The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-02-02
EXPERT OPINIONS.
THE coNvlCTs IN TWO PRISONS ON
THE WHlTECHAPEL MURDERS.
A General Decision That the Murderer Is
Lunatic-An Agree That He should BE
Hanged II Captured-If Caught at All
It Will Be by Accident,


It Will Be by Accident.
Reporters Of the New York Evening Sun
have interviewed several of the convicts at
Sing Sing and at the New jersey state prison,
in Trenton, on the subject of the Whitechapel
murders
At Sing Sing Arthur Williamson, a bright
young fellow who is doing five years term
for burglary, was the first man seeu He
had heard of the murders, aid his first con-
clusion was that the man who committed
them is undoubtedly crazy
Either he has been deceived by a woman"
said Williamson, 'or he has received by as
Sociaton with them some deep physical in-
jury. He is probably one of the higher class
of people, perhaps a medical student He is
not of the Whitechapel folks, but must be
looked for outside"
Charles y. Clark, Il forger with sentence
of four years and eight months was a very
intelligent Englshman. and almost had Il
mapof Whitechapel in his head. He spoke of
the favorable nature of that district. with its
countless courts and alleys, for the commits
sion and concealment of crimes like these
IF the murderer is caught am inclined
to think it will be by accident" said Clark
THINKS HE is MEDICAL STUDENT
George Edwards, also an Englishman and
fcvger, said the murderer vas undoubtedly
n crank. Probably he had been a medical
student as his work was done so s,illfullv,
and he had allowed his studies to lead HIM
the wrong way. He was probably affected
10y association with the class of women whom
lie now seeks to remove. Edwards di, not
believe the murderer would stop when lie rot
fifteen victims. He would probably enop
right on Such n series OF crimes woul |
hardly be possible under the AuncricaH Dc
tcctive system. but were undnuhtp,l,y aided
in London by the nature of the locality
can officer in womnn'S clo.iin: mi,tt tie
able to do something" sug@c-;a;I Edwards.
''if he could play his part we'll "
John Dean is Il r;igged!v built fellow serv-
ing out IL twenty wears term for manslaugh-
ter. He is an Englishman and has been IA
sailor
My first thought about those murders =
said he, was that they might have been thc
work of revcngeful Malay Sailor who had
been cheated 10y one of ,h,S, women and
took short voyages between the crimes To
clude suspicion. TIE objection TO ,ila, con
clIlsion is that some of re other wui.i,'l
would have known of therheating and woull
not have kept still about it, Elt the Gnai
conclusion that have been forced t. is that
the murderer, from some cause is a maniac
on that Subiect--a fanatic 1t is easy enough
for him to clude the police IN tia, locality
even if he were covered with blood it would
be nothing unusual, for there are slaughter,
houses near. and mvseN have seer, a man
with bloody knife held in IL. month run
out to get pail of beer ami then hurry
back"
Steve Raymond is an Englishman, too II"
is in Sing Sing for life. and is the only CON
vict serving such n term as that for forgery
He comes under the amended habitllai cri!ni-
nails law.
Raymond believed the murderer to bc a
high class, weh educated man. verI cl79ninc
and crazy on that one toint He DID, not
think the man accosted Whitechal,n women,
but that lie sauntercd through That lct'ali V
and lei himself be led, then when Il suitable
place was reached he would seize h.a wet III
after the fashion of the rgtro.rr 'ull his
knis, quickly as the woi.lin hcan,e limp
and then complete his work.
"He carries, tl,i.iii. said Rny,no,ul "so!np
Little articles of disguise. perhaps IN alu.cl
coat and gloves, whci, can he toldc;i u,
small and put on very quicklv'
All considered that ii,. man comes from
the higher class OF p"Hsc and, being Bio-;
extraordinary in his character and 'lne,l-
will require most eXtraor,iinary means for
his capture
At the New Jersey stat" prison the follow
ing opinions were obtained:
Libbie Garrabaudt, Nho. wlicn 4 yonr
woman, poisoned her old husband to accept
the love oi n Younger man, and who la, in
consequence >pnt the hest Years of her if,,
ia prison, d.i not seem disposed to discuss
the Whit 'cliap murders. She aid it made
her shud,ler To hear of such horrible crimes
She believed no onc Tut n lll!atlc coua be
the guilty nan.