The times., 1896-02-14
SHE'S STILL TALKING
HoLLlNGSWORTH GIRL TELLS OF A
TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS.

Alleged TO Have Been Made by the Victim Of
the Crime the Day Before the Murder
keft the Hoosicr Capital DeathIy Sick
Another Concession.
CINCINNATI, Feb. THE headless body
Of the woman found near Fort Thomas
has been identified as that of Pearl Bry-
an, daughter of a farmer living near
Greencastle, Ind Three men are under
errest and two of them, Scott Jackson
and Alonzo M. Walling, have made con-
fessions, not direct, but each tries to fasten
the crime on the other. Another man,
William Wood, they say. ruined the girl,
and an abortion was performed. Wood Is
under arrest.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 8--All three Of the
young men implicated in the murder of
Pearl Bryan were arraigned yesterday.
jackson Ind Walling were held without
ball for murder and Wood bailed in s5, 600
gp charge of aiding in committing an
abortion.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1t.-According to,
the Hollingsworth woman, who told
long story yesterday afternoon at the sta
ton house, Pearl Bryan returned to this
city from Cincinnati on the Thursday
night of which Walling has no definite
recollection; that Pearl Bryan stayed at
South Illinois street hotel that night and
she returned to Cincinnati Friday morn
ing; that the poison was administered to
Pearl Bryan here. 1t is said that woman
left this city on the Cincinnati Hamilton
and Dayton train on that morning; that
she was taken deathly sick at Morristown,
where the last trace of her was obtained
Wouldn't Say waIling Was with Her.
Miss Hollingsworth said: "When Pearl
went through here on Tuesday she told
me she was coming back, and according
ly she arrived on Thursday night She
stayed that night at a hotel in South
Illinois street."
''What was the name of the hotelp" ~
am not prepared to state"
"When did you see her nextP" "I got up
at A clock on Friday morning and went
to the hotel There 1 met Pearl, and at
1850 o'clock she took the train for Gin
cinnati and went back" 1t appears from
what Miss Hollingsworth and the train
men have said that Pearl Bryan was sick
when she took the train, and the police
believe that the drugs were administered
in this city. Miss Hollingsworth refused
to state whether Walling was with Pearl
Bryan on her return here.
Makes still Another Statement.
Lulu May Hollingsworth made another
alleged confession last night. She says
the death of Pearl Bryan was caused by
an abortion, and that it was performed in
o stairway in this city. Miss Hollngs-
worth says that she performed the abor-
tion at the request of Miss Bryan. She
also claims to have received letter from
Jackson in which he explains how and
where the woenan was decapitated In
the letter, according to her story, jackson
said that Miss Bryan died in his room,
that he hired horse and buggy and en-
ployed negro to assist him.
Negro Cut OF the Girls Head.
The negro, with the body of Miss Bryan,
drove TO Fort Thomas, where Jackson
was in waiting The negro cut off the
head of the young woman with cleaver
and jackson threw 1t into the river from
the suspension bridge. The police here
believe Miss Hollingsworth is notoriety
seeker, and discredit her story. So far she
has been unable to verify her story. and
although the officers have worked con-
stantly they have been unable to find any
thing to substantiate it.