The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-02-20

ana Cab Driver Has Been Found.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 12.-At 10:45 Tues.
day morning Coroner Tingley began
the inquest Of the death Of Pearl
Bryan, at Newport, KY. The jurors
are Ed g. Lohmeyer, M. Donelon, A.
j. Mosset, John Link, W. c. Bolts and
A. Autenheimer.
CINCINNATI, Feb. lathe coroner's
jury rendered q verdict in the case Of
Pearl Bryan Wednesday afternoon. II
is as follows: I'VE, the jury of Camp
bell county, KY, find that the head
less body of the woman found on the
premises Of John Locke, at Ft Thorn
a., on the morning of February 1, was
that of Pearl Bryan, Q resident Of
Greencastle, Ind.
I'VE further find that cocaine had
been administered to Pearl Bryan for
some reason unknown.
I'VE further find that the decapita-
ton took place while Pearl Bryan was
alive.
I'VE further find that Pearl Bryan
was last seen In company with Scott
Jackson and Alonzo Walling. The
three got into a cab on the George.
street side of a saloon corner George
and Plum streets, and were last seen
IN the cab turning toward Plum
street."
The report of the post-mortem, the
chemical analysis of the stomach and
of Attorney Youtsey were ordered filed
with the verdict.
Wright Rigsby, the cabman, has
come into prominence and his conflict
ing statements warrant the police in
making him prove, If he can, just
whore he was during the night of Fri
day, January 81.
The conclusion has been reached that
If the cabman who drove the vehicle
which left Wallingford's saloon with
jackson, Walling and Pearl Bryan on
that Friday night can be found some
thing startling may be developed.
Sheriff Plummer, Detectives Grim
and McDermott, the mayor and Col
Deitsch have subscribed literally to a
reward which will be offered Thurs
day for any information that will lead
to the Identification of the cabman.
Postmaster Hetsch, of Newport, KY,
received the following letter Wednes-
day, which explains itself very fully:
"GREENCAsTLE, Ind 2-10, %
ITO Whom it May Concern
"This is to notify the people In and around
Newport, KY, that the people Of Greencastle
are ready to extend their aid in the punish
ment by lynch law Of the murderous brutes,
Jackson, Walling and Wood, for murder
ing in cold blood the unsuspecting girl,
Pearl Bryan, who they decoyed and
entrapped to her sad fate These three
hends are as certainly guilty as the sun rises
and SETS Wood left here suddenly Saturday
to save his neck, which, he we'll knows, con-
meets the head of guilty. dastardly brute.
The friends here, as well as the poor, unfortu-
nate girls family, plead for revenge and pun
ishment Of these three cowardly brutes and
say, for Gods sake, let 1t be granted them.
"a FRIEND OF PEARLS"
The postmaster still has the letter in
his possession. 1t is hardly likely that,
should the young men be sent to New
port, the people of that city would
make any attempt to lynch them, un-
less, perhaps, band of Greencastle
people should arrive there and take
the lead. The authorities will take es-
pecial note of all the strangers seen in
the city after the prisoners are taken
to Kentucky soil.
Lieut. William Krumpe Wednesday
afternoon secured the services of sew
eral strong men and for several hours
raked up and down the canal bed at
the Plum street bend, in the hope of
finding the missing head, but only sue
ceeding in raking up pile of old cans,
hoopskirts and dead cats. After get
ting themselves thoroughly soaked, all
gave up the job as a bad one.
Mayor Caldwell Wednesday signified
his intention of draining the canal
Thursday morning, and if the head
was thrown there its recovery will be
very probable The canal bed as far
as the first lock can be drained within
few hours.
NEWPORT, KY, Feb. 14-The Camp.
bell county grand jury, in session here,
at 1890 o'clock on Thursday morning
reported indictments for murder
against Scott Jackson and Alonzo NJ.
Walling. In their report they say:
1.-THE said Scott Jackson and Alonzo
Walling on the - day of 1896, before
finding of this indictment. in the coun.
| ty of Campbell, KY, aforesaid, did
willfully, feloniously aad with malice
aforethought kill and murder Pearl
Bryan, with knife or other sharp in.
strument, cutting off the head of the
said Pearl Bryan, SO that the said Pearl
Bryan did then and there die; the said
| Alonzo Walling being then and there
present, aiding and assisting the said
Scott jackson in the killing and muir
,dering of said Pearl Bryan, by holding
the person of the said Pearl Bryan
while the cutting as aforesaid was done
by Scott jackson"
The report is signed by the grand
jury, as follows: j. w. Thomson, John
Reed, Peter Enslen, Alex. Duguid
John s. Weigand, j. w. Schuler, John
R. Willis, Frank L. Hill. M. w. Ware
James Ragan, Evan Williams, Fore
man James x. Stone.
Judge Helm ordered q bench warrant
issued immediately for jackson and
Walling without bond.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.-Jackson, Wal
ling and Woods cases were called ir
the Cincinnati police court Thursday
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