Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-11-29
The Unknown Assassin.
A Theory by Which Jack the
Ripper May be Brought
to Justice.
Endeavor to Construct a Chain
Of Evidence Connecting Him
With the MurderousTexan
Whose Horrific Deeds in Texas
Two Years Ago Made the
World Shudder.

Jack THE RIPPER" is A TEXAN.
"Reminiscences OF Texas Atrocities That
Parallel the whitechapeI Butcheries.
Austin Special: The last cablegram
relative to the horrible Whitechapel
murders in London, and calling atten-
tion to the fact that Malay cook on
some steamer il suspected, has set de-
tective circles here all agog. During
the bloody butchery of women here
three years ago there was Malay
cook at work in cheap boarding
house, in the vicinity of which two Of
the bloodiest of all the terrible assas.
sinations took place. On Christmas
eve, 1885, two women were murdered
in this city aud horribly cut and
slashed abodt the head, one Of them
just two blocks from the boarding
house where the Malay cook was EN-
ployed. He WAS strongly suspected
and shadowed by detectives for two or
three days, when he suddenly disap-
peared and has not been seen or
heard OF since. Detectives here think
IL Is possible he has drifted to Europe,
and the mania for numbering women
has again developed. and he is salts.
flying It Ms he did in this city. Eleven
women were murdered in this city, all
In the same manner, just as they have
been In London.
The Austin murders were thirteen
and twelve of these were women. The
first OF the series was the murder OF
Mary Smith, a eolored servant, On
Christmas day, 1884. She was fright
fully mangled by blows of Ratchet.
the weapon which the murderer used
In all his subsequent attacks. The
second Of the Austin series was the
murder Of Lizzie Shelby, colored ser.
want, who wss killed on May 7, 1885,
Lizzie shelby's body was chopped into
pieces, as had been the body Of Mary
Smith. The murder of Irene Cross,
another colored servant, occurred In
June, 1882. There was less dellbera-
tion about this murder, and she was
killed in her bed, the Ratchet being
used as before, Rebeccs Ramey; aged
40 years, and her daughter Mary, aged
II, WAS killed on the night of Aug. 80,
's5, in their cabin on Mr.. Wards place
near Austin.
On the night OF Sept. Goth Orange
Washington was dubbed to death in
his cabin, Mrs. Grace Vance was
dragged out on the highway, assaulted
and chopped into pieces, and Lucinda
Broddy and Patsey Gibson, who occu
pied rooms in the same house, were
killed with the same bloody hatchet.
Alice Davis was killed by the fiend in
October.
On Christmas evening, 1885. John
Hancock went into his wife's chamber
and found her missing. The window
was open aud there was trail of blood
over the sill: hs followed 1t out into
the yard, where he found her mutt
lated body, from which the blood still
flowed. The same night James Phil.
lips, lying by the side Of his wife, was
struck on the head with hatchet
His wife was taken from the bed
dragged into the yard, assaulted anC
mutilated and left lying there deaf
and nude. The excitement aroused
, by these murders had almost died out
when In July, 1887, there were two as
: ssults in GAINESVILLE, Tex. OF almos
exactly the same character as thos'
committed by the hstcbet fiend II
Austin, Miss Genie Watkins, o
Dallas, Tex, WAS visiting Miss Msmi'
Bostwick In GAINESVILLE. They slep
together. One morning grosns were
heard In the chamber and inyestiga
ton showed Miss Watkins dead snC
Miss Bostwick dying. They had beer
assaulted by the ha.chet iiend, whC
had chopped them feariuily. Mis-
Bostwick recovered sufficiently to tel
something Of The story OF the assault
but could not describe the man. Sh'
subsequently died. Bloodhounds wer'
used AZ Ausiin and Gainsville without