Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-31
FOUND GUILTY.
The Jury in the Scott jackson Murder
Case Returns a Verdict.
" hen the Result of Their Deliberat tons
Were Made Known jackson Never
Changed Muscle Attorney Craw-
ford Moves for New Trial-Mo-
tion VIII he Heard May FL.


court opened at the usual hour Monday morn
ing
After the ROUTINE business whs disposed nt
10y the Judge the fourth with NJ the muriCr
trial h"sar Ny ludse iieim ordering she irrY
hlUuEhl into the c9rrtrNNr, 1Y'1s Helm
rad me Destruction. q - jury. VINO wheeled
rhEut n tn1tr chairs and faced the court
II the jury finds that Scott jackson cut the
throat 81 Pearl Bryan and she died from the
result, they will bring In n verdict OF murder.
II they believe that AlonEn Waiting did tho
killing and the defendant was present and
Rh"tted IN the crime, they will Ind scott
Jackson guilty OF murder
IL the Jury heiietg irum the evidence iva,
the defendant a'temrtrt oi s'dsd, ~ ahettcG
~ rnrrsSiel, Z procured another to attempt
tue murder, but that she was not thereby
killed, but believing her dead, fOi whatsoever
purpose cut her throat the Jury shall lind HIN
guilty Of murder: ar u hr ~, mpted 10 XII
aud Alun-r Mailng did the ihroat-cUttInG,
'nrt mould lind him guilty Of murder, II
Jackson cnnspircd to produce an abortion, and
believing the girl was thereby killed and
her throat aiterward cot, Il was murder,
or n the girl was ktllrd ~ Jackson In sudden
heat 80 go BE-, "r sudden ARRAY, II was muir
G. ur Nal.lng did the killing and Jackson
allotted. n was murder
lf tho Iury believes that SCOTT Jackson Will
fully, but got With malice administered, 81
atlCa or ar,'trt r"u"sclyh or procured an
Clhoi 20 a.Wlul~iCr drug 10 procure an
abortion. but were not necessarily dangerous
10 her IIfc, and thcr~ Has no intent on tho
part - JACKSON 10 seriously injure the girl
tut believing that said Pearl Bryan had been
thereby KILLED for whatever purpose, cut her
throat with a knife or ether Sharp instrument
SO that she d,G thOE and there and because
thpvrui die they will find the said Scott Jack
son guilty Of voluntary manSlaughtcr.
OR II he cut her throat. believing her to be
dead, and did not do SO, intending thereby to
kul but for the purpose Of congealipg her
identity, they will lind him guilty OF 'rvcl"r =
tary man>lnughttf unless tnty also
believe from all the evidence that said
Srott jackson had attempted to or aided
or ahettcd counsclcd or procured another 10
KIN her. or had himself administered, or aid
cd, or ahetted, counseled. or procured another
10 administer 4 drug or drugs TO her for the
purpose 81 procuring an abortion, and because
thereof believed her TO be dead, In which
event they will iiud as elsewhere instructed
II tho jury lind the defendant guilty OF one
or the other Of the crimes to which they have
been instructed hut entertain reasonable
doubt as to which one. they will find him
guilty OF the lesser crime
II the jury entertain a reasonable doubt of
the defendant having been proven guilty, they
will aruuit him
II the jury Gnd Tint the defendant Scott
JavkSon. guilty " murder they Will fix his
punishment at death or confinement IN the
pcuitentiary for life, in their discrcsSion, gov
erued by the proof.
II the jury find the defendant Scott jackson.
guilty of voluntary manslaughter. they will
liz his punishment at confinement in the peni-
Tertiary for no. less than two nor more than
81 years, in their discretion, governed by the
proof
II the fury find the defendant, Scott jack
son. guilty of Involuntary granddaughter, they
NIL Ia ,fln,VY l. ffna in
amount or Imprisonment in the county Jail for
any length Of time. either or both; in their
discretion, governed by the proof,
Col Nelson then arose and addressed ths
FURY for the commonwealth. iis gave the dc
PENDANT terrible scoring. There were no
words too bitter for the gifted attorney to ut
ter in court The dead girl looked upon him
as a God but he proved to be a demon"
Col Nelson said he had no personal animos-
fly for the prisoner at the bar. he had never
known him Il offer here my sympathy for his
sister and mother but the murderer
of Pearl Bryan must pay the penalty.
We want punishment for brsts
who hot only murdered an unsuspectinp
girl. but butchercd her and threw her body
like a dogs on the public highway l tell ycu
Will not be satisfied the commonwealth wi
not he satisfied the civilized world that has
watched this case Will not be satisfied If you
do not find this brute guilty of murder and
4
dead, dead dead!
NEWPORT. Ky. May I3-Just before the
time Of opening court Tuesday morning Mrs
jackson, mother OF the prisoner, leaning on
the arm OF her daughter, Mrs Post, came in
and took an easy chair reserved for her Mrs
DIR. Lewis was in the party and they all TOOK
seats about the prisoners chair jackson was
brought in a moment later and court was call
ed to order The jury nled In and there was
short delay caused by the non-appearance Of
Col Crawford
Al 9.4o Col Crawford entered the court
room and at once began his argument. In sub
stance he said:
Gentlemen of the jury, I am here to-
day, after listening TO the evidence, TO say
what l can for this unhappy student, who
is now entangled in the clutches OF the
law. When the police force OF the city of Gin.
cinnati judge man guilty they make him oui
guilty tell you that Scott jackson was adj
judged guilty by Plummer, Grim and Nc
Dermott at Greencastle on the 5th of Feb
ruary
Il do not question the testimony of Mayor
Caldwell or Grim or McDermott or Plummer
they were telling the truth. | did not cross.
examine the parents of the dead girl l have
the greatest respect and the great.
est sympathy for them, my hear
goes out to them IN their sor-
row, but gentlemen of the jury, there are two
sides TO this question. We have here tn,
mother and sister of this unfortunate man
this man who is a victim OF a most dastardlN
persecution al the hands Of a relentless police
/ tell you the persecution this man wa,
subjected TO was outrageous. Think of tn,
sweating process he was subjected to, OF the
long days and slcepless nights. without having
a chance to remove his clothing He was sub
Jected TO a steady fire Of questions by police
newspaper men, and the hundreds OF visitors
The Spanish inquisition pales into insignia
canoe
They talk about Jackson's brazen manner
but have you seen any brazenness, any posing
any arectation, any impudence: No. sir yor
have not Where is tho evidence = manta
distress? Why, wheu hy r.. ,rius trapyre,
and cursed and insult r. Pei 'Iri = e.. ~. T.
derer,when the bloody as. nee vas thrown On,
TO his face he sat there - .IEl.G, rt.r All au-
affected gentleman. Cold a guilty man dc
TN - No, sir IL was =, mind free from guilt
rs was not 9-Scted by that spectacular
show Nhr, tnat was the filling in this case;
tt~N-s sop and nonsense. AT the Very
1t inning * this case l was willing Il
admit J..Gt the clothing in court was
that of Pearl Bryan, but they dragged
the heartbroken mother in and made heI
go over the CHASTITY clothing of her murde red
daughter, they called the aged father and the
sister to the stand, and the neighbors. too tC
go through this spectacular scene. was will.
ing TO spare them all this. but no, the desire
OF the prosecution for she spectacular. theii
desire for notoricty, their desire TO play to the
grand stand, made them resort TO this rot
Then, IN his argument. Col Nelson says that
this archfisnd went to Greencastle and Their
ruined. then murdered then robbed Pear
Bryan
Why, Scott Jackson came to Greencastls
in the holidays of g. 95, when he met Pear
Bryan. Did he go out there for the purpose OF
dissipation. did he go out there to loaf? No
sir he fhRra tn nd On 10 lfy.
ing, and he worked In the office Of DR. GILES
pie that spring and summer And what wa.
his reputation? Not n witness said il was
bad not one person came here and said hi.
reputation was questionable, but many came
and testified that his reputation WAS good
that it was good morally; that it was good il
regard to veracity and truthfulness."
Col Crawford then read one of the letters
Jackson wrote Pearl Bryan.
81 want to say here that don't blame the
newspaper boys and the newspapers for print
ing the stories given them by the police anc
the prosecution. l tell you the prosecution,
case was on dress parade. The defense coult
not give to the public what it intended t.
prove. what witnesses had to say
Why, IL IL had been given out these
witnesses would have been bounced
upon by the police and bullied into subnis-
sion. The power OF the police is unlimit.
ed. They go to a person and say, in all theil
power, You swear this and you sweal
that, you know that you know it What did
they do? Why. they gave n lot of ignorant
Negroes to understand that they must come
over here and swear that the statements they
had made to Mr.. Collins as notary public
were false.
Col Crawford then discussed the letters OF
Jackson TO Pearl Bryan, pointing out vividly
and eloquentiy that the communications were
entirely free of any mention or suspicion Of