The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-01
THE PIE ARL BRYAN MURDER
scott jackson Testified In His Own BehaI
Yesterday.

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Yesterday.
| NEWPORT, KY, April 30.-AccordinQ
to Kentucky law, which requires thai
IL 8 defendant is to be put on the stand
at all he should be called first, Scott
Jackson WAS put upon the stand this
1 morning. He gave brief sketch of his
! life in Jersey City and New York and of
| his acquaintance in Green Castle, Ind
where his mother lives, and told brief y
| OF his Acquaintance with Pearl BRYAN.
He was in Green Castle from the spring
| of 1895 until the middle of October of tn a.
year and saw Pearl Bryan often. He ad-
mitted Illicit relations with her during
the last Christmas holidays. He was
about to tell OF statements made to him
by VIII Wood concerning Woods rela-
lions with Pearl Bryan, when the court
decided that such testimony was not ad-
INVISIBLE.
jackson said he received many letters
from Wood, but they were so vile that
he destroyed all except two, which are
now in the possession of the prosecu.
ton. With reference to Pearl Bryan's
visit to Cincinnati jackson said he had
no notice OF her coming. He called
upon her after hearing that she was in
the city and went with her on Tuesday
night to Walnut Hills and met her and
Walling on Wednesday and never saw
her afterwards.
The rest of his testimony was devoted
to proving an slibi by showing how
he spent the time from Wednesday
until Saturday. He denied being in
Kentucky during any OF those days.
The prosecution at the close of Jack
sons testimony announced that "the
commonwealth will not cross-exsmine
this witness" Court then adjourned.
The main purpose of the defence to
prove an alibi by Jackson will be sup
ported. If possible, by the testimony OF
other witnesses
Jackson stated that he did not know
Pearl Bryan was IN Cincinnati till
Tuesday. January %, when he received
note from her ct the dental college
inviting him to visit her.
All the testimony Of the Witnesses
Mrs. Weeks, the spiritualist medium;
Mr.. Piukard, who saw him and Walling
with Pearl Bryan on College street the
day before the murder, and at Fort
Meyer, in Kentucky, with the girl
shortly before the murder-he emphati-
cally branded as being untrue.
He admits taking Pearl Bryan to
WAllingford's saloon. but says 1t was
on Tuesday night. January 2s. instead
of Friday, January 81, the night before |
the murder. ss testified by Wallingford.
He said that Walling agreed to relieve
the girl secretly, and when all was over
and she YVES fit to be returned home |
would turn her over to the witness.
He says he took her valise, the one |
aflerward found stained inside with |
blood. carried 1t to his room on Tues
day afternoon, tried to return 1t Wednes- |
day but could not find Wslling to whom
he intended to give it. He said that on
Saturday night Of the day the body was
found, he and Walling dropped some
clothing into the river which Walling
without further explanation told him
was unsafe to keep in their room
When he made inquiry about the
matter Wslling told him TO ask no
questions. His explanation of his shift |
ing that valise around was very awk-
ward. When called upon to explain
why he participated in hiding Pearl
Bryan's clothing he said he was acsuatad
by fear that the part he had taken to
tring her here to save Will Wood
might impliCate him.