The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-22
WHERE PEARL BRYAN Mel HER FATE
The Negro Who Drove the surrey Leads
the 4 olice TO the Scene

WHERE PEARL BRYAN Mel HER FATE
The Negro Who Drove the surrey Leads
the 4 olice TO the scene
Cincinnati, Feb. 16.-The excitement
In this city and vicinity over the atroc-
ious murder of Pearl Bryan has been
intensified by the astounding develop
ments made last night. People had
time for reading the papers today.
The feeling tonight is one of the silent
but ready sort that portends latent dan
ger. No outbreak is anticipated, and
a successful one here would be out Of
the question with the present efficiency
of the police and the military
While the feeling is of the explosive
sort, the external restraint is sufficient
to prevent an explosion. Every other
man one meets expresses the opinion
that short work should be mace Of these
men. The thinking and strictly law
abiding element in Covington and New
port have confidence in the courts and
believe in depending on the courts to
mete out justice to the prisoners. 1t is
now probable that they will be taken
to the Covington Jail, which is very
strongly guarded and well situated to
resist a siege.
The detectives have a clue to the sur
reg that was employed to carry the
human tigers and their victim to the
scene of the slaughter They think they
have found the surrey on Walnut hill
and they are trying to identify it. Cir
cumstances that give weight to the tes
timony of George Jackson, the negro
who drove the surrey to Fort Thomas,
are the high name he bears among all
his employers.
Major Widdekind of McGregor ave-
nue., Mount Auburn, the negros pres
ent employer says: George H. Jack
son is highly intelligent, very reticent,
has no bad habits, is competent, trust
worthy and efficient as an employe, and
is an active member of Zion colored
Baptist church."
A procession of carriages containing
policemen and reporters started out 1T
1 o'clock to Fort Thomas last night.
George H. jackson drove the leading
carriage. The procession struck the
murderer's route at Vine and Third
streets, and, with George II. Jackson
for guide, followed it to the bloody
ground. A halt was made at the New
port bridge toll booth to seek another
link in the awful chain that binds these
men to the guilt of Pearl Bryan's muir
der. Toll Collector Tarvin said he re-
membered the surrey driven by col
ored man passing over the bridge about
/ o'clock on the morning of February
l. 1t contained a man and woman and
there was a white man with the negro
driver on the seat
The procession was led by George
Jackson by long circuitous route into
the Alexandria pike near Fort Thomas
After driving a short distance, jackson
stopped just where a blind lane sci
out from the road and stopped.
Here" said he, lis where they tool
the lady, telling me to turn the car
riage around and wait"
Where he stopped in the darkness las
night was about 200 yards from the spo
where Pearl Bryan was found dead oil
the morning of February l. When thu
negro described the strange noise anC
the sounds of a scuffie in the leaves anC
bushes, along with his own suddei
fright and flight, the by-standers shud
dered and almost imagined they coul'
hear the rustic of the leaves in tn
struggle of Pearl Bryan for her life.