leaves the arteries and goes
4 TO the veins That is why there t. n clean
channel 10 inject the embalIning fluid into the
arterial system Sometimes the embalrner ha
| to open the Jurlor vein nd flush the arteries
lie saw where bypoocrmic injection had
been made just under tho left breast lie has
seen the scars left by hypodermic injections
often He could not be mistaken. a hvpo-
dermic syringe leaves little red and blue
scar he called DR. Clarks attention TO the
scar.
DR. J. a. Clark called. lie saw the hcadiess
! body at White 4 undertaking establishment IL.
newport saturday afternoon. He examined
1 the body. Tho cmbalming was OYER when he
got there lie saw a vessel fun OF bloody
/ wafer near by 10 had probably been gathered
| in cleaning up the foo. lie has had - good
I deal Of experience Ia seeing wounds Tho
I cuts on the girls fingers were clean. There
/ was no blood In them. The superficial vein
I had been cut lie thought the cuts were made
I after death. because the cut was clean. 4 Gu.
made IN life Ills with coaruiatcd blood Ills
attention was called 20 q reddish purple ring
I about what looked like q puncturc on the left
| side between the Hfth and seventh ribs There
| was an Inflammation.
That red line appears after n needle pune
! ture in some persons sooner and IN other per-
I sons later Tho puncturc seemed 90 h!m 90