JACKSON'S COAT FOUND IN A SEWER.
As a result of one of the lengthy cross-examinations to which Walling was subjected in which he said that the coat worn by Jackson when he committed the deed had been deposited by himself at Jackson's request in the sewer hole at the corner of Richmond and John Streets.
Detective Witte was at once sent to the scene, and, found a bundle wrapped in a newspaper in the mud. It was drawn out and found to be a black coat. On the lining of the sleeves were found blood stains, and in one of the pockets a lot of tansy flower, which, made into tea, is used to produce miscarriages. After a thorough cleaning, it was placed in a box and removed to headquarters, where an examination was made. Blood spots were found on the sleeves and front. The coat was of a blue black material, similar to the clothing worn by Jackson at the time of his arrest.
Walling was told of the finding of the coat. He displayed no surprise, but remarked:
"Well, I knew they would find it. I told them not long ago where it was; that I had put it there myself."
"Whose coat is it?"
"Jackson's."
"Why did you put it there?"
"Because he asked me to."
"Did you know for what purpose?"
"Yes; to get rid of it. It was bloody."
"And you knew this?"
"Yes, he told me so."
"Then you know more about the crime than you have admitted?"
"No, I don't. I have told everything I know."
In a locker at the Ohio Dental College—Jackson's individual locker—were found by the police a pair of trousers. Upon the knees were dried mud and blood, and upon the legs were other blood stains. Jackson and Walling each claim the trousers belong to the other.