The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-10-15

Whitechapel district. and claim:
that it was at her house Jack the
Ripper lived during his sanguinary
escapades Whereabouts. The woman
who keeps the house came to Mr.
Backert, the Chairman of the Vigil.
ance Committee, and in the pres
eyre Of several witnesses told her
story, and afterward swore to 1t.
The woman, who is a respectable
person, known to the police to be
quiet and conducting a thoroughly
respectable place, says that during
the period marked by the distinctive
murders Of the Ripper a yoang man
came to her house and engaged a
bedroom. tie stated to her in re-
ply to her questions as to his busi-
ness aud hls ability to pay for the
accommodations, that he had been
TO sea up to the time of his coming
there, and that now he did not work
at all, but was in receipt of an al
lowonco from his father of 81 per
week. and that his brother, who was
a physician, gave him a further al
lowance OF a tritie over this amount.
When he took possession of the
apartment the woman noticed that
he had great quantity of clothing
Of all kinds, including hunting
breeches, as well as several revolvers,
guns and many other articles not
often found IN the outfit of a work
Ingman. He asked for a door key,
which was given him, and she no.
ticed that he went cut and came in
at unusual and irregular hours of
the night.
He was in tine habit Of living abed
generally until the afternoon, and
would rise about 5 o'clock and leave
the house. The Iandlady could not
say at what time he returned, be-
cause she never CHANGED to see him
when he was re-enterlng the house.
What first excited her suspicion
that there was something unusual
about him was the bloody condition
i'll which she often found the towels
sent to MS room. She finally spoke
TO the man Of this, and demonstrated
with hun for selling the articles in
such a manner, and asked what had
caused such a pr0fusion OF blood.
lie eudeayored to explain the
thing away by saying that he was
very fond of painting, and in his
preparations be was IN the habit of
wiplHg his brushes on the towels
This probably stained them so as to
give the impression that It was
blood.
Further than this the woman
stated that she knows from her own
knowledge that he sent several per-
sons pieces Of what appeared to be
raw liver. One afternoon she hap
rened in his roo:u for the purpose Of
attending 10 some Of her household
duties and there she saw him with
newspaper spread out upon his
table, and upon it a large piece Of
raw meat which she, at a distance q,
took 10 be- liver.
She asked him what il was and
where il came from. and ne replied
that il vas a piece Of frozen mutton
that had been givenhim by a friend.
who was employed on a boat that
came from New Zealand.
The reasonable element IN this
which served TO make the woman
blind to what the chunks Of meat
might really BE- lies ia the fact that
most If her IVlgers, this young man
among them. prepared their meals
in their Uwn rooms.
Upon anp:ts OCCASION. somewhat
.4ter than this. .ae saw the man do
apa piece Of thu. meat in a small
box, tie il securely. and address 1t 10
H." Chairman Of the Vigilance Com
Il..t~e. aud leave the house with it
under biz arm. She never saw it or
the box afterward. Further even
than thi.. the woman afiirms that
she Jaw the man place small bits
0f flesh in envelopes, winch be al
dre~-eoI t. different news agencies
aud ral"r~ and also to prominent
m"rha'r. 81 tbe police.
With great apparent carelessBess
he ,"ft these envelopes and their
contents in the room when be vacated
Il. and tn" woman. upon discovering
them when cleaning the apartment
after h" bad glyenjt up, threw them
into th" dust bin.
On twoOcca.I0ns be brought h0m q
with him bio0d..tained aprons.
viii IL he gave TO- her. and which she
-tsli ha. andI. ready ~ turn over
60 the police. believing now that
Icy belonged to tw0 ii bis victims.
Shp says that he always seemed 10
bay" ample money. and spent il
with 81 degree Of layishBess not Of
ten met m that locality. On the
morning pf the Castle Alley murtleT.
wbicG Wa the last JACK has thus far
s3mm.tted. her Ioigpr left. and has
not 'ot returned. In addition ~ the
env"iope> that he left behind him.
III" woman found ~ his closet a
pair of silent .h0s-. several bags.
aud 10 long 1yercUai. all Of which
she assert. are bIrd-stalned in al
most every part