The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-03-20
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niesn,ns. February :. lasG tbe h1Atisss
btiY 81 fuuRE woman Nas found on
tbs farm ~ Jrhh n tsark. nsAf tbs esd
~ chs Fott Thsptaas ricrtsGe ear Hae
sauth OF NWNsAtsl. kS. No marks q
ktsutislrats@n suuId br discovered and no
81 rarsts. issssrs 90 ahfthiHE calculated 10
soiNu thr mystery oasid b. gauud. The
as'siy wss thhrH Is the usniuftakrfs IL
Np@Past and fuYthrF eGamiImAgla
ehpW ed that ghs sipad woman ahB~s wNrs
stauntssd Lewis a Hays, 8sosnraatia
lpd WA This Sisu thp Detectives Ncnt
- ugfN With tbs result that the CORPSE
eas tacniiasd MIss Pearl nryaa asva
- daughter ~ A1rAamdrr Began. a Wvlt.
kn-si~ Fefmor l't'aR bali a sails south ~
f1Frsuoastlp.
On January - rsan BryAa ist hst
hntur ostsasie{9 60 visit fFfeuds IN In,
itanAlpilF. but INSTEAD cams direct 60
lbis cIty tp upesg Rcuts jackson. a stusinn,
~ the ohio college, ~ Dental surgery
1arSsuH failed "a kerp his appointment
sish tbs Eirt. aH5 after WANDERING atsops
lhr city she Nsni TO the Indiana hostsa
nhd Registered under an assumed natnn.
Tha neat day Jackson called ~ ths hotel
D. sue her. IN Wednesday. January -
bio ieft the Indiana h0uso Wish jackson
And feitsW student named Aionsn Wal.
linE aud from that day until her lsbaJy
NRs fauuj - FoFt Thomas Boihlnr h
positively kHaWn - 10 ths movements OF
The trio
A past.nor,vsn examination Of ,ha
rorpss revealed sbe FAC, that tho dead
NtFl was about to become a mother
stsdrata ARRESTED.
jackson and WaiiinE wcrn arrested %
lhriF boarding house on West Ninth
btfpst ami charged with the murder. At
thp preliminary examination % tho pfts.
bHpFS each accused the other % HAVING
Killed the Etri. jackson admitted that h.
pes acquainted with the Elti. but denied
nny kBaWtndEc Of the murder. watling
bald he lid not know hgf.
The students Wsfp taken Ia tha under
tnksT'H where the headissH body waA tx.
hiblted. In tho presence Of tho father
ind sister of the murdered Eirl the chisf
BE- police asked wsilinE u he recognised
lhs corpse. Tic replied IN clrar voice
that II Was Pearl Bryan. Upon betHg
questioned az to how h. knew that. Wal.
bins said that he suspected II vas peAti
bryan from what jackson had told him
hlsout her.
The same question was asked jackson.
who said that IL must be Pearl bryan
because hc saw her relatives In the room.
waiting. did you Xii this woman
II dld not"
who did. then7"
II have every reason to believe that
from what jackson told me. he did"
Then, turning to the other prisoner
jackson. did you murder this girl"
II did not sir
'can You look upon this corppe ana
deny that you committed the crtme1''
Il can, and do. | do most smphatioally.
replied jackson. looking at the corpse as
he spoke
who dld Min herr
IL have every reason to believe that
walllng did"
Mrs. stanley. a sister OF Pearl bryan.
pleaded with jackson TO tell her where
the head was. but jackson looked at heI
and said calmly and Ernvely;
Mrs. Stanley. do not know"
At the coroner's inquest verdict was
rendered that cocaine had been admins
tered. and that Pearl Bryan had been
deeapitated while she was still alive: that
shr was seen In company with Scott
jackson and AlOnRo waiting getting into
n cab az the corner OF Plum and ueorgs
streets IN Cincinnati and that she came
10 her death on the premises OF John u
Lock, near Fort Thomas. Campbell coun'
~, Ky.
Jackson's trial opened April q. II last
cd until May H. The testimony OF ueorgs
II. Jackson the eoiored cabman who SAID
he drove the party to Fort Thomas. wal
collateral. The main evidence was IL
reference to the relations OF jackson ant
Pearl Bryan. aud the medical Testimony
M to whether the girl had been decapi
tated before or after death. and whethei
u was In Kentucky or Ohio. The stat
had ia witnesses and the defense ~,
II h generally regarded that two Item
that told most heavily against JackAoi
were his admission that he had been In
innate with Pearl Bryan, and the proc