The Indianapolis journal., 1896-02-11

received letter afterward from Scott Jack
son son which was written n,., TWO hours after aiser
ing TO Miss Ho.lingsWoTth the letter said
Pearl Bryan was then in the room Of jack
son and was dying. Jackson seemed wor-
ried ard spoke of the unfortunate result
OF the operation. This letter was destroyed.
A second one was received after the death
OF the unfortunate girl and after the body
had been decapitated and deposited on the
Kentucky side OF the river. In this second
letter Miss Hollingsworth AYERS Scott Jack
son tells The ys,l whole Yory Y.,s concerning the
Where is that letter. asked the super
.sThaTs all right" was the answer. 'It
Will be produced only 10 save the boys or
myself The letter tells everything"
Concerning the contents of this letter
Miss Hollingsworth does not hesitate to
speak She says Scott Jackson has writ
ten her of the horrible details of the de-
capitation of the body and of the death OF
ton Pearl Bryan is alleged to have died
in his room cfter he had exhausted every
means TO save her life. He found him.
self alone with the body of the girl. whose
death he would have difficulty to explain.
He saw the charge OF murder staring him
i'm the face: ne was desperate, and his first
of the corpse. He set about in his work.
first engaging a negre and buggy. The
man was 10 call that night. which was the
last night OF January. ana, ,., proIec.ea py oy
Kentucky The man was to bring a
butchers cleavcr with him. which he did.
Tho programme Vas carried Out as ar
ranged That night the negro drove with
the BODY to Fort Thomas and waited the
coming OF Jackson, who had taken street
car. The two men met In the solitude OF
the place and hour aad together they car
ried the BODY of Pearl Bryan TO the place
where it was found. The negro severed
the head by one blow of the .cleaver, while
an effort was made TO give the general ap-
pearance of there having been struggle.
HEAD DROPPED IN THE RIVER.
After this bloody york, according TO Miss
HolIings worth's information from a real
or imaginary letter. the negro drove back
to the city Scott Jackson took car. with
the head of the girl who had confided in
him wrapped and bundled under his arm.
He stopped on the old suspension bridge
and waited an opportunity, when he threw
the greatest danger Of identity into the
river. Scott Jackson confided in May Hol-
lingsworth because he felt her implicated
in the death of Pearl Bryan. He knew the
incidents of her death and disposition of
the BODY, While she alone knew the cause.
DO you know waat you nave done:
| asked SuperiEsendent Colbert, when Miss
Hcllingsworth had completed her remark
Il have told the whole TRUTH" was the
answer.
You have Acknowledged yourself respon-
| little less than her murderer, and you have
| placed yourself in a very serious light"
II have told all the truth, nevertheless,
replied Miss Hollingswcrth.
| Miss Hollinesworth was with the officers
all of last evening" She pointed out tbs
| Cleraveland Block, and placed her foot on the
| sat the morning of the 31st She took th5
| officers to Fields's Hotel, where IL was saic
| that the night in question couple an.
| swering the description of Walling ane
| Pearl Bryan had stopped. They had reg
| istered as John Hauy and wife. OF. Rich
| mond, and they left a call to be awakenet
| at $3.50 in the morning, which Was shortly
| before the time Miss Hollingsworth say:
| she met Pearl Bryan.
The young woman VINO tells this strang'
| story has every indication or being sane
| She has better demeanor than the ma
| jorfty OF the women who have seen IN
| side of life sne has encodntered.. sne J.
] dark commissioned, with eyes that al on
| time might have been beautiful. She Il
| small in stature. but of a handsome car
riage.. Her face is well featuredi ngt un J,
| mar what beauty might have once peer
| there. The language which she uses ]
well chosen for sne mas en'4Een 3Se,,snp rne 81
| Is the kind OF the young woman tnat peo
| pie will observe in passing. and her weak
ness to 90 take Fros note q tss 9 n9rTe maths : sa'
| tThe sfort she tets ,sfhardIy probanie. yel
| she shows familiarity with the incident:
| and characters Of the Pearl Bryan case
| Conceding her stories TO be base fabrica
| tions from beginning to end. the question
| OF her motive In telling them remains un'
! solved She shows en- unusual interest III
/ the fate of Jackson and Wa.ling. in jail a.
| Cincinnati, so much that sne mas taken th'
| crime on her own shoulders to save them
| She speaks OF these two world-conderlneC
| wretches as the boys" There is BELLE
| that she still holds a secret which pears OF
| the case and the stories she has told are
| but lies told TO escape the telling OF the
truth That Walling and Pearl Bryan were
| here seems certain 70 some. The purpose
| of that visit Miss Ho.lingsworth probably
| knows. but it vs. hard TO believe that {
| country girl, who was suffering as resul
| of her first sin and who felt the hnger oi
| scorn already pointing al her, w0uld Rave
| made q confidante of woman of the stree
| and meet her at an early hour of the morn
ing, thereby intrusting her safety to un
| known hands.