Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-10

/ Newport, Ky. When the detectives arrive
they will show the hat to the prisoners. II
answers the description Of the hat worn
! by the girl.
The mystery Of the whereabouts OF the
! girl on Thursday night. January 30. the
| night before the murder. remains unsolvel.
! From her arrival here on Monday. January
| "a, up TO II o'clock Thur.d1y forenoon her
movements have been traced. Then comes
a hiatus until I o'clock Friily evening when
she was last seen alive. This was at Dave
! Wallingford's saloon, where she and Jackson
| were seen, and where she drank a glass OF
mineral water. The rest Of the story has
| been told barring certain gaps In Il which
detectives are now trying to fill. The find
ing OF the hat tonight weakens the theory
! that a cab was used to take the murderers
and their victim to Fort Thomas. 1t looks
| very much aS II they went by the electric
railway to Fort Thomas committed the deed
and then walked back to the city, and. find-
| ing this hat too conspicuous to be hidden.
left 1t where 1t would be most likely to be
! unobsarved.
Jackson's razor. found in wallng's trunk,
f, was turned over to the police today Medical
experts say the girls head was cut of with
some very sharp Instrument razor or a
| surgeons knife. There are stains on the
razor, but they are inconspicuous.
To the correspondent Of the Associated
| pres, late this afternoon both Walling and
jackson repeated their accusations of each
| state of public sentiment in regard to them,
but would say nothing more than what he has
already said. Meanwhile, each day brings
! some new clrcumstantal revelation Before
another week, the whole story will uouotless
| come out. There s sca--,|s a doubt that
Kentucky will have jurisdiction of the case
| in the courts.
| Allen johnson, negro at Dave Walling-
| ford's elloon, with Wellingford, swore to see
ing the murdered girl the night before the
| murder There Is a question of veracity be-
| tween him and Albion the barber. The
| negro says jackson had wh!skers on Friday
| night and Albion, the barber says he shaved
| them off for jackson on Thursday night.
| The negro was shown the hat and Identified
| 1t as the one worn by the girl on Friday
| evening, January 81. The negro was allowed
| to go on his own reaognlzance The officers
at this writing (midnighD are out search
| ing for Albion
KNEW OR PEARLJS TROUBLES.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 9-The Fort Thomas
| murder mystery Is now nearer solution
| than 1t has been since the headless body of
Pearl Bryan was found. Lulu May Hollings-
worth, one of Pearl Bryan's girl friends has
| been boarding at 1 Henry street, and knows
! a good deal about the tragedy Miss Hol-
| lingsworth's knowledge Of the case was
brought to light today through letter
written to Marshal w. E. Starr at Green
Castle. The man who wrote the letter is H.
| .E. Radcliffe, travelling salesman from Balti-
| more He advised Marshal Starr to investi-
| gate the matter, and the marshal came here
this afternoon. They called on Miss Hollings-
| worth. She was net inclined to be communi-
| cative at first. Then they decided to take her
| to the police headquarters and have her ques-
| toned by Superintendent Colbert While her
| story is not complete in detail, 1t shows that
| she knows a good deal about the death of
| Miss Bryan.
| Miss Hollngswotth says that on the after
noon Of January % she weg a. the nion stati n
| and met Miss Bryan. She had visited in
| Greencastle and had become acquain ed with
! Miss Bryan there. After the usual greetings
| were over, Miss Bryan told her she was in
deep trouble. She explained its nature and
| said that Jackson was responsible for her
| condition. She said it would never do for
| her people to hear of her disgrace and she
| was going to Cincinnati to have an abortion
! performed. She aRlled Miss HollngsTorth
| the nature of drugs used in such cases, fnd
| Miss Holingsworth told her what she | ad
| heard was good.
At this point of her story Miss Holings-
worth wavered. She said certain drugs had
| been purchased here and that four drug
| stores were visited. She would not tell the
name, of the drugs. but said whisky formed
| a large part of the mixture She said the
| stuff purchased cost 45 cents She admitted
| the stuff purchased by woman. Miss
| Hollingsworh said she was acquainted with
Jackson and Wood but had apYery Yery al" anRi"t toSk
J Unftrniiati, Hamilton & Dayton train for
Cincinnati. She saw Wood after He came
here the following Friday and Miss Hollings-
worth was at the depot. Both of them being
acquainted with Miss Bryan, they talked
| about her trouble. Wood was on his way TO
| South Bend, Ind. and left shortly after his
| arrival here.
SAYS 1T WAS SUICIDE.
Miss Hollingsworth's manner of telling her
story convinced the officers she was holding
something back She was subjected to a
rigid examination and SpVpral
casons she lost her temper. She said she
had not heard Of the murder until two daya
ago. She had no idea it would turn out So
badly.
81 am positive that Pearl was not mur-
dered," she said.
well how do you know"
81 know" replied the girl, ''but do no;
propose to tell"
"Why not?"
simply because l do not intend to in
crminate myself. There was an occurrence
between Jackson Pearl Bryan and myself
that were l to tell of it would clear up the
mystery surrounding her death"
"Why don't you tell it and set the minds
of her folks at rest?
For this reason. 1t would incriminat>
me. do not propose to see those boys hang
and when the last hope is gone l will tell
what I know in order to save their necks.
They did not kill Pearl"
"How do you know they did not kill herr"
Because she died by her own hand.
have theory Pearl TOOK the. medicine her
self. She was in Jackson's room at the
time. 1t had a different effect from what She
expected and she grew so bad that Jackson
saw she was going to die. He knew it would
never do to have her die in the house, so he
secured a hack, and, assisted by Wallne,
took her across the river. She may have dies
on the way or may have been dead before
taking her out Of the room and their object
in taking her there was to hide the crime.
When near Fort Thomas they cut off her
head and disposed of it to avoid identifca-
ton. See If it don't come out that way"
Miss Hollngsworth will probably be takeh
to Cincinnati tomorrow.
Later tonight Miss Holngsworth told the
police all she knew. She said she bought
for Pearl Bryan three kinds CT drugs here
and instructed her to buy another drug after
she reached Cincinnati, but to be careful
Of 1t. as 1t was deadly poison and would kill
her II not used correctly. Miss Holl:ngsworth
says Pearl Bryan then said to her: 81 will
go to Cincinnati and take the stuff, and If
1t kills me ! will be near Jackson and he
will have to swing for it."
Miss Hollingsworth further says Pearl
was very bitter toward Jackson. who was
responsible for her condition.
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