The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-02-13

jackson after restless night weak
ened, making partial confession,
| throwing the blame on Walling. He
claims that Walling undertook to per-
| form the operation but instead he be-
lieved he killed her. He took the body
| over to Ft. Thomas and beheaded it.
When he came back he threw the head
into the river jackson admits that
he helped to hide the crime by dis
posing of the girls surplus wearing
| apparel.
Alonzo Walling Thursday night
made a con Sesston to a reporter. He
says Pearl Bryan was killed by hypo-
dermic injection of prussic acid, admin.
istered by Jackson. The deed was
| done absolutely in cold blood, there
was no effort at criminality: the death
OF the poor girl alone was intended.
| The girl was taken to Ft. Thomas and
BE- beheaded.
Walling says the head was buried
somewhere in Cincinnati by Jackson.
VIM. Wood was arrested and brought
here from South Bend, Ind, Thurs
| day afternoon. The testimony against
him is somewhat doubtful and he was
| released on s., 900 bond.
| CINCINNATI, Feb. Sat noon Friday
Walling made another confession to
Mayor Caldwell, in which he said that
jackson gave the girl four grains of
cocaine in sixteen drops of water and
then drove her to Ft. Thomas, where
he cut off her head.
Friday night Jackson sent for Secre-
tary Tibbetts, of the Y. NJ. G. A., and
made a second confession. 1t is in
writing. In it he declares that he is
not guilty of the murder. He was the
means of getting Pearl Bryan to come
to Cincinnati to undergo the opera
tion. Walling was to get $50 for the
job. He says he does not know where
Walling killed the girl or what he did
with her after the killing. Will Wood
was to send the $50 through Jackson
for performing the abortion.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 1O.-On clew from
Cabman Rigsby, Officer Mount went to
work on the theory that it was possi-
BILE for cab to have been used in the
Bryan murder case, and that the man
who drove in place of Rigsby could
have very easily placed figure one in
front OF the real number, 176, with
grease paint, thus deceiving the bridge
collector, who said the cab was 76.
Officer Mount decided to take up the
matter closely, and Saturday afternoon
he went to the Metropolitan stable,
where Rigsby keeps his cab and with
lantern examined the carriage. He
found light summer lap robe of pink
and white material, we'll fringed. He
took it to the light, and there discov-
cred that there were several big blood
stains They are in the corner of the
robe, and one spot is as big as mans
hand.
The other is straight streak OF
blood, and laps over the fringe on the
eage. as though it had been partly
folded when the blood got on it.
: Col Deitsch was more than elated
with the find and will now run down
, the clew for the cab on this line,
Saturday Mayor Caldwell received q
letter written by Scott jackson to Will
liam F. Wood, at South Bend, Ind.
but'which had been remailed to the
mayor by the postmaster at that place
rs per instruction.
AS soon as he received it the mayor
sent for d. D. Woodmansee, the attor
ney for jackson, and with his consen
opened the communication. It wal
. dated February s, the day on which
jackson was arrested. 1t was marked
$50. p. M, less than two hours befor,
his arrest. 1t was written On letter
heads of the Palace hotel, Of this city
= while the envelope bore the styls O.
AL Heider's hotel, on Fifth street Th'
? letter says:
.Aello. Bill ~B al t.k1
write . letter home signed BY Berts nam
telling the folks thatlh is somewhere \ goin
I. 70 Chicago or some other place-has Q positio
? etc--and that they will advise later about It,
Say tired Of living at hotle a. or,euything 20
o want You know about the WY ha writel
Send It 70 some one you can trust How vii
Smith at LsFayette the folks that he, ,ha
4 not been st I but 'at II FSystte and trsvelin
sbout the country get the letter On withou
Q one seconds ldSiey--anA burn this st ono,
|. Stick by your old chum Billiard will hel