The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-21
BOTH JACKSON AND WALLING ARE
HANGED In THE JAIL AT
NEWPORT.
CONFESSIONS TO THE LAST.
THE HOPE OF GAINING
TIME.
BRADLEy.s PATIENCE EXHAUSTED
Guilty Secret of the Murderers Car
ried With Them to the Land Be-
yOnd the Grave.

NEWPORT, KY, March 2G.-The
murder of Pearl Bryan, fourteen
months ago, was avenged today by a
double hanging. Scott Jackson and
AlonZo Walling were executed at II Al
a. m from the same scaffold. There
WIS a double trap, but only one lever
and when Sheriff julie Plummer pulled
the lever both dropped the same in
! slant. Walling, however, fingered a
moment longer than Jackson. The neck
of neither one was broken, and both
struggled hard in the process of stran-
gulatiOn. Both men were nervy to the
last, on the gallows protested their in
I nocence and died with their secret so
that it may never be known what was
done with the head of Pearl Bryan,
where she lodged the two nights pre-
vious to her murder, what part each
took in the decapitation, or whether
others are implicated.
There were over 300 within the in
! closure to witness the hanging and
many thousands around the jail yard
but the militia, special deputies and
police maintained order. The execu-
ton was quickly dispatched, as neither
I
cept to declare his innocence, and Rev
J. A. Lee was brief in his services.
There was, however, a long delay ear
lier, because Jackson and Walling con-
! tinued their tactics of false confess
sions as long as possible. Sheriff Plum
mer intended to hang the men at
a. M. so as to avoid the great crowds
that assembled later in the day. On
account of promises of confession the
/ execution was postponed till a. M.
! then to 9 a. m, when Jackson declared
that Walling was not guilty Then tele-
graphic communication opened with
Gov. Bradley. When the crowds learn
! ed that Jackson was still making con-
! LESSONS, and that Gov. Bradley was
| considering the respite of Walling,
| there were many demonstrations in the
! large crowds assembled, but the mi
litia and police kept all at a safe dis
| lance from the enclosure Both men
| had been making confessions for some
| weeks and cOntradicting them the next
! day Both Of the men repudiated all
! of their confessions before they died
When Gov. Bradley and Sheriff
/ PIummer finally pressed Jackson for
details and definite information about
I
! say, on the eve of his death, that the
! latter was innocent. Gov. Bradley then
! ordered the sheriff to proceed. and
! when this announcement was made to
| the crowd there were cheers and
marked demonstrations for the COVER
nor. The ingenuity of able counsel and
| friends had been used during the past
week to influence the governor by
FALSE CONFESSIONS
and other adroit schemes, to give Jack
| son more time and to modify the sem
! tcnce of Walling, but Gov. Bradley an
! alyzed the case too closely for these
| plans to become operative.
| From 9 a. m. until the time Of the
execution many false reports were cir
| culated about Walling being respited.
and these reports caused the excite
ment around the Jail. The scaffold was
! in the open air of the court ward and
! the outside crowd was easily kept adj
vised as to what was going on in the
| enclosure. The utmost secrecy was,
| however, maintained as to what was
/ going On in the jail, into which only
the counsel, friends. pastor and the
! officers were admitted. The excitement
eXtenoed INTO CoVington and other SUI
| burbS OF Cincinnati while in Cinciu-
! natl signals were used, and large
/ crowds surrounded the newspaper of
/ fees and other places. Extra editions
! Of the local papers contained the ru-
mors about the probable respite of
Walling, and added greatly to the ex-
! element.
During the noon hour. when the
| streets were crowded with people going
/ TO luncheon, the black flags were up
/ announcing that the execution was
| over and there were crowds everywhere
expressing their qualification.
None OF the members of the Bryan
foT fV-Oy
pre- sent, but they were represented by
Attorney Silas A. Hayes, who appeared
| for them in the prosecution. Fred
| Hayes, H. S. Renick William A. Howe
A. A. Black and w. E. Starr. friends
of the Bryan family, were also present.
Soon after the execution. the crowds
left the streets surrounding the Jail,
but they did not leave until after the
bodies of the men had been taken
| away.
Tonight the city is as quiet as usual.
/. has been disturbed by these men
for over year. The remains of Wall
ing were taken to his mother at Hamil-
ton, Ohio, tonight. The remains of
Scott Jackson were incinerated tonight
at the Cincinnati crematory. His moth
er is opposed to cremation but had the
body incinerated so that she could
take the ashes to her home at Green
Castle, Ind. and not suffer the morti-
ncdltOn OF DelnS refused burial there.
The widowed mother was unable to
bear the expense of taking the remains
to their old home in Maine, as at first
contemplated.
There are many rumorS tonight about
additional confessions that both men
are said to have left with their friends,
but no confidence is placed in any con-
fession since the men said before their
death today. that they made mistakes
in listening to those who advised the
confessions. and hence they died with
their secrets untold. Although 1t is
g nerally conceded that Dr. Wagner
who was accused by the men as being
their accomplice, had no guilty know
/ ledge of the murder. whatever. vet ii
is generally believed that there are
other parties implicated, and that the
, facts may now come out
ID. b. MARSHALL Dead,