The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-23
1T CANNOT BE FOUND
ANOTHER FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR
PEARL BRYAN's MISSING HEAD.
Dollars to Reveal Its Hiding Place
May Smith Married Woman.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 22-The detectives dug
up every foot of the cellar of the McNevin
residence, on Ninth street. to-day, believing
it possible Jackson and walling have buried
Pearl Bryan's head there but the search de-
veloped nothing.
1t has been ascertained that May Smith,
the young woman who has become notorious
in the case, is married and her real name
is Mrs. Robert Smith. Four years ago her
father, Thomas Carson. shot and killed "a
man who led her astray. Carson was ac-
quilted and is now dead. Mrs. Smith in
duced her brothers wife to secretly meet
Jackson and waling three months after her
marriage to the Smith womans brother.
Detective Dwyer learned that Long John
Browder, colored saloon keeper on West
Fifth street. offered Howard Scott, the col
ored man who denounced coachman George
Jackson's story as false, a dollar to call at
his saloon. The detective had Browder be-
fore Night Chief Renkert, who took the sa-
loon keeper TO task and warned him of the
penalty for tampering with witnesses. Brow
der said he was trying to help the police.
Coachman Jackson called on the night
chief and produced book to show the Cald-
well Guards drilled son- The night of the MUIR
der. Several members of the military COM
pany corroborate tbis part of his story. The
show. when the guards drilled. and four
members who We're seen by Night Chief
Renkert did not believe Jackson drilled the
the guards drilled on the night in question,
but do not remember whether Jackson was
present.
Scott Jackson has been offered total of
thousands OF dollars If he will tell where
the head of Pearl Bryan may be found but
ne has refused all offers, after seemingly
"a hQ firn 10 o.vf1n
trick. He has received offers as high as
$1,000 from the Cincinnati newspapers. One
reporter, in an effort to tempt him. offered
fess all, but the prisoner only answered.:
Il would tell You If could. but l don't
know. Walling, said ne threw it overheard.
Friday that jackson had been seen in a
certain neighbornood with a valise on the
Monday following the finding of the body.
The man who gave the information came
With the big crowd that visited the jail to-
day, but wnen the guards wanted to question
nim about his statement he suddenly left
worked to get Jackson to tell more about
the tip they had received from the stran-
ger but he: he declined decline, to answer at ia all As
abouts of the head, ne denied that the
guards had any conference. with him. Jack
of fjfty or sixty lies a day and gets caught
up. His manner was entirely changed Satur-
day morning. He complained of the jail and
TIE uUSt vi NfsllOIS. he Ttluctu W dISWtT
simple questions. that he had answered time
and time again. and lay on his cot good
part of the morning, as though In deep
thought. For the first time Saturday ne
were badly gloodshot, his face pale and
haggard, ana altogether he was an object
of pity, yet a subject for hate and disgust.
Il am worn out" he said dejectedly, when
a reporter was uslerei into his cell. Il m
sick of this thing, being penned up, like
pig in a pen. Every morning they nave
How about the story that you, ruined
May Smiths brothers family by Keeping
company with his wife,"
Il don't know thing about II. never
ruined any ones family. I'm not that sort
of a fellow. know what May Smith Is. but
everyone knows her character. She told me
was at that time shedding bitter tears on
account Of my arrest. she said that ner
brother was going to stand by me in my
And you believed it?'
''Not much. I'm locked up, but l know
May Smiths game. and know what a
falsifier she is. Sne would do anything to
harm me and get her lover. Walling. out.
mo more visitors are TO be admitted to
way Sheriff Archibald made known to jafler
Kushman his wishes in regard to the abuse
which has manifested itself at the county
come q. nuisance" said the sheriff: .this
thing OF people, full OF idle or morbid curl
osiry, coming to the Jail and gaping at two
men charged with murCer. III was tne rauit
of the police in the first place. They kept
sending people over here on the pretense
that they could or might identify the men.
This got to 5e very common, and the people
generally who are interested thought that
they had as good a right as the others to
see the prisoners, and the crowd got so
thick yesterday and the day before that 1t
was ,lnbearabse The lobby OF the Jail. the
stairs and corridors were so greatly crowd
ed that the business Of the jail was inter
not get around. But this nuisance has to