Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-09
WALLING'S STORY.
What He Says He Knows Of
Pear Bryan's Murder.
HAD NO PART IN THE D1ABoL1sM

Heard Scott jackson Talk Of Several Meth
ods Of Committing the Dastardly Crime,
but Thought He Was Talking Through
His Hat"-Became Suspicious 1t Last,
but Does Not Seem to Have Done ANY,
thing to Save the Girl.
Alonzo Walling for participation in tho
murder Of Pearl Bryan the court ruled out
the testimony given by Chief of Police
Deitsch, of Cincinnati, and Ed H. An
thOny, reporter, in which Walling made
terribly damaging admissions to those two
men. The testimony was ruled out, as to
that of Anthony, because when he OBJ
tained it he told Walling that he was q
detective; that of Deitsch because he sent
for Walling and told him lit would be
well, or lit might be well'' to make q
clean breast of it.
Other Similar Testimony Admitted.
/ Testimony to similar admissions by
Walling on 8ferent occasions made to
Mayor Caldwell and Sheriff Plummer was
held by the court as compel snt This tes-
timony does not differ materially from
that of Anthony and Deitsch, which was
disallOwed by the court. Moreover it was
powerfully corroborated by Walling HIM
self by admissions he made when under
cross-exnmination on the witness stand
yesterday afternoon. The whole afternoon
from 2 O'Clock till a quarter to AlOnzo
NJ. Walling was on the witness stand
The pith of Walling's testimony was
that he did not kill or have any part in the
killing Of Pearl Bryan; that he was told
by jackson that the latter would kill her,
but thought he was talking through his
hat; that he never saw the girl but three
times, and that he had no part in dispos-
ing of her remains or of her belongings.
Aim Is to Fix Guilt on jackson.
1t was manifest from the drift of the
direct examination that the purpose of the
defense was to throw the whole guilt of
the murder on Scott jackson, and if pos
sible establish an alibi for Walling him
self. In his direct examination Walling
said he never knew Pearl Bryan till she
came here. Furthermore he said he knew
jackson at indianapolis, but never was
intimate with him till he came to tho
dental college ut Cincinnati. Since the
two came here they had roomed in the
same room and slept in the same bed every
night except the Thursday after the arrest
This, however, was brought out in the
cross-examination. He said in both direct
and cross-examination that Scott Jackson
first mentioned Pearl Bryan to him early
In January, just after he had returned
from the holiday vacation at Greencastle
Proposed Different Methods of Murder.
'Then," said Walling, jackson took
me in a corner of our room; told me he had
Pearl Bryan in trouble; that he would
bring her here to have an abortion and
asked me to help him. I agreed to help
him by getting a suitable room and COM
petent physician to do the work. jackson,
| II little later, said he would bring the girl
here, give her some quick poison and kill
| her in some hotel with the impression that
she had committed suicide. Still later he
| proposed to kill her with poison in pri.
waite room, cut her up and scatter the
pieces in the city catch basins"
Saw the Girl but Three Times.
He said that if on Monday night JAN
| q, he had met Pearl Bryan at the Cincin-
| natl, Hamilton and Dayton station he
would have taken her to Wallingsforti' s
| saloon, n'the Tenderloin district, where
jackson had instructed him to take her.
He said he saw Pearl Bryan only three
times while she was here The first time
was Tuesday when he took message to
her from Scott jackson. This was the
only time he spoke 20 her. The second
time was on Wednesday night, when he
SAW jackson and a woman he supposed
was Pearl Bryan leaving the Wallings-
ford saloon. The third time was Thurs
day night, when jackson sent him to
meet Pearl Mt the postoffice.
Walling Becomes Suspicious.
He did not go to the postoffice, but went
by and peeped in and saw Pearl Bryan
| without her seeing him. He went to the
Dennison House, wrote letters, and that
Thursday night before the murder did not
go to his room, but stayed at Heider's
hotel. He said the reason he stayed at
Heider s was that he had become suspicious
of jackson about this girl
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.
Says He Slept st His Boarding House from
MialuiSht Til Manning