Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-27
NEW YORK's LATEST MURDER.
An Engineer on the Steamship PHILADELPHIA,
Arrested for the Crime,

An Engineer on the Steamship Philadelphia
Arrested for the Crime.
Regarding the Jack the Ripper" sensation
in New York, the housekeeper who waited on
the couple. one Of whom was found murdered
on Friday, when they entered the hotel Thurs
day night, said that the murderer wore white
turned-down collar and dark brown cutaway
coat. He was decidedly German in appear
ance. but she could not tell by his appearance
how long he had been in this country She
said he resembled q seafaring man. He did
not speak word, merely nodding his head and
producing the 10-cent piece when his compan-
ion asked him for beer before proceeding to
their room. The housekeeper said the muir
dered woman was a well-known character
around the neighborhood. but no one seemed
to know her or where she lived. She thought
if woman named Mary Healey could be found
she might be able to tell who the murdered
woman was Mary Healey, who had been
locked up in the station house during the night
for drunkenness, was brought forward. but was
too drunk to say more than that the woman
was known as shakespeare" In the mean
time the police were securing the city and the
vessels at the docks for the murderer.
The barkeeper said the murdered woman first
came into the hotel alone early in the evening
and in talking said that she was a widow that her
father was a sea captain and her husband,
Suaries u DrOWn Ut Dtau. the witness was not
sure which, not having paid close attention
Brown or Beau was killed on the Pacific coast
Four central Office detectives were detailed to
aid the ward detectives in the matter, and
search was made Of all down town lodging
houses to ascertain whether any stranger had
taken room subsequent to the preparation
Of the awful butchery. The murdered woman
was identified as an all night FOUNDER Of
many years standing in the district where the
crime was committed, which is similar in many
respects to the Whitechapei district of London.
Though the woman's real name could not be
ascertained for a long time it was learned that
she was known as shakespeare" among her
associates. This sobriquet was applied to her
because of the fluent way in which she repeated
the lines of the great bard. She was a hand
some woman with striking features of Roman
cast. and a form Of remarkable symmetry for a
woman Of her age. There were even traces of
refinement visible beneath the marks left by a
life OF dissipation.
The place in which the woman's life was
ended is known to the residents in the locality
1.-THE house OF all drinks" 1t has a bad
reputation, and is perhaps one of the worst OF
its class in New York city. The police say
numerous crimes have been committed within
its portals. and only recently the bartender was
arrested for cutting man down with saber.
The woman was finally identified as Carrie
Brown.
Inspector Byrnes yesterday afternoon ar
rested the second engineer of the steamer
Philadelphia lying at her pier OH the East
river, and turning his prisoner over to some OF
his men had him taken to headquarters. The
arrest was made by the inspector alone and I'M
aided. The description of the man CORE
spends almost identically with the murderer OF
Carrie Brown. Another arrest was made by
Inspector Byynes on the Philadelphia and the
prisoner held as q witness.