The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-30


shoes in q room adjoining Whites morsue.
In Newport, with the other articles found
with the body These aeo the rubbers I saw
there"
1--WE retailers sell very few of these
shoes-so narrow and small There is q French
system OF marks. and this shoe is stamped In
that system 2,.ii. There Is also stock num-
Der, 62.45s, in the shoes. There is also re-
tailers stamp, Louis Hays, Greeucastae-
Ind"
where we're these shoes nader" asked Az
torney Lockhart
"At Portsmouth, O. By Drew. Seiby Co
The rubbers were made In Wiliiamsport Pa
"Mr Poock," asked Col Crawford, In oross-
examination, "how did you hrst come TO 60 to
Col Deitschs Officer
Through interest have taken deep In
terest In this case had gone to Portsmouth
and found that the shoes were made there" /"
isn't 1t possible" asked Crawford, that
you may be mistaken rs to what took place in
Col Deitschs Officer"
mo, 1 don't think 1 can ever forget that
scene II can never be wiped out OF my mem.
ory"
Aren't you anxious that jackson be con-
victed?" Crawford asked quizzically
mo. went to Portsmouth at the instance
of the county authorities. have been TO
Greencastle once; but had been to Lafayette
to see my brother and dropped down that far. F"
Dr. w. H Crane OF Cincinnati, then stood
up and was sworn He testified that the stom-
ach OF Pearl Bryan was brought to him foi
analysis The doctor stated he made a mum.
Der Of tests which corroborated each other,
and showed cocaine present In the stomach
He tasted the crystals, and his tongue was
numbed He tried 1t on the eye Of a rabbit;
the cornea was emerged, and touched the
cornea several times with o match without
sensation. Ordinarily the cornea Is extremely
sensitive to the least touch
In the portion OF the stomach analysed
found one and half grains of cocaine ]
think 1t entered the system through the
mouth The membrane OF the stomach. how,
ever. sometimes gives off o little cocaine
If given by hypodermic injection
The arsenic and mercury came from
the embalming fluid, I am sure They
could not have been taken in by the mouth
The cocaine could not have come from the EN-.
balming fluid There were more than two
grains of cocaine in the stomach. recall only
two instances in which cocaine was introduced
to produce criminal operations Both failed
They are the only ones I know OF In
medical records
There was no trace OF chloroform: the en-
bslming fluid would destroy that, however.
Dr. William Dcsore, the chemist who ana
lyzed the mud stains on Jackson's trousers,
testified that he found the mud to be identical
In nature with that at the spot where the body
was found
At the afternoon session DR.. Diclsore stated
that he also sualyzed the mud stains on the
to be OF the same character as the soil on the
Locke farm
Jackson's coat found in the sewer was then
shown to the witness. Much to Jacksons de-
light Prot Dickore said he found no traces OF
blood spots on It Col Nelson said he would
show that the gases and refuse in the sewer
would sweep away all blood stains. and asked
the witness what the effect of sewer gases and
refuse would have on the coat
1T would dissolve the blood, the sewer water
would wash out the blood think"
Win Wood, son OF q Greencastle minister
and u cousin of Pearl Bryan, was called FRI
day afternoon to the stand. Questioned by
Col Nelson he said that his relations we're
quite confidential with jackson.
Wood told OF Jackson's acquaintance with
Pearl Bryan, and OF his statement that he
had sustained illicit relations with her The
witness said that after jackson left Green
castle he wrote him, inclosing the pre-.
scription for medicine intended to produce
an abortion. Instead of having the pre-
scription filled the witness merely gave it to
Pearl Witness admitted that he knew Pearl
was going to Cincinnati to escape the couse-
Quences OF her shame, leaving her parents
with the idea that she was going to visit
her brother In Indianapolis Wood went
on to tell Of letter from jackson to
him. received on the day after the murder,
and another which was mailed to him on
February g. four days after the murder, but
Intercepted by the police The first letter.
sold the witness. began: 1--WE made a big
mistake l want you to stand by me-" and
then. in the words Of the witness. went on in
q raving mannen- This letter the witness
said he destroyed The second letter was Of
fered in evidence II certainly indicated that
the relations between Wood and Jackson
were quite confidential
-Four nights after the murder he got paper
and envelope at the palace hotel and wrote q
letter to the cousin Of the girl. then In C1aw-
fordsville, who knew that she was coming to
Cincinnati to leave her fate In his hands
There was the desperation Of fell ter
Yor in the beginning Of that missive
Write q letter home and tell Birds folks
that she hos gone away TO Chicago and that
she has not been at l." IL said. Tell them
she's tired living at home or anything you
want Get the letter OIL without a seconds
delay Be careful what you write me" Then.
as though to reassure the man to whom this
desperate duty was conhded the writer adds,
"Glad to hear you're having u good time"