The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-22

Fuchs, looking at scott jackson, VINO
Judge Helm s.lenced the commotion that
followed.
saThe man has already disqualified him
SELF contended attorney Crawford, who
refused TO question the witness.
Judge Helm examined the juror at length
only an incident. George p. Stegner, a
Newport grocer, was called
DO you know anything about Pearl Bry-
this case?' asked Jacksons attorney, Co.
death sfegnef had opinion, but was
tIed s sim on the " jury @ oaieS work in
| murder trial. BY IL O'Clock nine men had
been accepted by both Sides The noon re-.
oclock the case was resumed and the three
other men soon accepted. The State used
only one pre-emptory Challenge and the the
lowing are the jurors:
| WILLIAM WHITE
JOHN BOEHMER.
JOHN NJ ERNSTWEILER.
| MURTY SHEA.
| LOUIS SCHARSTEIN.
! f. Is. NADER.
| MfLLAItD CARR.
| GEORGE p. STEGNER.
| JOHN f. BACKSMAN.
FRED GEISKEMEYER
| DAVID KKAUT.
When both sides announced dhoir accept
snce of the jury there was great relief 10
Everyone sh who nia ta pesn s, IN acnDI as 70 sns
was thus ready for evidence after four hours
/ os trial.
| SEPARATE THE WITNESSES.
| Attorney Crawford. directly after the jury
as body had been sworn In. moved that
the witnesses be separated. Sheriff Plummer
| then called the following Witnesses for the
prosecution. requesting those present to stand
and be sworn: DR.. r. Carothers, DR.. Jenkins,
4
Mayor Caldwell, DR.. Littler, d. Wallingford,
Allen Johnson. H. C. Uhler AL. stegner. H.
Gelderhaus, John Legner. Joseph Kuge. Dr..
Crane. N. l. Bennett. DR.. Dickore. John
| Bell, Charles vickers. p. Kinney. William
| Tegler, c. w. Skidmore, Charles Rogers, A..
5. Bryan, Fred Bryan DR.. Gillespie. DR.. Ed
| ward Fry, John Norrds. Jacob Lotcher. w.
t. Foertmeyer. MIS-. Holmes. John Foster.
L. d. Poock. Lieutenant Atkinson. Ben
/ Weaver. Lieutenant saffarans, William New
all, VIM. ID. I,okey. Charles Haydens, Crockett
| johnson, Alice Spies. Pinkie Busch. Lottie
viii Wood
Only seven or eight of the persons called
Judge Helm then called for the witnesses
for the defense but Colonel Crawford had
prepared ps ed no list: list He, however, asked the
Crawford gave list of the witnesses for
| the defense. Some of the first names Of the
persons to be summoned were not known by
| the defense. but were handed to the sheriff
| to be read in court, Notwithstanding. Col
onel Crawford took exception to the Judges
ruling requiring the list Of the defenses wit
nesses, but the objection was overru,ed.
/ The defense's witnesses as called by Sheriff
P.ummer We're: Henry Motz. Il. r. Locke.
ase W Narry Kedses Frank M j. EsDser
Ed. Bradley, Fannie Bradley. Mr.. Ellison,
X. c. Kirr w. r.. Trusler. Mr.. Wallace,
9onn post SfrS SEwert a,is pns, o,ae acns3h Eqwin
| Webb. Patrick Sewer, Mr.. Justice, Mr..
Harper, Mr.. Hyburn. Mrs. Anna Wagner,
nss Msls sssroag MsgneT h1s s MaFd wasns
F. A. Jenson, Harry Hayes. John Pythan,
Charles Pythian, l.. d. Bryan, Joseph Pruce.
Commonwealth's Attorney NJ r. Lockhari
then, amid suppressed excitement. opened the
proceedings proper by reading the indictment
the murder Of Pearl Bryan. After the read.
| ing Colonel Lockhart outlined the States line
Of procedure. He said:
the evidence. Scott Jackson was at Green
castle. Ind, in 1896, where he met Pear
Bryan, youngest daughter of respectable
Bourbon county. Kentucky"
Attorney Crawford objected to this state
ment with much feeling, but the attorney
Pearl was an unsophisticated country girl
| Jackson was an accomplished, much-traveled
the accused man wrote her to come to Gin
cinnati She came Jan. 28 jackson did not
meet her; but witness who will testify met
her. She met jackson the following morn
ing. That day he was seen frequently with
her, not only In Cincinnati. but also In this
STATE Sa1 up hight H FEdsS Se nEns erDec.
to show, he was with her In a vehicle, and
that he drove With her to n the spot where
morning. He was found later with her satch-
el and clothing. We will show that Alonzo
Walling knew Pearl BRYAN. We will show
innocent girl" said Lockhart, pointing his
finger. at Scott Jackson. The prisoners face
I'VE will show that he was a DR.. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde-in Greencastle model in
Cincinnati. associating with lewd women of
both colors
eve will prove that before the murder
he exhibited a dissecting knife well suited
for the awful use to which 1t was put
THE FIRST WITNESS.
When Commonwealth attorney finished
Jackson's face was moist with perspiration
Immediately after with no further formal
ity, the first witness was called. John Hewl-
ing. the boy who discovered the headless
body lying on the grass near the Alexandra
pike, entered the room. His face was tanned
from his outdoor life on the farm
He took the stand, and In his evidence
said that there was only about pint ol
blood on the ground. This. the defense will
i
was not murdered at this place, but was
brought there after the crime was commit
| ted. Hewling was soon excused
Coroner Tingley, an experienced physician
was the next witness. He testified that h,
, reached Fort Thomas at 10 o'clock on tn,
Saturday morning. of the discovery. The
, body was lying obliquely on terrace. two
feet above the body was a large dot o
hand would cover, near the neck Of tn,
corpse Blood was soaked into the cloth
! ing. There were spots of blood on the un
: derside OF bushes several feet from tn
, corpse. The coroner said that the won
! ans rubbers were soiled. The effect of thi
would be to show that Pearl Bryan wake,
to the scene Of her murder, and was alv
J at Fort Thomas The middle and third fin
There was a wound as IL stab in tn
) trunk near where the head had been sev
Was the head cut off at the place nea
Fort Thomasy'
II think II was"
WAS II cut on before or after death?"
The arteries were severed while tn