The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-13
JACK, 7HE RIPPER.
An Important Clue to His Ider.;
tity Comes to Light.
A WOMHN'S HORRIBLE STORY.
Ito boarded at Her llousc..Eloolv
Evidence that lie Is tho Party
Wanted aud Which May
Lead to Ills Detection,

I
! Lead to Ills Detection.
! LONDON, Oct. lo.-A sensation OF the
most enormous proportions has been
caused here by the statement made ly
lodging house keeper, who is locate d
IN the Whitechapel district. She c]ajmy,
with apparent good evidence to support
the Claim, that it was at her house thst
Jack tho Ripper lived during his sal-
culinary escapade thercabout.
The woman, who keeps the houtc
came to Mr.. Albert Backers, tho Chair.
man OF the Vigilance Committee, aud in
tho presence Of several witnesses told
her story, and alterward swore 10 T..
Inc woman, who Is n respectable pei
son. to The police to be quiet, and
conducting a thoroughly respectable
place, says that during the period
marked by tho distinctive murders Ct
tho Ripper, young man called at her
house anu engaged q bedroom.
THE srnASdEns STORY.
do stated to her in reply to her onc.-
tions as to his business and his ability
10 pay for tho accommodations, That he
had been at sea up to the time OF his
coming there; that he didn't work at
all, but was in receipt OF an allowance
rom his father OF El per week, and thnr
ms brother, who was a physician. ray,.
MN further allowance OF o trife aver.
this amount. The woman noticed, when
nc took possession OF the apartment
that he had great quantity of. clothirr
OF all kinds, including hunting breeche,'
also revolvers, guns and many oth,r :
articles not often found iu the outfit of IA
workingmap. "
He asked for door KEY. which w,o
gwen him, and she noticed that b q vert
out and came in at unusual and irrerp.
lar hours OF the night. He was in tLc
habit oil lying abed, generally until the
afternoon, and would rise about (
o'clock and leave the house, She contJ
not say what time he returned, beconse
she never CHANGED TO see him when We
was re.entering the house. What t;yst
excited her suspicion that there wea ant" "
t1lng unusual about him was tho
bloody condition in which she ofte,
!oand The towels sent to his room.
TIE MYSTERIOUS STAINS.
For this she finally spoke to the man
and demonstrated with him for so;line
the articles in such a manner, and asked
what could have caused such ,rotr
sion 3! OF blood as WAS there to be ionnd
This direct question he endeayored II,
explain away by saying that he wss
very found of painting, and in his nr.' W..
pasations for those artistic moments ~ bo
was in the habit OF wiping his brmshss p no
on the towels and thereby stained then,
so as to give the impression that it wnu
blood. Further than this, the woman
states, that she knows, from her ow,,
knowledge, that he sent several per-
sons sons pieces OF what appeared to be raw
liver. W -"
One afternoon she happened to he in
MS room ior the purpose OF attending to
some OF her household duties, and tber,
she saw him with newspaper snroaI
out upon his table, and upon it waa
large piece OF raw meat that she, nj n dir.
lance, took to bc liver. She asked him
what it was and where it came from an,,
he replied that it was a piece of iroyan
mutton that had been given him bw n
friend who was employed on boat thar
came from New Zealand bearing n carao
OF this meat. ~
TIE EXPLANATION pLAUslBLr.
The reasonable element oi tbic ,,,,
which served to make the woman Hind
to what the chunks oimeat might really
be, lies in the fact that most os hor
lodeers, this young man among tbn,,
prepared their meals in their own oo' rnon,
upon another occasion, somewhat
later than this, she saw the man do m II
piece OF THIS meat in a email box. tir It
securely and address it it to tho chaiT.
man OF the Vigilance Committee and
leave the house with it under his arc
she never saw it or the box afterward
rurther even than this, the woman ,f.
hrms that she saw the mau place smal,
6lts OF flesh IN envelopes, which he nj.
dressed 10 different news aceucies nnJ
papers, and aleo 10 prominent ,nomi'nNa n
OF the police with great apDarent nor.
fulness. He LETT three enveIonos s all
the contents in the room when he wa va
Gated 1t, and the woman. disroror;n,.
them when cleaning the apari imer, ,,tns ai,a.
ne had given it up, threw into the duet
On two occasions he broupht ho,,o
with him blood.Btained aprons wh;oE nTG,e hs
gave to her and which she still has, oni
Is ready to turn over to the police. be-
iievln1g now that they belonged to Two NJ
h's victims, for now she ia convinced Ier
lodger was Jack the Ripper. She enr.s
That he always seemed to have amnln
money, and spent it with q degree rS
!avlsiiness not often met in that locality.
HIS BLOOD STAINED CLOTHING.
On the morning Of the Castle aI,ev
murder, which was the last Jack hss
thus far committed, her lodger left, and
has not yet returned In addition ~
the envelopes that he left behind him ~
the woman found in his closet 4 nair i,, y,
Silent Shoes. several bags and n lonr
overcoat, all OF which she asserta s nrs ::
blood;staned in almost every oart "o
The woman gives as her reason ior,ot
speaking ear!iert the TACT that she ffid not
suspect the identity OF the man VIZ unt;I nUI
after he had got eyond her reacb um,,i an,i
then she feared to 90 to the poi;ca '" hnt
the secret has 80 weighed upon her MINI HuS
that she could keep it no LONGER , nnI
now she comes forward to warn o,bosa "a,s,
against this suspicious Iodger. - ''Do'S
n. TRAGIC yu,,,,,.