The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-21
ZACH took in the decapitation, or whether

each took in the decapitation, or whether
others were impica ted. There were over
800 within the inclosure to witness the hang
ing and many thousands around the Jail
yard but the militia. special deputies and
police maintained order.
The execution was quickly dispatched, as
neither had anything TO say on the gallows
except 10 declare his innocence. and Rev.
j. a. Lee was brief in his services. There
was. however. a long delay because Jackson
and Walling continued their tactics Of false
confessions as long as possible. Sheriff
Plummer intended TO hang the men at a.
m, to avoid the great crowds that
assembled later in the day. On account of
the promises of a confession. the execution
W 3 postponed till a. m. and then to a.
n when jackson declared that Walling
was not guilty. Then telegraphic commu-
nication opened with Governor Bradley.
When the crowds learned that jackson was
still making confessions and that Governor
Bradley was considering the respite of
Walling there were many demonstrations
in the large crowds assembled, but the mil
itia and police kept all at a safe distance
from the inclosure. Both men had been
making confessions for some weeks and
contradicting them the next day. Both of
fore they died. When Governor Bradley
and Sheriff Plummer finally pressed Jack
son for details and definite information
about Walling, the former said he could
not say on the eve OF his death that the
latter was innocent. Governor Bradley
then orderer the sheriff to proceed, and
when this announcement was made TO the
crowd there were cheers ana marked dem
or he ba i'm
ity of the able counsel and friends had
been used during the past week TO infiu-
ence the Governor by false confessions
and other adroit schemes to give Jackson
more time and modify the sentence of
Walling. but Governor Bradley analyzed
the case too closely for these plans to be-
come operative.
From Q a. m. until the time of the exc
cution many false reports were circulated
about Walling being respited, and these re-
ports caused the excitement around the
Jail. The scaffold was in the open air of
the court yard and the outside crowd was
easily kept advised as to what was going
on in the inclosure. 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 extended
into Covington and other suburbs of Gin
cinnati. while in Cincinnati signals were
used and large crowds surrounded the
newspaper offices and other places. Extra
editions of the local papers contained the
rumors about the probable respite of Wal
ling and added greatly to the excitement
During the noon hour, when the streets
were crowded with people going TO lunch
con, 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 fam
lily from Greencastle Ind, was present,
but they were represented by Attorney ST.
las A. Hayes who appeared for them in
the prosecution. Fred Hayes, II. s. Rem
lex, William A. Howe. A A. Black and w.
Z. Starr. friends of the Bryan family, were
also present.
Soon after the execution the crowds left
the street 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. 1t has been disturbed
by these men for over a year. The remains
of Wailing were taken to his mother at
Hamilton, o., tonight
The remains of Scott Jackson were in
cinerated tonight at the Cincinnati crema-
tory. His mother is opposed TO cremation,
but had the body incinerated so that she
could take the ashes 10 her home at
Greencastle, Ind, and not suffer the morti-
fcation OF being refused busal there. The
widowed mother was unable to bear the
expense of taking the remains to their old
home in Maine, as at first contemplated.
The friends of the Bryan family who were
here to attend the execution had stated
that no cemetery in that vicinity would
give permit for Jackson's burial there.
There are many rumors to-night about
additional confessions that both inen are
said to have left with their friends, hut no
confidence is placed Il any confession, since
the men said before their death to-day that
they had made mistakes in listening TO
those who advised the confessions and
hence they died with their secrets rntCid.
Although it is generally conceded that DR..
| Wagner, who was accused by the men as
| being their accomplice. had guilty
| knowledge of the murder whatever, yet il
| is generally believed that there are other
| parties implicated, and that the facts may
| now come out.
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