The Indianapolis journal., 1896-02-08

He said he had performed an operation on
her. and It had been successful, and that
the Smith girl subsequently went TO Louis
Vile and the thing was hushed up. When
Wood told me that he had Pearl Bryan
in delicate condition / suggested Wall
ing 1 was In Grencastle then On my
return I talked TO walling. and he said
he would perform the operation on Miss
Bryan. Now. / can't tell you the rest.
Send for Brother TibbItts. secretary of the
Y. NJ. c. A. I will tell all to him."
Tibhitts came and prayed with the pris-
oner Later Tibbitts wrote the confession
as IL was dictated by Jackson, but the lat
ter signed II. as follows:
Here. with the Bible IN my hand. on my
knees before God. / swear was not guilty
OF numbering that poor girl. did get her
TO come TO Cincinnati TO undergo an op-
Grafton. Walling was 10 get 80 Tor per-
forming IL. I was guilty OF getting him 10
do H. but not OF numbering that poor girl
] don't know where he killed her or how
he killed her. or what he did with her after
he killed her. I did not kill the poor girl
send go to him through me for performing
the operation. This is the truth, so heip
me God"
The confession was made by Jackson in
the presence OF no one but Secretary Tib-
bits. 1t was then delivered to the Mayor
and chief of police.
KILLED WHERE FOUND.
The idea that the girl was either choked
to death or died from an overdose OF chloro-
form before her head was cut of, and that
her body was carried from this side OF the
river and placed where 1t was found. is
considered absurd In the first place 1t
would require fully an hour and half to
remove the body from this side of the river
TO where Ii was found. When the body was
found there was spot OF blood near the
neck as large dinr er plate and it had
soaked into the earth seven or eight inches.
Besides, the under leaves OF the bushes
above where the neck lay were covered with
blood. indicating that 1t had spurted from
an artery. This could only happen while
the heart was in action. Again, there was
signs OF a struggle. which precludes the
idea of the body being placed there after
death. The strongest evidence. however,
that she was not killed while under the in
iuence of an anaesthetic is the cuts on her
left hand, evidently sustained while strug-
Cling for life. IL she had been under the
influence OF an anaesthetic there would
have been no struggle. and there is no in
strument that could be used for a criminal
operation that might have accidentally in
hicted the wounds on her hand.
II Is well known that chloroform de-
creases the hearts action and death from
overdraught of this anaesthetic would leave
little blood in either the arteries or veins,
ard nearly all of what was left would be
converted into serum. In view of the large
quantity OF blood that was found where the
body lay. there is little room for doubt that
the girl was overpowered there and muir
dered.
DR.. J. l. Cilley, dean of the Ohio Medical
College, was asked mis- opirion as to the
amount of blood that would flow from
body after death had ensued from an over
dose Of chloroform. He said: 81 really
don't know. 1 am unable TO answer the
question:
Can you not give an opinion?'
mo 1 really don't know what would
happen in such a case
1t was the opinion Of other physicians.
however. that there would have been little
or no hemorrhage when the head was cut
of, had the girl first died from the effect
Of an anaesthetic or being strangled.
DIR. Lttler was asked by a reporter
whether either Jackson or walling had
ever asked him what drug would kill a
person most easily. He answered: Most
certainly not. 1 hardly know the two young
men. although they roomed in the same
house with me-" Such a question as you
have referred to could not have forgotten.
But on the other hand. talk about drugs
every day. People who don't know any,
thing about drugs are always asking about
their effects, and either Walling or Jack
SON might have asked me some question
about this, that or the other drug and 1
would not give the matter another
thought"
TREATED sHABBILY.
The men from Greencastle who came here
with the Bryans took offense at the way in
which they were treated. They asked TO see
the prisoner. Scott Jackson. and they were
promised that their wish would be grat.hed.
The hours drew on, and still they were not
allowed to see Jackson. They were kept
waiting In Mayor Caldwelrs reception room.
AT noon several OF the party expressed
themselves freely. These detectives came
down there..to Greencastle.' one said, land
every courtesy and help was shown them.
They sot every rig from the livery stable
that they needed without a cent of charge.
We did al we could. and yet when We come
up here we are completely ignored"
Mayor Caldwell came into the room at
that moment. and one OF the party ven-
tured 10 tell him OF the treatment that was
being received. Suppose some of you have
weapons?' suggested Mayor Caldwell. The
Greencastle men offered to be searched but
this was not done. Mayor Caldwell said
that 1t had so far been impossible to allow
them TO see the prisoner. but he would try
to arrange the matter. He said DR.. Edwin
Post, Jackson's brother-in-law, and an at
torney were in consultation with the pris-
oner.
Fred Bryan. the brother of Pearl Bryan,
speaking OF Wood and Jackson, said: Wood
Is q cousin CT our family. but neither he
nor Jackson stood very high in Greencastle,
he was not In the habit of visiting our home,
and did not know that my sister was ac-
quainted with Jackson" Young Bryan Is
very much averse to being interviewed. and
even to his intimate friends will not talk
much.
Night clerk Ora Green, Of the Indiana
House. was before Chief Deitsch to-day.
He said that the woman had registered
there twice. Monday and Tuesday night.
and that each time she went there in cab
and paid her own bill. She did not wani
10 register. but had TO. The cabman. Bell.
was in the Colonel's office Friday, ard
said that the dress the dead woman had
rode with him. She had on a reddish
brown dress and an imitation sealsiSin
cloak.
walling and Jackson were taken I'D into
the Bertilion room, and their pictures were
taken. on an order from Colonel Deitsch.
a glance or hatred at the other. Only
few dayS ago they were fast friends