The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-21
LOVES To CONFESS
HISS HOLLlNGSWORTn TALKS OF
MISS BRYAN'S MURDER.
she Now says That the Abortion
Was Performed In Indianapolis and
That she DID It-she Claisas to
Have Received Letter Fron
Jackson, Telling Hew and where
the Body was Beheadea.

the Body Was Beheadea.
Indianapolis, Feb 10. The Fort
Thomas murder mystery is now nearer
q solution than 1t has been since the
headless body of Pearl Bryan was
found. Lulu May HOlltngsw0rth. one
Of Pearl Bryan's girl friends, has been
boarding ut No. / Henry street, and
probably knows q good deal about the
tragedy. She was taken to police
headquarters. She said that Jackson
was responsible for Miss Bryan's con-
Ilition. She knew that Miss Bryan
was going to Cincinnati for the pur-
pose of procuring IN abortion. and
before she left they bought medicine.
In her talk with the officers she said
Pearl was not murdered, but would
not tell all she knew because 1t would
incrimtnate herself. She continued:
'"rhere was IN occurrence between
Jackson, Pearl Bryan and myself that
were to tell OF, would clear up the
mystery surrounding her death. How
ever, do not propose to see those
boys hang. and when the last hope is
gone I will tell what know in order
to save their necks. They did not kill
Pearl. This is my theory: She took
the medicine while in Jacks0n's room
and died, and the boys took her body
across the river and cut off the head
to avoid Identification"
Later Miss Hollingsworth told the
police oil she knew. She said she
bought for Pearl Bryan three kinds
Of drugs here and instructed her to
buy another drug in Cincinnati. but
to be careful Of 1t as 1t was deadly
poison and would kill her If not used
correctly. Miss Hollingsworth says
Pearl Bryan then said to her: II will
go to Cincinnati and take the stuff,
and If 1t kills me will he near Jack
son and he will have to swing for It."
Miss Hollingsworth further says that
Pearl was very bitter toward jackson.
who was responsible for her condition.
Hollingsworth, the young woman who
Is supposed to know something about
the Fort Thomas murder mystery,
made another alleged confession to-
day. She says the death Of Pearl
Bryan was caused by an abortion, and
that 1t was performed in a stairway in
this city. Miss Hollingsworth says
she performed the abortion at the re-
quest Of Miss Bryan. She also claims
to have received letter from Jackson
In which he explains how and where
the woman was decapltated. In the
letter. according to her story. Jackson
said that Miss Bryan died In his room,
that he hired a horse and buggy and
employed a negro to assist him. The
negro. with the body of Miss Bryan,
drove to Fort Thomas, where Jackson
was In waiting. The negro cut of the
head of the young woman with a
cleaver and Jackson threw it iato the
river from the Suspension bridge. The
police here believe Miss Hoiiingsworth
is q nOtoriety seeker and discredft her
story. So far she has been unable to
verify her story, and although the Of
ficers have worked constantly they
have been unable to find anything to
substantiate 1t.
More Evidence.
Cincinnati, Feb. 12.-While the au-
thorities here arc investigating wheth-
or Pearl Bryan was murdered in this
city and her body hauled across the
river to Fort Thomas the grand jury Mt
Newport, KY, Is inquiling into the
mystery and indictments are expected
for the murder in Kentucky. Although
the decapitated body was found a
week ago last Saturday the head has
not yet been found. 1t Is not known
where Pearl was murdered and. how
she was murdered or when. 1t has
been believed she was murdered Fri
day night, Jan. 81. but to-day the
theory Is held that she was murdered
on Thursday night. And now comes
the story of May Lulu Hollingsworth
of indianapolis that she was with
Pearl in indianapolis when the latter
bought drugs with suicidal intent, etc.
AS Miss HOllingsworth is regarded as
an intimate friend of Jackson the de-
tectives have paid special attention to
the indianapolis end of the line to-day
while the search for the head and all
possible information was kept up by
the officers here, at Covingt0n, New
port and elsewhere.
Cincinnati. Feb. Is. = Less and less
confidence is felt in police circles here
IN the stories told by Miss Hollings-
worth of Indianapolis concerning the
Pearl Bryan murder. Particularly un-
likely is her statement that she per-
formed an abortion on the girl in In
annapolis, rs the examination of the
body here distinctly shows that no
such attempt had been made. While
the parties interested in the case are
continuing inquiries in every direction
no discoveries have been made to-day
that throw light on the hidden facts
and there is practically no change in
the situation.