Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-14
SHARP YANKEE COPS.
They Give Their Opinions Of the
Whitechapel Murderer.
THEY WOULD CATCH HIM.
Many Different Theories Advanced as to
How the Work Should BE Done, but
All Agree That the London POI
lice Have Blundered.

cities what course they would pursue TO cap
ture the Whitechapel flend. The answers
are appended:
Chief Inspector Byrnes, when called upon
by reporter, said that he had heard OF the
resignation of Mr.. Warren, and when asked
how he would act IL confronted by such hor-
rible crimes, he said:
.If we ever had in New York the misfor-
tune Of meeting such outrages, or any SINH
lar to those which were perpetrated at White
chapel, / would consider 1t an act of great
imprudence for me TO advertise what schemes
/ should resort to or what action / should
undertake for the purpose OF experimenting
and prosecuting the person who committed
the offenses. Such course would be pre-
cisely what the offender would want.
lit is not my province, or wish, to criticise
the action or lack of action in others who
hold similar position elsewhere, always pre-
suming that they do the very best they can
under the circumstances
BROOKLYN, Nov. Superintendent Pat
rick Campbell, Of the Brooklyn police, has
grown gray in the service, and in his time
has unraveled many tangled mysteries.
"If murders had been committed here in
Brooklyn, similar 10 those that have hap
pened in the Whitechapel district IN London,
what course would you pursue in order to
catch the murderer
An Evening World young man put this
question to the superintendent
1.-THE question you ask me-" responded the
official, lis hard one to answer, but will
say that don't think that If such crime
was committed here it would go unpun-
ished
'My first precaution would be to cover the
The first thing would do after the crime
was reported would be to search everywhere
for a clew. My men on the ground would
be dressed in all costumes and they would
circulate among the people at all times and
watchl
'Further than that it is impossible to say
now exactly what / would do. Sometimes
our movements depend on what appears on
the face as one of the most insignificant clews
and man can never tell what he would do
until the occasion arises for him to act"
JERSEY Cry, Nov. 14--Chief of Police
Benjamin Murphy, of Jersey City, was not at
all averse to talking about the Whitechapel
murders to an Evening World reporter who
visited him.
'sIn my mind there can be no doubt that all
these butcheries were committed by one and
the same person, and in discovering who it
Is, the probable motive for his crimes should
beregarded. / have held theory all along
that the murderer had become insane as re-
suit Of association with the degraded class of
society from which he invariably selects his
victims, and the motive must be found in
some deep injury which was received from
such people rs class. / should think that
some clew might be found by searching I'M
quiries among the medical profession of the
city.
Besides the step have suggested, how
ever, there are other effective means which
might be taken to prevent a repetition of the
crimes, if not to discover the criminal The
principal one is to have the district more
carefully patrolled."
PITTsBURG, Nov lit is the opinion of
Chief of Detectives Roger O'Mara, that the
Whitechapel murderer is a religious fanatic,
who believes it is his mission to murder
abandoned women and mutilate their bodies
But good police work would soon catch him.
He cannot commit these crimes without
having blood on his clothes He must be
rs bloody as a butcher. The crimes were all
committed within a space of couple of
squares
n The fact that the bodies are yet warm
when discovered leads O'Mara to believe that
n.ondons big police force could have formed
a network around the district and prevented
the escape of single person. Every house
Alught to have been searched and every per-
Ion examined in view Of such crimes No
- would object to such proceedings.
are certainly wonderful crimes, and
lace the London police hi q very bad
A policeman ought to know every
son living on his beat, and ought to know
llen stranger comes on it.
Il CINCINNATI, Nov. 14.-Col Phil Dietsch,
chief Of police Of this city, is somewhat puz-
kled over the fact that the Whitechapel
murderer has had so long a lease on freedom.
st is inexplicable to me- said the chief
this morning. "that the incarnate fiend has
escaped detection SO long. 1 have no theory
/ 10 advance on the subject, although | have
efead carefully every phase of the various
crimes committed in that notorious COM
n1unity. That the murderer has not been
caught undoubtedly reflects badly on the
London officers, and it is no surprise TO me
THAT popular indignation has forced Sir
Aarles to resign
Nhief Dietsch stated that at one time he
~ Of the opinion that the numerous hor-
Able Whitechapel murders were the work of
ile man insane from love or jealousy, and
ut he had taken this means OF seeking his
revenge, but he has given up this theory be-
kcanse Of the slowness Of the London police 20
1t the murderer down.
SDoN, Nov 1.-The degree of excite
to which the people of this city have
been worked up was wen illustrated when 1t
became known that the body OF woman
!. lad been taken out of the Thames
lis she another Whitechapel victims" was
st query.
ne were a few marks ON the body, but
n9 to indicate that the East End terror
1nplicated in her death.
man who had in his possession bowie
lie has been arrested, but viii probably be
hnrged
Heefa and Ward Arc Good Friends.