The herald., 1896-02-10
Seeking for Details of Pearl
Bryan's Murder
EVIDENCE is DISCOVERED
Links Are Wanting ia the Chain of
Circumstances
Mako Confession of the Guilt
Of the Other

from three cities have been out busily
hunting the missing links in the chain of
circumstances by which the story of the
murder of Pearl Bryant is to be shaped
into perfect evidence. Also the search
for the head has been fruitless, although
made by hundreds of volunteers along
with the detectives today. A very ma
terial addition to the dumb witnesses of
the deed was discovered about $3.50 to-
night. Detectives Grimm and Watt found
the girls hat In it was bloody handker-
chief and stone tied in it to keep it from
blowing away. 1t was found in an angle
between the Fort Thomas Electric railway
and the Chesapeake e Ohio railroad,
near their intersection southeast of
Newport, Ky. When the detectives
arrive they will show the hat to the prison
ers. 1t answers the description of the hat
worn by the girl. The mystery OF the
whereabouts of the girl on Thursday night,
January 80, the night before the murder,
remains unsolved. From her arrival here
on Monday, January 27, up to IL o'clock
Thursday forenoon, her movements have
been traced. Then comes a hiatus until
O'Clock Friday evening, when she was last
seen alive. This was at Wallngford'S
saloon, where she and jackson were seen
and where she drank a glass of mineral
water. The rest of the story has been told,
barring certain gaps in it which detectives
are now trying to fill.
The finding of the hat tonight awakens
the theory that a cab was used to take
the murderers and their victim to Fort
Thomas. 1t looks very much as if they
went by the electric railway to Fort
Thomas, committed the deed and then
walked back to the city, and finding the hat
was too conspicuous to be hidden, left it
rhnr ! INa lrnI1 tn tNn
observed.
Jackson's razor, found in Walling's
trunk, was turned over to the police tosay.
Medical experts say the girls head was cut
OIL with some very sharp instrument, a
razor or a surgeons knife. There are
stains on the razor but they are incon-
spicuous.
To the correspondent of the Associated
Press late this afternoon both Wailing and
jackson repeated their accusations against
each other. Before another week the
story will doubtless come out There is
scarcely ii doubt that kentucky will have
jurisdiction of the case in court.
Allen johnson, the negro at Dave Wal
lingford's saloon, who was with Walling-
ford, sw ore to seeing the murdered girl the
night before the murder. There is a ques-
ton of veracity between him and Albion,
the barber. The negro says jackson had
whiskers on Friday night, and Albion. the
barber, says he shaved them Off for Jack
son on Thursday night. The negro was
shown the hat and identified it as the one
worn by the girl on Friday evening, Janu-
ary 2lst. The negro was allowed to GO on
his own recognzance. The officers are at
this writing (midnight) out searching for
Albion.
FINDING A SOLUTION
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 9.-The Fort
Thomas murder mystery is now nearer
solution than it has been since the headless
body of Pearl Bryan was found. Lulu May
Hollingsworth. one of Pearl Bryan's gir,
friends, who has been boarding at 81
Henry street, knows a good deal about the
tragedy. Miss Hollingsworth' knowledge
of the case was brought TO light today
Starr at Green Castle. The man
who wrote the letter is H. E. Rat
clife, travelling salesman from
Baltimore. He advised Marshal Starr to
Investigate the matter, and the marshal
came here this afternoon. Detective
Frank Wilson was detailed to assist the
marshal They called on Miss Hoiiings-
worth. She was not inclined to be COM
municative at first. Then they decided to
take her to the police headquarters and
have her questioned by superintendent
Colbert. While her story is not complete
deal about the death of Miss Bryan. Miss
Hollingsworth says that on the afternoon of
January 2sth she was at the Union station
and met Miss Bryan. She had visited in
Greencastle and had become acquainted
with Miss Bryan there. After the usual
she was in deep trouble. She explained
it's nature and said that Jackson was re-
sponsible for her condition. She said it
would never do for her people to hear of
her disgrace and she was going to Gin
cinnati to have an abortion performed.
She asked Miss Hollingsworth the nature
of drugs used in such cases and Miss Hol-
lingsworth told her what she had heard
was good.
At this point in her story Miss Holling-
worth wavered. She said certain drugs
had been purchased here, and that four
drug stores were visited. She would not
tell the names of the drugs, but said
whisky formed part of the mixture. She
said the stuff purchased cost 45 cents.
She admitted ihe stuff was purchased by
woman. Miss Hollingsworth said she knew
Jackson and Wood, but had never met
Walling.
That same evening Miss Bryan took a
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton train for
Cincinnati. She saw Wood after he came
here the following Friday and Miss Hol-
lingsworth was at the depot. Both of them
being acquainted with Miss Bryan, they
talked about her trouble. Wood was on
his way to South Bend, Ind, and left
shortly after his arrival here.
Miss Hollingsworth's manner of telling
her story convinced the officers she was
holding something back. She was SUBJ
jectod to a most rigid examination, and on
several OCCASIONS she lost her temper. She
said she had not heard of the murder until
two days ago. She had no idea it would
turn out so badly.
II am positive that Pearl was not MUIR
dered," she said.
swell, how do you know"
81 know, but do not propose to tell"
"Why not?"
''Simply because do not intend to in
criminate myself. There was an occur
auce between jackson, Pearl Bryan and
myself that were | to tell of it would clear
p the mystery surrounding her death"
''Why don't you tell it and set the minds
Of her friends at rest?"
''For this reason: 1t would incriminate
me. do not propose to see those boys
hang, aud when the last hope is gone l
will tell what know in order to save their
Iecks. They did not kill Pearl.''
Now do you know they did not kill
hArg''
e'Recauce sho died b. hsr own hand. I