The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-17
(From Sundays Second Edition.)


All. FED. 10. - II SlIOuScSl
link in the chain of evidence against the
two murderers of Pearl Bryan made its APP
pearance this afternoon. George III. Jack
son, private coachman for Major With
field. on McGregor avenue. Mount Auburn,
reveals the story. He is drill master and
commander of the Caldwell Guards, a col
ored company, in this city. On Friday
night, Jan. 81, he was drilling them until
midnight. He went out afterward and was
standing a moment at the corner OF George
and Elm streets, in the Tenderloin district
Of this city, when a tall. dark-haired man,
wearing a corduroy cap. came up and said
to the company OF b~ystanders:
do any Of you fellows want TO make 80
for driving a carriage tonight"
jackson accepted the offer. He has been
a carriage driver all his life. Presently a
square-boxed surrey was driven down TO
the carriage. He was invited to the seat,
and a man with a corduroy cap and dark
would direct him. He told him that there
was a doctor and a sick lady in the car
rioge; that they were going to take her to
drive. They drove down Elm street to
Third, on Third TO Broadway, down Broad,
way to the Newport bridge and crossed
There was a curtain in the surrey at the
back Of the driver, so that Jackson could
not see who was in the inside, but he heard
the voice of a man and a funny noise made
by a woman After driving through New
port he became alarmed and wanted to
jump of. This was after midnight, and no
OIt was VII thO etiNCN> ~ t"oe nv &00iA
make an alarm! but he was very much
frightened. The on the seat beside
him put a revolver to his heai and said:
You drive that horse or I'll make an end
of you very quickly"
The horse was a large gray horse, held a
high head and moved very rapidly, and ne
with him took his name and his residence
and learned all about him, and said IL you
v you Ana If we get into trouble we have
friends on the outside that would follow
YOU up and till you. Jackson says:
81 believe they have been following me.
II NAV be imagination, but 1 think have
been followed ever since those men nave
been in Jail. I had never driven out on that
road road 6 before mat me | b know 70 9t 20. in IL Mas q on ve ers
crooked road. We came out at last where
they told me to stop. There was some
thickets near by. They said the house where
away. They would take her across there
and whistle when they were ready TO go
around and wait for them. The man in the
surrey got out first and helped the woman.
She leaned on him heavily, and as she
walked along dragged her feet: 1t was too
dark for me to see anything. The man who
got out of the surrey was not as tan as the
man who sat BY me. That man got on his
seat and assisted in taking the woman away
in the darkness. I looked for a h~itching
block and expected 10 find a round one; in
stead of that l found @, piece OF railway rail
hitched the horse to. that and waited a lit
thing like sounding in TIE leaves, along with
was made by the woman. II sounded like a
woman's cry in distress. I remembered the
strange noises that the woman had been
heard in the thicket frightened me. and I
ran away as hard as ] could run. / got
home on foot about 4:30 o'clock in the morn
nsswhen' + heard of this murder I thought
1t must be the same case. / was afraid TO
talk on account of the threats made. At last
1 thought / ought to talk about 1t and tell
all I know. l did not see any of these
parties. either. the men or Nhe woman, so
that l could recognize their faces. The
man on the seat behind me had a big over
coat on him. and 1 could not tell whether
he was slender or not. All three wore dark
clothing, and the woman was yelled all
over her face. Before started from Gin
cinnati the carriage was driven to me.
closed all around. at the corner of George
and Elm streets"
a sort of coupe in the front part of a
square box, so as TO permit the vehicle TO
make, short turns. He said the horse was
freely and very rapidly; that the surrey
was closed all the way out with curtains.
and that the moaning OF the woman never
At midnight the colored c%oachman was
prisoners were brought out and placed
in a line of twenty-five or thirty.
dress and appearance. and Jackson was
asked to pick out the man who sat on the
seat when he drove the surrey 10 Fort
Thomas. He took his time about Ii, inspect
ing man by man. At last he went up to
Walling. looked up and down from his head
to his feet. in front and all around him. and
then stepped out in front OF him and said
II am sure this is the man that sat on
the seat with me- Then ne added adj IF ]
Walling was hidden to speak and to re-
peat the threats that he is alleged to have
made to the negro. He repeated them after
the negro. Jackson said: Il wish you
would put a little more force in your
voice." Walling did so. rocking on his
heels and slightly trembling. whereupon
That's his voice; only it's a little
stronger"
AS to Scott Jackson. he went round and
about Jackson's size. He said: Il did not
see this man except when he got out of the
carriage in the darkness, and l only know
about his size. Bring him up by this other
man."
Scott Jackson was brought up. by wailing.
The negro said: This looks like the other
man. I'd like to hear his voice" Scott Jack
son spoke. The negro said: Speak a little
louder. He spoke again. The negro said
Put more more force n INT IT. ss scott t. Jackson af pq,
be sure about this man. His voice sounds
very like the voice of the man who told me
the woman out. only 1t was q great deal
harsher. Jackson blusled q triie and Wal
ling seemed TO grow very nervous. Both were
taken to their cells and locked up.
The negro, George III. Jackson. is now 60
Ing out with the detectives on the road
to where he took these people the night OF
the murder. The police consider the iientif-
cation. very complete as far as Walling is
concerned.
Diamond Smugglers.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.-As a result
of the arrest of Captain Loesewitz. of the
steamer Rhynland. early this week for the
alleged smuggling of a package contain,
ing about ten thousand dollars worth Of
diamonds, and his subsequent detention
under IS. 900 bail for court, what is though