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their boarding house on West Ninth
street ana charged with murder At the
preliminary examination of the prisoners
each accused the other of having killed
the girl. jackson admitted that he was
acquainted with Pearl Bryan but denied
any knowledge of the murder. Walling
SAID he Cd not know her,
Ihe students We're taken to the under
takers, where the body was exhibited
III the presence of the father and sister
or the murdered girl the Chief of Police
He replied in a clear voice that It was
Pearl Bryan. Upon being questioned as
to how he knew that, Walling said he
suspected that 1t was Pearl Bryan from
what Jackson had told him about her.
The same question was asked jackson,
who said that it must be Pearl Bryan
because he saw her relatives In the room.
Turning to Walling the Chief said:-
.'Walling, did you kill this woman?''
81 did not
WHO did then ?'
"I have every reason to believe that
from what jackson told me- he did"
Then turning to the other prisoner
Jackson, did yol murder this grip
81 did not, SIR
"Can you lock upon this corpse and
deny that you committed the crime?"
II can, and do most emphatically,' re-
Piled Jackson, looking al the corpse as
he spoke.
Who did kill her?"
Il have every reason to believe that
Walling did"
Mrs. Stanley, a sister of Pearl Bryan,
pleaded with jackson to tell her where
the head was, but Jackson looked ait her
and said calmly and gravely:-
Mrs. Stanley, do not know"
AT the coron3r'S inquest a verdict was
rendered that cocaine had been admins
tened, and that Pearl Bryan had been de-
capdtated while she was still alive; that
she was seen i'm company with Scott Jack
son and Alonzo Walling get ting into a
cab at the corner of Plum and George
streets, in Cincinnati, and that she came
to her death ON the premises of John B.
Lock, near Fort Thomas, Campbell Coun-
ty, Kentucky
Jacksons trial opened April q. 1t last
ed until May H.
The main evidence was In reference to
the relations of Jackson and Pearl Bryan
and the medical testimony as to whether
the girl had been decapitated before or
after death. and whether it was in Ken
lucky or Ohio. The State had one hun
dred and thirteen witnesses and the de-
fence elghty-three.
1t Is generally regarded that two items
that told most heavily against jackson
were his admission that he had been in
innate with Pearl Bryan and the proof
that two of his witnesses were perjurers.
Scott Jackson took the stand in his
His story was not shaken nor was it
believed He took the death verdict
calmly.
The Walling trial began May 26 1t
was practically the same as against
Jackson. The most damaging feature in
the case against Walling probably was
his admission that he knew Scott jack
son was going to kill the girl and would
not warn her of impending danger. In
this trial the State examined sixty-two
witnesses, the defence forty.
Not once in all the hundred severe ex-
aminationS to which Jackson and Wall
ing have been subjected have they blum
dered or revealed anything. They have
been self possessed, keenly intelligent and
cold -blooded through 1t all.
case of Jackson and Waking was over
ruled by tine Kentucky Court of Appeals
and the day of execution was fixed for
March 90 1887.
On March 6. Walling made formal ap-
peal to Governod, Bradley for clemency.
The condemned man reviewed his case in
brief but the letter contained nothing
more than developed ait the trial,
On March 10, L. J. Crawford, attorney
Washington, counsel for Wailing, made
formal applications for executive clemency
on behalf of the prisoners. These ap
peaIs to the Governor of Kentucky were
the last legal steps taken by the defend
ants attorney TO avert the doom of
March 20. Walling also made another
appeal to the Governor claiming that he
was innocent of any crime.
Scout Jackson was n years old, the
respected widow Of Greencastle, Ind. His
sister is married to DR.. Edwin Post, Pro
fesscr of Latin in De Pauw University,
Indiana Alonzo Walling was twenty
years old. son of Mrs Baran Walling, of
Oxford, Ohio.