Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12
Is HE TIE TEXAS FTEND 2
RhitschapeE'a HorroT. RsssEbIe the Aus
ttn Grimes.
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FSnitschspeEa Eurrors RsssnbIe the Aus
lin Grimes.
n W York Star.
7 e, A large amount OF gossip ari specGls-
tion Is going en- az Police Headquarters
over the identity oi the perpetcG:or Of
the horrible crimes committed by the
Whitechapsl feld, aud which hsye up 10
she present tine bs ffI'd the Hswkshaws
oi Scotland Yard. NJ 7erd OF theories
hevs been freely advanced oy the Vi!ccq
{ EYrues' STIFF, and even Snpettn ED
ete Murray aas gwen 6 CREST desl of time
ana study TO tfts case sGd tsiRs freely on
tha SUBJECT, Advancing the nost plsuaible
theory Cf tho motive for TIE cTuno. l.
! IN interview with hin yesterday, he ssi1:
| "Tbsse women were ell fallen and Ga
graded creatl" es, were murdered III the
ssme horrible manner, st soou: tie same
hCur, on q ftsrsnG days in fIa same local
! itp. Those who hsve iolio wed these re-
msrkable crimes viii RENE mbsr thst the
btu,sI assassin always poGnced up0u his
victims in !he street ct Say5rssk. After
killing them ha mo.ils.ed their bodies IL
the Inoet inhuman manner, p!acking their
heSr.s from their bodies snd. laying them
upon lis victim's breasts. He hacked
seemicg desire TO get revenge
| for the transmission Of disesse
| The victims were not roboef, ard
| hey we're not known 20 hRve an entr-y In
the word. The London police of1icisIs
ara locking for 5 cleW amopg the cut
threats ard ticket -ot-lesve men. They
seem to think there Is 81 sbserce OF
reasonable motive for the crime, Sni &c
ihss end are working among the hordes
81 men who have fro n .ima TO tina been
6faugo: into notoriety by their conrsc-
ton With snaichlstic or sCciajis;ic move
Dents.
~ believe" continued the supeTinter-
Cent, "that the man VITO committed toese
crimes is e sufferer frCn 8 rnouis, brought
shout by ir6iscretioD, and his crimes are
due TO the morbid desire for Fevepga or
those who, In bis mad JUDGMENT, have
been ;he csuse CT his c9noltion -
"The vicinity OF Austin, Tex WISE
thrown into just such state If SlsEm
shout five years ago when SIX women
were b1u:allY murdered Spd bu;chered by
ist such mSnlsc as l describe Vigi-
lance committees were oIgznizcd and
iyrchilg parties sent out, but the perpe-
.rstor had covered mis- tracks well. In
this csse two ct the murdered Eomen
vera supposed to De respectable mothers
Of families, but the explaaaltOn CT this is
oalY 100 Ciesr, Gha murderer uietook
ITEM Tor ms n 1eTs OF t6st class who hsd
caused MS f.,ghtiul ecndiiicn. Whether
the LJaaon murderer ia the same who
did yne Du.chery in TeXas, an no., Of
coprse, In q position 20 say, bus Il my
OPTION was askgd should say that Il is
possible, but not probable. Thera is
rnthing wonderful in TWO men beirg
81 c!ed VIII tbs ssme disease, or WIN
two mep being sufficiently incensed al
their enamoratae to cause them to spill
sheir blood.
al nave received no word from the
Euglish authorities, but the cable briggs
Us news thst the man who is suspec ed
Il the horrible crimes is supposed II be
the same person who, s few weeks PEE
vious, called upOn one OF tie coroners
snd offered him Is each for specimens Of
portions ei UNKNOWN females On wdom
post mortem exsmipa.ioDS had been held.
He said be WAS an American plysicisp
who had made, and WAS still pursuing,
the study Of diseases Ct the portions OF
the apalomy he desired TO buy. The
man who gave himself up TO the authori-
ties as the murderer Of one of the women
has been proven a lunstic.
"Tha English suthoriues, working on
he theory shat the murderer IVES al AM
aricsD, depend great deal on the Amat.
can press for tha discovery of the perpe-
TRAITOR, 81 least SO the csblegFsEs inform
US. cannot see how the Scotland Ysrd
de.sc ives can bear tie slight such 81
assertion Is bound 10 throw upon them
and their ability to ferret out crime "
The reporter here ehowed the Superln-
tendent clipping from the Atlanta Con-
stitutiou IN which the writer ats mpts to
tx the London crime On the perpetrstor
OF the Texas outrages In the following
msrrer:
sin our recent annals OF crime there
has been no other man cspsole
Of committing such deeds. Tn
mysterious crimes in Texas have
cessed; they have just commenced il
London. Is tie man from Texas at the
bottom OF them sl? If he IS q monster |
or luDatic, he msY be expected TO Sp-
pear anywhere. The fact thst he is nc
longer st work in Texas argues his pres
e6cs some where else. Ills peculiar lire |
Of 7EoIk, executed in precisely the same |
manner, is now going ON in LontoG-Hhy |
she aid ne Lot be there2 The more one |
TN KS Oh II, the MOrs lirSSlbtl0ie OeC6Mt |
the conviction that 1t is the man from |
rsxss. Ia these days Of steam snd CHI So |
travei distance ie Tothipg. A man who |
would ELL dozen woman in Texas would |
nls uiind tie incGnveniarce OF trip
scroes tie wster,snd once there he wou d
mot nsya shy zcrupics, abCus killing more
women"
eyes" s.ld the superintendent, "shere
ls the same bruis.itIsnd mut,lattop, TIE
same suspicion Tat tee criminal ia
monster or s lInatic who has declared
wsr literally TO the knife against all wou-
ankind, 5nt l hardiy baiieVe 1t ig the
sane ind.yidusl. Time will tell, and you
will see thai my predictions will prove
true"
IDspector Steers is OF the opinion that
the murders are the work of q medical
fanatic who has become insane, and hss
murdered the women to get fresh speci-
mens. "Is mas. be skilled surgeon VINO
mas done this nu;ilsting," said the in
spsotor, "for all the accounts haVe read
,gree that the woIk vas done by cum
ping hand aud onssFsll skilled in the use
= the scslpel,"
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