The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-16
WALLING IS IDENTIFIED.
Negro Coachman Furnishes O Clew
to the Mystery.
SURE lie DROVE THE uR ERERS
And Their Victim to the spot Where
Pcsri Bryan Was Cruelty Put
to Lea,h.

/ itaoSe i's appearance tIlls afternoon. Sto.
! II. jackson, coachman, revealed the
story.
He asked Officer I'D Swain II the head
Of the girl had been found yet. He learned
| that it was not found. He then asked the
| officer If they had found the caoman. tic
was told no. Again he asked II they
| should find the cabman whether ne would
| be held as participant a.ons with the
others. he was told no Again ne asked
I Il they should find the cabmau whether
ne would De held as a participant in the
crime a-ons Win tae others. Tie was tod
! very hhely not, that II depended on car
canistahees. jackson tnen SAID ne would
! Ike 90 see the Chiel of Police perhaps he
/ cuA!u tell ham something.
trNctr swan to.d iiim to report at the
nta nquattels OF police IN Mount Auuurn
! isHt AT o'clock, wnicn he Glu. ne
! io-a iils story TO officer Swan ana also
I 20 Lieutenant Thornton OF tue Mount Au-
Darn ponce. ron.snt ne Was brought b"
! fore the mayor and there tod the same
/ STORY. The remarkable feature OF the eX-
/ ANIMATION was the exact eSpoudcuce
! ~ the arories IL told tue two police OH
! Gers and tae major.
George II. jackson Is drill master and
/ commander OF the Caldwell Guards
cH2',d company, in this city.
"a trday n'sht, January g. he was
dfiW8 them until midnight. He went
Z rt afterwards and was standing at the
GrfHrr ~ George and Elm streets, in the
It"'eFG district OF the city. wnen a tail
Htt h-A"lrtu man, wearing a corduroy cap,
came UP and SAID to the bystauders. 40
! any OF you fellows want TO make s. tor
duNus carriage tomght?'
d ttk@pu accepted the offer He has been
! q carriage driver ali his life Presently
a s'laaFo boxed surrey was driven down
10 "nere he was and he was tod that
tAai was tho carriage He was invited 10
the scat aud the man with corduroy
sn tojn face and dark moustachc, took a
sfa beside MIN and said he would direct
fFlEI is
a tieh lady IN the carriage aud that they
Were going to take them over 10 Newport:
Ma ne would show him how to drive
j. N-Y drove down Elm street to Third an
Tnifi to Broadway down BroadwaV 10
we Newport bridge and crossed into New
@fi mere was curtain in the surrey
| NJ mo back so that the driver could not
se" VINO was inside. but he heard the
by % woman"
After driving through Newnort ba he-
LttliN CHARMED and wanted To iurnn off
lhis was after midnight and no one was
on ne street and ne could make no alarm,
man On the seat beside him put a revolver
70 ms head and said. You drive thnt
h.tse or III make an end OF YOU very
me horse was a large gray, held "A high
isnH ana moved very rapidly and he was
hSp' moving The man on the seat asked
!llN street ana residence and said: 'If
iI ever say anything about this we will
kNh YOU and If We get into trouble we
10" you w and kill you"
~ believe they have been following me,
p"i j, may lac ;magination. l have been
lpHQWcd ever since these men have been
III jpll ] had never driven out ON that
ROAD before that | know of. The man on
the seat directed me, but IL was 4 crooked
roa- W e came out at last where they
toit me to stop. There were some thickets
near by They said the house where the
woman must 80 was not very far away
They would take her across there and
whistle when they were ready to 20 back
Ihsy told me to turn the horses and wait.
me man in the surrey got out first
nm bcaNiy and she walked along
dragged her feet, 1t was too dark for me
10 SEQ ans luIig. The man who got out OF
Inc surrey Was not rs tall the man
VINO sat by mo. That man got on ms
seal and assisted in taking. the woman
away m ne darkness. hitchcd the horse
and waited a lt.tlc while. / beard a very
queer noise. something like scufhng in
me leaves, along with a noise like the
that the woman had been making all the
way That noise heard IN the thicket
] could run ! got home foot about
go o'clock In the morning. [ did not see
this murder | thought IT mus be the same
ease was afraid to talk on account Of
the threats made. AT last ! thought
ought to talk about L and tell all ! knew.
/ did not see any of these parties, neither
! tie man nor the woman. so that | could
recognize thein again. The man ON the
and / could not tell watcher he was slen-
der or stout. All three wore dark clothing
| aud the woman was vciled all over her
face, Before l started from Cincinnati the
carriage was driven to me closed all
around, The curtains We're closely drawn
all the way on, ana the moaning OF the
| woman never ceased all the way"
George II. jackson is wen known in
this city. He has been driver for many
! years fer many reputable citizens and he
has tho highest reputation among tn@m
for honesty and trtthfuineas. Ills story
to the mayor tonlGnt under crose-eNUm-
nation never varied Particle from the
story he gave to the men at Mount Au-
brrn. lie is believed to be perfectly truth
ful and entirely innocent of any guilty
knowledge Of the purpose Of that trip out
& Fclt Thomas. There were four mem
beers al the First regiment National Guard
= talking with him when tots man came up.
= This furnishes clue to very important
Witnesses Who have been wanting for
two weeks
At midnight George H. Jackson was
Y taken TO the Jail and the two men were
brought out ana placed IN line of
twenty-five or thirty resembling them as
nearly as possible in dress aud appear-
: .nce aud jackson was asked to peck out
p, there ne took his time about it, inspect
ing man 10y man. At last he went up to
Walline looked up and down him from
= arou-.l him then stepped out IN front
a and said: Il am sure that Is the man
+ tflt sat on the seat WIKI me" That he
4 nj led "lf ] could hear his voice could
(, Waiting was hidden to sneak and to re
= peat the threat that he IS aho god TO have
4 made 10 the negro. He repeated It after
! the negro. jackson said: ~ wish You
: would put a htle more force in your
:. voice"
/ Wallns dil SO, rocking on his heels and
We slightlv trembling whercupon the negro
e said: THAT'S his voice. only It's little
. stronger"
n | lcctad several men that seemed to he
ahc.' Jackson's size. HT said II did not
ont NAsh hon hN pSDfl 1st ~
) ! Inc carriage in the darkness and only
J. know about his size Bring him up by
4 the other man
= Jackson wqs brought up by Wslllng an
i | va or1erod 70 sneak for the negro. who
a | soif ,rhis looks like the other nan.
can't be sure about him. That SCUM :
very much lil5e tho voice Of the man VII
,,,d ne 20 t0rn the carriage around md
o who he'rea the woman out, only II was .
| t-r,oat dcRl hersNcr"
; Iaeteon hlrShod tr'he and Wall'ng
[ reer,ea 70 wow uervous. Roth men were
. tatcn 20 their cells and locked nm. Tho
Y ,nvt0 C;enrre ~ jacobson. Is now going
4 80 Vii, the Detectives ~ tho road %