The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-08
Physicians Who Made Another Exam
ination Certain the Girl Was De-
capitated While Yet Alive.
MORE ALLEGED CONFESSIONS
JACksON's SENSATIONAL DoINGs
WHILE LIVING IN THIS CITY.
Hid the Head Of Benz. FaIender ana
Took liz 10 Greencastle I'm a satcheI
What Nellie Crane Says.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
CINCINNATI, Feb. There is no longer
any doubt that the headless body found
near Fort Thomas Kentucky, a week ago, is
all that remains OF Pearl Bryan. the once
happy Indiana girl who came here at the
call Of a lecher0us scoundrel and murderer.
The body was positively identified to-day by
undertaken Black OF Greencastle. who had
been charged by the mother OF the unfor-
tunste girl TO look for certain marks on
the body and hands. These were found with
out trouble and the undertaken tonight
wired Mrs. Bryan that the Identification
was complete. The body is still in the
morgue across the river, where II win re-
main until the head is found or until the
search Is given up. 1t is now almost GER
tain that Jackson or Walling, or both. cut
Pearl Bryan's head of while she was yet
alive, as the doctors. after another examine
ton to-day, announced they could find no
trace OF poison in the stomach and they
did not believe poison had been administered
hypodermically.
There has been more excitement to-day
over the tragedy here. and I'm the Kentucky
suburbs than on any previous day. Scott
Jackson and Alonzo walling. the suspects.
who were roommates while attending the
Ohio Dental College. have been confessins
against each other all day. They were ex-
amined separately and together. When
they are confronted face to face with each
others confession they call each other
liars and exhibit murderous feeling toward
each other. All efforts have been directed
to-day to finding Pearl Bryans head. In
the series of confessions Jackson says WALL
.fs.1 20 ho nm
suspension bridge and ne thinks walling
threw it i'm the river, or he might have ear
ried Il with him to his home, at Hamilton.
and thrown it from the Miami bridge at
that place, but Jackson says he did not
go with his roommate on these trips and
cannot tell just where he left the head.
BLOOD-sTAINED COAT FOUND.
walling says he had nothing to do with
the decapitation or disposal OF the head but
he recited long stories which led the Of
ficers to believe that Jackson had buried
the head in a sandbar In the Ohio river op-
posIte Dayton. KY, suburb of this city.
or dropped IL in the sewer on Richmond
street. Large forces worked all day at
both places and they secured the blood
stained coat Of Jackson out of the sewer
at the corner of Richmond and Ninth streets,
near Jackson's room.
William Wood, of Greencastle. Ind, as
well as Jackson and Wallinqs were ar
raigned in Police Court to-day and their
preliminary hearings were fixed for next
Thursday, Feb. 1s. Wood. on the cnarge OF
aiding and abetting an abortion, was ad-
mitted TO 5000 bail. The other two sus-
poets. on the charge of murder. were re-
fused bail.
Sheriff Plimmer, of Newport, KY. imme-
6iately after the arraignment of the three
suspects, demanded them as his prisoners
Az the feeling across the river Is intense
and the Campbell countv jail is an old frame
structure. with which jackson and WALL
ing seem familiar. this demand caused the
two suspects to turn pale. They fear lynch
ing One object of the present inquisition
is TO determine whether the murder was
committed in Ohio or Kentucky and who
mas Jurisdiction over the prisoners. The
authorities think the woman may have been
murdered in this city and the body taken
across the river in cab. sheriff Plimmers
constant demand for the prisoners has had
much to do with the profuson of confess
| sions.
The friends of both Jackson and Walling
to-day employed counsel Together they
have retained a dozen eminent lawyers from
here, Hamilton. o., and Indiana. These
lawyers did not get to see their clients un-
| til tonight, when stop put 10 con-
fesi0ns and interviews. The brother OF
| wallfng brought ex-Congressman Morey and
ex-Prosecutor Shepard. of Hamilton. with
| him. Dr. Post. the brother-in-law Of Jack
| son, engaged counsel here.
THE BODY IDENTIFIED
Fred Bryan, brother of the murdered girl.
arrived to-day from Greencastle. accom-
panied by J. w. Cooper, NJ D. Ricketts.
Frank Klineburg. Charles Priest Ed Black.
Richard Gillespie, c. W. Gillweil and W. q.
Fogarty. all of Greencastle. They took
part in the investigation. Edward Black
is an undertaken at Greencastle. and was
sent by the parents to bring home the
body. The mother had told him to look at
mole the body and wart on the
left hand. and other marks He found them
! just as Mrs. Bryan had indicated As there
has been no inquest yet. Coroner Tingiey.
at Newport. would not give up the body.
He said they wanted to find the head. and
| also TO hold another post-mortem examina-
tion but that ne would deliver the body
to the family IL the head had not been
recovered at that time.
There was n post-mortem examination
to-day. at which the physicians held that
the head OF Pearl Bryan had been cut on
| while she was alive, and they could find
no trace of drugs There is quite a dispute
among the physicians as 10 whether the
head cut of after the murder In Or
der 10 prevent Identification and discovery.
or whether the girl was murdered by having
her throat cut TO the extent OF decapitaton-
The lawyers are anxious for positive eyi-
dence on this point In order to establish
beyond DOUBT the charge OF murder against
the two suspects. IL the girl was chioro-
formed or killed by a hypodermic nice
tIon or otherwise before the body Was TAX
| en- 10 Fort Thomas. IL Is believed thar
Jackson and walllng VIII get OF with the
light sentence OF abortlonists.
Scott Jackson tonight sent for friend.
to whom he said: ''waliing once told -