The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-05-07

lions OF yne EW1ng0
DR.. NJ L Fraid, Carl Beclxinth and Alice
Beckinth's dispositions were TO the effect that
George H jackson Ii subject to nts.
NEwPoRr, KY, May A-In the jackson muir.
der trial Saturday David r Locke gave further
testimony as to the scene whore the headless
body OF Pearl Bryan was found, which did not
materially differ from that Of the witnesses
who preceded him Several more depositions
were read rejecting on the reputation OF
George H jackson, the colored coachman.
Mrs Edwin Post the sister OF Scott Jack.
son, testified to the effect that the prisoners
reputation In Green castle prior to his arrest
was good.
chief Of Police Van Tassel, Of Springfield,
made Q deposition, which was read. He said
Jackson's reputa tion for truth was not great.
Van Tassel said Jackson claimed to have
been robbed In Springfield by VIM Melvin, .
cdlored man. jackson was taken to the hps-
pitaL In day or two he was released, and he
was SO apparently truthful in his statement
to the chief Of police that Van Tassel had Mel.
vim arrested at Washington C H
Miss Rose McNevin of the boarding house
where Jackson and wslling roomed, was the
next witness.
She said that she had lived four years at 20
West Ninth street. The house has three floors
and IA rooms She described the arrangement
down stairs On the scond -four are four rooms
and the bathroom Knew Scott Jackson since
January Alonzo Walling rented the room
for them January l. They occupied the room
over the dining-room on the second floor, and
remained there until the time Of their arrest,
Scott jackson wore o beard until Friday
night when he came down stairs to borrow
some ink. 1t Was January 30 She was sure at
any rate that IL was Friday night She had
heard In the morning that Jackson had been
shaved. Saw Scott jackson In the house Nom
day morning and again Monday evening about
6o'clock
Thursday morning she saw him going out.
about nine o'clock Thursday night she saw
him 60 out about ten O'Clock.
Il was sitting In the dining-room reading
Thursday evening"" she said "Walling came
in about $3.50 O'Clock and gave tho children
some apples He sat there awhile reading.
At this time heard some one up in Jsckson's
room Then I heard the footsteps coming
down the stairs and I thought jackson was
coming into the dining-room. Instead Of
coming into the dining-room the person went
to the front hall door To be sure there
was no mistake got up and looked out into
the hall 1t was Mr.. jackson. He was going
out He was gone about FIVE minutes 1t was
about ten O'Clock"
Ibid you see him Tridsy?"
yes. as he was going out. about nine O'Clock
In the morning, and again about eight o'clock
knew he was in his room before that because
heard him in his room"
what did he say about the bottle of inkl"
HE just asked to borrow it. Before much
was Sblu bDOut INC INK we LalK6Q ADOuC jack
sons changed appearance. My sister was ly.
ing In the back parlor suffering with tooth-
ache. Wslling had treated her Jackson
talked with her about 20 minutes 1t must
have been nine o'clock when he went upstairs.
The witness said that footsteps in the house
mained in the dining room until perhaps
1880 o'clock She was sitting where
she could see tho hall door u
was her custom to watch the front door In
the evening to see who entered Scott Jack.
son did not 60 out before l0:3o The witness
went to her own room over Scott Jsakson'1
and read until i2 o'clock Tho door 70 her
room was open and the house was quiet. DID
not hear anyone leave the house during the
time she sat reading; was sure she could have
heard anyone leaving
Saturday morning the witness went TO Scott
ono was there
"How many people slept In the bed in Scott
Jacksons room on Thursday night"
"One"
"on Friday nisht~
Before Jackson's arrest at about D m on
the day Of the arrest. two onicers or detec-
tives came to the house for Jackson They
were Detectives Crawford and SchmickA
Crawford came first and asked II Jack.
son was in They were greatly alarmed.
They asked what the officers wanted The
ladies thought that possibly the students had
brought q machine to all teeth from the col.
lege without permission The officers said IL
was nothing connected with the college.
Then Chief Deitsch and Onicer Whitaker
came In, and Whitaker was ordered to
remain till Jackson returned. One Of
the officers dropped . hint about
Greencastle. Mrs. McNevin asked II
It was anything about the murder. They re-
piled that it was only for the purpose OF find.
ing out II they knew the Greencastle girls.
To a NJ Jack nd
surveyed it Later two other of1cers came
The officers waited in the parlor where they
could see Jackson as soon as they came In A.
about six p m. she asked the detectives to 60
upstairs and look around
She thought 1t was the proper thing. The
ofiicers asked II she knew which trunk In tho
room belonged to jackson. She said the
trunks we're opened and lifted the lid Of one Of
them There was bundle Of letters. One
was lifted BY her or the ofacer, she was not
slam and she ran out not want
ing to be caught in the room
1t was Walllng who came in. The de-
tectives went down the other way The of
ncers then left and did not return till about
10 p m. when they said that they had caught
MI. jackson on the street
"They went over to the station house. In
I6 or 20 minutes they all came back to the
room. There were two or three detectives.
and can't tell how many newspaper report
ere, SAID MISS McNev1n.
On cross-examination Miss McNevin said
she had been keeping the house for four years.
Prior to that she had been saleslsdy. She
was with c. M. Abbott's store five or six
years. with Butt for one year. then with Alb.
bott again, then with Rollmen, lastly with
Aims Doepke. The month Of January she
had about ten roomera She saw Dr. Littler
on Monday morning. He left about or $50
Q. m. Tuesday morning he left about the
same time
She did not see all her roomers every hour,
but every day, every morning. at noon nearly
all and at night usually She kept o close
watch on her roomers for reasons" She did
not always keep watch ON them when they re.
turned at night They had no relation to her
kitchen or dining-room department
The reason she kept SO close watch on the
rooms was because the hall door was open and
all the roomers placed their things In the
charge of the boarding -house keeper. The
reason the doors were kept open was because
the students would mislay the keys. break
them In the doors, and then call the people of
the house at all hours. The object Of leaving
house door open all night was to let the room
nd i,,st tho 70 a