Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-06

Jack The Ripper the trend OF Whl1h
shall not attcmpt 20 transcribe; bnt theTo
was one feature winch was. To s9y ,n1 H.
novel The landlord. having found that
he disagreed with his visitors. stepped
from behind the counter, the better 10 en-
force ms argument. and delivered himself
pretty much as follows:
HARD oS THg PoIrr.
Am sorry thai a. have . disagree wi
vc Ner..sr Simpson. but here Is how nh
look 40 e. SO 90 say. somewhat alter thees
wise Am not saying tor q me'nlt ihaJ
these bloody crimes war no mace oy one
individual. be sane or crazy. What a 90
eav +, tins. tha' should turn away from the
mills ip Nlitechapel. en- % London tor
fn, matter. an the Gnrman an French,
am uut nome but Hieland Scots cen their
place To my mind, II yel pan don me TOT
SAVING 10 SO openly. the polls has demon
s,rltcl themselves wholly incapable OF
bandIinc The situation Worse than that
Il appears to mo, an are seen good o.
the wnld that these crimes could ma ha
taken place without some Of the polhS
kurT Off,
Tins startling theory wa4
noNssHELL
IN Ito lttle group.
"Wad yc Soy landlord began the first
visitor. Tint Che polls has been cogn.-
ytnt O' The crimes first TO ln-t-that one o
Ma .o Iluoch as that. Moe~tcr simpson,
pa sp much us that. but an do say that
motherhood O. Wltcchapel 81, I'M o. Jews
a. most outrageous kind; AN that mooch
a. q polls - made oop %. Gafmahs an
Frrcnch An' think. If ye j parncet me,
that u force moo Oh guard u Mhltechapel
las shown itself entirely dirclcect o duty.
Ma opinion j. that every one d them
should be docschargcd an guid Illeland
Scots. men qs knows how % do their duty,
eLou'd lc put in their place"
1HELkw.
"Eut. landlord" argued the first visitor.
not cntehiug the entire drift OF tho argyll
lnenf. e. laws % our country forbeed that
nnv but crcer.uolS should bo set aside an
turned oot o. thcIr homes. All dlnna favor
4 Jew more nor YOU, bat all know that We
could ua' uut oota whole community be-
cause of suspicion that rests upon az lndl-
VIdual.
Yc mistake me-, Mr. Simpson" cried
the landlord. "Ah l1 no idea that a. Z
jews could Dee abolished fro Whitechapol,
Tho apc.iilrrt set they be. An say that =
POLLS m present j., shown 10 bo bad, an
that authorizes should put them a DOT
aud supply their places WI recht-mnded
Sc0tsmcu who wud pursue a strecmor-
ward coOl-e am DO their duty like true
guardians % - peace And 50 the arsu-
meni went or.
WORK yACK THH EIPPrR.
From the earliest published accounts
Of the crime which have reached tins out
of-the-way spot gather that the muir
der il not believed TO be the work OF that
extraordinary hcnd Jack who has been
battling the London police so long. II not
his work 10 belongs to the class little Sepa-
rated. connected with the Thames En-
bankment" mystery. For the present dis
QUESTION il does not matter 10 winch class
this crime shall bee catalogucd. The TACT
remains that about dozen crimes of the
worst character haVetakcn placein London
within two years. Interpretations OF winch
are vet AZ large and TO all intcuts and pur-
poses unsupported. ID Glanced that WAS
~ London on July 18th last, when Alice
Mckenzie was murdered. That CRIME was
recognized as one Of the Jack the HIP
PER- series, and in view of this recent Oc-
currcncc il seems fitting that should pre-
cent such observations as made then upon
the spot.
The sum Of all observations is this: No
such series of crimes could have been COM
mittod in New York or in any other AmeTl-
eau city with which am familiar
NEW YORK AND LONDON POLICE.
This conclusion is neither to the dis
credit of the London police nor To the
credit of American morals. | shall en-
be said first that every American who visits
England is pleasantly impressed with
the courtesy of the police and with their
efficiency within the limitations by which
they are circumscrlbed. This brings us at
once 70 the salient point. BY a cOmparl-
son between the London and say the New
York police il would be easy to show the
hitter force 10 a certain advantage IN re-
spect 10 conduct uhder ordinary occasions.
In emergencies Of like nature. with equal
powers of discretion. / do not for an IN
slant pretend that the American police
would be behind their London brethren.
The point of difference lies in the laws and
systems.
Business has taken me to London sew
eral times within the last four months,
and on each occasion it has been necessary
for me 10 traverse such streets as Strand
and Fleet, and once or twice Plccadilly,
late at night-that Is, after IL o'clock. Be
fore the Whitechapel horror OF July l1th
had said:
SOUGHT AFTER BY WOMEN.
"Any lady may walk unattended with
perfect safety from Regent street to Lud-
gate Circus at any hour of the night"
Why this eXtravagant conclusiOny
Because all improper solicitation comes
from women and none from men,.
Not once have been abroad after dark
In any English town without being accost-
Not once in any English town have | seen
man make the initial approach. The pO-
hceman stands on the curb, hands behind
his back and calmly views the inception
of crime because he knows that according
20 English law there was no breach OF the
peace.
Is this clear, and is the consequence ap-
parent?
A word will make both ineligible.
THE woSpYn OF JACK Tux RIPPRR's CRIMES
g. that all have been committed within a
few yards Of pOliceman's beat. Certain
". Nothing more natural. The London
policeman seeing man and woman IN .
dark corner or doorway, knows that he has
no right TO interfere and as he passes on,
conscious Of duty well done. a skilful sur
geon cuts throat, and twenty minutes
later the same policeman finds himself
confronted With the mutilated remains Of
an outcast.
In New York, and | think every Ameri-
can city. man and woman in q concealed
corner on the streets is of itself suspi-
cious circumstance, aud the guardian of
the peace Is bound 10 interfere. In Ameri-
ca the Outcast woman solicits her protec-
tor 40 the risk Of arrest if detected in the
mere act Of accosting man.
TIE FACTS PRESENTED.
The result Of all is that the wider lati-
tude given TO the New York policeman in
the way of preventing crime would render
series such as the Whitechapel murders
impossible. AL this. il should be borne in
mind. is not intended as criticism Of
morals in the two nations incidentally un-
der discussion. The aim is simply 20 pre-
sent the facts. And in addition 10 those
briefly cited there should be added In be-
half OF the London police the fact that the
whitecbapel district is ill-lighted, is full
of narrow alleys-croOked and narrow,
wholly unlike our American cities, laid out
fn streets running in regular squares at
right angles with one another. Every cir
cumstance Of the situation Of the crimes
sdded 10 the impotency Of the police TO
prevent crime should cause Americans to