Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-22
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lay, was pool of blood. This spot was
in the gap of a privet hedge. on which
remained dead leaves. On both sides
Of these leaves, above and below were
drops of blood. At the foot of the bank,
near the neck. was another pool of
blood. On that morning these few gar
ments were the only clew to the identity
of the dead girl. Bloodhounds were
taken to the spot, and they followed a
trail to the Covington reservoir, and
could be induced 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. the glove.
the hairpins and the wrapper were iden-
titled at Greencastle, Ind, by her parents
as belonging to Pearl Bryan. the daugh-
ter of A. S. Bryan. well-to-do farmer,
living near Greencastle.
The Identification of the girl was
brought about by Sheriff julie Plummer
i a. Campbell county, Ky, who had fol-
lowed the slender clews furnished by the
shoe and garments to successful issue.
This discovery also identified Scott
Jackson and Alonzo M. Walling as the
perpetrators of the crime. These young
men were roommates and fellow stu
dents in the dental college at Cincin-
natl.
Jackson spent several months of the
summer and early autumn Of 1895 at
Greencastle. There he became acquaint-
ed with Pearl Bryan, and visited her
frequently. She was graduate of the
Greencastle high school, was vivacious,
pretty, fond of society and very popu-
lar. Jackson's last visit to Greencastle
was in the holidays of 1885.
A few persons at Greencastle. conf
dants. of Jackson, knew that Pearl
Eryan was in a delicate condition. To
one of these, DR.. Gillespie, a dentist,
with whom Jackson had worked, also
relative of Pearl Bryan, Jackson ad-
mitted that he was the author of Pearl
Isryan's trouble. Gillespie, during the
holiday vacation, advised Jackson to
I marry her. He said that he would not
| do anything of the kind. There were
Others who knew about this affair."
among them Will Woods and Mr.. Early
a telegraph operator. at Greencastle.
Through Will Wood, some time in De-
cember. 1895. Jackson had sent Pearl
bryan a letter containing a prescrip-
ton of efgot or rye and other ingred-
tents, intended to produce an abortion.
| The girl never got it filled. Jackson
visited her in the vacation, and de-
| stroyed the letter and prescription.
! Meantime. Jackson and Walling were
arrested in Cincinnati, and in their pos
, session were found letters, chiefly from
Will Wood to jackson. in regard to Pearl
Bryan. Pearl Bryan's pocketbook and
| her valise. which was stained with
, blood, were found where Jackson had
secreted them. Wallings trousers were
taken from his locker at the dental COL
! lege, and they were muddy and spotted
with blood. Jackson's coat, flecked all
over with blood, was fished out of a
sewer, in which it was found by Wall
| ing's direction.
! In Jackson's pocket were half dozen
handkerchiefs, which were afterward
, Identified as the property Of Pearl
! Bryan.
| In the examination by Chief Deitch,
the prisoners admitted that Pearl Bryan
| had come here Monday, Jan. q, and that
both of them had been with her until
Wednesday afternoon, after which each
charged the other with having 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 had gone to
(; the suspension bridge, on the river, and
dropped her bloody clothing in the river,
to hide it and conceal the crime.
| On Friday night, at o'clock, Jackson
was seen to leave Dave Wallingford's
saloon. in the Tenderloin district, with
Pearl Bryan. in hack, and at the same
time Walling was seen near the saloon.
On Thursday afternoon, before the MUIR
Ger. Walling was seen with Pearl Bryan
at Central Union station, where he de-
tained her until the last train that could
take her to Greencastle had gone.
Two weeks after the murder, George
Fl. Jackson, colored, admitted to the
police that he had driven the two men
in a rockaway, by circuitous route. to
Fort Thomas, to where the murder was
J committed.
Maine Pensions.
II Washington, March 21.-The followlna