Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-08

ihr identiIicatiOn al tlothlns " ofn bN a
Girl Murdered at 1t Thomas. NY. and
the Reading ola Letter Causes the Arrest
"r VIII Wo"d a. an icc"mplic- &" the
Crime.
Last Friday VIII Wood, Of Green
Castle, Ind. arrived in Plymouth and
spent sunday with number of ac
quaintances nthis place. Young Wood
is a son Of Rev. ID. NJ. Wood, who is pas
tor of the NJ. T.. church, at Green Castle.
Rev ID. NJ. Wood few years ago occu-
pied the pulpit al the NJ. +. church in
this city. and was well liked by his con-
gregatiOn. II was through this init
mate church relation that Will Wood
was So well acquainted with the young
people here. and thus this visit At the
time he was in our city he was enroute
for south Bend and in all his actions
ana conversation gave no indication
/ that his mind was burdened with such
/ an awful crime as that land al his door.
/ Those of our citizens who are intl-
mately acquainted with the accused
laugh at the idea of him being impll-
Gated in such terrible affair The
facts of the case, as published in the
! Chicago dailies, are as follows:
GREEN CASTLE. Ind, Feb. J. Miss
1 Bryan age Is about 23 or y years. She
left here on Tuesday, Jan. -, OStensibly
To visit friend, a Miss Fisher. of Cen
tral avenue, indianapolis. d daughter OF
/ Mrs. Lou Fisher. formerly of this city.
Miss Bryan had not visited the house
in question, as d telegram from that
point To her brother here stated last
night. She took a switch of hair with
her to have il repaired, and it was re-
turned here from Cincinnati, which
first excited the iamily's suspicious.
The suspected party who has been
ordered arrested is scott Jackson. of
the Ohio Dental College, at Cincinnati,
whose mother resides here. The detec
tileS also ordered the arrest of VIII
Wood. of south Bend, son of Rev. ID.
NJ. Wood of this city.
The clew was given to the detectives
by Gus Early, operator of the Western
Union here, who heard a letter read
from Jackson 20 Wood. who Was mere
and was AN intimate friend of Jackson,
and Miss Bryan went direct 20 Cincin-
natl, il IS thought.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Feb. ,. At 1918
% clock tonight the following telegram
flashed over the wires and was deliy-
cred five minutes later:
CRIES CASTLE. Ind To Colonel Dct>ch.
Chief ot Police. tincnnati' Arrest AMI charge
L. afrI IfFas
jackson. student at dental college. about -
years old. > feet. : or inches high. weighs
about -. blonde. sandy mi>tdche. light cont
plcN ION, eteniiate III appearance, positive
identification ot clothing h\ family. Arrest II IN
Cincinnati. William Wood friend Ot Jackson.
and charge ~ IN accomplicc; about ~ years
old iret II Inches light blonde hair. smooth
iace. rather slender. weight about l6,. We go
from here to South Bend after Mood. aS he left
here Tor that place CklM
M'DEI;MoTr.
pLUMMEE.
Accordingly, at 1913 o'clock, Scott
Jackson was III the mayors office un-
dergoing an examination by the mayor
anti chief OF police. The culprit was
perfectly described iii the above teie-
gram to the detectives. He stood the
ordeal with apparent calmneSS, though
II lasted till midnight, most of the time
before the mayor and chief alone.
live on farm about half mile
frcm Green Castle, and at the time
their daughter was missing felt posi-
tive that the body found at Fort
Thomas was that of their daughter
Pearl Bryan. Last "Wednesday morn
ing the sheriff of Cincinnati visited the
family OF the murdered girl and sub
mitted all the clothing he had IN ms
possession taken from the dead body
! of the woman. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryai
positively identified the dress and shoe;
as those of their missing daughter
reports seem to fly thick and faS
, over this late sensation. One of The
T most shocking stories is to the eiiec
that Jackson or Wood, after killing th'
girl, decapitated her and for seyera
days the dlsiigured head was carrie,
around i'll valse.
SOUTH BEND, Feb. Il, 2:I5. Especial L
THE INDEPENDENT, Plymouth, Ind.
Detectives arrived here this morning
Will Wood has been arrested an,
turned over To the officers, and left ol
the noon train for Gin :innatl.
LATER:-As near as can be ascer
tanned the facts in the case are these
, Young Jackson had been intimate wit
Miss Bryan for some time, and il wa
discovered that the girl was in seriou
condition. She left home, it is thought
To meet Jackson, when an operatlo
would be performed. She was neve
seen alive atterward by her friends.
is thought she met Jackson and die
probably while undergoing an opera
ton. The young iiend is supposed t
have severed her head To prevent ider
tilication. What duplicates youn
Wood is: a letter was written To hr