The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-30

third toes, there was . slight growth OF nesh
n wW o deformity sud could Scaseeay %
called o deformity.
II found the scar OF q wart on the thfmbls
finger Of the corpse snd another scar from .
vsrt on the thumb Of the iefs hand funnd
ON the hand the scar of csit which dbtinoe-
" remembered my sister sustained"
Tue bloody dress, the stained underwe0r
sud the other ghastly articles we're spread In
full view before the Witness box Mrs Stanley
leaned forward; and with wonderful com-
posureA considering what she hes suffered, she
identified the blue skirt, the underwear and
the green figured dress of Pearl Bryan
The valise shoes, hat, etc, Of the murdered
girl we're also described aud positively identa-
fed by the witness
Mrs Stanley testified she knew Scott jack
son from seeing him twice on the streets dur
face with the witness
"That Is Scott Jackson" she sad
Mrs Stanley was not cross examined by the
defense.
Druggist Joseph e Peary, of Greencastle,
who Is only 10 years old. took the stand. He
Jackson's valise as one which he sold Pearl
Bryan January % The cost mark on
the pocketbook assisted him in making
Its identification complete He had
similar pocketbooks in his stock, but
none have been sold
Dr. Robert Carothers, who conducted the
autopsies on the dead body, was placed on the
stand and testified that the body was that ot
woman perfectly healthy till hei
death He also testified to finding thu
unborn child. 1t was of about five months
CESSATION, and he thought it was quickened. 4
was male The stub Of the neck indicated
that decapitation was done cleanly, with
sharp instrument except at one part of thu
neck, in front and to the right which wa
ragged The skin was contracted The wit
holin hot fhn xvh, out
head had some knowledge OF the art
could be done with dissecting knife
about two inches long. He believed
death took place after decapitation The
witness was severely cross-examined by the
defense The doctor said he judged that de.
capitation took place in life from the absence
OF blood in the body, from the abrasion OF the
skin lack Of post-mortem dtscoloration and
absence Of rigor mortts
Attorney Crawford endeavored to make the
doctor admit that a "retraction' Of the wound
in the hand would have taken place If It had
been inflicted after death. but the doctor in.
sisted that such would not be the case HI
also answered mo" to a question as to wheth'
er the conditions OF the body might not indt
cate that the girl was asphy xiatcd and thei
beheaded
Dentist Gillespie, Of Greencastle Ind. wa.
called DR.. Gillespie identified several let
ters written to him by Scott jock
son He testified to seeing Jackson will
Pearl Bryan frequently in Greencastle
One day jackson came to the witness and SAIL
he was in great deal of trouble over Pear
and wanted to know what to do Witness toll
him he had better marry her; he said he coult
never do that That was about five days be
fore Jackson returned to Cincinnati during tn,
holidays
Mayor CALDWELL OF Cincinnati was then cellet
and narrated the statements Jackson hat
made to him after his arrest, all of which hai
been published
Dr. J. o. Jenkins was the next and last wit
ness called for the day. He stated that he wai
q practicing physician and surgeon in New
port, KY, where he had lived for Is years, and
that he assisted the coroner and other ply
sicians in the post-mortem examination on
the body Of the woman found near Fori
Thomas, being present as a spectator and in.
vestigator.
He recited at length the findings of the ex.
animation. stating the condition of the vari.
Gus parts OF the body in oil OF which he cor.
roborated the facts brought out by the testi.
mony of DR.. Tingley and DR. Carothers
NEWPORT, KY, April 24.-Court opened a,
1882 Thursday morning. After the prisoner
was brought into the courtroom. Health OffceI
J. o. jenkins was cross examined by AttorneJ
Crawford.
The cuts on the hand would not indicate tina,
the head was cut of during life-not strictly
the witness said The cuts on Pearl Bryan'i
hands were found slightly open, and the pros.
ecution, through DR.. Carothcrs and Coroner
Tingley assert that this condition proved the
girl was alive when her head was severed Tht
object of Crawford's cross examination was te
disprove this.