New-York tribune., 1891-04-25

the door Ncbody noticed him going out, and
he might have gone after daybreak His work
in the room need not have occupied many
minutes, as the mutilation of the woman's BODY
had been done with evident haste and in bung-
ling fashion. When the bandages were removed
from the woman's head, black and blue marks on
the throat were disclosed. Captain OConnor
thought they showed plainly enough that the
woman had been stranglcd. Her eyes were ciosed
tightly, and the skin her nose and temples
showed the imprints of the folds Of the bandage'
SHE WAS KNOWN AS SHAKESPEARE
Inmates of the lodging-housc who looked at the
murdered womans body said they had not known
her Mary Miniter told Captain O'Connor about
the arrival of the woman at the house, ana gave
careful description of the man who was WIN
her Captain O'Connor sent Mary to the ponce
station to be detained witness for the Coroher'
A number of persons living in the neighborhoo"
were permitted to look at the corpse of the muir
dered woman in the expectation that some OF
them might be able to identify it, No one recos-
nized the dead face until Mary Haley drunken
woman who had occupied room in the lodging
bouse during the night, was induced to go up
stairs She was still too much under the influence
of LIQUOR to talk coherently, but she sald lile oIu
woman was known as ohakesPeaaed d,,'op 'u lent nv
George Bartmcr at No. SAL Water.st, she saiu
Persons in Bartmer's place declared that t9ey uld
not know the, old woman me ne pShokesneare pShoGk s
nv other homeless creatures who frequenteu GlNes
in Water-st. and begged drinks and money rom
sailors. 1t was said that she nau oma Ueen Of wSom
was of middle age and ilVed somemheIIc ~ IL nol;no
CITY. Mary Haley was locked up IN tne PoIicc io
station while the police were continuing 'neii i"-
qnires. ,, ;v,,rossod bv
the gravity of the crime that ne sougRC an ~ tU IN
Chief Inspector Byrnes IN searGnG ear iHp of the
First Precinct was at Police Headquarters, having
been sent there by the Police Board on 6uesuaN 10
tp,r 1avs and he was sent with Detective Ser
geants Crowley, McCloskey and Grady 10 "o.k
IN the case with OConnor and his deteetves' p; az
the time of the latest murder by Jack Ihe hlp-
ner'' in the Whtechapel district, McCloskey was
in London and he learned from the detective sat
Scotland Yard some facts that mgnt @ & 1e ol Sei'i0'
in a search for the murderer in TINS CITY: 49,: -.
The police tried to delay the pubhcaton oil
the murder in order that the detectives might uo
some work in secret, and 1t was nearly 2, III in
~ Heodouarters Before that hour Coroner
Schutze had been summoned to the lodging nouse
and had made an examination OF The muruereu
woman's body He also heard Mary Mlnlters
story She said the old woman was IN Iile 1aI-
room on the first floor of the house on Ih9rsIay 49
evening, drinking and talking ABOUT heisGli, nc ne
old creattire had said that she was the wldow OF
Charles c. Brown or Bean, a sea captain Wlo @ mcS
tention for Witnesses in Mulberry-st. ..a
The body of the murdered woman remained
in the lodginghOuse until late IN me alIeLnoon YER o
when it was placed in rough pine coffin ana car car
ried TO the Morgue in the dead wagon Inc
clothing which she had worn was taken along along
and part of il was recognized as worKhouse cIotn-
ing AS it was nearly new, the woman PROB
ably was on Blackwell's Island recently: 49,.
The register at the clearinghouse showed that
two men slept in Room No. 30, adjoining the one
in which the murder was committed, on Thurs
dav night Their names were entered as D. BUCK,
lev and E. Murphy and one Of them Went entoped no
Room No 81 Only thin board partition sep
aratcs the rooms. and slight noise in one can ne
heard in the other 1t would seem lncTeoloe e uao .o
subsequent butcherv was heard by either hnckIey
or Murphy Detectives were hunting for the
two men yesterday.
THE POLICE AT WORK
INSPECTOR Williams, vino joined the detectives
in the Investigation said that the murder evil
IDENTIFY had been committed without motive Cap
tain O'Connor thought there motive other
than robbery or revenge He doubted If the
murderer had been acquainted with his victim,
hut had selected her for deliberate purpose:
Prl Oaby the murderer drugged her ana strangled
her silently. The man doubtless was dressed,
ready to leave the room when he committed the
crime. 90,
Captain Mclaughlin and the Central Office
detectives went about their work without say
ing anything to reporters. They refused to eX.
press any opinions or to tell one particle OF
information which they had OOtalneO showing
that they were acting under the orders of In
spector Byrnes. who seldom VT talk about a
case until he has finished work on it. Last even
ing Inspector Byrnes went to the Oakst. station
and remained there long time, evidently hard
at work, although he was shut out of view IN
the captains private room. Detectives went In
q man or woman. who was in charge
of officer was taken into the In
pece Tss Working It hard o get pn eew to
the murderer, but Inspector ByrncS would not per
nit any Of the information which he gained TO
get into the possession of reporters He would
say only: I'VE are trying to catch the murderer,
and he would not express an opinion as to the
possible identity of the criminal with Jack the
Ripper" He denied that he had ever said that
Jack the Ripper" would he caught in few days
if he crossed the ocean TO commit murder in
this city.
committed has been place for previous murders
and mysterious deaths Years ago a woman who
went with a strange man to the place was found
dead in bed after the man had disappeared. About
three wears ago, when the house was run by one
jennings his barkeeper, Tommy 1ompson, yho
still retains his place, became involved In night
with sailor over the payment Ior some 1 drinks Ks
sailor with big cavalry sabre. Iompson was
exonerated by coroner's jury. year later an
exconvc named Coffee we TO- e os pGe msn and
wife and were assigned to Room No. 81, the same
in which Yesterdays butcheTy took place On
wos foInd in the bed dead stiff and cold. Two
days later Coffee was arrested, but subsequently
he was exonerated by coroner's jury.
For years past the place has been known u
sailors along the docks who frequent that portloT
of the city as the House OF All DRINKS.
Deputy Coroner jenkins, who has been asslSleC
the task of performing the autopsy on the deat
body of the murdered woman. went to the Morgu'
early yesterday afternoon: hut found no corps
waited in the Morgue until 80 p. m, when hi
went home, after telling FinneCan, the Morgnt
keeper, that he would perform the AUTOPSY early
This morning. The body reached the Morgue al
$50 p m.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
The police last night effected what may or may
mot prove to he an important arrest. In thei
investigations yesterday the Central Office detec
,ives established clearly two facts-first that Tho