Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-05

Newport, Ky, May A surprise
sprung in the Scott Jackson trial to-
day was that of VIM. r. Trusty, who
testified that on January 81 he drove
an old man whom he supposed was
doctor out TO the Fort Thomas region,
where the beheaded girl was found.
This witness only knew one person in
this connection and that was woman
With whom he had been acquainted
six years whose name was George
Baker. alias Emma Evans. He knew
nothing OF the old doctor" or the young
cab driver; he did not even know the
number from which the corpse was
taken, he only knew the house was on
the south side of George street, near
Elm street. All other testimony was
insignificant compared with this.
Judge j. B. Locke, who owns the
farm where the body of Pearl Bryan was
found, testified that he found two spots
of blood on the ground and also found
blood on the leaves of the
bushes. He also said that he saw
marks of the wheels of a carriage on
the grass close beside the gate which led
from the road to the spot where the
body was found. He went up the road
away from Cincinnati to see If he could
find where the carriage had turned and
found no marks of that kind. This
corroborates George Jackson's story
according to which the carriage turned
on the road in the other direction.
George Dayton, bartender, was placed
on the stand but was unable TO answer
any questions put to him. On cross-ex-
animation the prosecution had him
identify letter received from John
Seward, of Somerset, KY, a detective,
who has been working in the interest
of Scott Jackson. The letter contained
a formal statement of matters which
Seward asked the witness to testify to
when he should be called at the trial.
A discussion arose upon the admissible
ity of this paper or letter, and the court
| ruled it out.
The most sensational evidence was
given to-day by VIM. R. Trusty, of Ur-
bana. Ills. He was brakeman on the
Southern railroad at one time. He
testified to meeting Emma Evans at 10
o'clock on the night of the murder.
They were joined by an old doctor who
was friend of the woman. Through
| these parties Trusty was employed to
drive a cab. They stopped at house
| on George street in the Tenderloin dis
| trict, where the doctor carried the body
of a woman from the house into the
cab. Then they drove across the New
port 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 after
wards they drove back TO Cincinnati.
Trusty testified that they drove gray
horse and rig similar to the one that
George Jackson described. The old
doctor, whose name Trusty never learn
cd, gave him ten dollars for the job.
Trusty afterwards returned to his home
| in Urbana, Ills, where he told the story
about his midnight drive to his father.
The witness identified certain letters on
| discrimination. One was to Pearl
Bryan's father from VIM. T. Trusty the
father of the witness, stating that Trus-
ty and his son were related to detec-
tive and they could solve the mystery
of Pearl Bryan's murder. Mr.. Bryan
| referred the letters TO Mr.. Haynes, his
| attorney.
Mr.. Hayes afterwards received let
ters from Trusty soliciting employment
for himself, telling that the defensd
would prove that Pearl died in Cincin-
natl and that he and his son and their
cousin, who is a detective, could thwart
also showed that their cousin was John
Seward who had considerable expe-
| rience in working up testimony.
The witness, VIM. r. Trusty, was
/ kept on the stand much of the after
| noon under a furious cross-examina-
ton. He said his father was a third
cousin to John Seward. or Syard, as he
sometimes spelled his name. He identi-
| fed a photograph Of John Seward, as
the same person as an engraving on the
outside of a pamphlet in the hands OF
1 lHe DIO5ttullOu, NuiNu DdnpuclI MdG
entitled: The confession of John
Svard of his completely in a murder in
Casep county, KY" 1t also developed
in the testimony of this witness that
John Seward served one term in the
Kentucky penitentiary. Furthermore.
| ii transpired that John Seward has Wis
| tied Urbana, Ills, in February, and had
talked with witness. VIM. r. Trusty
and his father, VIM. Trusty, about this
murder.
Furthermore, letters were shown
from VIM. Trusty, Sr., 10 Mr.. A. S. Bry-
an and to Bryan's attorney, Mr.. Hayes.
in February, offering for sure consid-
Grafton to thwart the defense in its pur-
pose to procure evidence to prove Pearl
Bryan died in Cincinnati and was taken
| to Kentucky and beheaded. 1t was also
shown that John Seward had coached
the witness George Dayton. who made
complete funk on the stand this af-
ternoon. They produced written direc-
tions prepared by Seward and given TO
DAYTON to testify to. He failed TO de-
| liver the goods when the time came.
| The prosecution anticipated this testi-
mony Of witnesses produced by Seward
and have counteracting witnesses here.
Tomorrow and Wednesday VIII be
field days. Dispositions from the Den
tai College, consumed the rest OF the
afternoon.