The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
A PICTURE OF JACK THE RIPPER.

A Minute Description Of the WhitechapeI
Murderer as He Was Last Seen.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Last evening a man named George Hutchinson,
q groom, who is now working as a laborer. made
the following statement to O reporter. and his
description of the murderer agrees in every par
ticular with that already furnished by the po-
lice and published yesterday morning.
ION Thursday / had been to Romford, and I
returned from there about 2 o'clock on Friday
morning, having walked all the way. / came
down Whitechapal road into Commercial street.
As l passed Thrawl street passed a man stand
ing ct the corner of the street. and as / went
toward Flower and Dean streets I met the wom-
an Kelly. whom 1 knew very we'll. having been
In her company a number Of times. She said:
Mr.. Hutchinson. can you lend me six
pencef / said: 4 cannot, as / am spent out,
going down to Romford.' She then walked on
toward Thrawl street. saying: L must go and
look for some money The man who was stand
ing at the corner of Thrawl street then came
toward her, put his hand on her shoulder, and
said something to her which l did not hear;
they both burst out laughing. He put his hand
again on her shoulder. and they both walked
slowly toward me. 1 walked on to the corner of
Fashion street. near the public house. AS they
came by me his arm was still on her shoulder.
He had a soft felt hat on, and this was drawn
down somewhat over his eyes. | put down my
head to look him in the face, and he turned and
looked at me very sternly. They walked across
the road TO Dorset street. j followed them
across. and stood at the corner OF Dorset street.
They stood at the corner OF Millers court for
about three minutes. Kelly spoke 10 the man
in a loud voice. saying: i have lost my hand
kerenief.' He pulled a red handkerchief out Of
his pocket and gave it TO Kelly. and they went
up the court together. l went to look up the
court to see il l could see them, but could not.
81 stood there for three quarters of an hour
to see IL they came down again, but they did
not, so i went away. Ny suspicious were
aroused by seeing the man SO well dressed. but
/ had no suspicion that he was the murderer.
The man was about five feet elk inches in height,
and about thirty-four or thirty-fve years of age,
with dark comrlexion, and dark mustache.
turned up at the ends. he was wearing a long,
dark coat, trimmed with astrakhan, q white col.
lar, with black peektie, in which was Affixed a
horseshoe pin. He wore a pair OF dark 'spsts'
with light buttons. over button boota. and dis
played from his waistcoat q massive gold chain.
His watch chain had a big seal, with o red stone
hanging from It. He bad a heavy mustache,
curled M, dark eyes aud bushy eyebrows. de
had no side vhiskers, and his chin was clean
shaver. He looked like a foreigner. The man
carried . small parcel in his hand, about eight
inches long. acd it had a strap round it. He
had IL tightly grasped In his left hand. 1t looked
rs though it was covered with dark American
cloth. He carried 10 his right hand. which he
laid upon the woman's shoulder. a pair Of brown
kid gloves. One thing l noticed, and that was
that he walked very softly"
A paragraph in the morning papers states
that the police have received from Mr.. Samuel
Osborne, the wi:e-worker, 20 Garden row. Lon
don road, a statement TO the effect that he was
walking along St Pauls church-yari yesterday,
behind a respectably-dressed man. when a par
eel wrapped IN a newspaper fell from the name
coat. Osborne told him that he had dropped
something. but the man denied that the parcel
belonged TO him. Osborne picked up the parcel
and found that IL contained a knife having a pc
culisrly-shape handle and a thick blade, six OF
seven inches long. with stains npon 1t resembling
] blood The parcel also contained o brown kid