Part 9 (1/2)
MET THE GIRL AT WALLINGFORD'S.
”I think he went to see the girl at Wallingford's saloon. I was there, but I did not go into the back room, where she was.”
”What time did he get home that night?”
”I think it was after midnight. He came in with a valise, and I saw him open it and say, 'You are a beaut, you are.' He thought I was asleep.”
”How about Thursday night?”
”I saw him that night, and I was afraid to stay home and I went to Heider's Hotel.”
”When did he take the girl to Ft. Thomas?”
”This was on Friday night. I was in Heider's restaurant eating my supper, and Jackson called me out and told me to go to Fountain Square and wait with the girl until he came back. He said he would not be gone over 10 or 15 minutes. He came back, and I left them. I believe he went to the room and got the hypodermic syringe and the poison.”
”What do you think he did with the head?”
”Well, in my opinion he buried it.”
”Where do you think it is buried?”
”I think it is in this neighborhood.”
”What makes you think so?”
”Well, last Monday night I was standing on Ninth and Plum and Jackson came along. He had a valise, and asked me to go with him. I told him I didn't care to, and he left. He had the same valise which is now in the possession of the police with the blood stains in it.”
”What do you think became of her jacket?”
”Why, she didn't wear a jacket. It was a long fur cape. I don't think he could get it in the valise with the head.”
”What do you think became of it?”
”Well, I can't say as to that. These things have all come to me, and I may recollect something else after awhile.”
A DECOY LETTER SENT BY JACKSON TO THE MURDERED GIRL'S MOTHER.
In less than a half hour after making the confession Walling again sent for the Chief of Police and said:
”I want to see you about another thing that may have a big bearing on this case,” said the prisoner.
”What is it?”
”Well, yesterday afternoon Jackson got some paper and envelopes and told me he was going to the Palace Hotel to write some letters. I asked him who he was going to write to and he said to Wood. He said he was going to inclose a letter purporting to be from Pearl Bryan to her mother and that he was going to have Wood sent it, I think, to Geneva and have it mailed from that point to Mrs. Bryan. He said he was going to do this to throw Mrs. Bryan off the track.”
”Do you know that he sent the letter?”
”He told me on the evening he was arrested that he had sent it.”