Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
JACKSONONTRIAL.
Pearl 6ryan's Taking OF to Be
Avenged Perhaps.
no INDICATIONS OF MOB LAW.


Jury Upon Which There Are no Native
Kentuckians for Some Unexplained Rea-
son-Defense Begins Excepting Early
Pith Of the Testimony Given ON the First
Day-Two Witnesses Heard.
CIScISSArI, April 22-The trial of
Scott Jackson for the murder of Pearl
Bryan began at Newport, Ky, yesterday,
and made speed in securing jury that
astonished the court and the counsel on
both sides. Judge Helm presided. Coun-
sci for the prosecution are Commonweal
Attorney NJ. r. Lockhart; County At
tocney Ramsay Washington; Colonel
r. W. Nelson, of Newport, and Attorney
Hayes, of Greencastle, Ind-the two last
named being employed by the Bryan
family. Attorneys for Jackson were:
Colonel George Washington and Colonel
l.. j. Crawford, of Newport, and W. G.
Sheppard, of Hamilton, who win appear
for Walling when his trial comes up.
George Washington and Ramsay Wash
ington, father and son are on opposite
sides in the case.
Little Trouble Getting y Jury.
There were throngs Of people on the
street. curious to see Jackson, but no ex-
courtroom was crowded early by persons
admitted on tickets. There are thirty-six
seats reserved within the bar for the press.
ond every one was filled. Five women
were in the audience in the forenoon and
as many in the afternoon. In Just three
and a half hours after court convened the
jury was sworn in from a venire Of 100
men. About thirty were examined before
the noon recess. OF this aumber seven.
teen had formed stubborn opinions or
were opposed to death penalty; four were
peremptorily challenged by the prosecu.
ton and three by the defense. and nine
were accepted. The noon recess was for
two hours, and forty-hve minutes after
court convened again full panel accepta-
BILE to both sides was sworn in.
Not . Native Kentuckian Chosen.
Nearly all are mechanics; ten are Ger.
mans or of German descent, one Is Irish
and one of English descent. There is not
native born kentuckian on tho jury.
The prosecution is allowed five and the
defense fifteen percmptory challenges and
each exhausted one-fifth Of its quota. Aft.
or the jury was sworn the court ordered
the prosecution and defense to read list
of their witnesses. Colonel Crawford, for
the defense. gave notice of excep tions to
this order. Commonwealth Attorney
Lockhart read the Indictment and stated
what the line Of prosecution would be. In
thtsrhe announced the purpose to attack
Jackson's character, showing that he
lived double life.
First Testimony That Was Given.
The first witness called was John Hu.
ling, the boy who found the dead body OF
Pearl Bryan on Feb. 1. The second wit
ness vas DIR. w. 5. Tingley, who saw the
body two hours after its discovery, and
who attended both post-mortems. He
gave important testimony. He said the
girl must have been killed where the
body was found, and not earlier than the
midnight before the body was found;
that the knife that cut her head off was a
sharp instrument and the hand tina,
welded it n skilled hand. Judge Helm
aided in cross-cxamininy the witness.
The defense objected and was over-ruled
and took exceptions. jackson was calm
all day and took notes of the proceedings.
especially Of the testimony. He was
taken back to Jail without being hand
cuffcd.