Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-13
GIRL is INVOLVED
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CINCINNATI
MURDER CASE.
One OF Pearl n<.na's Girl Friends
Claims to know All About the
Affair, but Is Afraid of Incrimi-
mating Herseft-She Declares That
Pearls Death Was Caused by the
Medicine Size Took.

indianapolis. Feb. 10. Tho Fort
Thomas murder mystery is now nearer
a solution than it has been since the
headlcss body Of Pearl Bryan was
found. Lulu May HoilinGsworth.
Of Pearl Bryan's girl friends, has been
boarding at No. / Henry street. and
probably knows n good deal about the
tragedy. She was taken to police
headquarters. She said that Jackson
was responsible for Miss Bryan's con
dition. She knew that Miss Bryan
was going to Cincinnati for the pur-
pose of procuring an abortion. and
before she left they bought medicine.
in her talk with the officers she said
Pearl was not murdered, but would
not tell all she knew because it would
incriminate herself. She continued:
There was an occurrence between
Jackson. Pearl Bryan and myself that
were I to tell of. would clear up the
mystery surrounding her death. How
ever, | do not propose to see those
boys hang. and when the last hope is
gone | will tell what | know in order
to save their ncckS. They did not kill
Pearl. This is my theory: She took
the medicine while in Jackson's o
and died. and the boys took her body
across the river and cut off the head
to avoid Identification"
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Cincinnati, F"b. li.-AI DAY the d"-
tectlVes from three cities nave hcen
out DUSTY hunting the missing Iihhs
III the challl OF circumstances oE WAlch
the story or the murder or Icarl hfyah
Is to be shaped INTO perfect
All search TOR the head mas been lrult-
less, though made ny ndr or Not-
unt"crS along WIN oet"ctlVeS To-Day
n very material ADDITION TO inc aunln
witnesses OF the derd was discovered
Detectives trlm Il mite touhd the
ghIS hat. In IL n bloody
chlet was round aud 4 big stone pia'co
there TO Keep ii from being DloWh
away. IT was found IL an angie De
tween the Fort Thomas electric rail
I WaV and the ChpSaNpakc & Ohio rail
read. near their intersection southeast
Of Newport. Ky, When the detectives
arrive they will sho wthe hat to the
prisoners. II answers the description
Of the hat worn b. the girl.
The mystery of the whereabouts of
the girl on Thursday night, Ian. 80,
the night before the murder. remains
unsolyed. From her arrival here Mou-
day. Ian. 81. IN TO II o'clock Thursday
forenoon her movements have been
traced. Then comes a hiatus until 7
O'Clock Friday evening when she was
last seen alive. This was at Dave
WelIington's saloon. where she and
Jackson were seen. and she drank a
glass of mineral water. The rest OF the
story has been told barring certain
CANS in il which detectives are now
irving to fill The finding of the hat
weakens the theory that a cab was
used 70 toke the murderers and their
victim TO Fort Thomas. II looks very
much as if they went by the electric
railway to Fort Thomas committed
the deed and then walked back TO the
CITY. and finding this hat TOO conspicu-
Gus TO be hidden. left il where il would
he most likely to he unobscrved.
evcru New Clues
have been found and are under invcsti-
CATION. One is n blOOd-clottcd laprobe
in a cab. which has already been sus-
pected to be the cab used by the muir
dprers III bringing home the girls
head. Another is the Identification Of
the prisoners as the men who were
ferried across the river from Dayton,