The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-28

NEWROHTt .hyst AptlI AtsT T&NVt SAAAa
was every available aeat in the court
room hlled to-day, but the occupancy
OF standing room in narrow pasSages
was permitted. Ten witnosSeS were e1-
amined, dfty.two up TO the present
time. Much time was devoted TO dsbat-
ing by counsel. Many questions DUR
ing the day offered by the common
wealth were ruled out The number Of
objections by the defenSs overruled was
too great to enumerate. Twice during
the day the jury were required 70 Ee-
tire during debate. For the hrSt time
during the trial the court gave notice
to women to retire because the letters
Of VIII Wood to Scott Jackson We're not
proper for them to heaF it has been
the policy Of the prosecution 20 pilag
out the bloody garments Of the dead
gjrl every day since the beginnig OF
the trial, and to-day was no exception.
This being motion day, the court was
delayed longer than usual before tak-
Ing up the trial Of Scott jackson. The
first witness called was Detective Grim
who testified to having seen TRACKS on
the bank above where the BODY was
found. Seemed TO have been made by
the rubbers which Pearl Bryan wore.
He WaS present when jackson ana
Walling were arrested, and was also
present at the private examination heid
In the ONCE OF Chief Deitsch,
The defense argued that Crims tes-
tlmony concerning admiBsion9 or state
ments at this inquisition was not CONF
petent until It was shown that no
threats or inducements had been ein-
pIoyed before Jackson was brought INTO
the court room. The court sustained
the objection of the defendants coun-
sci. Grim then told the story OF the.
EFFORT 10 oyerhear Jackson and Walllng
talking together IN sensitive ecu on
the day they were brought from the
Hamilton county jail 70 Newport.
Johh L. Legngr, saloon keeper, tegti-
fled that jackson left Q vRtlse In HE
saloon Saturday night, Sunday night
and Monday night. He Identified the
Valise az the one which jackson had
admitted had held the head Of Pearl
Tbe testimony Of several witnesses
was to strengthen links In the chain
that have been already forged. Such
was the case with the evidence Of MT.
Iegner, at Whose saloon the, ,valite was
hidden; of Ed Grillo, the CommerciM
Gazette reporter. who saw a river
bridge ticket found on Jackson when
first arrested, ealing for the passage oi
horse and vehicle. One important point
in Crim's testimony Of what he .he01'1
,Nckson say n, -. .9I
that, speaitifi 10 tfalltng, he said!
"Weli, old boy, you have played your
part we'll" OF the new testimony there
was that Of Charles Rogers, night clerk
OF Helder's llote., that W1lling came
there otter 9 o'clock on the morning OF
February /, with his clothes Wringing
wet and rushed to bed without register
Ing. He had never before, or since
stayed over night at the hotel. Harry
Hays, OF Greencastle, Ind, testified
that he sold the shoes 70 Pearl Bryan
November IS, 1895. He described them
as number 3, needle toe, diamond tip.
the only pair Of that kind that he had
In the house. He also described the old
rtibbers which she wore on that occea-
sion, which were not suited to that style
Of shoe, but had an opera toe. This he
aid before the shoes were shown him.
His statement corresuonds perfectly
TO the facts as shown when be identified
the shoes.
lieutenant safIerans, OF Fort Thom.
as, gave the most minute and intelli-
gent description Of the immediate sur
roundlngs Of the corpse. early AFTER Il
was found, that has yet been given.
He and Detective McDernott agree IN
testifying to an imprint In the slope
like that made by some one forced to
sit down heavily. He testified TO seeing
tracks above the slope and TO discover
ing glove trodden In the ground,
which has already been identified as
Pearl Bryan'B The defense brought
VIII Wood on the stand to interroGate
about two vile letters written by him
to Scott jackson February and 5. Here
Is was that the women were required TO
retire. These letter8 are too coafse and
indecent 70 be printed.
The points Of greatest importanc a.
bearing on the case in WIN Woods
letter to jackson was IN that dated
Plymouth, Ind, February ], were the
following sentences: "Doo II you have
let 4 chance 80 by I'll give you heli;"
also, "If you have grown chicken-
hearted, you ought to be shot"
The rest Of the letter was made up Of
innuendoes and personal a1lusions in-
telllgible to the writer and Jackson, but
riddles to all others. Wood was de-
talned to give the defense opportunity
to offer this testimony.