Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-30
"JACK THE RIPPER"
An Alleged Minute Description OF
tho WhlfechaneI Efend.

tho WbtteCnHpeI EteHUs
The London PaIl-Msll Gazette IN a recent
issue says: Last evening n mar named
George hutchinson, a groom, who Is now
working rs a laborer, made the following
statement 10 q reporter, and his description
Of the murderer agrees in every particular
with that already furnished by the police
and published yesterday morning:
"On Thursday | bad been TO Romford,
and returned from there about O'Clock
on Fridsy morning, having walked all the
wav. | came down Whitechapel road into
Commercial street. As ] passed Thrawl
street passed a man standing at the corner
Of the street, aud ~ ! went toward Flower
and Dean streets ] met the woman Kelly,
whom | knew very well, having been
IN her company a number OF times.
She said: 'Mr. Hutchinson, can you
lend mo sixpenceI' / SAID: Il can
not. a. am spent out, going down
T. Romiord.' She then walked on to-
ward Thrawl street, saying: / must 90 and
look for some money The man who was
standing at the corner Of Thfawl street then
came toward her, put his hand on her shout
der, ana said something to her which DID
not hear. They bOth burst out laughing. He
mi his Iand again on her shoulder, and they
both walked slowly toward me. walked on
o. the corner Of Fashion street, near the
public house. As they came by me his arm
was still on her shoulder. lie had soft
felt hat on, and this was drawn down some
what over his eyes. / put down my head to
look him m the face, and be turned and
looked az me very sternly. They walked
across the road TO Dorset street. followed
them across and stood at the corner oi Mil
lcr's court Tor abOut three minutes. Kelly
spoke 10 the man In loud voice, saving;
Il have lost my handkerchief He pulled
red handkerchief out OF his pocket and gave
II 10 Kelly, and they went up the court to-
gother. | went 10 look mp the court to see II
/ could see them, but could not.
81 stood there for three quarters OF an
hour 10 see If they came down again, but
they did not, and so | went away. Ny sus-
plcions were aroused by seeing the man so
we'll dressed, but bad no suspicion that he
was the murderer. The nan was about 3
feet q inches in height aud about thirty-four
or lhirty-iive years OF age, with dark COM
ulexi0n and dark mOustache, turned up Ut
the ends. lie was wearing 0 long, dark
coat, trimmed with asirakhan, white col.
lar, with black necktie, in which was
affixed n hOrseshOc-pin. He wore
pair u dark 'spsts' with light but
tons, over button boots, and displayed
from bis waiStcoat massive gold chaio. His
watch-chain had big seal, with red stone
hanging from it. lie had heavy mOustnche,
curled up, dark eyes, and bushy eyebrows.
He had no side whiskers. and his chin was
clean shsyen. He looked like a foreigner.
The man carried a small parcel in his hand
about eight inches long, and II had a strap
around Il. lie bad il tightly grasped in his
left hand. Il looked as though II was cover
ed with dark American cloth. lie carried
in his right hand, which he laid upon Toe
woman's shoulder, q pair OF brown kid
gloves. One thing | noticed, and that was
that be walked very softly"
A paragraph ia the morning papers states
that the police have received from hr.
SAMUEL Osborne, the wirc>worker 20 Garden
row, London road. q staiemcnt TO the effect
that he was walking along ST. PauPs church
ward Yesterday behind espectably-drcssed
man. when parcel wrapped in news
paper fell from the mans coat. Osborne
told him that he had dropped something,
but the man denied that the parcel be-
longed TO him. Osborne picked up the
parcel and found that II contained knife
having a pecuharly.shaped handle and
thick blade six or seven inches long. with
stains upon il resembling blood. The parcel
also contained brown hid glove smeared
with similar stains on both sides. Osborne
found constable, and together they search
ell for the mysterious individual, but With
out success. The parcel, says the paragraph,
was handed 10 the city police authorities.
"who, however, attach no importance to
the matter.p What on earth could be more
important after the statement made by The
man Hutchinson and quoted aboytI