The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-13
PEARL BRYAN'S HEAD.
Another Day of Fruitless Search
for the CHASTITY Relic.
Walling Says Jackson Disposed OF 1t
and Vice Versa.

Cincinnati, O., Feb. 7.-Although
it is just one week since the decapi-
tated body of Pearl Bryan was
found near Fort Thomas, Ky, there
has been more excitemen to day
over the tragedy and in the Ken
tucky suburbs than on any previous
day. Scott jackson and Alonzo
Walling, the suspects, who were
room mates while atten ding the
Ohio Dental College, have been con.
Tossing against each other ali day.
They were examined separately and
together, when they are confronted
face to face with each Others cor
fessions they call each othec liars
and exhibit murderous feeling. All
efforts have been directed 10 day to
finding Pearl Bryan's head Il the
series of confessions jackson says
Walling carried it in yalise to the
Covington suspension bridge, and
he thinks Waliing threw it in the riv
er, or he might have carried it with
him to his home at Hamilton and
thrown it from the Miami bridge at
that place, but Jackson says he did
not 60 with his room mate on these
trips and can not tell just where he
left the head.
Walling says he had nothing to
do with the decapitation or disposal
of the head, but he recited long
stories, which lead the officers to be
lieve that Jackson had buried the
head in a sand bar in the Ohio river
opposite Dayton, Ky, suburb of
this city, or dropped it in the sewer
on Richmond street. Large forces
worked all day at both places and
they secured the blood stained coat
of Jackson out of sewer at the
corner of Richmond and Ninth
streets near Jackson's room.
JACKSON AND wALLING HELD WITHOUT
William Wood Of Greencastle
Ind. as we'll as Jackson and Walling
were arraigned in police court today
and their preliminary hearings were
fixed for next Thursday, February
13. Wood, on the charge of aiding
and abetting a criminal operation
was admitted to $4,000 bail. Th'
other two suspects, on the charg'
of murder, were refused bail.
Sheriff Plimmer of Newport, Ky.
Immediately after the arraignmen
of the three suspects, demanded
them as his prisoners. AS the feel
ing across the river is intense ant
the Campbell county Jail is an ok
frame structure, with which jackson
and Walling seem familiar, this de
mand caused the two suspects t.
turn pale as death. They fear Lynch
ing. One object of the present il
QUESTION is to determine whether tn
murder was committed in Ohio Q
Kentucky, and who has jurisdictio
over the prisoners. The authoritie
, think the woman may have bee
murdered in this city and the bod
taken across the river in cal
=, Sheriff Plimmer's constant deman
for the prisoners has had much
:. do with the profusion of the co,
fessions.
The friends of both Jackson an
Walling to day employed counse
Together they have retained doze
emlueuL lawyers lloul Aeie, haiAI
ton, O., and Indiana. These lawyer
did not get to see their clients Il
tonight, when stop was put
confessions and interviews. III
brother of Walling brought ex-Co
y gressman Morey and ex-Prosecut
3 Shepard of Hamilton with him.
q Fred Bryan, brother of the mu
5 dered girl, arrived to-day fro
IA Greencastle, with eight promine
q citizens. They will take part in Il
III investigation.
IS Washington, Feb. 5.-It is repol