The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-01
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He Admits F-vjng Illicit Relations With
Pearl Bryan.

Newport. Ky, April 30.-According
10 kentueky laws which require that
il u defendant is to be put on the stand
at all he should be called first. Scott
Jackson was put upon the stand this
morning He gave a brief sketch of
his life in Jersey City and New York,
and or his acquaintance in Green Cas-
tie Inn, where his mother lives, and
told briefly of his acquaintance with
Pearl Bryan.
lie was i'm Green Castle from the
spring of 1896 until the middle of Octo-
Der of that year and saw Pearl Bryan
often, He admitted illicit relations
with her during the last Christmas hol-
idays. lie was about to tell of state
ments made to him by viii Wood, con-
cerning Woods relations with Pearl
Bryan. when the court decided that
such testimony was not admissible.
Jackson said he had received letters
from Wood, but they we're so vile, he
destroyed all but two, these are now
in the possession of the prosecution.
with reference to Pearl Bryan's vis-
it to Cincinnati, Jackson said he had
no notice of her coming. He called
upon her after hearing that she was
i'm the city and went with her Tuesday
night to Walnut Hill and met her and
Walling on Wednesday and never saw
her afterwards.
The rest of his testimony was deyot-
ed to proving an alibi, by showing
where he spent the time from Wednes-
day until Saturday. He denied being
in Kentucky during any of those days.
The prosecution at the close of Jack
sons testimony announced that 'Nhe
commonwealth would not cross-exam-
inc this witness"
Court then adjourned. The main pur-
pose of the defence to prove an alibi by
Jackson viii be supported, if possible,
by the testimony of other witnesses.
Jackson stated thcl he did not know
Pearl Bryan was in Cincinnati until
Tuesday, January 2Sth, when ne re-
ceiyed a note from her at the dental
college, inviting him to visit her.
All the testimony Of the witnesses,
Mrs. Weeks, the spiritualist medium,
Mr.. Pinkard, who saw him and WaIifng
with Pearl Bryan on College street the
day before the murder, and at Fort
Meyer, who saw him in Kentucky with
the girl shortly before the murder, he
emphatically branded as being true.
He admits to taking Pearl Bryan to
Wallingford's saloon, but says it was
on Tuesday night, January 28th, in
stead of Friday, january 31st, the night
before the murder, as testified by
Wallingford He said thab IValling
agreed to relieve the girl secretly and
when all was over and she was fit to
be returned home, would turn her over
to the witness. He says he took her
yalise, the one afterward found stained
inside with blood, carried it to his room
on Tuesday afternoon, tried to return
it Wednesday, but could not find Wall
ing to whom he intended to give it. He
said that on Saturday night of the day
the body was found he and Walling
dropped some clothing into the river,
which Walling, without further -ex-
planation, told him it was unsafe to
keep in their room. When he made in
quiTy about the matter Walling told
him to ask no questions. His explana-
ton Of his shifting that valise around
was very awkward. When called upon
to explain why he participated in hid
ing Pearl Bryans clothing, he said that
he feared that the part he had taken
to bring her to save viii Wood, might
implicate him.