The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
PEARL BRYAN CASE.
1t Dra.ss Along, hut Little of Interest
Being Brought Out.

Being Brought Out
NEWPORT, KY, May Al. B. Locke,
who owns the farm where Pearl Bryan
was found, testified today that he
found spots of blood on the ground and
| saw the marks of wheels of a carriage
on the grass close beside the gate that
led from the road to the spot where
the body was found.
George Dayton, a bartender, was
! placed on the stand, but was unable to
answer any questions put to him. On
cross-examination the prosecution had
him identify a letter received from
John Seward, of Somerset, KY, a de-
tective working in the interest of
Colonel Jackson. The letter contained
a formal statement of matters which
Seward asked witness to testify to
when called at the trial. The court
ruled the letter out.
William R. Trusty, of Urbana, Ill,
brakeman Of the Southern railroad at
the time of Pearl Bryan's murder, tes-
tilted to meeting Emma Evan at 1
o'clock on the night of the murder.
! They were joined by an old DOCTOR a
friend OF the woman. They hired
Trusty to drive cab They stopped at
house on George street, in the ten
derloin district, where the doctor car
ried the body of a woman from the
house into the cab Then they drove
across Newport bridge and stopped
near the place where Pearl Bryan's
body was found the next morning The
old man carried the body across the
fence and then they drove back to Gin
cinnati. The doctor gave him $40 for
the job. Trusty afterwards re-
turned to his home in Urbana, H.,
where he told the story about this mid
night drive to his father Witness
identified certain letters on cross-ex-
animation. one was to Pearl Bryan's
father from William T. Trusty, the
father Of witness, stating that Trusty
and son were related to the detective
and could solve the mystery of the
Pearl Bryan murder. Mr.. Hayes, Mrs
Bryan's attorney, afterward received
letters from Trusty soliciting employ
ment for himself and telling him the
defense would prove that Pearl Bryan
died in Cincinnati, and that he and his
son, and their cousin, who is a detec-
tive, could thwart this evidence. The
cross-eXamination also showed that
has had considerable experience in
working up testimony
IT WAS RIGID.
The witness, William Trusty. was kent
on the stand much of the afternoon I'M
der furious cross-examination He said
bis father was a third cousin to John
Seward. or Svard, as he sometimes
spells his name He identified a pho
Lograph of John Seward as the same
person as an engraving of a pamphlet
pamphlet was entitled 1.-The confession
of John Seward, of his completely in a
murder in Casey county, Kentucky 1t
also developed in the testimony of this
witness that John Seward served one
term in the Kentucky penitentiary Fur
thermore, il transpired that John Sc
ward had visited Urbana, H., in Febru-
airy and had talked with witness, Will
lam B. Trusty, and his father. William
TruSty, about this murder. Furthermore
letters were shown from William Trusty,
sr.. to Mr.. A. Bryan and to Bryan's at
torney, Mr.. Hayes, in February, Offering,
for sure consideration, to thwart the
to prove Pearl Bryan died in Cincinnati
and was taken to Kentucky and be-
headed. 1t was also shown that John
Seward had coached the witness George
Dayton, who made a complete funk on
the stand this afternoon. They produced
written directions prepared by Seward
and given to Dayton to testify to. He
time came. The prosecution anticipated
this testimony of witnesses produced by
Seward and have counter witnesses here.
Tomorrow and Wednesday will be field
days. Dispositions from the dental col
lege consumed the rest of the afternoon.