The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-23
SCOTT JACKSON.
His Trial for the Murder Of Pearl
Bryan Goes Lively On.

CINCINNATI, April 22-The trial of
Scott Jackson. charged with numbering
Pearly Bryan, moved in a gallop today.
SIX witnesses were examined in the fore
noon and four in the afternoon. The
purpose of the examinations in the fore
noon was to establish the identity of the
neadlesS body found near Fort Thomas
as that of Pearl Bryan. and to prove that
sne was murdered at the very spot
where she was found The identity of
the body was strikingly proven by the
abundant evidence that the bloody check
dress was Pearl Bryan's, also the shoes,
the stockings, the hat and the blood
stained underwear. Expert testimony of
Coroner Tingley, Surgeons Carothers and
10 Jenkins was introduced to prove by
e. the condition Of the body as they found
the body was found and that the health
of the victim was perfect
Coroner Tingley was recalled. A lay
ngure dressed in the clothing found on
court, but the bloody dress presented
such
A HORRIBLE APPEARANCE
that the objection of the defense was sus-
tanned. Then Coroner Tingley identified
each article as the one on Pearl Bry-
ans body when found near Fort Thomas.
The gashes and blood stains were also
identified as being in the clothing when
found.
Mrs. Stanley the sister of Miss Bryan,
a milliner, testified to the hat and other
articles having been secured by Pearl
Bryan at her store. She identified each
article of clothing and to being with
Pearl when she bought the shoes. The
dress was one Mrs. Stanley had made.
One of the three handkerchief found
with Jackson's castaway clothing had
been given Pearl by Mrs. Stanley last
Christmas. Mrs. Stanley identified the
valise; also gold necklace She finally
broke down as these articles were held
up before her for identification and there
was quite a scene in court. Mrs. Stan
ley looked directly at Jackson and identi-
fed him.
Following Mrs. Stanley several wit
nesses were called to prove the appear
ance of the body when found, the evil
dence of struggle,
THE BLOOD sPURTs
on the bushes. the amount of blood on
the ground, etc.
Then Dr. Carothers, who made the
post norton examination, gave him ees-
timony as already given before the cor
Oner.
A peculiar feature developed today in
the policy of the defense to not cross
examine witnesses. The only suggestion
of an explanation of this policy is that
the defense of insanity is to be set up.
When the lay figure with the bloody
dress of the murdered girl on it was
brought into court in the morning, a con-
tagious shudder which was all but au-
dible passed from the jury across the
court room. Well it was that the figure
was removed. 1t was too violently sug-
gestive of the headless girl. The dress,
however, was allowed to remain on a
table in companionship with
OTHER BLOOD-STAINED GARMENTS
and belongings of Pearl Bryan, the
victim. In the afternoon the defense be-
gan to cross-examine witnesses. 1t then
became apparent that the defense by its
failure to croSS-eXamine in the forenoon
virtually admitted that the dead body
in question was that of Pearl Bryan.
Cross-examination in the afternoon in
dicated two lines of defense, one that
the body was killed by some drug sew
eral hours before it was beheaded where
1t was found, also that all confessions of
jackson were made under duress, were
not voluntary, and will be incompetent
as evidence. The attack was made fierce
ly against Jackson during the afternoon.
DR.. r. j. Gillespie of GreencaStle testified
him that he was iilicitly intimate with
Pearl Bryan and that she was in trouble.
He asked Gillespies advice and was told
to marry Pearl. He then positively re-
fused
Mayor Caldwell of Cincinnati was on
the stand to testify to confessions by
Jackson already reported.
DR.. Gillespie then was required to iden-
tify seven different letters as written by
Jackson. which he did, and to each Of
which the defense objected and was as
often overruled. Some of these letters
are to DR.. Gillespie. What their contents
are viii be unknown until they are used
in evidence. The new points in Mayor
Caldwelrs testimony were that Jackson,
when arrested, was first brough privately
before him and was shown the telegraphic
order to arrest him for the murder of
Pearl Bryan. Jackson exclaimed: "Oh,
my Cod what will my poor mother do?''
He then walked the floor and asked:
What shall 1 do?"
Tell the whole truth" said the mayor
The mayor said he told both Walling
and Jackson that they were compelled to
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