Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-16
rs THERE A JACK THE RIPPER !,

SIS THERE JACK THE RIPPER ~
We trust that few of our readers have
followed with anything like interested
curiosity the diabolical stories concerning
Jack, the Ripper" and his Whitechapel
victims. Those who have, however, can
not have failed to notice that the discovery
of fragmentary remains Of the victims in
varia5ly discloses the fact that some por-
ton of the body is entirely missing. In
the last instance, the entire trunk, with
The arh4s and head, were present. while the
lower limbs were gone. In former cases
some portion of the intestines only were
missing
All this points TO the work of the stu
dents of some medical college, who have
disposed of the remains of subjects of the
dissecting table. In the last case reported
by telegraph, the assurance is conveyed
that the mutilation was evidently "done
by some one familiar with surgery" This
theory finds much confirmation on the
face of the fac-simile letters, recently pub
iished in San Francisco paper, signed by
the pseudomurderer The penmanship
and the composition we're strangely contra
dictory that is to say, the penmanship
was that of an educated man, and the or
typography perfect in every respect, while
the ungrammatical character of the COM
position showed evidence of careful con-
struction. The letters were consciously
ungrammatical, or, rather, purpoSively So
which proves the writer or writers to be
men of educational attainment.
The strangest evidence, however, in sup
port of the theory we suggest, is to be
found in the fact that the bodies SO far
found are generally declared to have been
dead some time when discovered and that
the location of the murders was such as to
make it unthinkable that they could have
been committed in that particular locality
without having been seen by some one
This Is accounted for by the theory that
the medical students, who were distrib-
rting these remains of the dissecting table,
merely dropped them in certain localities.
The desire to dispose of the remains of the
dissecting table will not quite fully ac-
count for this theory, but is fully accounted
for by the disposition of the students to
create sensation and enjoy the confusion
of the police.
Jack, the Ripper" has not been caught
sooner because there is no "Jack, the Rip
per-" The theory here advanced is also
consistent with the number of supposed
murders committed to the present time.
Nine mutilated bodies have been found.
The theory that they have been the work
of medical students relieves the number
of all element, of mystery. There is no
reason why twenty more may not be dis
covered within short space of time in
fact, that number might have been dis
covered up to the present time but for
the fancy on the part OF the students
perhaps that the victims shall be full
grown women The students evidently
have in view the frightening of the fallen
women Of the Whitechapel District hence,
they make other disposition of the re-
mains ofthe dissecting table when the sub
jects are men or children.
The exposure of the rascality of young
Ives, the so-called "Napoleon of Wall
street." reads like chapter from ro-
nance o, fiction. No young man has ever
cut such figure in the financial world as
Ives. He has PLAYED with millions as
other men deal with hundreds, and has
dealt in the stock pit as if the representa-.
tiyes of value that change hands there
were mere penny leaflets. His reckless
ness, however, has brought him to grief,
and he is now in limbo for grand larceny,
committed in the fraudulent issue of stock
of a Western railroad corporation, and in
the transportation Of funds intrusted to
him. The very latest scheme of villainy
that has been unearthed and put to his
debit is the forgery Of purported partner
ship agreement between himself and his
partner is viilainy, Stayner, and one Meyer,
by which the estate Of the dead million
aire, Christopher Meyer, was to be swept
into the treasury Of the two conspirators.
The bold operator, whose daring schemes
among the fnanciers Of the East have
made old hands stand aghast, is but
twenty five years old At a mere boyish
age he stands at the end of his career, a
forger, thief and swindler. But how
far will his example serve as warning to
other young men, aud teach them that the
sure and safe road to competency lies
through patient industry, economic habits
and proyident care OF earnings
IT is stated that the selfappointed COM
naittees of the Grand Army that went to
Santa Monica to investigate the charges
against the management Of the Soldiers
Home, have returned TO Los Angeles aud
will submit report. finding the charges
against the officers OF the Home to be true.
This is not enough. There must be an
official and wholly impartial investigation
ordered by the Government. 1t is due
alike TO the Governor of the Home and TO
the inmates Of the institution, and until
such an investigation has been made, jndg-
naent in the case should be suspended.