Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06

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been solved. At 1910 o'clock last night the
following telegram camecfeshing over the
wires to Cincinnati, and was delivered five
minutes later:
"GREENCASTLE, Ind, February 3.
"Col Deitsch, chief of police Cincinnati:
Arrest and charge with murder of Pearl
Bryan one Scott Jackson, student at Dem
tai College, about twenty-four years old.
five feet seven or eight inches high, weighs
about 1876; blonde, sandy moustache, light
complexion, effeminate in appearance. Ar
rest, If in Cincinnati, William Wood friend
of Jackson, and charged as accomplice;
about twenty-five years old; five feet eleven
inches, light blonde hair, smooth face,
rather slender, weight about 1866 We go
from here to South Bend after Wood, as he
left here for that place.
''(SfgneO Crum McDermott Wilson,"
Accordingly at 1915 o'clock Scott Jack
son was in the mayors Office under exam
nation by the mayor and chief of police
The culprit was perfectly described in the
above telegram from the detectives.
The Prisoners DeniaIs.
The prisoner, Scott Jackson, was clean
and neatly dressed and youthful in appear
ance. His naturally ruddy face flushed
perceptibly under the examination, and his
light blue eyes wandered from his ques-
TONERS in spite of a visible effort to bear
up and look them square in the eyes, His
voice was reasonably firm, yet it required
an effort to keep it in form. He did not
exhibit any signs that he felt Inundated
by his arrest His accounts of his where
abouts last Friday were not satisfactory
He denied guilt, but admitted that he knew
Pearl Bryan. He could tell nothing about
where she was or where she had been dur
ing the past few weeks. AS to his where
abouts last Friday night, his roommate,
Mr.. Tampey, was examined first He said
jackson was at home Friday night. That
was all he could say, as Jackson could go
in and out whenever he desired.
jackson said Friday night he was at sup
per at Z O'Clock, and retired about 10
O'Clock. The rest of his story is very
vague, though he said he was in his room
all night.
The worst point of Jackson's story-the
weakest part of it's that about his con-
duct last Saturday. He boarded at 222
West 9th street, next to Robnson's Opera
House. Saturday he took a valise and left
it in Lenglers saloon, opposite his board
ing house. This valise- he carried with him
all over the city that day. The accounting
for this valise and why he carried it all day
and night puzzled him more than anything
else. In fact he prevaricated, and after
ward acknowledged that he had lied. The
matter will be sifted in court today. Mean
while he is committed without bail.
Seen With Pearl Bryan.
It has come out that Scott Jackson was
seen with Miss Bryan at Dave Wallingfords
saloon, at the northeast corner of George
and Plum streets, Cincinnati Friday night
between and o'clock, and Jackson bor-
rowed 81 from Wallinsford. This man will
be a most important. if not the most i'm
portant, witness against Jackson. The To-
cation of Plum and George streets is in the
Tenderloin district of the city.
The cleW to the arrest of Jackson and
Wood was given to the officers by William
"pSfprn Union ~.
letter written by Scott Jackson to William
Wood, in which the former told the latter
what to give Pearl Bryan, and outlined
treatment for her. The officers had learned
from the poSt-mortem a. Newport, KY, that
the murdered woman was about to become
mother, and they at once took the clothing
ard other articles to the parents of the girl
referred to in the letter. They identified the
shoes. clothing and hair, and gave such in
formation as to lead to the arrest. When
Pearl left home January, IS, it is believed
that it was for continuation of treatment
by her alleged seducer. -rr -f-
Disappearance of the Girl.
A S. Bryan is a leading farmer, living less
than two miles from Greencastle, Ind. In
formation and circumstances are furnished
which leave no doubt in the minds of the
officers that the body of the woman MUIR
dered and beheaded near Fort Thomas Fri
day night is that of his daughter Pearl,
aged twenty-three years, who left home
January 2S, ostensiby to visit her friend,
Miss Jane Fisher. on Central avenue In
dianapolis. They have made every possible
inquiry, and find that she did not visit Miss
Fisher in Indianapolis, but that she was
taken to Cincinnati by Scott Jackson. She
took with her a switch of hair, which has
been identified. The shoes on the corpse
were bought by Pearl Bryan, November 1S,
1898, and the marks were identified by the
dealers. AS soon as the officers interviewed
MIR. and Mrs. Bryan ana other members of
their family they sent word to Cincinnati
to have Scott Jackson, a student at the
Ohio Dental College, in Cincinnati, arrested
The mother of Scott Jackson lives a t Green
castle, Ind, and the families were intimate
and highly respected. The Bryan family
also gave information that led the officers
to order the arrest of William Wood, the
son of Rev. D. NJ Wood, at South Bend,
Ind. Detectives Grim and McDermott of
Cincinnati and Sheriff Plummer of New
port, KY, left last night for South Bend
to arrest Wood. The families of Jackson,
Wood and Bryan are all we'll known at
Greencastle, and the tragedy has created
the greatest excitement that was ever
known in that part of Indiana