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TIGHTENING THE COIL

Another Day's Damaging Evidence Against Scott Jackson.

EIGHT WITNESSES EXAMINED

Everyone of Them Connect Jackson With the Crime on Circumstantial Evidence. Doctors That Held the Postmortem Examination Declare That Pearl Bryan

Was Alive When Her Head Was Cut Off. CINCINNATI,

April 23.—The second

day's trial of Scott Jackson for the murder of Pearl Bryan was unattended by any startling results. The most damaging testimony offered was that of Dr. Robert Carothers, who performed the postmortem examinations. His opinion was that the girl was beheaded while she was still alive.

The Bryans came into the courtroom a few minutes before 10 o'clock. Both the father and mother of Pearl Bryan looked weary after their travel. The two brothers, Fred and Frank, Mrs. Stanley, Druggist Perry of Greencastle, Merchant Vermillion, who sold handkerchiefs to the girl, and Dr. Gillespie reached the city at 7,30 o'clock, and were brought to the courthouse by L. D. Poock, whose shoe clew resulted in the identification of the girl. All the Greencastle party were seated together in the courtroom.

Five witnesses were examined during the morning session. The first placed on the stand was Mrs. Stanley, the sister of Pearl Bryan, who made a model witness. She identified the clothing of her sister, fingering the bloody, muddy garment, and bearing up bravely under the most of her testimony. The defense would not cross-examine her.

Joseph Pearcy, a young Greencastle druggist, was placed on the stand for a few minutes. He said he had sold Pearl Bryan a pocketbook Jan. 23. He identified the one found in Scott Jackson's effects after his arrest, as the one he sold Pearl Bryan in Greencastle two weeks before.

A handkerchief found in Jackson's effects was also introduced, and the cost mark and two dots were identified by Isaiah Vermillion, a Greencastle merchant, as a mark used in his store. Pearl Bryan frequently traded there.

Lieutenant Atkinson of Fort Thomas was one of the first mento arrive at the scene of the murder. He described the surroundings again. The blood on the bushes, he said, was 20 inches above the ground, And directly above where a body appeared to have lain.1- The defense objected to a question as to whether the blood seemed to have been spurted there, and was sustained.

Dr. Robert Carothers, who performed the autopsy, said the girl wAsaiive when her head was out off. This was shown by the absence of coagulated blood in her veins. The court adjourned at 1 o'clock for two hours? recess. Carothers waft .then still on the-stand. %.

At the afternoon session Pearl Bryan's relatives ,w«re ,giv»jt seats inside the railing. Her aged father sat within two or three feet of Jackson and listened to the testimony annarently with the keenest interest* .1 Dx. Carothers was still on the stand. Attorney .Crawford endeavored to make him adroit that a "retraction" of the wound in 'the hand would. Jiave taken place if it had -been inflictedafter death, butthe doctor insisted that such would not be the ease. He also answered "No" to a question as to whether the conditions of the body might not indicate that the girl was asphyxiated and then beheaded.

Dr. R. J. Gillespie of Greencastle was the next witness. He said that Jackson was in his employ up to last October, when Jackson left for Cincinnati. At one time Jackson had told him that he was responsible for Pearl Bryan's condition.

Attorney Crawford, for the defense, emphasized the fact that at first Jackson had denied having had any illicit relations with the girl and then dismissed Gillespie.

Mayor Caldwell of this city was the next witness. He testified that Jackson had admitted to him that he had seen Pearl Bryan. She came to the dental college in a cab. He met her at the Indiana House on Tuesday, and again on "Wednesday at Fourth and Vine streets, or Fourth and Walnut streets. He had sent Walling to notify her that he would meet her that evening. He said he did not see her again until after Wednesday. Jackson admitted that the satchel he left at Legner's saloon was Pearl Bryan's.

The mayor then gave a detailed ac« count of the examination of both Jackson and Walling. "Walling said Jackson told him he intended to kill Pearl Bryan by quick poison. Later, said Walling, Jacksoii told him he intended to take Pearl Bryan to Bellevue Thursday evening and there kill her. "Walling said Jackson went to a Sixth street pharmacy and bought a heaping teaspoont'ul of cocaine. He said he was going to use it to paralyze her vocal organs and cut her head off. "Jackson denied this, and the men accused each other of the murder. "Walling then told about Jackson's studying poisons. At first Walling said Jackson said he would give Pearl Bryan quick poison and afterward, aecording to AValling, Jackson said: 'No, I'll cut her into small prices and dispose of them in various parts of the city."'

The blood-stained satchel was tendered to the jury for inspection, despite Mr. Crawford's objection.

The mayor was asked to identify the pants found in Jackson's locker, also Jackson's coat found in the sewer.

The mayor's testimony was closed with'his identification of the last letter Jackson wrote to Will Wood and which was intercepted by the police. It was im this letter that Jackson cold Wood to coucoct a story and tell.it tp Pearl Bryan's family to convince them that she was tired of home and had gone to Ohicago.

Dr. J. O. Jenkins of Newport was the next witness. He had helped perform the postmorfcem on Pe.t Bryan's body. His testimouy corroborated that of Dr. Carothers that iiis opinion was that the girl was buhe:.')'"Ki while she was still alive.

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A. Very Broad Platform Adopted at the Stat* Convention at Findlay. FINDLAY,

O., April 22.—At the Pro

hibition state convention yesterday the temporary organization was made permanent. Then came the report of the committee on resolutions. There was a spirited contest over the money plank, the majority of the committee favoring the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and the minority advocating free coinage at a ratio to be fixed by law. The majority report was adopted.

The platform as adopted declare for prohibition, favors woman suffrage, opposes alien ownership of land, favors government control of railroads and telegraphs, advocates the raising of revenues by taxation on property and incomes, import duties to be levied only as a means of securing equitable commercial relations, declares for Sunday rest, opposes public appropriations for sectarian purposes, favors the election of president, vice president and United States senators by direct vote, favors liberal pensions, asks for a revision of the immigration laws, favors letting aliens vote only after one year from the time of full naturalization, favors the initiative and referendum and declares for free coinage at 16 to 1.

The ticket nominated is as follows: Secretary of state—Rev. Alva Crabfcree of Clark county.

Supreme court judge—M. B. Chase of Marion county. Dairy and food commissioner—Joseph Love of Coshocton county.

Member of the board of public works —Charles E. Ileff of Hamilton county. Presidential electors at large—Rev. 6-. W. Ball of Knox and J. W. Penfield ®f Lake.

Nine delegates to the national convention were chosen as follows: G. P. Macklin of Dayton, H. A. Thompson of Springfield, Henrietta G. Monroe of Springfield, R. S. Thompson of Springfield, L. B. Logan of Alliance, G. T. Stewart of Norwalk, Seth H. Ellis of Sprinpboro, F. H. Jones of Wellsville and Florence Richards of Ottawa.

ALABAMA DEMOCRATS.

Cleveland Endorsed in Everything Except His Financial Policy. MONTGOMERY,

Ala., April

FROM $12 TO $22,000.

Bteker and Cregan Didn't Do a Thing t» Certain Vraft. PHILADELPHIA,

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GBEENFIELD, INDIANA THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 23 1896 PRICE, TWO GENU&

OHIO PROHIBITIONISTS.

23.—The

Democratic state convention nominated the following state tiqfept: For governor, Captain Joseph F. Johnston secretary of state, Hon. J. Kirk Jackson, renominated state treasurer, Mr. Ellis of Dallas coujity state auditor, W. S. White of Colbert county attorney general, Fitts, renominated superintendent of education, Turner, renominated.

The resolutions adopted advocate the free coijiage of silver at 16 to 1 instruct 22 delegates from the spate to vote for a unit on all questions at the Chicago convention also advocate the repeal of the 10 per cent state bank tax favor honest elections, and the legalizing of primary elections,

TMe convention enthusiastically applauded every- mention of President Cleveland's name, and adopted a resolution endorsing his. foreign policy and the appointment of southern men to cabinet positions, but disapproving his financial policy.

Charles

Beeker and James Cregan, the two alleged check forgers of international notoriety and who are said to have operated in every city of importance in this country, who were arrested here a few days ago on suspicion, will probably be sent to San Francisco to answer the charge of,raising a uraic o. 011 the Crocker-Wool worth bank of Woodland, Oal., to $22,000, and obtaining thereby $20,000 from the Nevada bank of San Francisco.

Counsel for the two banks in this city has placed in Sheriff Clements' hands a foreign attachment, under the fraudulent debtors' act, to recover the $20,000. A confidence man now in jail at St. Paul is said to have implicated the men. Criminal proceedings may follow the serving of the writ.

SITUATION AT BULUWAYO.

The Town Surrounded by Over Fourteeu Thousand Matabeles. LONDON,

The dispatch to The Pall Mall Gazette from Buluwayo says: "Both Buluwayo and Gwelo are absolutely safe. The Matabeles aro not disposed to attack, but are content with cutting off small bands of whites. It is believed that 300 whites, prospectors or farmers, have been murdered. In seven lights nine whites and 1,000 Matabeles have been killed. The rebels are running short of ammunition."

Firemen Injured.

TORONTO, April 23.—Fire broke out in a shed attached to a planing mill 011 Dufferin street last night. Four firemen were ordered into thp burning structure and were driven out by the flames. The chief ordered them in again, when the shed collapsed, and the men were rescued with great diffibulty. Stevenson had his skull crushed aud Collard was injured in the spine. Both men were fatally injured. Toplas had his hip broken and Quinn waB burned on the head. The sited was not worth $3*.

In MoKlnUy'i Old Dlatrtct. ALLIANCE, O., April 23.—The Republicans of the, Eighteenth Ohio, MoKinley's old congressional district, ypster* day renominated R. W. Taylor of Lisbon for congress. W. L. Smilk of East Liverpool aud O. B. Wick of Youngstown were chosen delegates to the Bt. Louis convention. McKinley was endorsed for president and his name was wildly cheered.

April 23.—The officials of

the British South Africa Chartered company have received the following dispatch from Buluwayo, dated yesterday: "The situation is most serious. There are 14,000 Matabeles within three miles, and 1,150 friendly natives have arrived in town."

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At one of the large thread factories, where some hundreds of girls are employed, a rule has been made that they shall wear only buttoned shoea, It was found that those who wore the other sort stopped their work a number of times each day to tie the laoes that constantly came undone. In the oaae of one

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HAVE YOU EXAMINED THEM? Many Improvements Hereto)ore Overlooked by Other

OOTK rBTement.

The various discouragements which some of the European cities have met with in securing satisfactory street pavements have led to somewhat extensive and, it would appear, encouraging experiments with /what is called cork pavement, from the fact that cork is the most prominent and essential ingredient in the amalgam of which it is composed. The pavement used in Vienna consists of granulated cork mixed with mineral asphalt and other colicsvjje substances, compressed into blocks of suitable size and form. Among the numerous advantages set forth in its behalf aro cleanliness, lioisclossncss, durability, elasticity, freedom from slipperiness, whether wet or dry, and moderate cost. Unlike wood, too, it is nonabsorbent and consequently inodorous. It presents the minimum resistance to traction, and being elastic under passing loads does away with the vibration caused by heavy teaming. The blocks are imbedded in tar and rest upon a concrete base six inches thick. When taken up for examination, they have exhibited, when compared with new ones, a reduced thickness, by wear of less than one-eiglith, inch, thiamin the, case of a pronto! Lon^pii street, leading, to the

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girl the minutes lOst would hot have been of any great consequence, but when it came to" deiuctivg the same amount of time for each of the 200 or 300 it* was found that the daily loss waf: considerable.—New York Journal.

Saw the Tickets Were Used.

Miss Prim—You didn't bring your little girls to the Sunday school entertainment.

Mrs. Fus, y—No, I didn't dare to. There's so much measles and scarlet fever around, you know. But the tickets were not wasted. "No?" "No I gave them to the littld boy next door."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Here is an excellent method of removing gre:use spots from a waxed floor: Pour spirits of turpentine on the spot and give it time to soak into tlio wood. Then cover with powdered talc- and press with a warm but not very hot iron. The talc will absorb tho grease. Brush off and polish the place anew with wax. 1

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The surest pleasures lie within the circle of useful occupation. Mere pleasure, sought outside of usefulness W fraught with poison. —Beecher.

'•To be in a brown study" is a lor1 rnption of brow study, a study requiring much thought and contraction of the brows,

Lilies of the valley la France are called "virgin's tears" and are said to have sprung np on the road between Calvary and Jerusalem during the night follow"1' 1nff the crucifixion.

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