The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-21
STORY OF THE MURDER.
The Body Found and jackson aud WALL
Ing Arrested.

Cincinnati, March go.-ln the early
morning OF Feb l. 1896. a boy going TO
work discovered the dead body Of u girl
IL. an obscure part Of John Locks farm,
adjoining Fort Thomas Ky. The murder
ers had cut Off the girls head To prevent
III, MITIGATION and removed II To some
place that has never been discovered.
The shoes worn were a woman's No. ..
, and on them were opera toe rubbers well
worn. Inside the shoes. which were of the
nsedle-toc description. was the stamp OF
Lewis 4 Hayes of Greencastle. with a
Portsmouth, Ohio firm as the makers.
Near by was a white corset. spolless. cx-
c, pit from bloody finger prints. Al the tor
OF the bank where the foot lay WIS a pool
OF blood This spot was in the gap Of u
private hedge. On both sides of the leaves
above and below were drops OF blood. AT
the foot of the hank. near the neck. was
another pool of blood. on that mornius
these few garments were the only clew to
the identity Of the dead girl.
Bloodhouuds were taken 10 the spot and
they followed the trail to the Covington
reservoir and could be induced TO go no
further. The reservoir WAS drained hut
the head was not found. The glove. the
hailpins aud tn" wrapper were Identified
at Greencastc. Ind, by her parents ns be-
lor gins TO Pearl Bryan. the daughter OF
a. 5. Bryan. Il wcll-to-do farmer living
near Grrcncastle This discovery also
identified Scott Jackson and Alonzo Wal
ling as the perpetrators Of the crime.
These young men were room mates and
fellow students In ,hc dental college at
Cincinnati. Scott jackson spent several
months OF the summer and early autumn
of 1875 NJ Grcencaslle Ind. as a member
o. the family of his brother-in-lsw, Dr.
Edwin +. Post. a professor IN the De
pauw uniyrIs sity. There he hpcImc ac-
quainted with VIII Wood Il lad ~ years
of age, the son of Rev Dcios NJ. Wood
presiding elder Of the Methodist Eplsco-
pal church. residing IN Gr,pncastlc q sec
ond cousin TO Pearl Bryan. through whom
he obtained AN introduction to her and
visited her frequently. jackson kept up
correspondence with her which was
continued until within fortnight OF thn
day of her murder. Jacksons last visit
to Greencastle was In 1886.
A few persons at Grcenclsilt knew thar
Pearl Bryan was In delicate condition.
To one of these, Dr. Gillispic. dentist.
Jackson admitted that he was the author
OF Pearl Bryan's trouble. Jackson and
Walling were arrested Ia Cincinnati. In
their possession were found letters
chiefly from VIII Wood to jackson. In re-
,
etbook and her valise. stained with blood.
were found where jackson had secrcted
them. Both admitted that on the Satur-
day night following the murder they had
gone 10 the suspension bridge and dropped
her bloody head into the river TO hide il
and conceal the crime. Ou Friday night It
, o'clock Jackson was seen to leave d sa-
loon with Pearl Bryan In hack and at
the same time Walling was seen near tn,
saloon. on Thursday afternoon before
the murder Walling was seen with Pearl
Bryan at the Central Union station.
v here he detained her until the last train
that could take her 10 Grecncasile had
gone.
Two weeks after the murder George
Jackson. Colorcd. admitted Ia the polio,
that he had driven two men IN ToCka-
way hy a circuitous route to Fort
1homus. where the murder was commit
ted. George Jackson wa- taken TO Jail and
there he picked out Wallng from among
a score of young men ~ the man who sat
beside him and compelled him to make
the drive beyond Newport when De- had
tried 10 get out of the carriage hDcausr
when employed he was told that he was
only going 10 Newport Dne day later q
livery stable kceprr informed tn. poliro
that he hired a one-ssatcd rockaway and
. horse 10 some one unknown to him and
that IL had byeu kept out an night ANA re-
turned between = and O'Clock on the
morning OF which the corose of Pearl
Bryan was found. Through this evidence
Jackson was found guilty and sentenced
TO be hanged ON Mag - Nailing's trMl
logan and on June II h. WAS found guilty
o. murder and sentenced to die