New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25
THE "INK-SLINGER' "a OHHI.
. TERROR TO WOMEN WITH FINE GOWNS.
MA MANIA is To STAIN DREssEs-soME OF THE
Purple FLUID FOUND N HIS POCKET
HIS MANY VICTIMS.

pTRPI.E FLUID FOUND IN Hlo iNNhHA
his MANY VICTIMS.
Nil. cartoin Kiuilea. of the West Forty-seventh-
I'D ,e,t surc that he had Jack the Ink singer
slowed I'm one Of the station cells yesterday.
Tho prisoner is John ConnorS, TALL lahh ocdIulo''
freshman about thirty five years om VINO mas p.o"
.mpoycd in the Ninth ave. car stables at fh'S MIN
Ct recently lie has a rowing eye inc expression VI
which indicates a diseased mnld' Ills WIG anu iu'
little children live in the tenement mousse W. '
wes, riftysecond.st The family came from ireland
conrors has been employed every day for some time
chonr,ne the harness on the car horses, ana mas
finished his work about lO:3o p M
ON Friday night Policeman Stafford saw Conhors
,o,,ouInr two women in suspicious manner at Ninth
ave and Fifty -nnth-st Connors Kept close ocin,u
Them until they turned into side street i"cn "o
stood for n minute as If Uncertain whe'hc' " i't.o
than any further or not. stafford went up 10 MIN
and asked him what was the matter. Connors sld
aNothinc.r As he was moving away. stafford notice"
that he put ono hand into his coat pocket ino
poiccman caught tho hand and found in 1t Do''ie
~ violet ink That was sufficient 10 cause inc arrest
OF the man. 40
At the police station more evidence oi gum "''
found. In pocket were three bowls VI Tag pr
The stems had been broken of close to the bo"s anu
MIN ooed With the ends OF matches In each bowl was
in serted n cork which was shaped to fit ughty WIN
ont going more than eighth Of an men ihsiuc inc
rim Tho bowls stained with volct INK anu oi'o
bowl held a small quantity Of the hu'd' fart %
another bowl, which had been broken, was fonnd IN
me Of the prisoners waiscoat pockets and TWO OF tho
pockets were stained with ink on tho inside lhere
was ink on the prisoners fingers also
cotnors denied that he had thrown INK on
,romcn', dresses lie said that he had found his
little boy playing with the ink and bowls and had
taken them away from him. His actions lea the
noIice 10 believe that he partly. at least insane
iii. wife and children were questioned, ana they de-
ntcd that they ever had tho ink or the bowls.
Mrs, Connors said her husband had been acuhs
strangely and probably was not IN his right mhd'
Al the Yorkville Police Court yesterday, Conhors
was rcmanded 10 the custody Of Captain kllea, until
.,o ,o,ec.,ves could find some o, the women whose
dresses had been ruined with ink. Messages were
con, 10 about twenty such women, and hali doze'
n, them looked at Connors in the afternoon ~ tho
st,,,on They said they could not Identify the
prisoner because they had not seen the singer "ht
their dresses wcrc spattered with the INK Mo''
of the ink singing has been done between l"''o p ~,
and midnight when Conuors has not been az WORN
I'M the stables. The police say that tohhoF9, cN'
IDENTIFY has carried the bowls In his "ai'coa' poc"el
where he could uncork them whllc Wd!"Ilt sio'c va
hind the women. After uncOrkng bowl nc 'V"'u
,,ke II out ~ his pocket. throw the INK over ulo'
snS waIk away Without attrac,in. attention Tho
f.yorto spoi. chosen FOR the Ink singing have been
on smith ave. between Fiueth ana li'y hl"ln so,
Among the women whose dresses nave oeeh rum. run.
W,I.it Of 80 13o West fity seventh. 81
vi CARTE Dc Mot q 30 ~ Es 81 - MMrs
v.-,h, Dc,,u 81 40 G53 smith ave- Nl-' llAlc
-terscr. u 80 6G5 NInhaye. Mr., CatlaTias Jas.sr'
II So AZ West rnicth 4. Ms, HAtue ho,h' - g
sal West Fits first ST., Mrs Gilbert iiaS'7, 81 30.
81 Me- my seventh st.. Miss Mary Lee; Of 30 80
Wc,t Figrcth -. Mr.. Grobcr. ~ "" u" N's' flIl
Grst - miss Nora Kramer. Of SO $50 West FoTty
niuth Il Mss lille Horn. Mrs. Jamc' brenhan ana
w., lister, NJ Foreman to,sroyc, 81 Engine 40. a. I"
Wet Forty rcycnth -. -. 3D.. ono.
Iighicoiored aud expensive dresses were the one
usually chosen hv the singer. ~ many a. W'.,l
rr,frh for tho scoundrcl several nights ana Dap
Tain Klea had offered reward % 30 i'F TIC '''c'
II.ames McTaliy ~ West sixty hhh St. is the Only
pcr.on known 10 tho police who c,na p', ,,. -
iSr,,f, ,no prisoner NcNally chased he Singer
800 NJ rh, hii, failed catch him tn" description
,rhlch he gave Tailed clos"lr with the aplr'la,e 81
C'.r,',r. 'NcNally Wa out - The city yesterday