The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-28

NEWPORT, Ky, April Pinot only was
every available seat in the court room
filled today, but the occupancy of stand
mitted.
Ten witnesses were examined, making
fiftytwo up TO the present time.
Much time was devoted to debating by
counsel
Many questions put during the day
by the commonwealth were ruled out.
The number Of objections made by the
defense and overruled was TOO great to
enumerate.
Twice during the day. the jury was re-
quired to retire during the debate.
For the first time during the trial, the
court gave notice to women to retire,
because the letters of VIII Wood to
Scott Jackson were not proper for them
to hear. 1t has been the policy of the
prosecution to bring out
THE BLOODY GARMENTS
of the dead girl every day since the be-
ginning Of the trial and today was no
exception.
Detective Grim today testified to hav-
ing seen tracks on the bank above where
the body was found which seemed to
have been made by the rubbers Pearl
Bryan wore. He was present when Jack
son and Walling were arrested: also at
the private examination in the Office of
Chief Detsch.
The defense moved to rule out every
thing testified to which was not con-
fession. The court ruled that the jury
could give no consideration whatever to
the testimony of witnesses which de-
tailed what one of the defendants said
about the other. The question was raised
regarding another private examination
held in the room OF detention. The de-
Tense argued that Crim's testimony con-
corning admissions or statements at this
nffsy1A
was shown that no threats or induce
ments had been employed before Jackson
was brought into the court room. This
question is being argued.
CRIM'S STORY.
The court sustained the objection of
the defendants counsel. Grim then
told the story Of the effort to oyerhear
Jackson and Walling talking together
in a cell on the day they were brought
from the Hamilton county Jail to New
port. Grim said that Jackson asked
Walfing if he had told reporters that
somebody was furnishing HIM whisky
and tobacco. WalEing sa.sts no. Jack
son said: You're all right" Finally
Jackson said: "Walling, you stand pat
when you get over there" and after
that the talking became indistinot.
John w Legner, saloon keeper, testi-
fed that Jackson left a valise in his
saloon Saturday night, Sunday night
and Monday night. He identified the
valise as the one which Jackson had
admitted had held
THE HEAD OF PEARL BRYAN.
The testimony of several witnesses
was to strengthen links in the chain
that has already been forged. Such
was the case with the evidence of Mr..
Legner, in whose saloon the valise was
hidden; of Ed Grillo, the Commercial
Gazette reporter, who saw a river
bridge ticket found on Jackson when
first arrested, calling for the passage
of horse and vehicle. One important
point of Crims testimony of what he
heard Jackson say in the cell was that
speaking to Walling, he said: We'll,
old boy, you have played your part
WE'LL OF the new testimony there was
that of Charles Rogers, night clerk
of Heidler's hotel, that Walling came
there after o'clock on the morning of
February / with his clothes wringing
wet and rushed to bed without regis
tering. He had never before or since
stayed over night at the hotel.
Other witnesses identified the
DEAD GIRLS SHOES
and described the condition of the ground
where the corpse was found.
The defense brought viii Wood on
the stand to interrogate him about two
vile letters written by him to Scott Jack
son February l and 3. Here it was that
the women were required to retire. These
letters are too coarse and indecent to be
printed.
The points of greatest Importance as
bearing on the case in VIII Woods let
tiers to Jackson was in that dated Ply
mouth, Ind, February 1, which were the
following sentences:
Doc if you have let a chance go by,
I'll give you hell also IF you have
grown chicken-hearted you ought to be
shot"
The rest of the letters were made up
of innuendos and personal illusions in
telligible to the writer and Jackson, but
riddles to others
Wood was detained to give the defense
opportunity to offer this testimony.