The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan

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Author

Unknown

Title

The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan, or: the Headless Horror.

Credits

Produced by David Garcia, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library.

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Trials (Murder) -- Kentucky -- Campbell County

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29569

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29569

Release Date

August 2, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.The Headless Horror. — BIG EMBEZZLEMENTS. — HE TURNED STATE'S EVIDENCE. — THE RESULT OF AN EXAMINATION OF JACKSON, BY THE BERTILLION SYSTEM, AFTER HIS ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF PEARL BRYAN. — PICKED OUT OF A THOUSAND. — WAS IT FATE OR WAS IT DESTINE?
3. 3.The History of the Tragedy. — BUT SLIGHT CLEW TO WORK ON. — AT THE UNDERTAKER. — DRAINING THE RESERVOIR. — THE SHOES. — FLED TO LOUISVILLE. — IDENTIFIED THE BODY. — BEFORE SHE MARRIED KETTNER, — KETTNER HAD A MOTIVE. — POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION HELD ON THE BODY OF THE UNKNOWN VICTIM. — A NEWPORT SHOE DEALER DOES SOME DETECTIVE WORK. — THE DETECTIVES AND SHERIFF PLUMMER AT GREENCASTLE, IND. — IDENTIFIED THE CLOTHING. — AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. — THE EXAMINATION. — LOCKED UP AT THE STATION. — WALLING ARRESTED — NEVER PARALLELED WERE THE SCENES ABOUT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. — WALLING'S DAMAGING STATEMENT. — JACKSON PURCHASED COCAINE. — MET THE GIRL AT WALLINGFORD'S. — A DECOY LETTER SENT BY JACKSON TO THE MURDERED GIRL'S MOTHER. — JACKSON TELLS CHIEF DEITSCH THAT WALLING COMMITTED THE DEED. — WILL WOOD'S ARRIVAL. — WOOD EXAMINED. SAYS JACKSON BETRAYED THE GIRL. HE IS RELEASED WITHOUT BOND. — A BLOODY VALISE. IT HAD CONTAINED THE GIRL'S HEAD, AND WAS LEFT IN A SALOON. — AT WALLINGFORD'S. FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH PEARL BRYAN, JACKSON LEFT THERE IN A HACK. — ALBIN, THE BARBER. SAYS HE DID NOT DRIVE THE MYSTERIOUS CAB FRIDAY NIGHT. — JACKSON'S LETTER TO WOOD. — JACKSON'S COAT FOUND IN A SEWER. — JACKSON'S AND WALLING'S PICTURES TAKEN FOR THE ROGUES GALLERY. — ANOTHER CONFESSION. — TWO POST-MORTEMS. — THE HEADLESS BODY DISPLAYED TO THE MURDERERS. — CORONER'S INQUEST. — THE VERDICT. — ALLEGED ERRORS SET FORTH. — WILD DRIVE TO KENTUCKY. — WILL NOT PLEAD GUILTY. — BOTH PLEAD NOT GUILTY. — SCOTT JACKSON IS BROUGHT TO HIS TRIAL FOR LIFE. — A REMARKABLE INCIDENT. — OPENING OF THE TRIAL. — OBJECTIONS OF THE STATE. — CRAWFORD'S EARNEST APPEAL.
4. 4.Pearl Bryan's headless remains buried at Greencastle.
5. 5.The Trial of Scott Jackson. — GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. — Text of Title Page

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