Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-30

| Yes, II must have been, but am not GER
| tain, Jackson answered
| did you leave the valise at the saloon?
asked Deitsch.
No; Mailing did, answered Jackson
what became OF her clothes" asked
Deitsch.
Il made several trips 10 the river and dis
posed of them" jackson replied.
What became OF the head" Col, Deitsct
asked
Was cut up in pieces and then thrown
away the prisoner answered
AT that time" Poock continued, Il was
called out Of the of1ice."
Poock then idedtified Pearl Bryan's valist
as the one which was on Jackson's knee during
this conversation. The bloody satchel was
again handed 10 the jury for identification in
his connection and passed from man TO man
| Poock took up the famous clew of the little
| cloth topped shoes. Il have been in the boot
and shoe business since Is'7." he began Il
| formerly travelled for wholesalers, but have
been in the retail business for three years for
myself"
The dead girls shoes were handed to the
witness, and he continued: Il first saw these
shoes in a room adjoining Whites morgue
| in Newport, witb the other articles found
with the body. These are the rubbers l saw
| there"
I'VE retailers sell very few OF these
| shoes-so narrow and small There is a French
| that system 2.-li. There is also q stock num-
Der. CESS, in the shoes. There is also re-
tailers stamp, Louis s. Hays, Greencastle
Ind"
| Where were these shoes madc?" asked At
| torney Lockhart
"At Portsmouth. O. by Drew, Selby & Co
The rubbers were made in williamsport, Pa -
MIR Poock," asked Col Crawford, in cross
| examination. how did you first come TO go To
Col Deitseh's oficey'
Through interest / have taken deep in
| terest in this case had gone to Portsmouth
and found that the shoes were made there"
| Isn't 1t possible" asked Crawford, THAI
| you may be mistaken as to what took place In
Col Deitsch's Officer"
| mo, | don't think l can ever forget thai
| scene 1t can never be wiped out of my mem
ory."
Aren't you anxious that Jackson be con-
| victedy" Crawford asked quizzically.
| mo. l went to Portsmouth at the instance
| of the county authorities. 1 have been tc
| Greencastle once: but had been to Lafayette
to see my brother and dropped down that far
| DR. W. H. Crane, of Cincinnati, then stood
| up and was sworn. He testified that the stom-
| ach OF Pearl Bryan was brought to him fol
analysis. The doctor stated he made num-
| Der of tests which corroborated each other
| and showed cocaine present in the stomach
| He tasted the crystals, and his tongue was
| numbed. He tried il on the eye OF q rabbit:
the cornea was emerged, and touched the
| cornea several times with match without
| sensation. Ordinarily the cornea is extremely
| sensitive to the least touch
| In the portion OF the stomach analyz ed
found one and half grains of cocaine
| think it entered the system through the
| mouth The membrane of the stomach how.
| ever, sometimes gives on n little cocaine
IL given by hypodermic injection
The arsenic and mercury came IRON
the embalmIng fluid. / am sure TheJ
| could not have been taken in by the mouth
The cocaine could not have come from the en-
balming fund There were more than two
grains of cocaine in the stomach. recall only
| two instances ia which cocaine was introduced
| to produce criminal operations. Both failed
They are the only ones know OF il
| medical records.
balming fluid would destroy that, however.
| DR. William Dickore. the chemist who ana
| lyzed the mud stains on. Jackson's trousers
| testified that he found the mud to be identica
| IN nature with that at the spot where the body
| was found
Win Wood. son of a Greencastle minister
and cousin of Pearl Bryan. was called Fri
| day afternoon to the stand. Questioned by
| Col Nelson he said that his relations were
| quite confidential with Jackson
| Wood told of Jackson's acquaintance with
| Pearl Bryan. and of his statement that he
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/ witness said that after jackson left Green.
castle he wrote him, inclosing the pre-.
scription for a medicine intended to produce
| an abortion. Instead OF having the pre-.
| scription filled the witness merely gave il tC
| Pearl Witness admitted that he knew Pear
| was going to Cincinnati to escape the conse-
| quences OF her shame, leaving her parent,
with the idea that she was going to WISH
| her brother in indianapolis Wood wen
| on to tell OF letter from Jackson u
him, received on the day after the murder
| and another which was mailed to him OF
February 5. four days after the murder, bu
intercepted by the police. The first letter
said the witness began: I've made q biz
| mistake 1 want you TO stand by me-" anC
then, in the words OF the witness, went on IL
| a ravlng manner" This letter the witnes.
said he destroyed The second letter was OF.
fered in evidence 1t certainly indicated thai
the relations between Wood and Jackson
\ were quite confidential
-Four nights after the murder he got paper
and envelope at the palace hotel and wrote q
! letter to the cousin Of the girl, then in Craw
| louisville. who knew that she was coming Il
| Cincinnati to leave her fate In his hands
| There was the desperation Of fell ter
ror 4 in the beginning OF that missive
! Write q letter home and tell Birds folk.
that she has gone away 10 Chicago and tina
| she has not been at i" IL said. Tell then
| she's tired living at home or anything yol
| want Get the letter on without a second,
delay. Be careful what you write me-" Then
| as though TO reassure the man TO whom thi,
desperate duty was confded the writer adds
Glad TO hear you're having q good time"
This letter never reached viii Wood While
| II was on the way detectives at Greencastls
discovered that the dead woman wore Pear
! Bryan's shoes Scott Jackson and Alonzs
Walling were arrested for the mytder
and VIII Wood was taken into Gus.
| tody as their accomplice The letter was in
! tercepted by the police at the post ONCE ia
! Greencastle 1t was offered Thursday In evi.
| depce and read In court Scott Jackson heard