The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-21

months OF the summer and early autumn
OF 1895 at Greencastle as member OF the
family OF his brothsr-in-law. DR.. Edwin
T. Post, a professor IN the Depauw uni
versity. There he became acquainted with
VIII Wood, a lad % years old. the son
OF Rev. d. 81. Wood, presiding elder OF
the NJ E. church. residing at Greencastle.
Through VIII Wood. who was . second
cousin OF Pearl Bryan. he obtained an
introduction TO her and visited her fire.
Quently. She was graduate OF the
Greencastle high school, was vivacious,
pretty. fond OF society and very popular.
Jackson when absent kept up a corre-
spondence with her. which was continued
until within fortnight Of the day of her
murder The last two or three months OF
this correspondence was carried on clan
destinely. Win Wood was the medium at
Greencastle by which these letters We're
passed to their destination.
Jackson's last visit TO Greencastie was
in the holidays OF 1Ss5-9s. A few persons
at Greencastle. confdants OF Jackson.
knew that Pearl Bryan was in delicate
condition. To one Of these, DR.. Gillespie.
dentist with whom Jackson had worked,
also relative OF Pearl Bryan. Jackson
admitted that he was the author OF Pearls
trouble. Gillespie during the holiday va
cation advised Jackson to marry her. He
said that he would not do anything OF the
kind. There were others who knew about
the AFFAIR. among them VIII Wood and
MIR. Early, a telegraph operator at Green
castle
Through VIII Wood. some time in De-
cember in 1895. Jackson had sent Pearl
Bryan letter containing a prescription
OF ergot OF rye and other ingredients. in
tended to produce an abortion. The girl
never got the prescription filed. Jackson
visited her In the vacation and destroyed
the letter and the prescription. Meantime
Jackson and Walling were arrested in
Cincinnati. In their possession were sound
letters chiefly from VIII Wood to Jack
son, in regard to Pearl Bryan. Her
pocketbook and her valise which was
stained with blood, were found where
Jackson had secreted them. Walling's
pantaloons were taken from his locker at
the dental college, and they were muddy
and spotted with blood. Jackson's coat,
iecked all over with blood, was fished out
OF a sewer in which II was found by
Wallings. direction. In Jackson's pocket
were half a dozen handkerchiefs. which
were afterwards identified as the prop
erty OF Pearl Bryan.
In the examination by Chief Geitch the
prisoners admitted that Pearl Bryan had
come here Monday. January "a. and that
both OF them had been with her until
Wednesday afternoon. after which each
charged the other with having her In his
charge, and each declared that he had
seen nothing OF her after Wednesday.
Both admitted that on the Saturday night
following the murder they had gone TO
the suspension bridge on the river and
dropped her bloody clothing into the river
to hide II and TO conceal the crime.
On Friday night at o'clock Jackson was
seen 10 leave Dave wallingfords saloon
I'm the tenderloin district with Pearl BRYAN
In hack. and at the same time NalIing
was seen near the saloon. On Thursday
afternoon before the murder wailng was
seen with Pearl Bryan at the Central
union station, where he detained her until
the last train that could take her 10 Green
castle had gone.
Two weeks after the murder George II.
Jackson, colored. admitted TO the police
that he had driven two men in a rockaway
by circuitous route to Fort Thomas.
where the murder was committed. George
Jackson was taken 10 the jail. and there ne
picked out Mailing from among a score OF
young men as the man who sat beside him
and compelled him 10 make the drive be-
yond Newport, when he had tried 10 get
out OF the carriage. because when en-
ployed he was told that he was only going
10 Newport One day later a livery stable
keeper Informed the police that he hired a
ono-seated rockaway and a horse TO some
one unknown 10 him. and that 1t had been
kept out all night and returned between
: and o'clock on the morning on which
the corpse of Pearl Bryan was found.
Through this evidence Jackson was tried
at Newport, found guilty and sentenced 10
be hanged. Every means in the power OF
the friends OF these two men were ex-
hausted 10 save them from their fate.
without success.
Scott Jackson was o years Of age. feet
s inches high. OF blonde complexion and
wiry figure. His eyes We're a cold. steel
gray. They ElIttered, but lacked depth.
IT'S head Is said TO resemble that Of
Holmes. the murderer. He crossed the
ocean fourteen times when a lad with his
father. a sea captain.
Mailing was feet inches IN height. had
dark hair and hazel eyes. with heavy eye
brows that almost met. His age was Il
years. In temperament he was stolid and
morose. He was evidently deficient in sem
sibihty and force OF character. which made
him all the more pliabie "a Jackson's tool
and assistant. In his Own confession and
evidence he stated that Jackson had told
him that he would bring Pearl Bryan here
- have an abortion performed on her by
WallinE and then afterward said he
would kill her by quick poison. but finally
changed his mind and said he would poison
her but would cut her into pieces and put
the pieces into catch basins OF the sewers
From the first OF January. 1ssS. 10 the day
OF the tragedy all the evidence showed that
he was Scott Jackson's willing confed-
crate.