St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
CLEARING UP THE MYSTERY.
HER STATEMENTS WARRANT HER
BEING HELD FOR FURTHER
EXAMINATION.
ANOTHER CLUE IN THE TANGLE
cred Weighted Down With
Stones.


nearer solution than it has been since
the headless body of Pearl Bryan was
found. Lulu May Hollingsworth, one
Of Pearl Bryan's girl friends, has been
boarding at No. 1 Henry street, and
probably knows a good deal about the
tragedy. Miss Hollingsworth's knowl-
edge Of the case was brought to light
today through letter written to Mar
shall W. E. Starr, of Greencastle. De-
tective Frank Wilson was detailed to
assist the marshal. They called On
Miss Hollingsworth. She was not in
clined to be communicative at first, so
they took her to police headquarters
and she was questioned by Supt. Col
bert. While her story is not completet
In detail, it shows that she knows
good deal about the death of Miss
Bryan. Miss Hollingsworth says that
On the afternoon of Jan. % she was
at the union station and met MISS
Bryan. She had visited in Greencastle
ana had become acquainted with Miss
Bryan there. After the usual greetings
were over Miss Bryan told her she was
In deep trouble. She explained its ma
lure, and said Jackson was responsible
Tor her condition. She said it would
never do for her people to hear OF her
disgrace. AT this point In her story
Miss Hollingsworth wavared. She said
certain drugs had been purchaser here
and that four drug stores were visited
She would not tell the names Of the
drugs, but said that whisky formed a
large part Of the mixture. She said
the stuff purchased cost As cents She
no CT,
by woman. Miss Ho,llngsworth said
sne was acquainted with Jackson ard
Wood. but had never mer WaJhnp
mat same evening Miss Bryan took
" II. q ID. train for Cincinnati.
ehe saw Wood after. He came here
the Following Friday and Miss BcI-
hngsworth was at the depot. Both
OF them being acquainted with Miss
Bryan, they talked about her trouble
Wood was on his way to South Rand
lhd., and left shortly after his arrival
here.
MISS Hollingsworth's manner of tell.
ing her story convinced the officers that
siIe was holding something back. She
was subjected to a most rigid examina :
ton and on several occasions lost ber
temper. She said she had not heard of
the murder until two days ago. She
had no idea that it would turn ont SO
badly. o"' 81
am positive that Pearl was not
murdered" she said
Well how do you know"
Il know" replied the girl. "but do
not propose to tell"
"Why not ?"
simply because I do not intend to
1ncriminate myself. There was an oc
currence between Jackson, Pearl Bryan
and myself that were L to tell of, would
Clear up the mystery surrounding her
DEATH
why don't you tell of it and set the
minds of her folks at rest?" q
For this reason: 1t would incrimi-
nate me.
However, I do not propose to see
these boys hang, and when the last
hope is gone will tell what I know in
order to save their necks. They did not
kill PEARL
How do you know they did not kill
her?"
Because she died by her own hand.
| have theory. Pearl took the medi-
cine herself. She was in Jackson's
room at the time. 1t had a different eff
feet from what she expected and she
grew SO bad that jackson saw she was
going to die He knew that it would
never do to have her die in the house
so he secured hack and, assisted by
Walling, took her across the river She
may have died on the way or may have
been dead before they got her out Of
the room and their object in, taking her
there was to hide the crime. When
near Fort Thomas they cut off her
head and disposed of it in order to
avoid Identification. See if it don't
come out that way"
Miss Hollingsworth will probably be
taken to Cincinnati tomorrow.
Allen Johnson, the negro at Dave
Wallingford's saloon, who, with Tall
ingford, swore to seeing the murdered
girl the night before the murder, was
arrested tonight. There is a question
of veracity between him and Albion,
the barber. The negro says Jackson
had whiskers on Friday night and AL
bion, the barber, says he shaved them
off for Jackson on Thursday night.
The negro was shown the hat and
identified it as the one worn by the
girl on Friday evening, JAM 81. The
negro was allowed to go on his own
recogniZance.. At midnight the officers
are searching for Albion.
Later tonight Miss Hollingsworth told
the police all she knew. She said she
bought for Pearl Bryan three kinds
buy another drug in Cincinnati, but TO
be careful of it as it was deadly poison
and would kill her if not used cor
rectly. jMiss Hollingsworth says Pearl
Bryan then said to her, "I will go to
Cincinnati and take the stuff and If 1t
kills me 1 will be near Jackson and he
will have to swing for it." Miss Holl-