Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1896 — Page 6

TOLD HIS OLD STORY Scott Jackson Says He Did Not Seo Pearl After Wednesday. TELLS OF HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS. Ills Coining to Di-eohcn.llo mid First Ao11>1 a »<■«• 1 With tho Deceased -lalmn M ood linlueed •><’>' to Visit Cincinnati. Admits Taking Her Io Wallingford’* 'saloon Letters Wore Head. Newport, Ky., May 1. — Only one witness was examined yesterday and he was Scott Jackson. All forenoon and Mfteniooii, with very little questioning, he told how lie did not murder Pearl Bryan aim how Walling must have done the whole thing himself. His r.tatemeut admitted his partnership in the scheme that brought Pearl Bryan ■<> (Jiirjinun for an unlawful purpose, tniu also an active complicity with 'Walin.':-. in dropping the murdered girl s i. 'othiE uno the Ohio river. His at:entp- ' explain why he was active in r.miicg ihe g;r! s clotfftng is look’d upon by ir - ,iy attorneys as. lame. .f.irksoii's Cbilliood liars. . j, .-kso-i .•AiTital begat' wit ii his yoiith*f u] 'i-.f. lei Hi: hu'.v he !ia. I live lup to the > .i. of bis a i rival in Gio-ii.-inile, where ho m.-t l'e u-1 Bryan daring the holidays ,>f ; • . o he bad been unreduced by \\ 1; I - ,j had Known Wood since >: continued tha wi-tn.-ss. “I only saw Pearl ■-,,* luring the holidays.- I saw her > miy dnrii.,- t lie mg and -emm. r mIS'.A She i.ved about a half ndle -<:ilh of town I '.is net al her >i,,,|.e moi ■ t han -' V E •> • • ghtJHH -s. I 'did t.o' Sm her at 1 ndiamq: jli;. 1 did see her ni the oratorical .coiii'--t nt English’s opera house on Al,nidi. Will Wood had arranged lot-fits to meet. I met Wood at the college. 1 took him to my house. He - ii.... Ik-m-I ami Minnie are down here today They want to see yon. ’. I only went in Pearl s house seven or eight times. TV i: i \\ ood told me of an intimacy be-tw-en him and Pearl itryan. He asked ?>v-oiie d.-iv: 'Why don’t you come up to sre Pearl 'more' 2 ’ He slid, 'lt’.s a gooff Thing ' 1 told min not to tall; that way. Told of PeirlS Trouble. I “When I came to I'ineinnati 1 went to J tits 'allege there. lat ’otided lectures reg- I wdarly up to Ihe Christmas holidays. I went home for the holidays. I stayed with 111'5” mot het.’’ “Jackson, did you ever have improper j relations with Pearl Bryan - " “Yes. sir.” ' “When” '‘During the Christmas holidays.” Continuing lie said: “I had never done St before. 1 had a conversation with Dr. | 9•Jh : .in whi-h 1 was told of Pearl ißr .-trouble. , In letters I had received , tfivdit Wilt Worn! he had told me " Then, interrupted with objections and j wj-ai,gangs i-y the a;; yrnev.-. the accused , Told"! i.-rtee- that, had passed between !• Silin:- if -:-d ’wood and admitted - that-he 1 Had supplied the latter with two prescrip- : lions .■)“ ns. d by Miss Bryan. These ! liiiving m oved inueffectual, he said, lie had ' after mm b solicitation agreed to secure a l no .’con'd help Wood out of his i { ?*-, 1 - it ■ , Tais friend was Alotizo Waljjng, •a.t:d W.'iwl i; forward sent’ the girl to ('in- ; •dim.,": ) Ilure movements he said: ! :,t .--nd b r. i got a message by a I boy a the denWi. allege, when I was at ier-tar- I have no; the note he brought: it is lost. 1 sliowed it to Air. V ailing. That afti-rmum I wits out with Pearl, and 1 took ‘out the note and said: "You have not imjjrovr.l vour writing much.’ In response totlg note, I instructed the boy to tell 'tMissStanley’l‘d come down. The note was signed. Afiss Stanley.' I went to lecture. Mr Walling and myself went to the Indiana House, h went to room H 4. I ' found Pearl Bryan there. I had a”con- [ with her. I stayed there six or i ■s-'vn minutes. 'I took her valise, went •ant. I took 'the large valise. I Went to ’ HeidcrT restaurant. I met Walling there. Wi- took lunch and then went to my room. Is. bank ttie valise and put it in my closet, i 1 bad talks with Walling_about getting a iwm for Miss Bryan. AYalling said, ■‘What made Wood send her down here in «a«:h a hu: ry?; He said lie would have to hustle and find :j place for heli, Mo’vemeiits In Cincinnati. '“I next saw .Miss Bryan at 2 o’clock . Tuesday af-ternoon at l?a(;e s-treetsl I was alone. She amT Twalked' t.roimd the city.’ We went into various : Stores. I pointed out the points of inter- j t I left her at ■ 4:30 and went to my room. I arrange'! to meet her at oo’clock. | .5 ," :.' t' d for Walling. He came and said : Xba< A" had been mini. ,Y-o get a place for I P- I miw h'-r aftiiiT:.,. k. I had.left I eg at Wallingford’s s:u-. ,ti. [tool; </,; Bryan there. We w -nt into a wine- I - Tom, md-sat at a table; site took i drink,.'. 3 ■ v the oi-.h-i- tbi-re to an Italian barAlter’ti" drink we went out. I ■siw. ’■■. t-n in Wallingford's before with 'W /kmg. j b<:i*wiy,etl. soine money from • ’ : .V ■ g,*ord. He gave me silver. 1 paid :>> >. i; u-.k After, leaving Walhifgf‘ -on T’livsd.iy night we walked around u v : de. ami. W.uling leit us. Pearl a-nd I t rek a .\orww-id car and rode to Waimtt Isdib We gm-back at 10 o'clock. Whon '■ l got bar!; I took, her to Heider's restail-. She went U> the'-Indiamf llou.se and 4’ .vent to my room. '.\ : ext, morning ,j attended lectures. I : : fear' at lift) at Tta'ee'aaid Enurtb. .i t.'.-, was our meeting pla.ee -1 made an sq .."inlmmit wi:h her for Walling. Then 2'ivgjit to dinner. Afterward I went to m .-room. 1 next saw Pearl Bryan, or the .body of Miss Brian, in the mwi-gue. Her tubtber. brother and sister TO-re there. ’With Ihe except ion of the time 1 sa,w the ii’cdy, I have never seen Pearl Bryan since saw her on Wednesday at. Race and Fourth.” Denial of State's Kvjdence. g The witness then proceeded 'to make deSjial of having been either on the kicking q?ike or in Bdllevue'oii Tuesday-.or Friday, isaying he never went there, nor did Pearl jßryan. He entered general demal to the istatepient.s that he had been in the Ken- ; tucky places named or under thecircumStances meiniom-d in prosecuting evidence. 'The prisoner said that on the afternoon,of Friday be went Io call Ou a young lady Iriemi. He did not want to tell her name, buying: “I'd like to. keep her name but of thw if 1 could.” Being informed that he would have to Answer. Jackson said: “It was Miss-.llat-tLi£ (iaiiz. I spent air hour with her and •went back to, my* ioom, J left it to get vrne ink.’ M'heri 1 went back 1 stayed -'until morning.“ Jackson 'iti*call.e<l. “After get.liiigjhii.iiik 1 ret.urited to my nxmi intendjirg to write, but did nobdo tiij. Walling and 1 siarti.-d to play“t-tjfd9. Fred Albion anti aiuiliier barber named J I'Tajik came in. Albion weht. after some . .beer. We, played cards and chatted until , 10:30, then I retired. "The’other-Ihive left the. room a-nd vvhat t inw W illing.came —— cfee-k-l. kti ow, as 1. wa..-, ,;>.iei.p, —Ua# coining just parti:, aroused me. “ — “SaTnrdny ntoruini' 1 arose, aboiit 10 440-YkwJiA. U',4.<ae. &

for a letter from mv mother with antno ' money. Went to Heider's alter that, I think'. Saw Dr. Rittler after 1 had allied. Was at the college at 12i30 to treat a patient. Did the necessary work lor prep iria tooth. Aitor that I remained until i after rollenll and then took my dental ’ tools at about .I P m. and went, back to , the college from Ninth street. Shortly after Walling eame in ami we went out for a walk before supper. Did not -u Walling after Wednesday afternoon until Thursday kfiernoon at the college. l. In telling of gettingmoney from his mothe? the prisoner said: “1 was short of | money and sent home for some. i_ went I into Wailingford's saloon with Mailing • Monday night. My mother had only sent t me SI, all she -had to spare. It capie as a bill. I wrotedhat 1 would have to have ■ money to pay my board, and she then sent i a check for sl4 I went to Mr. Fields and got it cashe.l Saturday evening “Saturday evening I went to I’heobald s , saloon and paid the bartender -51 1 had borrowed. Then we went to Hodder's for ’ Supper. There i read an account of the i finding of a headless woman at l-ort Thomas. Told Walling what I had read ( • and he said he did not want to see or hear [ anything about it, but wanted to go to the room before 1 had finished my meal. M e ' t hen went, to our room and \\ .-tiling pro- ■ , dm-ed .t bundle and said: ‘Throw these , away. Jack. "’ “What for?” I asked. i “Never mind,'', lie answered, “about that time. 1 was panic stricken. ‘ Tlmn ' , take this valise.' W.illitig said‘and Hie i I bundle and throw them in the river. 1 I did so. I walked out on the suspension’' T bridge and there were a good many peo I pie there. The bundle became partly undone. I walked farther. Then when 1 got a chance 1 th#cw rhe bundle away 1 ! did npt see a chance to throw the valise I away, as I thought, and I took i: baeii, \Vli U the Bundle Coni allied, ' . -“It was ;.' -i* <> o'clock when I went ‘ dowuTo tue bi :.me. When I got b.iek to Legner’s il "as Jami ■ p. m. hen Hie • bundle cam? op.'fr’l noticed lady s under- : wear in it." | “After 1 left '‘Begmr's I went to the Palace hotel mid 1 s iw Wailing l e-re. He I lia-I--got rid el bi' bmi.ile aomi.liow. 1 don't [know how. We met a tel low by the mime : of Scott,and went to tile theater that '■ night.” ; Tell more fully -what happened in the rest eurant. '■' I “Well, when I bought a paper and saw : abod't the finding ot ■ the body i said: ■ 'Great hgaveuk!-what is this. Wailing?' He said not to read it out loud: that he [ didn't want to hear about it ‘there. 1 : said: ‘Tills can't be your wprk, is it.' lie I sai.l: 'I don't know anything alsi'iy it.’ I I asked more questions, and he .s.iid: ‘I I threw it overlxiard.• There, will that do i you?’” ’ | Crawford asked what Wa+ling said ! about buying a room for the girl. “Wallilig said if he did the work, it | would have to be done on the sty’eet. I j told him I guessed we could agree to-t hat. ■ < He said he didn't want anyone to know t where the girl's room was." Not Cross-Examined. i The iwHounceineiit of the proseeutiou i at tit*; close of Scott Jackson’s testimony ‘ that “the conunoinVealth will m.-i erossI examine this witness” was made at 4:45 p’cltK'k. Court then adjourned. The main purpose of the defense to prove an alibi by‘Scott Jackson will be supported, i if possible, by the testimony of other witnesses. Jackson stated that hetlid I not know Pearl Bryah in Cinciti’ i : tj.il Tuesday, Jan. 2b, when he re- | i eeived a note from her nt the dental i college inviting him to visit her. i All the fi-si imoiiy of tdie witnesses, Mrs. ; Weeks, the spiritualist~medium: Mr. i Pmkard, wiio saw'hull and Willing with Pearl Bryan on College street the 'day 'beftire the murder, and of Foertmyer,‘ who saw him in Kentucky with i the girl shortly before the murder, he I empathicaiiy brimded untrue. He admits taking Pearl Bryan to Wallinford's saloon in the tenderloin district, but says it was oil Tuesday night, Jan 2b, insteiul of Friday, Jan 31, the nigjit be- i fore the, murder, as testified by Wallingford. He said Walling agreed to relieve ; the girl secretly and when all was over and she was fit to be returned home would turn her over to the ' witness. He says he took her valise, : the one - afterward found stained i inside with blood, carried it to his room on Tuesday afternoon, tried to return it on Wednesday, but could not ■ find -Walling, to whom he intended to ' give it. He said that on Saturday night ' of’ the day the body was .found he and Walling dropped some clothing into the river which V\ ailing without further explanation told him was unsafe to i keep in tbeir.rqom. When he made in- i quiry about the matter Walling told , him to ask no questions. His explana- I tioii of his shifting that valise around i was very- awkward. When called to | ; explain why he participated in hiding i i Pearl Bryan’s clothing he said he was I : actuated by fear that the part he had i I taken to bring ' her here to save Will , I Wood might implicate him. !. ~ ’ i. Minister W illis Seriously 111. f - San Fraxcisco, May- 1.--Albert S. ' - Willis. United States ’minister to Ha- | ' waii, is seripasiy ‘HI at a local iioiel. ■ After his arrival from Honolulu a week I ago he was too p-oorly io continue on his ; iimrney witliout a rest. lii a day or two ; his physii-i ins ionnd that the minister | was sirivkeii v, itn piieumoniu and for ' ' several days his condilion has been cun- ' j giacred precarious. Although reported ' j better last evening he is not yet out of ' ’! (iaiJger. Jealousy OatiM'S a Murder. Hkndersox-. Ky., -May 1. —Robert j Ward,living, near Jb-nsliaWj Ky., yes- ; tei'day family shot his wife and them j suicided by snooting himself. Mrs. j Ward was attractive and only 20 years : ■I old. Ward .was. .40-years old and' very I jealous. _ On' account of his jealousy’ he j wanted his wife .to move to Stiu’giss, j ami when site refused to , consent to ; ■ moving he shot her and himself. '. Illness of Airs; Booth-Tucker. San Fr ancisco, May 1. —Mrs. BoothTticker, consul of Salvation Army, is ( .very low but her attendants believe that : she will recover. All her engagements on the Pacific coast have been cancelled by the preemptory orders of her medical attendants and she will make no effort to visit tile northwyst-, going di- -■ rectly to New Y ork as soon as she is able. Cohl Drivers' Strike Ended. I PITTSBV.Im, .Ajay 1. — The strike of J drivers at tlrp piines in she ‘Tom Run field, pvhaii tjii ey ino diggers idle, is ended. A; oin of i|.p- largest meetings 7 Z-v-er ii io i-L-rt'id President' Patrick Dolan .s'-i<-iiiay cxplamed'-'to the strikers thy ijij isHee ol"ihpir claim and [ all agi'i'e ta reyirn to work. New RiiJ ( -s I'yyOltei- I: linters. j Wasuingiox, May I.—'The secretary, a of t lieAreasury has newcirctilar 8 .....t0 govern vessels employed.in s’ol,ter hunting during 0 the season of PsTU ’ » A i , .../to ~ “

TRIAL PROCEEDINGS Interest Does Not Abate Nor the Crowd Diminish. SEVERAL DEPOSITIONS ARE READ Defense Endeavoring to Drove by Expert Testimony That the liirl Was Killed I’niiitentionally Also That tlie Decapitation Took Place Aft** Death —Making a Hard Fight. Newport, Ky., May 2.—The proceedings in the trial of Scott Jackson yesterday were loss' exciting than those of ; Thursday, yet the interest in it did not abate or did the. crowd of speetutois diminish. j This interest extends to the courthouse corridors and the neighboring streets and throngs them with people. There were 50 women in the courtroom yesterday." Morning, noon and night, . as the prisoner passes between the courtroom and the jail, throngs, mostly women and children, gather to ca-tcll a glimpse of him. , Last night there were nearly 200in the crowd, ni luding hall a dozen infants in baby wagons, a lot cii bareIn aded ld.ii' givl-i, ex''reising onroller • skates, and ni. n imt over a s.-o;e. The children stoi> and star’’ in s lent wonder at the prisoner as h? is led by mid ail words t v their eldeis are spoKen m undertones. Euibalyier I milled. The first w.itiiv if called was Vi'. K. Ab bott. He s lid: “l ain an etiibalnier am! funi-r.'il diryitor. I have studied 'it, and. ; I have rec. .vi-ii diplomas —one from Boston. and one from Brooklyn. I was called upon in February of-this year to embalm' ' a treaille-s body, supposed to be Pearl Br\ • an's. 1 made an incision in tile arterie-. 1 had to tie .-11 the .arteries, and flush them first. I had Io get out Hie blood. I got out about a quart from Hie arteries. I did notice a cut on the left hand, I saw no cut on I lie thumb. The cut loitked as if it bad been iifirile by a knife. It looked to me as if the sore was old. I worked on the neck almost an hour. I know tint’, there is more blood in the veinsafterdeath than there is la-fore. The blood leaves the arteries at death and goes into the veins. Sometimes we have to flush the veins to get the blood. A fleshy "person will give two quarts and a half of blood. A thin person will not give so mneh. I saw a markon the body, showing that a liyperderinic injection had been made, under the ieft breast. I called the attention of a pliysieiaii to the mark. A hyperd-rune injection always leavesa little scar. I was called for by the prosed ion, but they did not use. me.” M itin »s acknowledged that he has been drinking for several days, but denied being drunk. City Physician Test Hies. | The next witne.-s was Hr. I’ranK Clark. He said: ..’.‘J am one.oi-the city physicians. Have Ee-.-n shiee. 151 M. I have hall a good deal of experk-hce in earing for wounds. I get many itch Tne jail is in my district. I saw the headless body of a an at White’s undertaking place on S iturrtay. 1 i xjim-i-ned the body? 1 did not see the embalming done. I saw a vessel full of blood in the room. Isawthe feural artery opened iind the cuts on the hands. The cut on the ieft hand Covered two fingers, -ft looked as if it had been... made after death. There was/ nothing there that looked as if it was niatle in lit'-. 1 I saw a vaccination scar on the left arm. ; I saw the scar of a hyperdermic injection. : There was evidence of inflammation. That puncture had iieen made in life.” ( More Expert Evidence. Colonel Crawford called Dr. Jeanzen. On direct examination the witness said: “My name is John Jeanzen. lam a physician, t>s years old. I live in Newport, Ky. I am a graduate of Royal College of i Physicians and Surgeons, Lotidoii, En- I gland. I have practiced in Terre Haute, ' ; Ind., arid in Louisville, Ky. ,J was an army surgeon during the war from 1861 to 1860. After the war 1 pract iced inTennes- | see. 1 was employed by the Cnited States, government until 1*869. Since then I have i been in Newport. A dead body will re- 1 ' main warm usually mugjt longer when ; I death is sudden. When .they die from ’ I heart disease they have stayed warm as i long ns six days. It is nothing extrabrd- ' inary for a body to remain warm two days. 1 The effect on coagulation of the blood of a I body remaining warm is to retard the I coagulation. It is not unusual for blood ' to remain liquid in the body for two or 1 thrve davs.” i Tile doctor explained how this might tie :at some length. He said that th.e eilect of 1 death by asphyxiation was varying, it ' depended largely oil how the asphyxiation was produced. ■, ' The cioctorsaid: “It would take* at least ten minutes to make a skillful deenpitatjon. A bhngling job could be done in i les.-, lime. Dvciipitation requiresa skillful operator, it .it is to be well done. A bung- , j ler will mutilate the remains. If a person were dec,-ipitaled in life, die lilood would , spurt out for eight, or ten feet in large j quantities. 1 1 would mltke,a large pool. [ Dr. Davis’ Opinion. The next witness eiilled was Dr. F. E. • Davis. He 'saiil: “My name is I’. E. ! Davis. lam a physician. 1 saw the body ' of the headless woman- -at White's underi taking place. I>. was about 11 o’clock 1 Feb. 1. The body had liee.n there half an | ' hour. I made "a cursory examination of ! the body. 1 saw a cut on the left hand, i I saw no cut on the thumb.” He then de- ■ scribed the wounds. He said: "They j i looked like old cuts. ‘I here Was little rei traction in the wounds on the hand. There I was considerable retraction in the skin ' ttihd muscles ot the neck. The stump of the neck had a very red appearance. I judged that the head hud been taken off recently. I think that.-whoevercut off the head haff jsotne knowleffge of surgery, 'There was some little hacking of the lis» sues, not mtn —-- oL —era to me that the head was necessarily taken otT Delore death. ” Deposition of IM-. Ileyle. Colonel Crawford then read the deposi-tf tion of Dr. A. Ileyle, who .was- present at the finding of the body on the Lockeiarm. The most important portion of his deposition was that he believed the-body bad been dead between 16 and 12 hours before decapitation, but from the a'niount of blood found Hie body had beeii killed lie-re or near there. At the conclusion ot the deposit on Henry Motz. ivu.s : '.hsL H< s-dd: “I remember Air. I-liim:,ier and fjiettteiil nt Rinker of Cmciiniatigoing over theThiee-s mile road. It was Feb. 16. It vj[at 1 o’clock at night when .they reached Tbleeni'ile creek. 1 went out iit I’liiminer sreiiuest, j liad a light '.vit li me. Iwas p- d $2 ior goifriK. 1 walked in front of 1 fjo wartv I oijeved their orders. .It” was a real dark night. It was hos raining. It started'lo snow as 1 went Imine. It. t*<oK the carriage an hour or more to go frmi the Alexandria to tliej/icking pike. There were two 2-horse rigs and three Intwe One hack m the creek, but it mt

not upset. When we got out there, I went home, \Ve went up a steep hill, Some of ihe teams found it ilillleult to get ' up thu hill. Il isaprettV rough road. I I saw a gray horse alone in one of the vehicles. That horse went over all right. I I heard im 'conversiition betwien Plummer . and Jackson.” Negro's lilent 111 rat ion of jprisoner. The next witm ss was :l. M. Allison of i Die Enquirer. He sniff: “1 live in Cov- I ington. 1 was at the Hamilton county . I jail when George 11. Jackson was brought I in to identify Jackson and Walling. When | Jaiksou and W.ulliug were brought out i all of us stood in a row to seo if G. H. Jackson could identify the prisoner. Jackson came in. He picke I out Walling without hesitation. He was the first man in the row. He said he would know Jack- ' son if he spoke. We all spoke When 1 I spoke Driver Jackson saiff: T think this Is the man.’ While lie was in that state as uncertainty some one said: ‘Jackson ! come over here.’ This remark was addressed to G. H. Jackson. Scott Jackson stepped out, and as soon he he moved, G. 11. Jackson identified him.” Wiiep Jackson Was Nliaved. Colonel Crawford then read the deposition ot Fred Albion, the barber, who tesitied that he had known Jackson since last Christmas, and had shaved Jai kson on Jan 31. Jackson came to the shopTand | wanted to be trusted for a hiiirciit. Wit-I ness guyed him about his whiskers, and told him they ought to be cut., too. .lackson stood the guying a little while and then consented to have them cut otl. The deposition of Harry Hamilton, a clerk at the Albio:i hotel, was read byt.’oloffei Craw lerd. - Witness testified that on , Jan, 2s a man c.ime to ; he ilesi; and asked if that \ oiiid be a sal- place to bring a ; voting girl who was noi used to tiie c f y. lie wanted her to stay all night, as he was to gu to work tin- in-xi morning ami she was not us -d to the city. The i.ati. who appeared to be a farmer, came in about 10:10 p. m. Witness d,-et>ll.K-,i'l lie young ' v.-.ima i, the description tallying v.-ry : closely to Ehat of I ’vai l Bry.m. The young v.< in -.n appeared t o be. in q. family w \. i She was regisleri-d as Mary Barr. \\ itness had gone to 1 he jail, but had failed to identify either Walling or Jackson as the , man woo had come with th? young woman to the hot el. Contradict the (tub.11:111. Colonel Crawlord then :00k up tiie .testimony of George 11. Jackson, the al- i legt-d driver. Samuel Ewing, colored, residing at No. 521 West Sixth street, stated that Jackson .was at his house from 9:30 to ; 1:30 on the night of B’rklay, Jan. 31. In I fact, it was nearly •- a. in. I lore he left hjwing’s house. There was court-martial , there that night of James Smith, a mem- | ber of I lie Cald-uuilLGuards, and t iie guards : had liot drilled 011 tliut night, but on Sat | urday night. . 1 Ida Ewing, living at No. 521 West. Sixth ' street, said Georg? 11. Jai ksoti was there | from 9:30 to 2 o'clock. The drill of the Caldwell Guards was on Saturday ami not Frida'y night. William Downey, another member of th- Caldwell Guards, testified that the guards drilled.on Saturday and not Friday night. James Smith, a porter at the Parafcb ho- | tei. eeposed hat 1 tern-",e 11. J-i -kson was ' at Ewmg’s hoi/se Friday night, and -that i tin- drill v as on Saturday night. | Tlie follow ing members corroborated t htj, i above: llowam S.-ott, Blair Sloat-, Ed / ward K. Stunts, Sherman i.awson. 1-1,1-wanl Mosby, John i.ie, George-Smothers. I.eeand Howard testified t iat there was a drill for a lew minutes on Friilav night, i and that, the oflieers there all went to Ewing's iiotisiJ at 9:30. Theory i»f the Defense. The drift of rhe testimony for the tie-1 sense disclosed a purpose to show that i Pearl Bryan, thyagh beheaded in Ken-1 tucky, was first killed in Uim-inmiti and ' then taken over to Kentucky and be- j headed. This, if successful, would, set tiie prisoner free, as he could mit bo j tried for tiie sumo offense in UinciMiiati. i Manifestly the theory of the defense is I that Pearl Bryan was chloroformed to detail unintentially in Cincinnati and then taken and beheaded to escape the penalty for such an accii dent, The testimony of Embalmer Ab- ' bott that lie flushed the veins of Pearl Bryan’s body before the autopsy and found a quart and a half of blood in them was to overthrow the expert testimony of the prosecution that she must have been killed where found. i Early this week the defense put Scott Jackson’s shoes in evidence.. Yesterday afternoon David Locke, who 2 was the fourth man to visit the scene of the 1 murder, testified to seeing tracks from the pike to the spot where the girl lay 1 and back by another route to the. pike i again. The tracks were by No, Bor 9 shoes, perfectly new and broad at the toe. He was shown Jackson’s shoes and said the tracks could not have been made by them. He also testified that he saw only one clot of blood, but that four feet away from the. girl’s neck he saw a pile of human excrement which had been mistaken in the red leaves for blood. Most of the afternoon was taken up by reading tiie depositions ot colored men to prove that George H. Jackson, the Colored cabdriver, was- in Oincim, miti Friday night, Jan. 31,' and rill S o'clock mi Sat unlay, Feb. 1, the morn- L ing of tiie murder, and therefore could * nor have driven Hie cab to rhe scene. Moving On ILivau:i. New York, .May I.—A special to the World from Havana says: General Gomez is reported to lie in Mafairzag province with over 10,060 men heading towards Havana. SHORT WIRINGS. : —— The I’lilted States cruiser Minneapolis has arrived at Gibraltar and will proceed . to Groustadt, o I Catherine Judd of Bridgeport. Conn., died yeslerday of old y.ge. She. had just : passed her W2d brithiiay. Showalter will meet Barry in a chess match of seven ganjes up for>2.oiH) and | tin' champipnship of Ann ..ya „ii .'lay 9 at Boston. Ou. applic.'d'on of a majority of Hie stockholders a ii-reiver was yesterday ap.pointed for Tlie Times Piiblication com- | jiany of New York. I Cinc.uiiati triule.s held’ a May day-cei -hralion last; night and it is said 16 ■ have b-i-.i mi elaborate affair. No prospect of any l-ihor 1 roubles. | On petitioy of the insurance 'cominis BioitiT R.’D. Weston-Smith was yesterday ' ' appointed receiver ol the ( entr;:l .Mutual t Iljire Insurance company at Boston. J Tlie ot David Ik Well.-, Second secretary of the * njXcd States embassy at London, to .Martvf-ta,.daughter of Dr. 'Owl Brookstreet, it/auuounced. I . Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Qu’een Victoria arid widow of Prince ' lieifry of Batteiibi-ig, has been appointed I : governor <d the Isle ot \V ighl, tin: office j previously held by hl.‘r husba'mi. > William P, Swocpe, J. G. Dolan and Elij gene M. Dement, were yesteri.lay. arrested 1 at” Portia nd, Or., by United Stales treas--—ury oliii tai'- on a i;4iai-ge ot conspiring to | 'illegallyand Chinese and issuing fr.nidu-is-ut ye:-HU':n' "Twer » U—os >

GREAT MURDER TRIAL’ 1 Jackson’s Landlady the Most Important Witness. | STRONG EVIDENCE OF DEFENSE. The Chain of ('lrciinistniitliil Evidenco lx. However, I’librokrii — Depositions and Witneaaea Against the Alleged CabDriver l'rlnoiier‘» Mother In Court. Mrs. t*ogt on the Staqil. Nkwpqrt, Ky.. May 4.—Tltert't’iiti be little question that Scott* Jacksbn has now a chance to escape conviction for the murder of Pearl BryttUi He cannot expect* an ncquittal, but the magnificent managed defense gives ground for the belief that a disagreement of-the jury is even probable. The testimony ; lyhieh the defense otl'erod Saturday was strong and to the point. While it does not touch one ol the vital parts of circumstantial proof, it is sufficient toT ' show that some of the evidence ottered j by the coinino'iweulth is unreliable. | j One soft-hearted juror will do the rest. I The proceedings were.enlivened by a tilt between Attorneys Nelson and : Crawii'i'd, which created a good deal of cxe:t ‘incut, but is not lik< :y to result iti any serious ebiisequeiiocs. 'At the lipi-tvng of the morning : Captain Dave Lock" was recalled to testi- I ' fy as to tlie condition of rhe earth lie- j neath the prim-ip-:l spot of blood m ar the bodv. He said that the blood was I not soaked into Hie earth to any extebr. , j He found leaves umieineath tiie blood I i which were perfectly dry. Alien Andrews, of the law firm of4 i Ane.rews, Morey c, Andrews o<’ liamil- , ton, ()., was the next witifess called, i He described his visit to Wallingford’s [ saloon in company .with Attorney Sltepi pard. Mr. Andrews said that Johnson I said to him: “Bcs, if it will help yon i I’ll say that Walling did not get in that : cab.” (At that time Mr. Andrews was i Walling's attorney.) Mr. Andrews and ! Sheppard asked Johnson if he could i show them the house where Walling I left a pair of bloody rubbers. Johnson showed them the way to Minnie Bates' house, on Longworth street, where the rubbers were left. Didn’t Otter Johnson Mone.v. Attorney Shepperd of Hamilton, wns I next witness, fie said that he had first i seen Allen Johnson in the Butler coutt-i ; ty eburtppom when he apjieared ns a I prinrrnTr, charged with prizefighting. *7lr. Shepherd ilelailed his visit to Wailigford's saloon, in Mr. Andrews'company. Witness s;iill that Johnson said on that occasion that he was 111 the front room wheu the persons supposed | to l>e Jaekspn, Walking and Pearl Bryan I left the se.loon,,ftiid consequentlty could ! not see thtmrr * - Witness detailed the meeting of Col- ■ onel Washington, himself and Allen I Johnson in William Boyd's saloon, at * John and George stre-ts. He deuitul ! that he had endeavor?. I to induce Allen I Johnson to remain away from tlie Jackson trial. Judge Helm ex-laded the testimony upon this point. Mr. CrawI ford protested against the ruling and filed an exception to it. Later Mr., Crawford managed to get in a question as to whether or not the witness had offered Johnson money to stay out of Kentucky. The witness entered a positive denial. A PriMoner’M Sinter on the Stand. Mrs. Edwin Post, 'Scott Jackson’s half-sister and the wife of a professor in Depauw University, was uext called. When she detailed Scott Jackson’s early life she spoke of the prisoner invariably as “my brother.” Mr. Crawford would say: “Whore did Scott Jackson live in Greencastle?” Mrs. Post’s reply would ' be: “My brother lived with my mother, next door to my residence.” Colonel Crawford would say: ‘‘Whatwas Scott ' Jackson’s reputation in Greencastle?” Mrs. Post would respond: “My brother’s reputation was good.” Mrs. Post did not testify on qny material points at issue. More Depositions Read. The deposition of Httrrison Fields of Springfield, ()., was next read, lie had known Jaeksoii eight years, during his. residence in Springfield. He deposed that Jackson was-not a person of reliability, and that* he had "swindlißl a greafe-mitoy people out of money.” ?WL,Onel Nelson objected to the testimony. ‘Judge Helm overruled the objection. Tie' next question in the diqipsdiou \>as a request* for more details concerning ‘ Jackson’s dishonesty. Delore Mr. Crawford heard the answer Colonel Nelson again objected. T.he-judge requested Mr. Crawford to hand him the deposition. After reading it he sustained Colonel Nelson’s obji-etion to all but the last sentence of the answer. The deposition of Chief of Police Van Tassell of Springfield, was next read. The chief di'posed t hat Jackson’s reputatatiou for veracity was very bad. He went op to detail the Melvin highway robbery case. In that case William Melvin .was arrested upon Jackson’s sworn testimony that Melvin assaulted I and robbed him. Jackson offered in . eyidence a handkerchief which he ■ claimed :he had. snatched from- the throat of his assailant. It was marked with the initials of William Melvin. * A complete alibi was proved by Melvin 1 in rue nearing- or tiie ease, ana it was shown conclusively that Jackson had worked the handkerchief with Melvin’s initials while he wusin the hospital. The ■ chief of police also deposed Hint* he held warrants for Jackson’s arrest on the charge of embezzlement and perjury, but* that he had not served them on a.c- ' count of Jnck“o:rs alleged connection , with the f'l-i-.rl Bfy,:u murder. < iCoi-ge Fields pf Springfield deposed, that Jackson- 1.;.d I’aiselj charged Aim ! with running away with-funds of q lodge id' the United Brethren of Friendship. He also swore that Jackson had publicly represented himself to be a major iif tin- -military organization of j tire. United when he was : nevbr higlturThiui a corporal, George Ft.ai. prosecuting ntiorney at ; Springfield,’G., deposed* that Jackson’s reputation for voracity was very bad. I He said Jaelasou had .sworn-to per. I jurcd idfidayiti* cliurging Melvin with - highway robbery. Mr. Dial said that J;uikson’s.tg3ii).“t>iiy ttgmnrtLMulkiu v. t* .< • ’ . v ' ■ .<2 ”• . ■

- — I.n I I I I 1 01 »| i-motft positive and (’ircnntHfantiiu, but was afterward proved l>o (anuplo oly falso, A iiiii’4o in tbo hospital was the witness who saw Jackson intuk Melvin s innials on Ht<‘ Handkerchief. '1 he witness concluded by denouncing Jackson us a convicted perjuror. • Miss Ri.fh Gottlieb, 11 newspaper woman, was next culled to the stand. She was at tlie scene of the murder at 10 o’clock on the morning when the body was- found. She wore rubbers. She ran toward the spot where the lady ’ lay. The testimony <»f this witness was introduced to explain how t he footprints of a woman had been made near the body, and, inferlmt:ally, to show that Pearl Bryan (lid not* walk to the spot wherb her body wift* found. <Jli< kson*H Trsf Iflex. Miss Rose McNevitu proprietress of • the house-in which Juekson and Walling teamed, was the next* witness. Sue described tlu> locution of the various rooms in the house. Walliqg engaged the room* on Jan. *l. Jackson came to room with him on Jan. 6. She testified I that she first noticed that Jackson had had his beard shavetl Juft’ on Fridtiy night, Jan. 31. Ho came into the diningroHiD. at 8 o’qloek on that night, and a number''of members ol the family b spoke of the change in his appenranee. I Tin' witne.'.s said that she had s-vn Scott I Jackson in the house each day tlurifig I the pi'cceiling week. I At 8:3o 0 clock Thursday evening ' Walling came 11110 the diningroom and pa-sed around a ;>:>[ *r ol apples. Some ' one eise was 1:1 tlie room above, which Jackson and Walling occupied. \\ itness heard tomi: o,h- come downstairs from the room, r-be htokvd out and saw that the person was J;L'K--|iy. Hi- went j out, but returned in live mmutes to the I room. That wa .iit 1Q:36. On Friday 1 morning al io she saw him go.out again, j Tlie witiies.s was eoniidi-nt that Jackson I was in his roopi al! oj i’hnrsday night. I Mi-' MisNc'.’ins went on to corroborate I everything in Jackson’s testimony concerning his goings and comings at the 1 bixU'ditighousu. Th" wit :i(*'-s said that 1 il any one had left the iioii.se before midnight on Fridai she would hnve know:: it. Two persons si,-pt on that . night in the bed in tiie room occupied by Jitek.'Oii and Wallmg. She went on with an exhaustiVe description of the circumstances leading up to the arrest of Jackson and Walling. Gross-examined bv to 'onel Nelson— The witness des-iibed in detail the movements of Ine rooms during t.he week preceding the murder. Siie said positively that she knew every night w hen each of her 12 boarders wffnt out ami cam ■ in up to 11 o'clock at night. MothtH* of A<ciis<ml In Court. Mrs. Jackson, the mother of the prisoner, cairn-into court t'arly after dinner looking much worn. There were dark circles about lur eyes and she seemed just recovering from a serious illnos. Airs. Jacks,>n has an intellectual and very attractive counteiiauce, and is a woman of more than ordinarily impressive carriage. She took her seat to tht' right, of the chair occupied by Jackson during the trial. A jail guard brought tlie prisoner 'in ar exactly 2 o’elook. lb' leaned ovef and kissed his mother belore he took his seat. She handed him a bunch of lilies of the valley. He iiih.ijed the fragrance of the tiny white flowers, anfl then lay them down upon the table before him. Mother and son then conversed earnestly for a few minutes iu low tones, neither, displaying any s*gn of extraordinary emol am. They were interrupted by the entrance of the jury, and as 'soon as the jurymen were seated. Judge Helm appeared upon the bench and court opened. Airs. Jennie Garver, a sister*of Miss. McNevin, was the jiext witness. She was extiniineti on exactly the same lines as Miss McNeyin. She testified that Jackson talketl to her sister Jennie three quarters of tin hour tir more on Friday might. Miss McNevin had not told of this extended conversation. She had merely said that Jackson spoke to her sister. , The witness was asked by Colonel. Nelson if she had not made this statewnent in her deposition: “He was in. his room every night until wjj retired, “ which is 'gUferallj' 11 p. 111. His door i was ajar and I could see.’” Dis Land lady’s Sister. Miss Minnie McNevin, a handsome young lady in a swell spring costume, was next called. She is the person who had the interesting toothache which received the conjoint attention of the several dentists in the house, including Jacksoii and Wailing. She said that Jackson talked to her early Friday evening and told her that if her tooth ached at any time during the night she might have him called and lie would treat ft. This statement causea something of a sensation in court, as it seemed <1 posit ive indication that Jackson had no intention of leaving the house on'thilt night. I’rofe,Hsoi Post's Evidence. Pitifessor Post, Jackson's brother-in-law, was called and said cbiicerniug the relationship existing between him and Jackson. He also described Scott Jackson’s early life, and the manner in which money was usually sent him. The deposition of the child AlmiUwas read, and tiie little one described the clothing Jackson wore on the Friday night before the body was fotmd.- Miss McNevin corroborated the child’s testimony on that poifit. The deposition of John H. Morris of Greencastle was next read. The witness deposed’that the re’iutqtion of.Scott Jaekson-iii Greencastle good. Alva Brockway, a Greeiicastle hank clerk, deposed to the same ('fleet. So did Thomas E. Darnell and William I. Groom. METHODIST CONFERENCE. ”v Bishop Fowler of- Minneapolis I'roshled. at Yesterday's Sesaioi), Cleveland, May. 4..—There was but line session of the Methodist general conference yesterday. That'was held in the afternoon at the armory. ‘ Bishop Fowler of Minneapolis presided, re;id the scripture and preached the sermon, prayer being offend by Rev. Dr. F. S. Uphaiu ’bf Drew Theological seminary. < Bishop Fowler’s sermon was a powerful arraignment of the higher critics of the Bible, the speaker sin .viiig bv Biblical aiid'sei' iitilie arguments 1 ha/ the mass l>i tlm cHt icisms passeii upon the scripture \yer<! wulmat loinulation. The address Avas lisiened lo with marked attention by a largd audience. A large number of ministerial delegates to the confdrence supplied pulpits in Cleveland mid surrounding towns* both mornitig ' - ----I--,-' ' "• “.F ' . .. s'. ' ri