Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14
Is HE JACK, THE RIPPER?
rreneh Horrors Recalled by the White
chapel Murders.

uorrors hecaued Dy the White.
chapel Murders.
special cable dispatch to the New York
MAJ and Erpress says; Late last night man
who was publicly proclairning himself to be
Jack, the Ripper was arrested. He asserted
that he is a doctor at St. Georges hospital. 1t
required squad Of policemen to protect him
from the crowd, who tried to lynch him. The
man Is detained in custody for the present.
AproPos of this reported arrest of another
suspect IN connection with the Whitechapel
murder mystery, the Ne'c Yorker Zeit,,sg of to-
day contains a eablegram from Paris of which
the following is a literal translation:
"A few weeks ago, while sitting in the cafe
de Boulevard / happened to look in an En-
ghsh newspaper. Suddenly my interest was
awakened by a notice stating that the corpse of
ayoung girl had been found in whitechapel
She had evidently been murdered Added to
this was the statement that few days ago
murder had taken place on the same spot un-
Der similar circumstances, which had caused
great excitement among the lower classes Of
the population.
"lnvoluntarily this newspaper notice brought
my thoughts back to the time of my stay in
Paris, years ago. At that time a series Of most
atrocious murders had filed all Paris with hor-
ror and indignation and spurred the Parisian
police on to a feverish activity. The fendish
deeds at that time had an astonishing SINH
larlty to the brutal murder, the account OF
"hiCn Il udu redU- Ne uOrIIu
Of the body in all cases was the same. I, how
ever. soon forgot that fearful coincidence, and
would not have thought OF 1t more had not,
some time afterward. the news OF another hor-
rible Whitechapel murder attracted my atten-
ton.
'Then again, those fearful "reminiscences
came with force to my mind, and I remem-
bered all the circumstances as they were i'm
pressed upon it fifteen years before. My MEM
DRY did not retain the name of the murderer,
who afterward not through the ability of the
police, but more through an accident, had
been brought to trial; but remember that
the murderer did not pay with his life for the
fendish deed, and the possibility that the same
man had now regained his liberty shot into my
head
THE "sAvER OF LOST SOULS"
'Was the same man who was called 'Sau-
veur DIES ames perdus' (saver of lost souls) then
by the people still living and at liberty? The
conclusion was terribly logical that he has be-
gun his bloody activity now on the other side
of the channel.
$50 the first thing wanted to know was
whether the man had regained his liberty.
I'm my inquiries found out that his name
was Nicolaus Wassilyi, and that the unfortu-
nate had left the Russian city of Tiraspol, in
the department of Chersan, where he had been
imprisoned since the LIST Of January Of this
year.
This does not. however, vet prove the iden-
fity of the sauvuer DIES ames perdus with the
woman killer of Whitechapel, but it is perhaps
a clew which will awaken interest in the world
over.
1.-The following facts are gathered from dill
gent researches from acts of the Palais de JUS
nee IN Paris and from the private lunatic asy-
lum in Bayonne:
I'm the year 1872 there was q movement in
the orthodox church of Russia against some
sectarians which caused good deal Of excite
ment- Some of the people who were menaced
because of their religion fled from the country.
Most of them were peasants who, withoutmany
pangs. could take leave of their homes, where
suffering stared them in the face on all Sides
''Nicolaus Wassilyi only left a good home.
His parents were quite wealthy. They had had
him well educated. and had even sent him to
the college at Odessa. But Nicolaus was a
fanatic sectarian, and he soon assumed the role
of leader among them The chief belief of
his sect was the remuneration of all earthly
joys in order to secure immortal life in para
disc after death. Members Of the sect, whether
male or female, were strictly forbidden having
anything to do with the opposite sex.
''Wassilyi fed to Paris. He was an excel
lent type Of Russian. He had tall. elastic
figure, regular manly physiogomy, with burn
ing, langulshlng eyes, and with a pale, waxen-
like complexion. He soon avoided all contact
with his countrymen. He took up a small
lodging in the quarter Mouffelard, where all
the poor and miserable of Paris lived. Here
he soon became riddle to his neighbors.
TO RAISE THE FALLEN.
''He used to stay all day long in his room
studying some large books. At nightfall he
went out and wandered aimlessly through the
streets until the morning dawned. He was
often seen talking with abandoned women in
the street, and it soon became known that he
followed secret mission in doing 80. That is
why the voice of the people called him sauveur
DIES ames perdues.
First he tried mild persuasion in speaking
to the poor, fallen creatures. By the light Of
the street lanterns he lectured them telling
them to return to the paths of virtue and give
up their life of shame. When mere words had
no effect he went so far to put premiums on
virtue. and gave large sums to the cocottes on
condition that they commenced new life
Some of the women were really touched by
his earnestness, and promised to follow his adj
vice. He could often be seen on the street
corners preaching to gaudy nymphs, who bit
terly shed tears. But his mission did not seem
TO be crowned with success. He often met
girls. who had taken holy oath that they
would sin no more again on the street.
Then there was a change He would
approach woman, speak to her in a kindly
way. and would follow her home Then, when
alone with the helpless creature, he would
take out butcher-knife kneel on her PROSTATE
body and force her to take a holy oath not To
solicit again. He seemed to believe in these
forced oaths, and always went away seemingly
happy.
Zone evening the 'sauveur des ames perdues
heu he met young woman. Not with that
lmpertlnent smile which leaves nobody in doubt
about her vocation. but in a decent way she
crossed his path. She had an elf-like, elegant
figure, and beautiful blue eyes,
'Wassilyi was armed against the glances of
women. but this girls look seemed to make a
deep impression on him. He spoke to her
she was a lost one, too-but not with brutal
force. With kind sympathy he touched her so
deeply that she told him the whole story of her
hfe-the story of poor parentless girl whom
"A rough fate had torn from happiness and
splendor into world of misery and shame.
LOVE AND REVENGE.
''Wassilyi for the first time in his life fell in
love with woman. He procured her a place
in business house and paid literally for her
support, although he made her believe that
she was supporting herself.
For several weeks the girl, who had some
regard for her protector, kept straight in the
path Of virtue. But one day when wassilyi
visited her home. thing he seldom did. and
then Onl when an old guardian of hers was
present, he found that she was gone.
she had left letter to him. in which she
said that, though thankful to him for all his
kindness. her life was now too 'ennuyant' for
her. and that she preferred to be left alone
''WaSsilyi was in fearful mood after this
He wandered so restlessly through the streets
as TO awaken the attention of the constables
Eight weeks afterward he disappeared At the
same time Madeline, the woman whom he had