The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-12

der. Iney would 20 10 south BEND, thcy
said and get VIII Wood, whom they want
ed as Jackson's accomplish.
This telegram was received by Chief
Deitsch Wednesday morning, and il was
seen that Immediate action must be TAX
en-. Scott Jackson was found to be
student at the dental college. He was
arrested by Detective Bulmer. lie was
conducted at once to the private Office OF
Mayor Caldwell. At first he stOutly main
tained his innocence, but finally became
ratified under the cross-fire of questions,
and made several contradictory state
ments.
1t developed that his room mate was
Alonzo Walling, and he was sent for.
Although he seemed TO know nothing
about the case, he was allowed TO go
and Jackson was locked up.
Thursday night Detectives Grim and Nc
DermOtt and Sheriff Plummer arrived in
the city with VIII Wood, whom they had
arrested in South Bend, Ind. He denied
any knowledge of the murder, but admit
ted that he had sent Pearl Bryan TO Gin
cinnau TO have an operation performed.
He was released on his recOgnizance that
night, but later was made 10 give bona
OF $1,000 on charge of assisting in a
criminal operation. From this time on the
story OF the crime began to unfold.
1t developed that jackson and Walling
had been in the saloon of William Wall
ingford on Friday night Jan. 81, with
Pearl Bryan. The colOred porter Of the
place positively identified them. and his
description of the woman tailed exactly
with that of the murdered girl Waling-
ford said that Jackson remarked TO him
on that occasion that he would like 10
have a wQman's head TO dissect. Later
in the eveAing he borrowed 50 from him
to pay for a cab. AlOnzO Waling ac-
knowledged that he was at the saloon at
the time mentioned, but jackson denies IL.
Confronted With the strong chain of cir
cumstances pointing to their guilt the two
chlet participants in the damnahle crime
began to weaken and charge each other
with the deed. Walling and jackson told
numerous stories TO the mayor and police
authorities which they considered in the
not o. fHa NFaHNa -
that he knew that jackson had killed the
girl by hypodermic injection of
prussiac acid or cocaine, he wasn't
sure which, while jackson stOutly
maintained that Walling had agreed to
perform criminal operation and that he
had killed Miss Bryan. The prisoners
made the fatal mistake OF admitting sew
eral things when first arrested which
has put them on the defensive. Walling
says that Jackson welded the fatal knife
that severed the head from the body, and
Jackson, with the most solemn OATH as
serts that his roommate did that awful
act.
Tuesday, Jan. %, and spent the night at
the Indiana house. She went with Jack
son to see a spiritualistic medium on
Thursday, Jan. 30, but where she was in
the meantime between Wednesday and
the morning she was found decapNwsed
has not yet been developed. jackson af-
firms that Walling had agreed to perform
a criminal operation on the girl and
that he knew nothing about her being
killed. There is an impression among
the authorities that the two students We're
partners in the crime and both are
equally guilty.
The young man William Wood, who is
likely TO prove an important witness. was
brought TO Cincinnati and put under
$1,000 bond. He will, It is believed, be able
to establish an alibi as to his where
abouts, although it is claimed that he
was in Cincinnati during part of the time
that Pearl Bryan was here. From Sat
urday morning until almost the time of
his arrest Jackson carried around with
him a Valise, which, when secured was
found to contain blood stains. 1t is al
most certain that this valise held the
grewsome trophy of his fendishness,
which he disposed of in some way not yet
accounted for.
Walling in one of his talks to the po-
lice, said that the head had been buried
on the Dayton sandbar and that territory
was thoroughly explored, but with no re-
suit.
a distressing feature of the fiendish
crime is that nearly all the participants
in 1t belong to good families, who are
made to suffer for the sins of maynard
children. Pearl Bryan was pretty
to have accomplished her ruin last fall.
Alonzo Walling is a member of a highly
esteemed family at Hamilton, O., and is
about p years old The most important
figure, Scott Jackson, is 26 years old,
about five feet eight inches in hight, and
weighs 135 pounds. He is rather a good
looking fellow, but about him are the
marks of the sensualist
The headless body of Pearl Bryan was
taken to Greencastle on Saturday, and al
once deposited I'm vault. When the news
of its arrival spread over the city hundreds
of people went to the cemetery, and fol
several hours there was a Sarge crowd
around the door of the vault. gazing at the
casket through the iron gratings of the
door.
While the relatives were in the vault
there was a meeting of the young and
middle-aged men of the city, and 1t was
at tV-fiRr 81
these pledged themselves to each other Il
avenge the girls death If the murderers
were not hanged by the law.
Evidence of a damaging nature was dis
covered against Jackson and Walling, the
accused murderers of Pearl Bryan, Sunday
afternoon.
the problem as to how the unfortunate
girl lost her life. or at least how she was
first attacked.
A bloody handkerchief, which was
wrapped around a gOod-slzed rock, max.
ing a most formidable weapon, and the
hat which was worn by the dead girl when
she came to Cincinnati were found
According TO the officers the hat was
found the day after the murder, or Satur.
day, Feb. l. a short distance out of New
port, on the Alexandria pike The person
who found the hat is Mrs. Mary Morgan
who peddles milk for living The hat was
lying at the side of the road, near some
privet bushes. In the center of the hat was
a bowlder about the size of a mans fist
| Underneath the stone was a mans hand
kerchief which was covered with blood
spots. 1t is believed the handkerchief be-
longed to jackson.
The finding of the hat weakened the
theory that a cab was used to take the
murderers and their victims to Fort Thorn
as. 1t looks very much as If they went
by the electric railway to Fort Thomas.
committed the deed and then walked hack
to the city, and, finding the hat too con-
spicuous TO be hidden, left it where it
would be most likely to be unobserved.
An Indianapolis special says Lulu Nav
Hollingsworth was arrested in that city
Sunday evening. The dispatch continues:
"She is a trim, handsome-looking girl of
about twenty. She and Miss Bryan were
for a year or two students In Coates Girls
College at Terre Haute. When Miss Brv-
an. after being betrayed by Scott lack
son, found herself in need of advice. She
communicated with Miss HolIingsworfh
and asked the latter to meet her at the
union depot in this City-that she was on
her way to Cincinnati from Greenca 'stIe
Lulu said to Chief of Police Colbert:
/ know all about the Pearl BRYAN af
fair but l am not going to tell ali I
know unless they are going to hang lack
son and Walling; then I Will tell all about
it to save their lives. l know enough
about law to know that l don't have to