Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-12


Found.
Cincinnati, Ohio, February 11.-N0t
a step of progress was made to-day
towards the solutio2 Of the Pearl Bry-
an tragedy. No end of Steps was taken
in search of the missing links in the
chain of events that ended in that un-
paralleled horror. 1t has been clearly
established that Pearl Bryan cOnGding-
" put herself into the hands Of her be-
trayer. Scott Jackson, on Monday night,
January 81, trusting him TO save her
and her family from modification and
shame. Ii was case Of the fly giong
to the spider for deliyerance. Where
the too credulous girl stayed on Mon
day night and Tuesday, January y
and 2S, is known beyond a doubt
Where she spent "Wednesday and
Thursday nights, January % and 80,
however. remain missing links up tc
the present writing. On Thursday
forenoon and Friday night she was
seen. with these exceptions her whole
history from wednesday morning
when she left the Indiana House, mp
to Saturday morning, when her un-
known headless body was found, re-
mains a blank mystery.
The story of Miss Hollingsworth see
ing her in Indianapolis on January
2Sth is exploded by the established fac'
that she was here on both the 9th anc
2Sth. Two careful post mortems ali
solutely exclude abortion, actual or at
tempted. as well as death by poison
ing. The universal belief here is that
the indianapolis girl is romancing. The
knife cuts on the poor girls hand
made while struggling for life with her
murderers, and the pool Of blood where
she lay. set at rest the theory that she
was killed by an anaestheuc ana then
taken out and beheaded.
The story in an evening paper that
two colored girls saw three men Sat
urday morning about one o'clock un-
der the Newport bridge has been prob
ed by the police and found worthless
Meantime a Kentucky woman gong
home in her carriage late Friday night
heard a woman's screams followed by
silence near Fort Thomas. Men in
Covington aud As|
Der seeing y Vehlc' ~
usually late hour r,laay nia {, driy
at great speed. Detectives are VOL.
ing these clues. Not a trace OF tho
head has been found.
Coroner Tingley, of Campbell coun
ty, Ky, to-day began hearing testl-
mony to determine the manner in
which Pearl Bryan met her death.
Sheriff Plummer testified that he had
secured ample proof Of the identity Of
the deceased and said the same evil
dence would show that her death en-
sued from the cutting of her throat.
DR.. Heyl, a surgeon at Fort Thomas,
testified that more than a quart OF
blood was found where the body lay,
and that a person of Pearl Bryan's de-
scription should have lost five quarts.
His opinion was that the head had
been removed several hours before the
body was deposited where found. The
whole day was taken up with the in
quest
Indianapolis, Ind, February 11.-Af-
ter doing more or less talking, Lulu
Hollingsworth, who has made herself
notorious by her alleged knowledge Of
the Peart Bryan murder. was released
from police headquarters this after
noon. Police Supt. Colbert says that
he is satisfied that the girl has been
lying all the way through, and az the
Cincinnati police say that they do not
want her, the Indianapolis police have
no further use for her.
Greencastle. Ind. February 1.-THE
county commissioners were called to-
gether to-day to take some action in
the Bryan case. II is proposed 10 offer
a reward Of $500 for the recovery Of the
head Of the murdered girl in the hops
Of stimulating the search for it. The
body still awaits burial. and will not bs