The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25

prevent Identification, and removed il t
some place that has never yet been dis
covered The on.y garments Oh the body
were a union undersut ana cLcaT
checked wrapper. A pair Of shoes LAY
near, also kid glove. woman's No. 3
and on them was an opera toe rubber wei
worn. Inside the shoes, which were OF
the needle toe description, was the STAMP
of Lewis IL Hayes of Greencastle. with
"A Portsmouth, o., firm as the makers
Near by was white corset, spOtless OK
cept from bloody hngerprints. At the
top of the bank where the feet lay was a
pool Of blood. This spot was in the gap
of a private hedge on which remained
Z dead leaves. On both sides of these
leaves, above and below, were drops of
| blood. Al the foot of the bauk near the
nook was another pool of blood. On
that morning these few garments were
the Only clew to the identity of the dead
| girl. Blo0dhOunds were taken to the
spot, and they followed trail to the
| CoyingtOn reservoir, and could be Undue
ed to go no further. The reservoir was
drained, but the head was not found All
subsequent search for that head has
been fruitless.
-Four days later the Shoes tie glove,
tilted at Grcencastle, Ind. by her par
cnts as belonging to Pearl Bryan, the
daughter of Mr.. A. s. Bryan, well to
do farmer living near Greencastle.
The Identification of the girl was
brought about by Sheriff julie Plummer
of Campbell county, KY, who had fol-
lowed the slender clues furnished by the
shoe and garment to successful issue.
This discovery also identified Scott Jack
son and Alonzo NJ. Walling as the perpe-
traitors of the crime. These young men
were room mates and fellow-srdents in
the dental college at Cincinnati. Scott
Jackson spent several months of the sum-
incr and early autumn of 1895 at Green
castle, Ind, as member of the family
of his brothcr-in-law, DR.. Edwin +. Post,
4 professor in the Depauw university.
There he became acquainted with Will
Wood: a lad 20 years old, a son Of the
Rev. Thos. NJ. Wood, presiding elder of
the Methodist Episcopal church, residing
at Greencastle. Through Will Wood,
who was Il second cousin to Pearl Bryan,
he obtained an introduction TO her and
visited her frequently. She was grad
uate of the Grecncastlc high school, was
vivacious, pretty. fond of society and
very popular. Jackson, when absent,
kept up Il correspondence with her, which
was continued until within a fortnight of
the day of the murder. The last two or
three months of this correspondence was
carried on clandestincly. Will Wood was
the medium at Greencastle by witch
these letters were passed to their destina-
ton. Jackson's last visit to Greencastle
was in the holidays of 1886. A few
persons ut Greencastle, conh1ents of
Jackson, knew that Pearl Bryan was in
DIR. Gillespie, n dentist with whom Jack
son had worked, also n relative If Pearl
Bryan, Jackson admitted that he was the
author of Pearl Bryan's troubles. Gil
lespie, during the holiday vacation, adj
vised Jackson to marry her. lie said he
would not do anything of the kind. There
were others who knew about this affair,
among them Will Wood and Mr.. Early.
a. telegraph operator at Grecncastle.
Through VIII Wood some time in DeCem-
Der, 1898, Jackson had sent Pearl Bryan
letter, containing prescription of err
got, of rye and other ingredients intend
ed to produce an abortion. The girl
never got it filed. jackson visited her
at the vacation and destroyed the letter
and prescription.
Meantime Jackson and Wallng were ar
rested in Cincinnati. In their possession
were letters chiefly from Will Wood to
Jackson in regard to Pearl Bryan. Pearl
Bryan's pocket book and her valise. which
was stained with blood, were found where
Jackson had secreted them. Walling's
pantaloOns were taken from his locker
ut the dental college and they were mud
dy and spotted with blood. Jacsson's
coat, hccked all over with blood. was fish
ed ont of sewer in which it was found
by Wallng's direction.
In Jackson's pockets were a half dozen
handkcrchiefs which were afterwards
identified as the property of Pearl
Bryan. In the examination hy Chief
Dcitchc the prisoners admitted that Pearl
Bryan had come here on Monday, Jdnu
AIRY T. and that both of them had been
win hir until Wednesday afternoon after
which each charged the other with hav-
ing her in his care and each declared that |
he had seen nothing of her afterwards |
Both admitted that on the Saturday night |
following the murder they Lad gone to |
the suspension bridge and dropped her