Wichita eagle., 1889-01-10
EXPERT OPINIONS.
THE CONNECTS IN TWO PRISONS on
THE WHITEcHAPEL MURDERS.

A General Decision That the Murderer II
Lunatic-An Agree That He Should Be
Hanged If Captured-n Caught at All
1t VIII Be by Accident.
Reporters of the New York Evening Sun
nave interviewed several of the convicts at
Sing Sing and at the New jersey state prison.
in Trenton, on the subject Of the W hftechapel
murders
At Sing Sing Arthur Williamson, a bright
Young fellow who is doing five years term
for burglary, was the first man seen. He
had heard of the murders, and bis first con-
.lusion 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
ISOLATION with them some deep physical in
jury He is probably one Of the higher class
Of people, perhaps medical student. BE is
not of the Whitechapel folks, but must be
looked for outside
Charles A Clark a forger with a sentence
Of four years and eight months, a very
intelligent Englishman. and almost had q
mapoi 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 BE IS A MEDICAL STUDENT.
George Edwards, also all Englishman and
u forger, said the murderer was undoubtedly
crank. Probably he bad been a medical
student as his work was done so skillfully,
and he had allowed his studies to lead him
the wrong way. He probably affected
by association with the class of women whom
he now seeks TO remove. Edwards did not
believe the murderer would stop when he got
fifteen victims He would probably keep
right on. Such series of crimes would
hardly be possible under the American de
tective system, but were undoubtedly aided
in London by the nature of the locality.
'An officer in woman's clothing might be
able to do something" suggested Edwards,
''if he could play his part well"
john Dean is a ruggedly built fellow serv
ing out a twenty years term for manslaugh-
ter. He is an Englishman and has been a
sailor.
''Aly first thought about those murders
said he, was that they might have been the
work Of rovengeful Malay sailor who had
been cheated by one OF these women and
took short voyages between the crimes to
elude suspicion. The objection to that con-
cluSion is that some of the other women
would have known of the cheating and would
not have kept still about it. But the final
conclusion that | have been forced to is that
the murderer, from some cause, is maniac
on that Subject-a fanatic 1t is easy enough
for him to elude the police in that locality:
even If he were covered with blood it would
be nothing unusual, for there are slaughter
houses near and myself have seen a man
with bloody knife held in hi. mouth run
out to get a pail of beer and then hurry
back"
Steve Raymond is an Englshman too He
is in Sing Sing for life, and is the only con.
Wet serving such Il term as that for forgery.
He comes under the amended habitual crimi-
nails law.
Raymond believed the murderer to he
high class, well educated man, very cunning,
and crazy on that one point. He did not
think the man accosted Whitechapel women,
but that he sauntered through that locality
and let himself be led then when a suitable
place was reached he would seize his victim
after the fashion of the garroter, pull his
knife quickly as the woman became limp
and then complete his work.
"He carries. think" said Raymond. "some
little articles of disguise, perhaps an alpaca
coat and gloves, which can be folded up
small and put on very quickly"
All considered that the man comes from
the higher class of people, and, being most
extraordinary in his character and deeds,
will require most extraordinary means for
his capture.
At the New Jersey state prison the follow
ing opinions were obtained:
Libbie Garrabandt, who, when a young
woman poisoned her old husband to accept
the love of a younger man, and who has in
consequence spent the best years of her life
in prison, did not seem disposed to discus,
the Whitechapel murders. She said it made
her shudder to hear of such horrible crimes
She believed no one but lunatic could be
the guilty man.
AN EX-PoLIcEMAN'S VIEW.
John Nugent, formerly New York polica-
man and who is supposed to have been con-
cerned IN the well remembered Manhattan
bank robbery, but who is serving a term here
for different offense, knew more of the
London murders than any of the other con-
victS
Tbr is accounted for by the fact that M
gent is one of the clerks Of the prison library.
and. therefore, has more facility for learning
the news Of the outside world
81 doubt very much" said he, whether it
is the one man that is committing all these
mISders. | don't believe one man could fol
low it I'D so long and not be discovered |
think there is band of them, who for some
devsish purpose o. their own have pledged
themselves TO each STAY one or two of these
women of the street
Either that, or else several men of fiend
ish souls are acting Independently of each
other and unknown to each other. one hav-
ing taken inspiration from the deed of an
other"
Some of the ether convicts expressed
themselves with brevity, and number had
nothing TO say. Here are some of the e1-
pressions
BY a Nan Who Himself Narrowly Escaped
the GaSows--E there is one or a dozen of
them they ought TO be strung up as soon es
found They don't need any trial
BY Hudson County Nan Doing Time for
AssaUlt-lt looks like the kind Of murders
a woman would commit rather than a man.
By Burglar-If they had the same kind
of police in Newark l wouldn't be in prison
now.
BY Camden Barn Burner-If it's one
man that's doing all these murders, he's
crazy as Guiteau was; but that kind of era
illness ought to be punished with hanging
every time.
NIr. Armour Discreetly Withdrew.
2. d. Armour, Chicago's millionaire meat