The herald., 1896-05-04
SCOTT JACkSON'S DEFENSE
As Indicated by the Proceedings
Already Taken
RELIES ON TECHNiCALITlES
Hopes TO Show That Kentucky Has No
Jurisdiction
The Case Is Expected to Consume Huch
Time, but the Jury VIII Act
Very Quickly
Associated Press Special Wire.

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NEWPORT, KY, May 3.-There is
possibility, If not a prospect, that the
trial OF Scott Jackson will consume all
of the coming week. If the defense gets
its testimony all in by Tuesday night
or Wednesday noon it will do Well. After
the defense will come number of wit
nesses brought by the prosecution for
rebuttal. This will certainly consume
one and a half or two days. No one can
tell how much time the arguments Will
consume. The court is disposed TO ex-
pedite matters as much as is consistent
with a fair showing to both sides of the
case. How much time the jury will con-
sumo is unknown, though it is generally
Believed it will be short.
During the past week the defense has
revealed its purpose to attack the tes-
timony of at least two witnesses, if not
three. Allen Johnson, the colored por-
ter at Dave Wallingford's saloon, has
been attacked already as to his verac-
ity, with no great success. AS to the
evidence of George Jackson, the cOlored
cab driver, there is reserve of per-
sonal testimony and depositions tending
to break down his character. Several
days ago the defense, when Will Wood
was on the stand. laid the foundation
for the Introduction of at least four
dispositions from reputable citizens in
Greencastle tending to show that he. as
we'll as Scott Jackson, had intimate re-
iations with Pearl Bryan In Woods
case, however, the dispositions are of the
nature of boasts he made in the pres
. ence of the deponents. One manifest
hope of the defense is to establish case
of nom jurisdiction by showing if possi-
BILE that the murder was committed in
Cincinnati by OVERRIDING some treatment
with chloroform or other anaesthetic,
and that the body was afterward taken
to Kentucky to avoid recognition. This
will be difficult in the face of eminent
expert testimony that the body was
emptied of blood and free from clot. to-
gether with the condition of the skin
around the cuts and the absence of spots
on the surface of the body that the
murder must have been committed at
the spot where the body was found.
Failing in this, in case the jury should
agree, the evident intention is to carry
the case on error to the court OF ap-
peals. All through the trial the defense
has taken a multitude of exceptions.
Judge Helm, however, has been eau
tious and thoughtful in making his de-
| cisions
| There Is a rumor which has been
! afloat since yesterday that the defense
| intends to spring surprise on Monday
| by ringing in woman from Cincinnati
who will swear that the girl died at her
house in Cincinnati. This, however. is
| still in the shape of rumor not fully
verified.
The Introduction of such testimony
would complicate the case and subject
the witness to a terrific cross -examina-
ton. 1t would also expose the witness
to liability to be severely dealt with by
the law. perhaps to the extent of be-
coming an accOmplice.
George Jackson has been attacked by
colored men in Cincinnati, deposing that
he was in the city on the night of Friday,
January 31st, before the muder, from II
of ier1,t H. 4
contradict and overthrow his testimony
as to driving the cab with the prisoners
and their victims to the scene of the
crime of that night.
These deponents have sworn that the
Caldwell guards colored company, did
| not drill on that night. but that they
did drill on Saturday night, February
1st. George Jackson has sworn that the
! night he went out was the night on which
he drilled the guards, of which he is cap
tain. The prosecution will bring in a
large number of members of the Cald-
we'll guards personally or in dispositions
! to prove that they did drill on the night
| of January S1st. In this matter the at
| torneys for the commonwealth are con-
f, fident that they can contradict the depo-
| sitions of the defense on this point by
/ the testimony of overwhelming numbers
of members of that company.
This trial is likely to be protracted
J somewhat Dy Q6DdIeS OIl dQHllSSlUlllty
| of testimony.
| In the conflict between the attorneys
yesterday, in which Colonel Crawford
| announced his determination to hold
| Colonel Nelson personally responsible
for remarks which Colonel Crawford re-
garded as personally offensive. and for
which Crawford was fined s25 by the
court. Crawford paid the fine and the
matter has become part of the court
| record.
Friends of both parties have been in
| teresting themselves to bring about a
reconciliation. 1t is believed that rest
over Sunday will allow sufficient cool
ing time for these efforts to be SUCCESS
| full and to bring about a mutual under
standing before court begins on Monday
morning. Should this fail, it is not likely
a collision will occur until after the con-
clusion of this trial.