The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-22
Scott Jackson's Chum While at Green
castle Likely to Appear i'm the
Role of Leading Actor.
INDIANAPOLIS TO BE THE SCENE
AND UNITED STATES GRAND JURORS
TO COMPOSE THE AUDIENCE.
Possibility that the Degenerate In
diana Youth May BE Indicted for
Mailing Forbidden Matter.
Decial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CINCINNATI, March 21.-It developed
to-day that the hanging of Scott Jackson
and Alonzo Walling at Newport. KY, yes
terday did not end the Pearl Bryan drama.
There is TO be another act added. in which
Will Wood. of Greencastle. Ind, will be
the chief actor. The last act will be
played at Indianapolis. Since the execution
of Jackson and Walling the friends of
these men have determined to prosecute
Wood, who was charged by Jackson with
Pearl Bryans betrayal and getting Jackson
and Walling TO help him out of the trouble.
Among the effects of the dead men are
letters from Wood asking Jackson for med
icines and afterward TO arrange for abor-
ton. These letters have been turned over
to Postal Inspector Salmon, who will pre-
sent them TO the district attorney at Indi-
annapolis for use before the federal grand
jury. for the purpose of indicting and try
ing Wood for such use of the mails. Wood
was indicted over a year ago on the
charge of abetting an abortion. Wood
has not been at his home, in Greencastle,
Ind, for months. and his present where
abouts is unknown. 1t is proposed to get
the secret service OF the government after
desires to have Wood prosecuted.
The letters, which will be presented to the
grand jury, were printed when the men
were arrested. They are of an obscene
character. While Wood was in Plymouth,
Ind. in 1896, before going to South Bend,
where he was arrested he wrote brutally
suggestive letter TO Jackson. which was
found among the latter's correspondence.
The letter is dated Feb. l, 1896 and follows:
My Dear Dusty-Surprised, eh? Well
here am, away up here, this is one hell
of town, you know that / used to live
here. have saw Tor seen-Ha! had lots
of my old friends. several old girls one
two of my old girls, but nevertheless L
had one hell of time last night, was up
TIL o'clock this morning. i have
been up so late here of late that 1 feel like
well you know what.
well. how is Dusty? / suppose he has
come back by this time; that he is well
enjoying himself, etc. How are you any
way? Has anything happened yet to you
one hell of a dream last night, i thought
that somebody that l knew don't remem-
te,n Der who. came from your place and was
them something l don't know what. of
course, but then it was that way. thought
place else he use %kNT i o on Know PSPeE or THE
LATEST. ALL the news. If you have let
chance go by without improving it,
going to raise hell with you and then some.
IF you nave grown chicken-hearted you
ought to be shot; that is all / have to say
about 1t; but L want you to write me all
you know. and IL you don't know anything,
write what you don't know, If that suits
you any better.
Il 60 to s. b. Monday morning. want
10 be here three nights. One night won't
do me any good, and you know that / don't
do anything that doesn't do me any good.
Say, damn il, what do you know? l don't
want you TO know anything that / don't
know. You know that / am very jealous
hearted, and a few other kinds of hearted
We'll. 1 went around to see Cora the last
afternoon that l was at home. l think she
is the dearest girl IN town. 1 was going
around to call on Stella. but couldn't find
the nerve. and L guess it is just as we'll
that L did not, for L don't think that she
was very anxious to see my blooming face,
anyway. Although L think we'll of her.
she hardly recognizes me on the street. L
am not going to give her a chance very
II guess my folks wouldn't do a thing to
me If they knew that l was up here in
this town, they think that'I learned all my
meanness the year that we lived here, well
now. / don't know as to that do you?
If there is anything that is too stiff for me,
it is something that l haven't run across
II hope you have seen your Kentucky
people since you wrote. Give Blanche my
very best. and nothing but my very best.
time you write, and write all the news.
My best to Wiley. and all the rest.
yours, b..
Another from Wood, dated South Bend,
Ind. Feb. 3, while ii had no bearing on the
Pearl Bryan case, was of a character to-
tally unfit for publication. and showed that
Jackson's boon friend. Wood appeared to
be. was thoroughly depraved morally.
This mornings Enquirer. speaking of the
proposed prosecution of Wood says: ''The
letters i'm the first place were of an OBJ
scene character, which enough on
which TO proceed against him. But some
of the letters contained another matter
which the federal statutes hold to be also
indctable, and the punishment more severe.
as a means of informing another when and
how TO procure medicines with which to
produce an abortion. The case was turned
over to Postoffice Inspector Letherman
who is now in Indiana, and IL is thought
that he will proceed at once to Indianapolis
and before the United States district at
torney there file an affidavit and swear out
a warrant for the arrest of Wood.
Judge Davis, of the Common Pleas
Court who is Woods attorney, called yes
terday at postoffice inspectors headquar-
ters, and TO Inspector Fred w. Betz said
on behalf of his client that the writing and
mailing of the letters viii be admitted. and
that II was now but question of determin-
ing the degree of the offense and fixing
the penalty.
"Will Wood is at present located in Craw-
fordsville, Ind. where a watchful eye Is
IxaDt on his movements"