Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-26
HOW THE RIPPER LOOKS.
HE WAS SEEN BY TWO PERSON

HE WAS SEEN BY TWO PERSONS
AND HE is ABOUT FIVE FEET
SEVEN INCHES TALL AND HAS
BLUE EYES.
The New York HerGIFs London
cable letter says:
Uuriously enough an accurate de-
scriptiOn of Jack the Ripper has
never been pa bllshed. He was
seen by two persons who know him
AZ the Ripper and the information
given by these TO the police the
latter have kept until today, when
it was secured by the writer from
one Of the pair, The Ripper's first
bOtched job was accomplished No
vember q, at No. l9George street,
Whitechapel. There he attempted
to murder Ozark Sarah, y but only
succeeded IN cutting her throat, as
the woman was unusually strong.
"Dark Sarah" met him at a public
house, and remembers him well.
She was kept out of sight by the
police until her case was over.
Swallowed by the Ripper's success
full efforts at murder. Where she
now Is not known.
The other person who saw the
Ripper is Frank ROfielI, the driver
of a green grocer's wagon. He Is
a level headed young man Of 20 ;
his identity has been closely con-
cealed by the police. Ruffell said
today: "On the morning when the
trouble took place at No. - George
street / was out with the van de-
livering coke 70 some lodging
houses. furnish to nearly all the
lodging houses about here. | was
standing on the side walk in front
of the house next to No. 10 and was
about ten feet from the door. a
man came out By the door and
walked rapidly toward me. lie
was about thirty years Old.
"I could not tell what kind Of
business be did. He did not LOOK
like wOrkingman, aud he did not
look like a gentleman. He had on
a black diagonal suit of clothes
His hat was a round black felt.
He had a light mustache, cat on
square at the ends. 1t was neither
very thick nor very thln-a6Out
medium. lie was about three inches
taller than / am about five feet four
He had a straight nose Of medium
size. 1t did not turn up. IL was
Just an ordinary nose. | did not
notice his eyes particularly, but !
should think from the color Of his
mustache that they were blue.
"When he came out by the door
he was buttOning the top button
of his coat. II was cutaway
coat. He had no collar on. He
put his his hancs up to his mouth
which was bleeding on It's right
side. AS he passed me he looked
at me with a sort of a smile, and
muttered a vile remark. | SAID
nothing.
Just after he passed me, he be-
gan to run. Then | heard a cry
in No. 10 and saw a woman
come down. She said TO stop the
man and l started after him. BY
this time be had turned the corner
and was out of sight.
sit was at least three minutes
after he went away before | started
after him. When | got to the cor
ner | could not see him. He had
had time to reach Brick laue and
turn the corner, but when we got
there two policeman SAID they had
not seen anybody. | think he
must have turned down a court or
he would have been seen. That is
all | know about it.
1.-TWO detectives came for me
after the woman had been taken to
the hospital and questioned me
closely about the matter. | would !
know the man If saw him, and |
could Identity his photograph as |
had close view Of him.
Whitechapel Is gradually resnm'
ing Its every day appearance. Its
denlzens, generally speaking, are |
callous lot. Even the women,
who now walk in pairs tor protec-
ton, will soon recover trOm their
fear and reach that condition Of
mind which the Ripper seems to !
understand so well and that makes
his dreadful work SO easy of ac-
cOmplishment.