Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1896 — Page 6

GETS MORE INTENSE Interest In the Scott Jackson Trial Growing. POLICY OF THE PROSECUTION. Fleven Wltne»nc» Examined Yesterday, Among Them Being the Mother and Brother of tile Dead Girl -Deolftlon by Judge Helm Jnekaon Showed Tailor During the Evidence. Newport Ky., April 21—Interest in the trial'for the murder of Pearl Bryan grows more utense daily. This is attested by the thronged lobbies in the courtroom, the punctual daily attendance of members of the bar from both aides of the river and the unremitting attention of all present.. Eleven wit- ’ iTesses were examined yesterday, two in the morning and nine in the afternoon. The policy of the prosecution is to present the case in the order' of time as nearly as possible. The defense has by cross examination indicated that its line . will be to create doubt as to where Pearl Bryan was killed, leaving it an open ! question whether or not she was killed ’ in Ohio and afterward transferred to! Kentucky and there beheaded. Dr. J. O. Jenkins, who assisted in the post mortem, was recalled and cross-ex-amined by Mr. Crawford. Dr. Fish- I back, who also assisted in the post ; .mortem’, was the next, witness introduced. He said that the body indicated j that the dead woman -was in perfect, health, as all of the organs were in per- j foot order, and the extqrnai appearance was almost perfect. The testimony -by Mayor Caldwell Wednesday winch the defense desireif Stricken out was that- p-trr in which he : related that when Walhtig ami Jack-on j were brought together I■ him in ■ private, V>.thing said in Jacks, mishear-! Ing that Ja'lkson had Tolu Iffin i troubib will.'Pearl Bryan, that he first , proposed to kill h. r wi-ii some qe.i'k poison, cut her body i;p and dr >p it in sewers, piecemeal, ,1a Ton th m spoke up: “Walling, how can you talk that way, yc.u know you kilie i her.’..’ Then ' each accused the other. Attorney Craw- ; . ford argued't his was using Walling as ’ a witness against Jackson with whom t he was jointly indicted, wlrich is inad- | missible in Kentucky courts. Decision by the Judge. Judge Helm delivered his decision at , the opening of the afternoon session. 'He said: In reference to striking out. the portjpny of Mayor Caldwell’s testimony about i Walling’s statement in Jackson's pres- I ence, you will determine by Jackson’s con- ; duct when Walling confessed in Jackson's i : presence, his own knowledge of the crime and his complicityin it whether this conduct was equivalent to an admission by Jackson of his own guilt or complicity in the crime.” The defence has taken numerous ex- ’ ceptions to the ruling of the court. I Colonel Crawford has 50 exceptions. { His motions and objections have been i overruled quite that number of times. Gkl’M Mother on the Stand. Os the nine witnesses examined in the afternoon the testimony of Mrs. A.-S.G ( ■ Bryan, the mother of Pearl, was full of i pathos. When asked how she was able : to identify the headless girl, sent to 1 i Greencastle, as her own Pearl, she an- , i Bwered with thrilling effect: . j '■ "it’s difficult for a mother to be de- ‘ ceived about recognizing her own child.” , She identified bloodstained-garments, I shoes, trinkets, as those of her murder- j ed child. She also testified that Pearl | had never been away fiom home -except ‘ on a 8-months’ trip with her to Kan- ;■ gas, that Scott Jackson was seldom a ’ 1 Visitor to her house, that Will Wood b introduced him first, that she herself ; i was absent last year’ from March till | July with an invalid daughter in New Mexico, that Pearl was the only housekeeper for her father, brothers and little nephews while she was l absent. Tlip Brother’s Testimony. Fred Bryan‘s testimony showed that] Pearl had serious ■ home duties and but j little experiem-e wit the world, also : that Will Wood first n. educed Scott ’ Jackson .to Pearl not long fore her i mother started on her 4-months’ visit to New Mexico. Both mother and son i testified that Jackson’s visits to the Bryan home were" not frequ.ent and that he never took Pearl buggyriding- from 1 the Bryan In me. Both adniitfed that p.-arl was often al Greencastle and toiight have met Jackson there at intervals. ’ Finding;'of the Hat. Another impressive witness was Mary • Morgan, who first found Pearl’Miat near her home back of Newport. The blood stained handkerchief found iirstjie hat • by Mrs. Morgan was in eyidenpeand i was identified by this witness. She 1 found the hat on Sunday, Feb. 2, and ! thinks’it was hidden on the day before. ' .Dr. W. T. Littler of Leesburg, Ky.,- I was a medical student and roomed in I the same building with Jackson and 1 Walling.' He testified that Jackson had ' called upon him about Jam.,23 to settle ; B dispute about the effect of cocaine. He also saw Jackson and Walling in consultation in the McNevin hoardinghouse the night Jackson was arrested. It was also proven by J. H. (Jten that he sold Jackson 17 grains of cocaine on » Jan. 29f • Allen Jones Johnson, a colored porter Rt Wallingford’s saloon, testified to seeing Jackson and Walling at the saloo'fi Friday night, Jan. 13, and that.a young girl was there with.. Jackson and they ■ Went away together in a?hack. He also • testified that Mr. Shepperd, Walling’s attorney had offered to make .it. better for him to slay away from this trial than to attend it and had told him the • ' Courts could -not compel him- to goto Kentucky to testify- "The testimony of other witnesses’ corroborated evidence . already given. ■ . • . Jackson' showed pallor yesterday, / „• when the Bryans were on the A ■ Btand. .. Newport, Ky., April 25.—Every r Vai® bio space, in the courthouse yesterday was crowded in Scott Jackson’s jtrial. Among the witnesses examined kvgs Will AVpod, the friend and corre- ■ -. ■ - •» .

spondeiit of Jackson, once charged with l complicity in th* crime, but since roi leased by nolle prosequi. The most in- ! foresting witness in the morning was | tho mother of Pearl Bryan, who was - put on the stand to testify to the disposition of her daughter. It is evidently a part of the policy of the prosecution to show the usefulness, trustfulness and j inexperience of the murdered girl. Late in the afternoon tho defense revealed - tho part of its policy, while Will Wixwl ! was on the stand, which will be to I break down the character of that witI ness by showing that he, °"’ n ] confession to persons whose I the defense has, was himself impiopeily ; intimate with Pearl Bryan. Dr. Crune'x Evidence. In his testimony in regard to his I analysis of tho contents of the dead, girl’s stomach, Dr. Crane showed that ' he had tsted for every possilxle p >isen. mineral and vegetable', which could be obtained in Cincinnati, and finding none in the stomach except such as were con- ' tained in the embalming tluid, except cocaine. i When asked about the effects of co■l caine and of other pois.ms which have benumbiiig effect, he displaved eritditioii thiit AUiJizod the court mid Counsel. ■ HLs cross-examination was very brief. Expert Testimony. ! Much interest attached to the testiI inony of Dr. Dickore from the fact that i he was the man who analyzed the mud and bhxxl found on tile trousers belong--1 Ing to Jackson, and he had not up to this time made theresult of hisexaminai tion public. On direct examination he said that he had a great deal ot experi- ' en<e as an analytical chemist. He exair ued the bloody valise, and was asked to lentity the stains. He said the blood i was mammalian blood, but he could not say that it was human, lit- examined the trousers worn by Jackson wheii ar- : rested. He said that he had examined . them before, and found blood on ihe i trousers an•; < mnd on the knees. He had ' made a eh -mical analysis of the mud on I the knees. The coymionwe’ilth had i great difficulty in getting tin- doctor i-> . testify that he hmi been, tmiiie plaeo_ ■wffei-c the mtwd 'red woman was 1 ■ >uud. - Numerous objeetjons w>.xe made, ami ’ sustainedl>y t’i - court on rm- : round that it was lor the st.ilto assn m that the woman was murib-red. The. state finally got the question m by im-ntion-j ing Pearl Bryan as the "headless body.” The withess said he had been taken to the spot where the b-xiv had' been found. The mud there and the mud,on the knees iff th-- trousers was alike. The witness then identified the coat and cap worn by Jackson. A piece of cloth had been taken from the right knee of Jackson’s trousers- The witness testified that he had cut it out ami had handed it to Dr. Jacobs, an expert microscopist. Witm ss said that the blood stains found on the Valise, the trousers and other articles were not inconsistent with human blood. The doctor said he had found no bl<wd on the coat. j *. Damaging Testimony. j The cross-examination of the negro bartender, Allen Jones Johnson, was continued. H 6 identified the girl’s dress and hat as that worn by the young girl brought into the wineroom by Scott Jackson on the Friday night, Jan. SI, before the dead body was found. Dave Wallingford, the proprietor of that saloon, was called afterward. His testimony as to the presence and identity ; of Jacksoii, Walling and Pearl Bryan at ' his saloon on the evening of Jail. 31 cor- 1 roborated the testimony of Allen John- 1 son. It. did more, it showed that Jackson wiisffliei-e with the girl on Tuesday night, as well as on Friday night, be-.! fore the murdqr. Cross-exapiinatioir ’ instead of weakening his evidence resulted in filling some gaps that the prosecu* . tion had forgotten. Will Wood on the St ami. A wave of low murmurs ran over the room'when Will Wood’took the witness stand. ."He stati-d the intimacy of his» friendship for -Scott Jackson during his stay of nearly a year in Greencastle. > He also admitted that he had intro- j duced Jackson to his second cousin, ' Pearl Bryan, and that since Jackson's departure last-October from Greencastle i to Cincinnati, that he had kept up a I correspondence with him and that ’ letters from Jackson to him personally : were destroyed by him according to Jackson’s request. The part of the I story alrs-ady told about the share he took in bringing Pearl Bryan to Cincin- ! nati, to have a criminal operation per- I formed, he corroborated. He said that Jackson s let ters, to blni in October and. November Were inquiries about Pearl -■ Bryan’s condition, ami he repeated the story of the prescription sent by Jack- ; son for the relief of PearL.Bryiin, which : was never filled. The most thrilling part of his story ‘ was that in which he said that Jackspn while visiting Gregncastle during the , Christmas holiday vacation, went with ; him to Pearl Bryan’s house, got that ' prescription from her, destroyed it and told Wood it would be dangerous to h’tn , |if he should get into trouble. Jacksoni also told Wood that the only remedy , now was abortion, that it. was safe, that ! he could do it himself if he had the in--1 struments. Tells of a Letter From Jackson. On Jan. 24, 1’896, he received a letter ■ from Jackson from Cincin,nati request- - I ing Pearl Bryan to‘come to Cincinnati and be relieved. He showed the letter > to Pearl that day. Slid read it and asked witness:. "What would you do if : you were me?” Witness answßred, *'Decide for yourself.” The next day, which was Jan. 25, she told Wood sh.® was going io Ciiicinnati on Monday, Jan. 27. Re saw her off on Monday, assisted Jim- on the'train, and that was f I the last lie saw of her. In the cross- | | examination, the questions indicated ' ! that tho defense had testimony from I William J. Grooms of Greencdßtle, Ed- ' ward Hunt of Indianapolis,’ William Irvine of < . ncnstle and Ohmer New-, 1 house,mh-n of < jn-eiicastlo, showing, in i the form .epo-itrons, that WfxxJ had boasted to 'ln , , of his improper in'ti- • firncy withTem 1 Bryan. This questioning was to l, t y the foundation for the i depositions of those persons in thq de-| sense.- Wood positively denied every statement <>f the depositions. Some ‘of the dopes t-arm.not lit to appeal 1 i literally in pn 1.1, 11 I L Newport, Ky., April 27.—Scott Jack- > -go® entered the Campbell county court-

<r i room this morning for a second wook of - the famous trfW. If the experiences of - the past few days have unnorvfd or 1 changed him in any respect it was un- < noticeable to the average attendant up- ■ on the trial. I The far seeing special corr respondent could probably have disi cerned a tremor of the lips, a downeast [ eye, or some other slight evidence of a i weakened condition, but this did not exist in reality. The work of the prosecution was begun by a cont inued effort in the same direction as has characterized passed proceedings, and link by link there is being welded a chain of circumstances which it seems impossible for I the defense to break. A total of 21 witnesses on Saturday : deposited their bits of evidence upon the prosecution's side of the se;des. In some respects the pnxieedingswere remarkable. On two different occasions i the jury was sent from the room, and twice a witness was dismissed tempo-I raiily. in order that the counsel on both ! sides might argue important points and filiOV to 1 the court what they intended to ])rove by the viine-s. It was re-' markable, also, for the severe strain up- j on the court. Judge Helm's ingenuity, I as well as his vast legal knowledge, were I taxed to keep track of the issues raised and to solve the knotty problems submitted to him by counsel for both sides. laatv«t Developments. One of the strongest points against not only Jackson, but Walling as well, was the pile of evidence on Saturday going to show they persuaded Pearl Bryan from returning to her home and , telling her mother everything. It was shown that on Thursday, Jan. 30, Jackson took her to a medium, who gave the girl .motherly advice, telling her to go ' liack home. Pearl told the woman her i name and iwcplmned her condition; beg- I ging for relief. Tie? med.:uii refused to assist in .iii'v c.-immal work, and. find- | ing that Jackson did not mean to help her, Pearl derided to go home. It- was I shown by sex etal witnesses that she went , to rl’o t'mi-.-al I Jiion station, in Gim'in- I ir.’.ti, (in the next day t<> take the train i “fofTmlmnaptilis, and Wailing was with ' her.. At- the Atlantic Garden they I met Jackson, who pleaded 15 minutes ! with her to change her mind. He left her in disgust, but Walling followed her to the station. They *-at for-two hoars, j a< ; cording to several witnes-ys. and she i was crying nearly the whole time, t’he . Indianapolis train was ready to start, ! but Walling finally persuaded the girl ' to remain, and they left tiie station to- ; 'gether. It was also brought out that the blood on the privet bushes was wet when rhe I body was found. A witness found three j knife cuts in the ground where the missing head should have been. He, ' with another man, were, digging in the ; ground and found a lock of Pearl Bryan's I hair which had been cut off when the : body was decapitated. They also found ! several hair pins. The hair was com- I pared with a lock which Airs. Bryan ex- j hibited, and they tallied exactly. The ' ground was shown to be perfectly saturated .with blood in several places and the leaves were sprinkled. It was also shown 1 that when Jackson was in Foerfmeyer’s drug store in„ Bellevue he inqured about a skiff amT the shortest way to Wahiut Hills. This was the day before the murder. Visits to Bellevue. Druggist Foertmeyer said concerning the much talked of visit of the accused to Bellevue: "The first time I saw Scott Jackson was on Thursday or Friday before the murder. He was in company with a dark young man, whom I have since identified as Alofizo Walling, and a blonde young woman. "I cannot give a Very good description of the young woman. I saw the left side of her face. The wind was blowing the cape about her. She was clutching at her lyit, which had feathers on it. She wasplump, and her fresh, clean appearance showed she was from the country. “She stoc# in front of my store. I 1 Jackson and the dark young man came I into my store. AH »my conversation 1 was with the dark young man.” “I object to what was said,” exi claimed Crawford, but he was over- ; ruled. . | I The witness then went on to say that ' the dark complexioned man inquired if I there was a skiff ferry at the foot of j Washington street, Belluvum=—<■ 1 "I said no. He bought a cigar and ; the ffwo went out. They and the girl ; went east toward Dayton. The dark | voung man asked what was the most | ; direct way to Walnut Hills. I saidby-l the Dayton ferry.” I “Did” you see. Jackson and Availing and the'lady after that when they were in front of your store?” 1 : ‘‘Fes, sir.” -, ‘*Tien?” I "On Washington avenue going toward i ' - ‘.'Now, Where is your store?” I "Corner of Washington and Fairfield l avenues.” • "How long afterward was this from the time they left your store?” "About a half hour.” The druggist then identified Jackson ! as the man, the , ]>risoner looking the I i-Witness square in the eye. I f Miss Kate. Holmes and Jolip Foster also"testified to having seen Jackson, Walliug and a blonde young woman in Belleyue on the day before the murder, ’ Witnesses Joseph Kuegel and Lie.u- --: tenant Renkert of the police force told of the incidents regarding the. bloody valise, which was left/in the former s saloon by Jacksoii, and«the identification of the muddy trousers found by the officer. , Last Fatal Mistake. One of the most touching incidents i of the day’s proceedings was the statement of Traincaller Pat Kinney of the Grand Central depot, who said regarding Alonzo Walling: “I saw him iji the lower waitingroo'm of the depot on the :: liej-mron of Friday, Jan. 31, 1896, aboiii 2:15 o’clqck. He was sittiifg on.the last seat .with a-ypiiiig i lady, a blonde. Slid was crying nnd. j held a White handkerchief inlier hand till the time, and-she cried all the time for'two hours'. I-knew the girl wasjy , some kind of trouble. I eral trains, but they did not go anywhere. About 4:10 o’clock Walling get up, the girl following him. They left the station, going out the Third street entrance/ 1

— 117 '1 "Did a' train leave tor Groencaatm i ■ while they w ere there?” I "Yes sir, u train left for Indianapolis at 3 o'clock." "Was the jijrl crying all the time she was there?” "Yi's. sir.” "What attracted you attention to the couple?” “Well, I tell you, it was the girl’s fears. I felt sorry for her. Shu seemed to bo in so much trouble.” "Are you sure tho man with tho girl was Walling?” "Yes, sir; lam sure. 1 sav him later at the jail. He is the same man." Kinney identified tho photograph of Pearl Bryan as that of the girl in the station with Walling I Tho theory is that Pearl Bryan wont 1 to the dejxit that afternoon to take the I train to Indiamqiolis mid that Walling persuaded her not to go. They left the I depot together. The recital of this evi--1 deii'-e brought tears to the eyes of Pearl Bryan's mother, who was sitting inside I the bar. far removed from the sight, of | tiie jury. Tlyb evidemiAviis intended: ! to supplement and tit into that given by ■ ' Air. Pinkark, in-which he related about 1 seeing Walling come out of the Atlantic garden with a blonde girl iviittlo after i nixnron Jan. -34, stopiiuig-a-while. iu-J College street, when* Jackson stood in i front of the pair talking and gesticuiat- - ing with great earnestness. Other evidence was with regard to tho valise and the finding of u lady 's handkerchief on the person of the ac- j cased at the time of his arrest. These ! ami tint hat identified as Pearl Bryan’s t were put in evidence. Newport, Ky.. April 28.—-Not only I was every available seat in the court- I room filled- before the court convened, ' but the ix’cupancy of standingroom in narrow passages was permitted. Ten ; witnesses were examined, 52 up to the present time. Altieh time was devoted I ! to debating by couuselj A’anv qiic-tions I during the day offered by the romnion- _! j wealth v. e-re ruled out. number of ' object-oils by the d- sense overruled was I too great to enumerate: Twice during ! ' the day the .jury was required to retire . I during debate. F'-r tliefirst tinuidiii 1 - i jug the trial tiie court gave i.otiee to ' xyonien to retire because the letters of ' Will Wood to Scott Jacks >ll were not jireper for them to hear. It has been the ixiiicy of tiie prosecution tp bring 1 out the bhxidy garm-mts of the dead' ' girl every <iav since me trial, and tiiis 1 vx as adhered to. Detective Crim's Testmiony. 1 The first witness called by the state was Detective Cal Crim. In response 1 to the questions of the state, he said: ! "I am a'detective and was detailed on ; the Pearl Bryan murder case. I went to the spot where the body was found 1 ;ou Saturday, Feb. 1. Detective Ale- ' . Dermott and Sheriff Plummer were ' with me.” On the witness being asked i ! to describe what he found on the spot, ! ! the first objection of the morning came ' j from Colonel Cniwford, but'it was overruled. The detective described the blixid spots ou the ground. "There were blood* drops on the leaves,” he said. “Mr. AlcDennott placed his finger under the leaves, and his finger was stained red, I think, by blood. I took one of j these leaves, and I have it in my possession uoW.” The leaf was examined by counsel and by the jury and was placed in evidence by the state., Continuing, the witness said: “I have carried that leaf in a bixik since I plucked it. I also discoxw-red out at the spot where the body was found two spots of blood —one bn the bank. There was also an impression as if some one had sat on the bank. I also found some foot tracks. They were made by a rub- j her shoe. The foot was a small sizt— j I probably a woman’s.” Pearl Bryan 1 wore rubbers when her bixiy was discovered. The rubbers were in the court, and, being shoxvn to the witness, he testified . that he believed the tracks he saw wore I made by those rubbers. The witness | also described the. blood on the privet bushes, saying that it hung from the j leaves in drops, coagulated. Continu--1 ing he said: "I made a search of scott ■ Jackson’s room on Feb. 9. I found a, pair of lady’s stockings. A trank con- I tained a lot of letter’s addressed to | Scott Jackson. There was a lady’s ! pocketb(x>k in the trunk. In a closet I | also found a cap.” The cap and stock- | I ings were produced and identified. The ' detective further said: “I found two pairs of white gloves in the room.” The proceedings were delayed while the jurymen-examined the gloves carei fully and finally handed to the stenographer. The examination • pi-weeded. ! The witness said: "I found some I I handkerchiefs in the room back of the I trunk—two or three lady’s hankerchiefs, j I also founda lady’s pocketbook.” This was idehtified and placed in evidence, I together with a small piece of goldchain found inside. Jncksoji’s Statements. The witness was then asked what Jackson did or said, but this brought out an objection from the defense. The objection was overruled and he proceeded: "Jackson said tliat he believed that ! Availing had killed the girl. He said I that he had promised Walling SSO to I perforin an operation on Pearl Bryan, I and he sent for tjje girl. He believed that Walling killed her. To this Walling replied, in Jackson’s presence: ‘You krrowLyou lie. You know you killed the girl yourself.’ Walling also said that 1 Jackson had given the girl cocaine, and I he told us where we could go and find 1 the druggist who sold the drug. Walling said that he met Jackson a few days before their arrest. Jackson had a paper in his hand, and said: ‘I see these damned detectives are on these shoes. They will get us into trouble yet,’ He said that next day he saw Jackson, who said: ‘Those detectives have gone to Greencastle. Things are looking damned blue for us.’ To this statement of Walling’s Jackson replied:,, ‘That’s a lie; you know it’s a lie.’ ” Colonel Crawford made a motion to strike ofit of the record all this testimony. Colonel Nelson, in opposing the motion, said that in this case incriminating cirmSmstances had been confused with ctfifessions. He argued that JackSou had accused Walling and tliat Walling had accused'Jackson, and there was nothing in the transaction in the nature of a confession. He said that not one of the sfate’s witnesses, not even .Tn dir a Caldwell, had testified to a confession of either Jackson or Walling. He thought the conduct of these two defendants toward each other Should gq - • 1 ’ - — ' l ■ . a

1 iicwiro rnc’jury, uoioniu ixeison arguoa" this mafteijfor 2t> minutes. Testimony Killed Out. Judge Holm in deciding tho point, said: "1 am of the opinion that this testimony should not go to llm jury. 1 The defendant is entitled to have all witnesses .sworn, and it seems Io mo tho admission of whatever Wullifig has said is clearly incimipetent.” . I Cohnmt Nelson t hen asked of Dotectivo Crim: "Will you tell us what part of the statement of Walling Jackson denied, ami when he denied it?” Another long argument here followed, but the witness said that Jack Son said that all of Walling’s statements were untrim. Continuing ho said: “Jackson said that he and Walling had thrown away Pearl Bryan’s clothing, and ti skirt and a pair of curling irons in a coat, and Wal’ing wrapped up the lumierelothes. He said (hey went I 1 t > tho Newport bridge and threxv tho ! i things over. I’ii-y made 4-xvo trips to ; i the riv’er. 1 heard t! 1 • conversation ; ! next morning. We diAnothing to I | mako Jackson talk.” * i Tiie cr is.s-exnmination brought out, tho I,tel that Crim took Jackson I'roniJ '■ the Cell to the mayor’s olliee. At its 1 cpnclusiort Colonel Crawford argued to support his objection to the introdue- I I tion of testimony as to what Jackson I had said. The witness then told of I Jackson's telling nliout getting rid of I j the clothes and throwing his coat in the j I sewer. He said; I "Jackson gave no reason for getting 1 | rid of these things.” In an argument I | by Colonel Crawford, as to the impro- ; i priety of a question put to the witness by ; Colonel Neison, Crawford said: “1 re- ' gard it as highly important that these ' witnesses shall be given no intimation : of what is expected to be proved by ' them. 1 don’t bar any of them from Chief Deits.’h down.” I The witness then detailed a statement ’ made by Walling about Jackson. It . was all struck out of the record, ami tiie ! judge warned Co'onel Nelson to be careful what qaesrions'he ::ske<[the witm ss. ; Tiie xvitm- s then said: “Jackson and | Walling xx’er 1 brought into tiie pres, lieu i ' of the Jie.idless woman brought from ; Ft. Thomas. Wallitig said: "I have eyerv reason io believe that Jackson kilfed her.' Jackson, that body is that of Pearl Bryan. I guess it is becaii.■•..• I can s"e her relat'ves here.’ He also said: T beliex'O \\ ailing I killed-hor.”' Ilcanl Over the Telephone. C l -ntinuiiig, the witness saidj “The prisoners, xvheti arrested ami plTteed jn , the public building of Cincinnati, were i placed in cells close together. There 1 was a partition between them. They I could talk together. 1 heard a conversation betxveen them.” In reply to Col- ! onel Crawford he said: “It was a sensi- , five coll, by an arrangement of tele- j I phones invisible to tlio men in the cells , 1 everything that was said could be heard . upstairs. It is not very-easy to hear upI stairs xvhlft was said in- the cell. The ! apparatus used is new. Ido not know ' if the apparatus was ever tried on any ‘ other prisoners. The prisoners were brought to the jail by myself. I was acting under Chief JJeitsch’s orders. The chief said he had all the arrangements. No one said anything to the prisoners about the secret apparatus. I know I I did not. It was our purpose to keep them in ignorance of the an’iingeinents. They were brought -to the Cincinnati jail after the order of court had been made giving the prisoners into tho hands of the Kentucky authorities.” u Colonel Crawford tried'to get the testimony of the witness ruled out, but the, judge held that it was competent. When the witness testified that he had not heard all the conversation, Judge Helm stopped him and sent for some text--1 bqoks which he consulted on the subI ject. He held that the witness might testify. „ Detective Crim, in response fl; a question from Colonel Nelson, "Tell what you heard them say,” replied: "Jackson , said. ‘Fred is all right.’ Walling said, 1 ‘I wonder how they are going to take -X i us over the river?’ Jackson said, ‘Any old way.’ Walliug said, ‘You’re, all right, old boy. Stand pat. You have played your part well.’ Then the prisoners talked low, and I could not hear them. Jackson also told Walling to I stand pat when he got over tho river. I I remember going doxvrt to South Bend ■ for Will Wood. I was on the train comI ing here with him.” I “I’ll ask you if Wood’s uncle was with him?” asked Colonel Nelson. “I object.” said Colonel Cranford. “Arc we going to try Wocxl in this ease too?” Tire obje<*ion being ovemilcd. Continuing, the witness said: "I saw Dr. McGee hand Will Wood a letter.” Jvi objection was niMlc to the continua- ; tion of the testimony along this line. The objection was sustained, ami. the I wit ness was then handed over to the defense. Colonel Crawford had theI testimony of the witness before the coroner. He questioned him as to one or two discrepancies in the fAvo statements. The witness was then pxcused. Saloonkeeper’s Testimony. John W. Ligner, a, saloonkeeper, testified that he knew Jackson ami Walling. Jacksoil frequently drank beer at his place. He said: "He came in one 1 Saturday night and asked me., to take care of a- sachel for him. He left it there until about It) o’clock Sunday evening’, when he came and got it. (In the following Monday, night- he brought it again and left it a few hours. a I did not handle the valise,” Witness identified the valise. He said furt her: "Mrs. MeDevee’s house, where i Jackson and Walling roomed, was right 1 across thewtreet from my place. Jackson was in my saloon the night of arrest. He came in for a pitcher of beer.” llarvy Hays ■of Greencastle',' Ind., testified as to Pearl Brsgn’s shoes ami Lieutenant Safferans Detective McDemiitt also gave a another description of the immediate surroundings of the corps early aftey it was Newport, Ky., April 29.—The public evidently expected sensations in yester--1 day's testimony. JThe courtruan and ■ the streets in its vicinity were croxvded. The sheriff had to use measures to keep the crowd in the corridors from pressing the door to the courtroom. Many persons from a distance were present, among those Rpv.-Dr. T. A. Fulleyton, of Georgetoxvn, D. C. It was expected that George H. Jpckson, the colored cab driver, would testify in the forenoon. That sensation was jiostp“ned till after? noon. When it did take place, the songation did not-coine up ■

Eleven witnesses were examined during ’ the day anti probably tho pnwocutiou will require nil of today. Edward Anthony, an Enquirer ro1 porter wits the first witness in the morning and testified regarding the finding of Scott. Jackson’s coat in tho sewer. The witness was positive the coat wan , wrap)»od in a paper of a date a month prior to the arrest. Lieutenant Sa ffarans was recalled and answered a few questions regarding ground where the body was found. FeK«l«r (lot DntrH Mixed. The next witness was William Fegnlor, a shipping clerk for the John Church company. He said he know; Walling. Saw him on b'eb. 28. Colonel Nelson told him to get, his dates night. The witness said, in reply to quesr tions: “I lake aJa Jy pa)> t everyday. I I rend about the Ft. I’liomas murder ou ; Alareh 1,1 think.” This caused a laugh, i and,tho couit threatened to clear the | courtroom. The witness w’as so inistoht 1 that lie had seen Walling on Feb. 28 that tho court, in spite of objection of tho defense, explained to the witness •- ! that the body was found on Saturday, ' Jan. 31. With this information tit* ! - witness got together in his facts. He I said: "I saw Walling tit about noon. I I could see him very plainly. He was I standing by a window. There was a ' young lady with him. She had on a black hut.” He identified Pearl Aryan’s j ' hat. “When they left they walked I toxvard Fourth struct. The woman I seemed to do the talking. I have sinco ! seen the man in jail. lam certain it J was Walling. The girl seemed to be in 4 trouble.” Onarles S. Vickers. Complaint clerk of the Cincinnati police department, Dr. E. N. French, and Detective Witt were I also examined during the forenoon. I The letters of Scott Jackson to Pearl | Bryan extending from early in until the middle of November, t hat year, were presented to show that lie was 1 lo cping up an acquaintance with that J ' ladv. Liveryman .11'Ulen’s Story. I Th.) principal evidence in the after- ' noonxxas ih.it 'yf Chester Mullen, the | : liveryman who testith d tiiat lie hired a „ c;.b on J:in.*3l to Alonzo Walling and 1 tl.at it was kejff out u >arly II night. William C.issidy, a bu ■) t, testified I that on Jan. 31, about- two holies, after j midnight, he wa- driving across tho bridge from Cincinnati to Newport and w as closely.-pressed by a cab drawn by a grey horse driven as if it was in a groat i hurry, toxvard Newport. Negro Jackson I’estifies. George li. Jackson, the colored cab I driver, related the story of his trip from i Cincinnati to the place of the murder ;is 1 the driver of the cab ami identified aJ : Walling as the man who sat beside - ■ Tho cross-examination was not as seI vere as the public had anticipated. It elicited some imints that theprosecu- li tion failed to bring out. He said: "Friday night. Jan. 31, at 8 o’clock, I left McGregor avenue, Alt. Auburn, and I weni to 1 Smith court, where I dialled I the Caldwell guards. "I turned the guards over to theJlieu- I tenant. It was then about 11 >ls o’clock." He went on with two white men of Company K. First regiment, he said. “I saw Walling,” he continued, "at about 11:30 p. m. As I was walking along George and Elm M ailing came to us and asked: ’Who wants to makess?’ 1 ‘What doing?' I said. “He said, ‘driving about a square be- ’ yond the Newport bridge.’ I told him that I’d take the job. I asked him •where his $5 was, and he said I ought to do the job first. I said ‘all right.’ He said he had a sick patient he wanted to take over. “He went up Elm street. I waited about half an hour, when carriage drove up. I drove down Elm to Third, then to Broadway amt then to the Newport bridge. Just then the man who I hired me got up beside me to direct the ' way. Sheriff Plummer was put upon the 'stand to describe the situation where the body was found and to relate some 1 intervjexvs he had had with the prisoners, which failed to bring out any confession. The last witness was Air. Bryan, father of the dead girl, who testified* I that Pearl Bryan was visited by Jack- ’ son, and that she was his sole housekeeper during the absenseof Mes. Bi-yan in New Alexico with an invalid daughter. The story of the negro cab driver did not-differ from that told by him on or j about-Feb. 10, when he first made it ; known. ~ Jack Hon Getting Anxious. Scott Jackson is growing anxious on the point as to whether or not he will be called on the stand. He asked his attorney, Colonel Oraxvford, what the intention was in this respect. fCrawford told him that it would depend al- ’ together on the cjuiracter of the testi- v 7 inony yet to be submitted by the prose- j cution. 'j The prisoner has aged in the last few days as perceptibly as an ordinary man ; ’ umier ordinary circumstances would in | as many years. The lines in his face t have deepened. He flushesmore deeply i than he'did. ,| Detective Witte, whp is a face expert, says that he has. watched Jackson care- ! fully since his arrest. Re looks 10 years | older today, the detective thinks, than « he did on the night of Feb. 5, when he | Was arrested. 1 Ramsey Washington, one of the at- | torneys for the prosecution, said yester- „ .1 day tliat the last witness for the state I would probably be heard sometime to- - I day. Alost of the evidence for the defense , i is in the form of depositionsand their h presentation will not take as much time . the testimony for the prosecution. - I unknown man found dead. His Body Found Covered With. Underbritsh by lliuitri’s. Decatur, Ills., April 27.—The body of a man has been found in the woods east ■, Os the city. It was covered .by. leitvxis. •' I Three men hunting stumbled over itA- ' Tho body had evidently been there several months. It was carefully cov- , ered with leaves, and sticks were placed, on top "to hold them down. In one yxicket was a loaded revolver. Tho clothing was that of a workingman, dressed for a cold winter day. There was nothing to indicate, the man’s identity. Apparently he had boon killed byblows On ..the head. There were no ' valuables inthe. pockets. It is believed that the man was murdered for Ins i in ney by Tr,imps. n J