Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-29

third toes there was Sigh, growth of flesh.
IL . deformtty ana could scarcely DC
called a deiOrmity.
Il found the scar OF n wart on the thimble
finger O: the corpse and another scar from u
wart on the thumb OF the left hand. fonnd
on the hand the scar OF a cut which distinct
ly remembered my sister sustained"
Mrs stanley then described the clothla. her
sister wore the day she left home.
The bloody dress. tho stained underwear
and the other CHASTITY articles were spread Ia
full view before the witness box Mrs Stanley
leaned forward. and with wonderful com
posurc. considering what she has suffered. she
identified tho blue skirt the underwear and
the green Gsurcd dress OF Pearl Bryan.
Il helped TO make tina, dress" she said with
u half sob
The va.isc shoes. hat. etc. OF the murdered
girl were also described aud positively idonti-
fed by the witness
Mrs STANLEY testified she knew scott Jack
son from seeing him tSico on the streets dur
ing the holidays. Jackson was then face TO
face with the witness.
Jackson threw back his head with bravado.
but his cyclids refused 20 open frankly They
hung half over the cyeballs lie could not
look the witness clearly In the eye Mrs
STANLEY gazcd on him without emotion she
seemed To hOlu him iD such littleness that sine
utterly ignored him. 50 she looked for per-
haps ton seconds. Then she wheeled back and
faced the fury
THAT Is Scott Jackson" she sa d.
Mrs Stanley was not eross-cxamincd Uy the
defense
Druggist Joseph r Peary. Of Grecrcastie
who - only u years old. took the stand lie
Identified tho pocketbool found iu scott
Jackson's valse as one which he sold Pearl
Bryan January % The cost mark on
the poclIctbOok assisted him Ia making
its Identification complete lie mad
similar pOckctbOoks in his stock. but
none have been sold. Attorney Crawford OBJ
jected to the Introduction OF another poe kct-
book from the drug store TO prove similarity.
and was sustained by the court. lie did nat
examine the witness
Isaiah Vcriainiou. OF G-eencast,c. identified
a handkerchief found among JaCkson's pO-cs-
slons as one hc sold Pearl Bryan by the cost
mark Az. He was not cross-cKamined
DR. Robert Carothcrs. who conducted tho
autopses on the dead body, placed on the
stand. aud testified that the body was that of
woman perfectly healthy TIN her
death He also testified TO finding the
unborn child. IL was OF about five months
CESSATION and he thought II was Quickcncd IL
was male Tho stub OF the neck indicated
that decapttation was done clcany with a
sharp instrument, eNcop; at one part OF the
neck. in front and to the right which wa,
ragged. The skin was contracted. TIE wit
ness believed that the person who cut on the
head had some knowledge OF the art II
could be done with dissCCting knife
about two inches long. He believed
utuNu ToOk pace after OCCaD!tltlDu. The
witness was severely croSs-cxaIuiued By the
defense The doctor said nc Judged that DC
cnpitation took place IN life from the absence
az blood IN the body, from tho abrasion OF the
skin. lack OF post-mortem Giscoloraiiou aud
absence OF rigor mo-tis
Attorney Crawford underworld to make tho
doctor admit that "rCtractiou Of the wound
In the hand would have taken place IL 10 had
been inflicted after death. but 'Ir doctor in
sisted that such would not be tAn case He
\
cr the conditions or the body nigh, not iuGi-
cate that the girl wa, a phyxiutcd and then
behcaded.
Dentist Gilicsp pic OF GrccncustIe. IND was
called The examination for the prosecution
was conducted by Attorney HAYS Of Green
castle. who has been employed by the family
10 assist IN prosecuting the murderers OF Pearl
Bryan
Or Gillespie identified several let
ters written to him by scott Jack
son He testified TO scciug Jackson with
Pearl Bryan frequently in GrccncastIc.
one day Jackson came to the witness and said
he was in great deal OF trouble over Pearl
and wanted 70 know what to do Witness told
him he had better marry her ne said he could
never do that That was about Two DAYS he
fore Jackson returned 10 Cincinnati. during the
holidays
Mayor Caldwell OF Cincinnati. was then called
ana narrated the statements Jackson had
made To him after his arrest. all OF which has
DIR. J. O Jenkins was tho next ana last wit
ness called Tor the day lie stated that he was
n prncticinc physician and surgeon in New
port, Ky. whore he had lived for 10 years and
that he assisted the coroner and other ply
sicians ia the poSt-mortcm examination on
the body OF the woman found near Fort
Thomas. hctns present - spectator and in
yestigatOr
He rccitcd at length tho findings Of the ex-
animation stating the condition OF ;hc vafl-
Gus parts OF the body. in all OF which he cor
roooFated the facts brought out by the tcstl-
mony OF Dr. linrlcy and DR. Carothcrs
NEWPORT. Ky. April 24.-Court opened at
F;'3 Thursday morning. After the prisoner
was brought into the courtroom. Health Oniccr
J. O. Jenkins was cross examined by Attorney
Crawford.
The cuts on tho hand would not Indicate that
the head was cut OF during iife-not strictly.'
the witness said The cuts on Pearl BRYAN s
hands were found slightly open, and the pros
ecuiian, through DR.. Carothers and Coroner
Ting.ay. assert that this condition proved the
girl WAS alive when her head was severed The
object OF Crawford's accumulation was TO
Gisprovc this
Does the skin contract after death, causing
wounds TO OPEN" he asked
Yes wa tho answer.
What is .Ac eject OF rigoi !nortisf"
Tine muscles are rendered tense b. rl-or
Moril5,' said Dr Jenkin.