The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-04-28
THU TRIAL on JACKSON.
Damaging Evidence Against Miss
Bryan's Alleged Murderer.
WILL WOOD ON THE STAND AGAIN.

Women Excluded from the Court Room
While Two of Woods Letters to jackson
Were Produced in Court Fifty-two wit
nesses Thus Far Examined.
NEWPORT, KY, April 2S.-In the Jack
son trial yesterday not only was every
available seat in the court room filled,
but the occupancy of standing room in
narrow passages was permitted. Ten wit
nesses were examined, fifty-two up to the
present time. Much time was devoted to
debating by counsel Many questions dur
ing the day offered by the commonwealth
were ruled out. The number of objec-
tions by the defense overruled was too
great to enumerate. Twice during the
day the jury were required to retire dur
ing debate. For the first time during the
trial the court gave notice to women to
retire, because the letters of Will Wood
to Scott jackson were not proper for them
to hear. 1t has been the policy of the pros
eoution TO bring out the bloody garments
of the dead girl every day since the begin
ming Of the trial, and yesterday was no
exception.
The testimony of several witnesses was
to strengthen links In the chain that have
been already forged. Such was the case
with the evidence of Mr.. Legner, in whose
saloon the valise In which Pearl Bryan
head was carried was hidden; of Ed Grillo
The Commercial Gazette reporter who saw
river bridge ticket found on jackson
when first arrested, calling for the passage
of horse and vehicle. One important point
in Detective Crlms testimony of what he
heard Jackson say in the sensitive cell
was that, speaking to Walling, he said:
well, old boy, you have played your part
we'll"
OF the new testimony there was that of
Charles Rogers, night clerk of Heider' 5
hotel, that Walling came there after 3
o'clock in the morning of Feb. l with his
clothes wringing wet, and rushed to bed
without registering. He had never before
or since staid over night at the hotel.
Harry Hays, of Greencastle, Ind, -esti-
fed that he sold the shoes to Pearl Bryan
on Nov. 18, 1895. He described them as
No. g. needle toe, diamond tip, the only
pair of that kind that had been in the
house. He also described the old rubbers
which she wore on that occasion, which
were not suited to that style of shoe, but
had an opera toe This he did before the
shoes were shown him. His statement
corresponds perfectly to the facts as shown
when he identified the shoes.
Lieutenant Safferans, of Fort Thomas
gave the most minute and intelligent de
soription of the Immediate surrounding
of the corpse, early after it was found
that has yet bean given. He and Detective
McDermott agree in testifying to al
imprint in the slope like that made 10y
some one forced to sit down heavily. HI
testified to seeing tracks above the SLOPE
and to discovering glove trodden in the
/, ground, which has already been identified
as that of Pearl Bryan.
The defense brought VIII Wood on tbs
stand to interrogate about two vile letters
written by him to Scott jackson Feb.
and 8. Here it was that the women wert
required to retire. These letters are too
coarse and indecent TO be printed. On,
sentence reads: Doc, if you have let
chance go by I'll give you hi" Anothe
reads If you have grown chicken hearted
I you ought to be shot"