Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-18
DROVE MISS BRYAN.
The Negro Conchman Who Accom-
panied the Murderers.

pQufed the MurOefefss
A Cincinnati telegram of Sunday says:
The excitement in this city and vicinity
over the atrocious murder of Pearl Bryan
has been intensified by astonishing devel-
opments made last night. The feeling to-
night is of the silent but ready sort That
portends latent danger. No outbreak Is
anticipated. and a successful one mere
would be out OF the question. with the
present efficiency Of the police and the
military Every other man one meets
expresses the opinion that short work
should be made of these men. The
thinking and strictly law-abiding element
in Coyington aid Newport have conf
dence In the courts, and believe In de-
pending on the courts TO mete out JUS
tice to the prisoners. II is now proba-
BILE that they will be taken TO the Cow
ington JAIL which is very strong, ana
also well situated to resist siege. The
Jail In Newpor. Is weak. The detectives
have a clue TO the surrey that was en-
ployed TO carry the human tigers and
their victim to the scene OF the slaughter.
They think they have found the surrey on
Walnut Hills, and they are trying to
identify 1t.
A circumstance that gives weight to
the testimony Of George II. Jackson. the
colored man who drove the surrey to
Fort Thomas, 8 the high name he bears
among his employers.
To cllnch the matter a procession OF
carriages, consuming policemen and re-
porters, started at a quarter to l 10
Fort Thomas last night. George II. jack
son drove the .eading carriage. The pro-
cession struck the murderers route at
~ I'D 90 nj xrtf
III. Jackson for a guide. followed 1t to the
bloody ground.
The procession was led by George Jack
son through unfrequented back streets
In Newport, and by a long circultous
route OF muddy roads In the darkness
under a cloudy sky. and finally into the
Alexandria pike, near Fort Thomas.
After driving a short distance George II.
Jackson stopped just where a blind lane
set out from the road. Here" said he.
lis where they took the lady, telling me
to turn the carriage around and wait"
The examination OF twenty or thirty
men in a seni-cIrcle at the jail at mid
night by the colored man, Jackson, was
dramatic In the extreme. Walling stood
near one extremity Of the arc. Jackson
began his inspection at Walling's end of
the line. He examined every one, man
ny .tih ~ bot W TIC thu VI .tuc
line. Then he turned, walked briskly
back. and halted In front of Walling.
All this time he had not spoken a work.
Viewing Wallirg all around like a man
examining a horse he was about to buy,
he stepped In front of him, and said:
THAT is the man that sat on the seat
with me-" Jackson was identified as to
size and partially as to the sound Of his
voice.
The prisoner, Jackson, when the thing
was over. talked flippantly TO his visitors.
To one he said: Call the jailer, and ask
him II he found surrey in my pockets
when he searched me-" He tries to ridi-
cule the multitude Of clues that are fol-
lowed. Walling Is more sullen and ret-
cent. He denounces the colored mans
statement as falsehood The visitors
admitted to see the men number hundreds
daily. and for one admitted ten are denied
admittance.