The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-08
Walling Says Jackson Killed the
Girl and Cut Off Her
Head.
BUT HE DENIES THE CHARGE.
The Crime Was Committed in Ken.
lucky, Where the Prisoners
Will Be Tried.

AL, OHlO, FSD. l.--1Qe CQdlu
OF evidence is being more tightly bound
about the Fort Thomas murderers as time
progresses. The admissions of participa-
ton in various phases of the crime by
Scott Jackson and Alonzo NJ. Walling
continue, and piece by piece the police are
learning all the facts which led to Pearl
Bryan's death and decapitation. Last
midnight Wallipg made a statement to a
reporter that Pearl Bryan was murdered
in cold blood by Scott Jackson, who, he
says. administered hypedermic injection
of either prussic acid or arsenic and
cocaine, and then cut off her head to
battle Identification.
Late this afternoon Jackson dictated and
signed the following statement:
Here, with the Bible in my hands, on
my knees before God, was not guilty of
numbering that poor girl. did get her to
come to Cincinnati to undergo an opera.
ton. Walling was to get $50 for perform
ing it. was guilty OF getting him to do
1T, but not of numbering that poor girl. I
don't know where he killed her. or how he
killed her, or what he did with her after he
killed her. 1 did not kill the poor girl.
He is the guilty man. Will Woods was 10
send $50 to him through me for perform
ing the operation. This is the truth, so
help me God"
This afternoon Fred Bryan positively
identified his sisters remains at Whites
undertaking establishment. in Newport.
An undertaken from Greensburg, Ind, IS
preparing the body for shipment to the
latter plaee.swhere it will be buried.
Sheriff Plum merof Newport insists that
the crime was committed in Kentucky.
and this afternoon demanded the CUSTODY
of Jackson, Walling and Wood, who are
held in this city. They will probably be
surrendered to the Kentucky authorities
tomorrow unless the prisoners refuse to
go without requisition papers. This after
noon Jackson told the Chief of Police that
on Friday night Walling returned from
Fort Thomas and left two valises at
Legner's saloon.
II met Walling there" said he, s'and
took one of the valises. Walling took the
other. We walked over toward the col
lege. On the way we saw two students of
the college coming toward US. Not wish
ing to meet them we turned down Little
Richmond street. At Central avenue
Walling and l parted. He went to the
college. His valise contained my bloody
trousers. / continued down Richmond
street and emptied the contents of nv
vaIise into sewer square or so from the
corner of Richmond street and Central
avenue. The valise contained some clothes
and something else; don't know what
The police made search of the sewers
and turned up the trousers.
Scott Jackson and Walling were brought
up from the cellroom of the central sta
tion this morning and taken to the Police
Court. The men stood side by side be-
tween two officers and neither looked a.
the other during the proceedings. Jack
son seemed the cooler of the two. When
the Judge had asked the prosecutor if he
was ready to try the cases the latter asked
for continuance. The case was contin-
ued till February 13. The two men were
taken to the County Jail.
The bottle containing chloroform found
in Walling's room bore the label of DR..
Myers & Co., Hamilton, Ohio. Mr.. Myers
says he does not know Walling and that
he cannot tell whether or not be sold him
the drug or when.
This morning Walling limited that doc
tor of this city was mixed up in the muir
der. At noon he was asked to give the
doctors name. Walling SAID: 'sThe doc
tor / mean has nothing to DO with this
case, only that Jackson had conversation
with him, in which he asked the doctor
about poisons and the way they worked.
The doctors name is Littler, and he boards
over at the house on Ninth street."
Shortly after this he told Mayor Cald-
| we'll that Jackson gave the girl four grains
OF cocaine in sixteen drops of water, and
then drove her to Fort Thomas, where he
cut off her head.
Evidence is accumulating to show the
girl was alive when she reached Locks
farm where the body was found.
DIR. Crane, who made the post-mortem
examination, made a second and more
careful analysis of the blood and stomach
and found no signs of any kind of poison.
This is in direct contradiction of Walling's
confession.
Will Wood, the alleged betrayer of Miss
Bryan, has been sent to jail in default of
$1,000 bail. The charge is conspiring to IN
dhce criminal operation.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Feb. 7.-Nellie
Crane, who was one of Scott Jackson's
female acquaintances while he attended
the dental college in Indianapolis, said to-
day that she remembered him getting a
letter from young woman somewhere,
she did not know where, and he said to
her, D. this woman, / would like to
get rid of her" She asked why he did
not marry her and he said that he would