Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-17

taining Reporters and Police OfBcisls-
The Driver Who Drove Pearl Bryan to
Her Awful Death Leads the Column and
Fully Confirms Story Hc Had Previous.
~ ToId-Eoth Prisoners Identified.
CIyCISNATI. Feb. 1.-THE excitement
In this city and vicinity over the atrocious
murder Of Pearl Bryan has been intensi.
fed By the late developments. People had
time for reading the papers yesterday and
the feeling last night was Of the silent
but ready sort that portcnds danger. No
outbreak IL anticipated, and a successful
one here would be out Of the question with
the present efficiency OF the police and the
military. While the feeling here is of the
explosive sort the external restraint is
sufficient to prevent an explosion. Every
other man one meets expresses the opin-
lon that short work should be made OF
these men. The thinking and strictly law
abiding clement in Covington and New
port have coniiicnco in the courts and
believe in depending on the courts to mete
out justice to the prisoners. IL is now
probable that they vii, be taken to the
Covington Jail, which Is very strong and
and also well situated to resist 4 siege.
The MGn who Drove the Carriage.
And the development that has awakened
the mob spirit her, is the discovery OF the
man who drove Pearl Bryan TO the place
where she was killed. The drivers name
Is George X. jackson, u negro who is
given "A first-class reputation by every one
who knows him, and who had kept quiet
IN fsnr he. ,i,rt,t b.. EaII
lie says he was hired for s5-which he
never rot--to drive n surrey over to Now.
port and out into the country; that there
was a man and woman inside the surrey,
and another man sat with jackson on the
box. When the two men took the woman
but of tho surrey they had to support her,
and later jackson heard scuflle and
cries, got scared and ran home, leaving
horse and surrey
Drives Over the Route Again.
In order to c.inch the matter it was de-
tcrmIncd to drive over the route Of the
1nurdcrers with jackson rs driver, and
cordingly procession of carriages started
ut l2:io yesterday morning-about the
timo jackson was employed by the assas-
sins - on the route, which was, fol-
lowed to the scene of the murder near
Fort Thomas. \ halt was made at the
Newport bridge toll booth to seek another
link--Toll Coiisctor Tarvin said he re-
mcmbcrcd the surrey driven By II colorcd
man passing over the bridge aboct l
o'clock on the morning of Feb. l. 1t con-
taincd n man and Il woman, and there was
white man with the negro driver on the
seat. The procession was led by George
jackson through unfrequented back
streets in Newport and By "A long circuit
Gus route Of mud roads and finally into
the Alexandria pike near Fort Thomas.
Wci1d story il n Weir Place.
After driving % short distance jackson
stopped just where n blind lane set out
from the road. Here" said he, sis where
they took the lady and telling me to turn
the carriage around to wait" Where he
stopped was nbot y2JO yards from the spot
where Pearl Bryan was found dead on the
morning OF Feb. !. Here OIL the spot
were the too confiding girl was led to her
cruel death and at about the same gloomy
hour Of that tragedy, the colorcd man re-
pcatcd his story of the events of that fatal
night. When the negro described the
strange noise and the sounds of u scuflie
III the leaves and bushes, along with his
own sudden fright and flight, the bystand-
crs shuddercd and almost imagined they
could hear tho rustic Of tho leaves in the
struggle Of Pearl Bryan for her life.
Police Find tho Carriage.
u, D,tcc:ivcs Grim md McDernitt have
discovered rockawny and gray horse
In the stable of the Walnut Hills Cab
company, which was hired out between
and p. m. Jan. 81 and was returned at
"A. IN. Feb |. The carpet in the rockaway
had blood-spots on it and n bloody pencil
WAS found in it. The horse was hitchcd to
the rockaway last nigh. and driven past
the negro Jackson, who stood mt n nearby
corner. and he said he was sure 1t was the
same horse and vehicle he drove