The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-17

ana Ihelf NiOtin 10 NeWport on the
Night ofthe Tragedy, but Became Fright
ened and Ran Away.
| CINCINNATI, Feb. H. - The strongest
/ link to the chain of evidence against the
two murderors of Pearl Bryan made its
appearance Saturday afternoon. George
II. Jackson, private coachman for Major
| Widdlefield, on McGregor avenue, Mt.
/ Auburn, revealed the story. He called on
Police Officer Swain, who was passing by
where he was working and asked him if
the head of that dead girl had yet been
found. He then asked the officer il they
| had found the cabmun and was told no.
Again he asked if they should find the
cabman whether he would be held as a
participant in the crime along with the
murderers He was told very likely not,
that it depended upon circumstances.
jackson then said he would like to see the
chief of police.
Officer Swain told him to report at the
headquarters Of the police in Mt. Au-
burn at s O'Clock in the evening, which he
did. Meantime he told his story to Officer
Swain and also to Lieutenant Thornton,
of the Mt. Auburn police. He was brought
before the mayor, and there told the same
story.
commander of the Caldwell Guards, a col
ored company in this city. On Friday
night, Jan. 81, he was drilling them until
midnight. He went out afterwards and
was standing moment at the corner of
George and Elm streets, in the tenderloin
district of this city, when a tall, dark
haired man wearing corduroy cap came
up and said to the company of bystanders:
"Do any of you fellows want to make 50
for driving II carriage tonight?'
Jackson accepted the offer. He had been
carriage driver all his life Presently
square boxed surrey was driven down to
where he was, and he was told that was
the carriage. He was invited to the seat
and man with corduroy cap and dark
mustache took n seat beside him and di-
rected him. He told him that there was
n doctor and a sick lady in the carriage,
and that they were going to take them
over to Newport, and he would show him
how to drive The horse was gray one,
and moved very rapidly. After driving
through Newport he became alarmed and
wanted to jump off. This was after mid
). night, and no one was on the street, so
that he could make an alarm but he was
very much frightened. The man on the
seat beside him put Il revolver to his head
and said: "You drive that horse or I'll
make an end of you very quickly"
81 had never driven out on that road
before that l know Of The man on the
e seat directed me how to go. 1t was very
'e crooked road We came out at last where
st they told me to stop. There were some
thickets nearby They said the house
where the woman was to go was not very
70 far away. They would take her across
there and whistle when they were ready to
come back. They told me to turn the
horse around and wait for them. The
man in the surrey got out first and helped
the woman. She leaned on him heavily
and as she walked along dragged her feet.
at was too dark for me to see anything
The man who got out of the surrey was not
as tall as the man who sat by me. That
man got off the seat and assisted in tax
ing the woman away in the darkness
looked for a hitching block and expected
to find n round one. Instead of that
found piece of railway rail about foot
long with two holes in it. l hitched the
horse to that and waited little while
, heard very queer noise, something like
shuflling in the leaves, along with 70 noise
that can't describe that think was made
by woman. 1t sounded like woman!
cry in distress. 1 remembered strange
noises that the woman had been making
all the way out The noise that hearC
in the thicket frightened me, and l rar
away as hard as / could run. got home
on foot about 4:30 o'clock in the morning
"When heard of this murder l though
it must be the same case. was afraid tC
talk on account of the threats made A
-. last thought ought to tell all l knew
y Saturday midnight George H. jackson
was taken to the Jail and picked out Jack
SON and WallinO among thirty Other
prisoners He first went to Walling looked
up and down from head to foot in from
and all around him, then stepped out IL
front of him and said: II am sure this Ii
the man that sat ON the seat with me-
Then he added "If could hear his voice
- could tell better" Walling was told tC
speak and repeat the threat that he Is al
. legged to have made to the negro Th'
q negro said "Thats his voice, only it is {
SHttle stronger" AS to jackson he wen
y around and selected several men thai
Y seemed to be about Jackson's size. HI
!. said: 81 did not see this man except whel
nd he got out of the carriage in the darkness
q. and l only know about his size. Bring
g him up by this other man."
: jackson was brought up by Walling
The negro said: "This looks like the othe
man. I'd like to hear his voice" Th
negro then SAID L can DO SURF dpol
this man. That sounds very much lilN
the voice of the man who told me to turl
the horse around and who helped tn
woman out, only it was great dea
harsher."
After telling his story at the jail Georg
" H. jackson led the detectives over tn
=" route he had taken on the night OF tn
murder. His evidence is considered con
1,incino A snecial circumstance that give
weight to his testimony is the high nam
he bears among his employers. MIR, Rel
stock, livery man for whom he worke
four years, says: "He is the best and trues
all round negro l ever knew. l woul
trust him with anything" Others wh
have employed him bear similar test
mony.
Another circumstance in his favor
that there is an offer of reward of s5O
= for the discovery of the cab driver, Georg
HI jackson has not made any claim Il