The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-09
PEARLS BODY TAKEN HOME
THE COLLEGE TOWN EXCITED OVER
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Will Wood Forced to HurriedIy Leave
the Place to Avoid Danger of Being
Lynched by q Mob.

CINCINNATI, u, rep. o.-AnOlDer Qdy
closes without a positive answer to the
questions that have been perplexing the
police and the public concerning the time.
place and manner of the death of Pearl
Bryan There is practically no question
about the criminals for in spite of the as
sertions of jackson and walling-each plac-
ing the crime at the others door-there is
unimpeachable evidence that both are
guilty. While the prisoners, under the adj
vice and protection of legal counsel, have
not been subjected to such searching ex-
aminations as on yesterday and the day be-
fore, yet they have not been able to re-
press their nervous desire to be saying
something about the case as opportunity
offered
Walling, for instance, when suddenly
asked by visiting reporter. did Pearl
have any clothes on when she died?" quick
ly answered, "Oh, yes. she had on two
suits of clothes; that is, two dresses. the
underdress in which she was found and
brown cloth dress. The latter became SO
saturated with blood that 1T was too heavy
and took it off,"
Here he stopped short. and, apparently
confused by what he had said. could not be
induced to say word more on the subject.
Walling had stated since his arrest that
jackson, on Wednesday night last, had
written a letter to Wood and addressed it
to South Bend. Mayor Caldwell wired the
postmaster at that place to forward to
him any letter mailed here addressed 70
Wood To-day the Mayor received the let
ter and, ealing in d. d. Woodmansee, at
torney for Jackson, the latter gave his
consent TO have the letter opened. 1t was
dated Feb. 5, and was written on the letter
head of the Palace Hotel, while the envel-
ope bore the address of Heider's restau-
rant. The mailing stamp showed $50 D.
m, about two hours before Jackson was
arrested. The letter shows cunning, as if
written with fear that it might fall into
other hands. The letter reads:
Hello, Bill-Wrfte a letter home signed
by BertS name telling the folks that ne is
somewhere & going to Chicago or some
they will advise later about it-Say tired of
living at home or anything you want. You
know about the way he writes Send 1t to
at La Fayette-tell the folks that he has
not been at but ait La FNayette and trav
cling about the country get the letter off
without one seconds delay-and burn this
at once. Stick by your old chum Bill-And
/ will help you out the same way or some
other way-some tme-Am glad you are
having a good time D.
BE careful what you write to me-"
"Eert' In the letter means Pearl. In that
portion of the communication which ex-
plains that ''he has not been at l." the cap
ital letter '1'' evidently stands for Indian
apolis, where Miss Bryan had told her pa
rents she was going when she left home.
The letter was signed 3D." which stands for
Dusty nickname that Jackson went by
among his acquaintances. The references to
Bert and "he' were evidently prear-
ranged. meaning, as they did, PEARL and
she" This is shown by the fact that
where the words ''he' appears ''she'" was
written first and then altered.
JACKSON ADMITS 1T.
After the letter from Jackson to Wood
was opened and read reporter went to
Jackson and asked him if he wrote the
letter.
YES sir; did, he said.
What does that signature, the letter D,
mean?"
Why, he called me Dusty and 1 signed
it for that"
"Who is meant by Bert?"
THAT is nickname we had for Pearl
We always called be- Bert"
''Then Bert mears Miss Bryan?''
Eyes. sir"
"Now. why did you write that letter."
Waning told me 10 write 1t. He said
that something had to be done, and did
it."
did he dictate it?'
"Oh, no; wrote it Wednesday evening
after supper"
why did you tell Wood to be careful
what he wrote?"
Because he was writing vulgar letters.
He wrote me two postal cards to the COL
lege that were awful"
What did you do with them?'
'I tore them up right away. Besides all
this 1 didn't know at what time / might
be arrested"
walling was then visited and told of the
story of jackson.
mo. didn't tell him to write 1t. / met
him on the street Wednesday afternoon, and
he told me what he was going to write.
didn't care what he said. fov he could not
hurt me-.
Several new ciews have been found to-
day and are in process Of investigation. One
is a blood-clottef laprobe in a cab which
has already been suspected to be the cab
used by the murderers in bringing home the
girls head. Another Is the Identification
OF the prisoners as the men who were fer
rled across the river from Dayton. KY,
early Saturday morning. The story - that