The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-25
LOADED FOR NK-SLINGlNG.
IMMUYITIoN ENOUGH ON CONNoRS
FOR 4 DOZEN DRESSES.

One Women Identifies che Man who Spilled
Ink on Many in tho Dark, aud HIs Pock
eta Tell the Story-Ue In n Horse.ca,
| HItcher, and the Police were Looking
for "a Dudo-HIs own Explanation.
There Is rejoicing among tho woman Of the
| west sido to-day over the arrest Of " Jack the
| Ink Singer" There seems to DO no reasonable
doubt that the man, John Connors Of 443 Wes
| Fifty fourth street, who was arrested on Friday
night by Policeman Stafford. is the man the
police have been looking so earnestly for fol
the Inst two months. Connors was remandet
in the Yorkvile Court yesterday until thi.
i morning.
For months past tho ink singer has been ru
| lining women's dresses on the street. His first
appearance or the first appearance Of this par.
| ticular variety OF mischief was on the elevated
railroad station at Twepty-Third street and
| Sixth avenue. where one womsns skirt was
despatched twice In one afternoon with what
| appeared to be tobacco juice The ink slinRe,
may have done this or he may have heard OF II
and have resolved to do likewise. He adopted
violetsink and haunted Ninth avenue'between
| Fifty fourth aud Fitty-ninth street. The side
walks in that region bear many mark OF him.
| 1t was invariably q light coored dress that
was ruined, and dresses OF expensive material
seemed especially to attract the ink slinger's
]
because no one could give description Of the
| wretch. Ladies' coming from the theatre or
| from social visit would reach their homes TO
| find their dresses botched and despatched
| They could not tell Just where or Just. when
| the thing was done.
| Another curious fact was the hour was al-
! ways about IL o'clock at night.
| All Can't Killiea's men could do was to lie in
| wait,for Jack. AS many as eleven men in plain
| clothes. besides the Captain watched for him
one night. Two men were watching every
night. The night the Captain and tho eleven
men wore out, 1t began to rain about II o'clock
and they Quit Can't Killllea had hardly got to
the station house when in come woman with
a ruined dress Complaints Kept coming in
thereafter, and the Captain offered s25 and a
night oil to the man who should arrest the ink
Last Friday night four policemen, in plain
but Il fell to tho lot Of Policeman stafford the
regular patrolman In full uniform, TO effect the
Stafford a 1nS SniS
about half past II O'Clock. when two women
walEe ed past him down the avenue: both wore
he stood man stepped out from q doorway
and closely followed the women. 50 the po-
followed the cast Tbs Sns
tated an instant, and then hearing the foot.
stepped up to him and SAID:
What are you doing"
Nothing replied The man e and as he said
Stafford grabbed the hand and found small
bottle OF violet ink In II. o
I've got him." thought STAFFORD and he
went for that man other pockets. In tho right
hand vest pocket he found the bowls of three
clay pipes, filled with the Same violet lux. The
and plugged with splinters of wood, Corks
were fitted IN the tops OF the bowls With the
e pcpF SS es SSS would Hut P @ H
plan to squirt u little stream OF ink that way.
The splinters were put in to stay. The bowl
and emptied on the victims skirts With three
bowls and bottle loaded. il was easy 70 make
u good many victims in one evening, The bot
tie Of ink was nearly full ono OF the Pipe
The pipe bowls were old In the service, and
were stained a deep violet hue from their
coatinRs OF Ink. one Of them was burned ana
black at the bottom, as If 1t had been smoked.
which they were made. The bottle WAS n small
square one with the stamp Caw's violet ink"
6oTn IN t Msr Sase Hsa a5e an 5G TIE
street.
The appearance Of the prisoner was sur
Nottingham, stafford took him TO tho West
was soarched. He 'V WINS ' badly scared. and the
HSFPs spp stood out upon him n Big eeads
him Go he had no money b9 he SAID he
friends who would have lent 1t to him. He said
he mad meyer been arrested before. and didn't
Connors worked in the stables OF the Ninth
avenue sMrfgce road at Fifty fourth street as u
"hitcher." lie quit work at about 1880 T. NJ.
~ on Friday night" he SAYS II filed my PHO
and went UP to fifty ninth street for smoke
before ! went homo, for the air up there Ia
fresh. always got home by 1850"
He could not explain how it was that he was
out 80 much later that night. Concerning his
possession OF the ink bottle and pipe bowls. no
said
nsi ln nVrlG irL-
stands. took the stuff all away rom them
and put 1t in basin on the top shc!f of the
the alarm clock, and went for the, pliers, which
was in the basin. and set the ink on the floor
while SGEeI m tie lSs pers The gd fGdTGn
When ] couldn't work Mt the clock no longer | |
found the children playIn' wtd the stntI, and
Ee won't get 1t again and put il in my POCKET,
Then went 10 work. and forgot all about it 1 |
never throwed ink on anybody"
,Connors Is n man Of medium height rather |
Slim, Ills head is large. but narrow. HIS
cheeks are sunken and his eyes are deep set.
preston. He looks ] ke shrewd fellow He |
came to this country from Ireland in 1882 and |
land and stayed there till 1887. He has four |
small children.
Mrs. Connors came to the station house yes |
her. She WAS greatly troubl led over her hus- |
Rends arrest but sure that be was not guilty. |
gave his father tho llo 10y saying that he never |
got any Ink from him. and had never used it to
play with. Mrs Connors said she used good /
deal OF Ink in writing letters TO Ireland. ana !
that sometimes she had five or six letters ia |
mail a. She ssd he children had pPss to
bubbles with pipes but that he hal never had |,
any corks and added. You can't blow bubbles
with corks"
Mrs. .Copnors said John was good husband
and hard worker. lie enrped tl2.25 week,
and gave her sl2 every Monday
Probably fifty dresses have been ruined by
the Ink sli9Rers:, Many OF the sufferers have
complained to the police. Word was sent to
oil OF these that the arrest had been made, and
the women were asked to come to the station
house to Identify the man.
street had a new light silk ruined last We'd
nesday night She thought she would recoR- +
lize the man. but when Connors stood before
ler she WAS unable to swear that he threw tho
NIX There are three other women IN tho sumo
y oody and her daughter and Miss brown.
Miss Daisy Myers Of 4Sl West Ftfty-seventh
'ttreet Is another victim. It Is said there are
,laVan that block. |