"Walling did you kill this woman?"
"I did not."
"Jackson did you kill this woman?"
"I did not."
"And do you deny, in the presence of the corpse, that you killed her?"
"I do."
"Who did kill her?"
"I have every reason to believe that Walling did."
Determined to make one more effort to secure a confession as to where the head was, Chief Deitsch arranged for Mrs. Stanley to ask the prisoners. Almost begging on bended knees, and sobbing heavily she cried: "Mr. Jackson, I come to you and ask where is my sister's head. For the sake of my poor mother and for my sister and for my brother I beg of you to tell me where my sister's head is. It is my last chance and I want to send it home with the body. Won't you please tell me, I beg of you?"
Jackson looked at her, and, without turning a hair, said: