The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-12
Testimony Showing that Only One
the Body Lay.
HEAD is STILL MISSING
JACKSON AND wALLING IDENTIFIED
BY A CONVICTION MAN.
Seen Dickering with n Negro on the
Morning After the Murder-Re-
pOrters as Detectives.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 11.-There were
no sensational developments in the Fort
Thomas murder mystery to-day. The police
seem to be at sea in solving some of the
problems connected with the case. A local
newspaper man who has been working on
the case since the beginning said to your
correspondent to-day: 1T is not hoped
here by the police who have been working
on the Pearl Bryan murder case that the
missing head Of the victim will be found
until either jackson or Walling gets ready
to tell where it is concealed. Up 10 the
present time they have stubbornly refused
10 disclose the place where the murder
was committed-whether the bloody deed
was done on this on the kentucky side
of the Ohio The fact that her hat and
parts of her bloody underclothing were
found near Fort Thomas convince the de-
tectives that the crime was committed in
Kentucky. The womans movements have
been traced up to Thursday morning, and
as her BODY vas found on Saturday, 1t
is known that she was murdered sometime
Friday night. When found there was but
little blood found near where her body lay;
and when her lungs were examined on the
same day there was discovered but one
drop of blood
Thus the authorities for a time thought
that the real crime had been perpetrated in
Cincinnati and that her body had been re-
moved to the Kentucky side and then her
head was discovered. But there were phys
ical marks near where the body lay which
tended TO show that there was a desperate
struggle before the woman died Her hands
were terribly lacerated by the instrument
which caused her death. The bushes around
had tufts of hair caught among the twigs,
and the footprints were many. All of this
went to prove that the girl had been induced
to so TO the lonely spot. unsuspecting of
danger and that in a moment she found
herself in the hands of demon. and that
she fought desperately for her life. There
are three witnesses who heard murderous
screams at midnight coming from the direc-
ton of the spot where the girl was found.
Near the spot shirt sleeve which had been
torn from it's place was found. With the
exception of the shoes worn by the dead
woman which showed that they had been
brought at Greencastle Ind, there was alb
solutely nothing to show where the woman
came FROM Bloodhounds were employed.
They easily took up the trail and stopped at
the edge of the Covington reservoir. three
hundred yards distant. This was on Sum-
day. The reservoir was drained that night,
but when the bottom was reached there
were no evidences of the missing head. The
police were baffied, and Cincinnati and her
| many suburban towns became excited. Ev-
| erybody turned detective.
WORK OF REPORTERS.
'It remained for reporter to appreciate
| the Importance of going to Greencastle and
| there attempt to find who the woman was
| who bought the shoes. A number of detec-
| tives accompanied him. While there the re-
| porter inserted an advertisement in an aft
| ernoon paper asking that the purchasers
| of the certain brand of shoes which he de-
| scribed send their names to him. In less
| than twenty-four hours all of the shoes of
| that pattern which had been bought in
| that vicinity mad been accounted for ex-
| cept two pairs. The following day sister
| of Miss Bryan also replied to the advertise
| ment, giving the information that her sis
| ter Pearl, who was then absent from home.
| had few weeks previous bought a pair
| of the pattern described. The arrest of
| jackson, and Walling. and Wood then re-
quired no unusual amount of skill. 1t had
| been known in the quiet town. of Green
| castle for some time that Miss Bryan's
conduct toward Jackson and Wood was
| sufficiently indiscreet to occasion serious
comment. 1t was the young man Wood
who gave the information that brought
| about the arrest of both jackson and Wal
ling.
jackson clearly showed his guilt the
| moment he was taken before Mayor Cald.
well and Chief Deitsch. At first, however
he answered all questions put to him in
| those who stood around and listened tc
the interrogatories soon began 10 whisper
among themselves that Jackson was the
| wrong man. But later his imperturbability
vanished He has gradually weakened
ever since. A few hours after Jackson's
arrest, Walling was also apprehendad and
brought in. He told the story of his where
abouts on the fatal night in such straight
| forward manner that for time the police
were inclined TO allow him 10 depart. The
insistence of a newspaper reporter that he
be detained caused the police TO halt, and
Walling was locked up. This was or
Wednesday night last, five days after the
crime had been committed
THE following day the keeper OF a dis
reputable place i'm this city called at police
headquarters and informed the chief tha
on the Sunday Night previous a man hae
come to her place and had left a pair o.
bloody overshoes under a sofa. The shoe,
were produced. and, enough, bIoos
spots were found on them in numerous
| places. Then Jackson sent for. The,
were tried on his feet, and it was foun'
that on account OF their smallnes
he could not have worn them. The womal
was allowed TO leave the room with tn
bloody rubbers when reporter called tn
chiefs attention to the fact that the,
might have been worn by Walling. Wall
ing was then brought upstairs. and il wa
found that the shoes mt him perfectly. Il
addition the woman positively Identified tn