The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-10

45 cents to get the prescription filled. am
| positive that she killed herself
Did you buy that medicine?' asked tine
superintendent.
| II will not answer that question"
Who did buy it-was it man or
woman?"
cit was a woman"
| Where was it bought?"
| 1T was bought at three different drug
stores"
as well tell me the truth. Be honest, now;
| didn't you buy that medicine?'
Then she answered him definitely. SAYING eting
under any circumstances. You cant
| make me say anything 10 incriminate my
| the world that would require me 10 an
swer that question. Yes, you know more
than that; you know no Judge g;,i,, MHuie Stood f
upon her legal rights. and the Superintend,
| ent afterwards said that he knew she had
| the best of the argument on that PROPOSE
| ton.
DIED AT HER OWN HANDS"
| .T do know this" she continued. Pearl
Bryan died by her own hand. Scott Jack
son is not guilty of her death. Before
this murder occurred there was an affair IN
which Pearl Bryan. Scott Jackson and
| were involved. 1 will never tell what that
| was until they are condemned to hang. III
they are condemned to die, then | Will tell
the whole story. but not until then.
when did you see Will Wood" she was
then asked.
II saw him on the Friday following the
day Pearl was here. He was on his way
| to South Bend -,
What did you, say to him? Did you
talk about PEARL? >...
was said about the purpose Of her visit 10
| Cincinnati. Nothing Whatever was saiu d
The woman insisted that she had not
| seen Will Wood prior to that time, win
reference to Pearls case, ana tnaI nom nom
ing was said about her visit to CincinanI.
How long had you known Scott jack
SON and viii Wood?'' .,.
.Oh, for several years. l USED TO 7ia vtsie
Greencastle | had friend in coiese
there Ida Jackson. / was there about Two
years ago. Then, year ago, i Went doMn w II
there one forenoon and came nome me
VIII Wood had not met her by appoint
| ment she said. and their meeting was ac-
What makes you so sure that she was
.'Wel, 1 have theory. suppose, ior and AZ,
| stance that she went TO Cincinnati anu
| took the drugs: suppose that Scott jackson
| came to her room and found her in wnat ne ne
thought was dying CONDITION; what wuu,a .,,ra
he his first impulse? If she had died there
| in ue tnat roou-I am sure she took the medi-
| cine in a room, as / understand she wa
first found wearing wrapPeroMIdduhne nd Would he not
| he implicated? The first thing ne Wouid 10
would be to get her to a place where ner
thai that is what he did. believe he TOOK
her TO that lonely spot and laid her on the
ground where she 5d died - not tew be mo naturai
for him 10 think about destroying her
identity? What would be more simple PIE tnan sai,
wbat it is that head was thrown in the
Ohio river. If they drag the river they VIII
find it." a;a ,o, oct the information on
| which YOU base this theory? Have you seen
! any one from CINCINNATI.
No she answered, Il have not seen
any one and 1 have had no word from any
one CONCERNING the crime. / didn't know
anything about the case until TWO DAYS
ago a .. ;,d,co
| her 10 admit that the letter which she de-
stroyed was from Scott Jackson ana tnat mat
it contained the, details OF the crime Jus. Jsa
as stated in her hypothetical case. But sne
| would not admit that TO be true.
MET PEARL AT TERRE HAUTE.
BY dnt of much cross-questioning the
superintendent then got further details OF
her acquaintance with the parties. she
said she first met Pearl Bryan at Terre
Haute three or four years ago while the
latter was there visiting friend at Coates
College. After that she saw her few times
in Greencastle, but up to the time of their
meeting in the Union Station she had not
seen her for about two years. Scott Jack
son and Will Wood she had met on various
|
former home) Greencastle and Indian
apolis. She would not admit that she had
, seen either of the parties since her last
, | visit to GreencaStle year ago-the time
she went there on one train and returned
on the next. She says Will Wood has never
written to her about Pearls case and has
never been TO see her TO request that she
would advise Pearl what to get TO produce
an abortion. The drugs she had recon-
mended her to use would produce the de-
a sired effect in nine hours without any harm.
full results, if the directions for taking the
medicine were followed. One of the in
gradients of the compound was a deadly
poison she admitted and if not taken prop.
! erly the mixture would produce death.
AS to her past life, she said that she ha(
! lived in Indianapolis most Of the time sine,
!, her arrest three years ago. when she cam,
I to this city. after running away from
e Coates College. She said she had been {
good girl since the 1st of last April. Sh,
s kept house by herself until about thre,
months ago, when she went to live will
! Mrs. Alice Shull. at No. I Henry street
!, where she was arrested last night.
: No amount of persuasion would induc
: her to reveal the contents of the lette
: was from Jackson, she said that she woul,
| neither admit nor deny anything concern
ing it. Admitting her assertion that sh
has talked with one since the crime
and that she has read nothing about |
a until within the last two days TO be true
the police ask how could she formulate he
| hypothetical case, so complete in all its de
I tails unless she had received a letter from
t Jackson or some one else acquainted witt
| all the facts?
Finding that nothing more could b
learned from her for the time being, Su
e | perintendeslt Colbert decided to detain tn
y | girl until communication could be had witt
| the chief of the Cincinnati police, and sh
was placed in the custody of Police Matro
a Buchanan. who remembers her quite well
: | through an acquaintance formed at tn
: | time OF her detention after her elopemen
from Coates College. Superintendent Col
!, | bert telegraphed to Cincinnati. giving
q | brief outline of the girls confession, an
: | asking whether she would be wanted ther
as witness.
Y Timothy Splan chief of detectives, &C
It companied by detective Wilson, returne
| 10 the house on Henry street, where
thorough search was made of the girl
e | room Nothing was found that will be O
: particular value in throwing additions
=, | light on the case.
: MISS HOLLINGSWORTH RETICENT.
Mrs. Alice Sbull, with Whom Sh