Evening journal., 1891-05-01
NOT THE LONDON RIPPER
But Byrnes Thinks He Has
New York's Jack.
'FRENcHY NO. u is THE FTEED.


sherilck, IL Very Strong There Were
Numerous Blocd stains on Hia Clothing.
NEw YORK, May THE detectives who
have been engaged in the search for the
murderer OF Carrie Brown at the East
River hotel on the night Of April "a believe
they have secured the Ripper in the person
Of Frank Sherlick, alias "Frenchy,n alias
Bulkley. "Frenchyn has been under arrest
since last Friday night. Inspector Byrnes
has given .he facts CLEANED by the police
in their Investigations "The night before
the murder, he said 'Frenchy' occupied
a room in the East River hotel with a
woman, and during Thursday and Thurs
| day night was seen at several places in that
locality with shakespeare. He was drink
ing
about II o'clock on the night Of the
murder Shakespeare entered the hotel In
company with man whose identity Is
not known. 'Frenchy' had frequently oc-
/ cupied a room there, and had many times
i beaten and bitten women, taken their
money away and created such a disturb
ance that the proprietor was Obliged to
throw him out Men unaecompanied by
women were not allowed on the top floor
OF the hotel, and especially stringent was
this rule so FAR As 'Frenchy was concerned.
He Got Room Thirty-three.
"The women were usually left alone in
their rooms at an early hour, and this
man was in the habit of robhing them
On the night OF the murder Eddie Fitz-
gerald, who was in charge Of the Water
street door, did not know OF this regula-
tion.
shortly after midnight 'Frenchy' came
ia and said he wanted a room, giving the
boy twenty five pennies and being as
signed to room 8s, just across the hall
from where Shakespeare was. Later in
night the boy turned the pennies over TO
Sam Shine, who was at the desk When
Shine learned that 'Frenchy was up stairs
there was some talk about putting him
out, but they finally concluded to let him
remain owing to the iateness Of the hour.
About in the morning the fellow was
seen to leave.
TeIitale Blood stains.
Gle turned his head from Fitzgerald as
he passed, but the boy recognized him and
SO reported 60 the clerk. 'Frenchy wore
no underclothes He had on coarse me
rino shirt, trousers and socks. On the
lower front edge OF the shirt we found hu
man blood
"On the left shoulder OF the shirt ther
was blood, as IL the woman in her strug
7 giles had grabbed him there. There was
large blood stain on one OF his wristbands
that he had tried to wash out and there
/ were also blood stains on his stockings
There were bloody marks on the door Of
room 3S, which we cut out The inside Of
the door also had blood on It, which prob
i ably came from the mans fingers in clos
! | ing the door A chair in room 33 had blood
! on it, as did the mattress on whict
Frenchy' slept, and the blanket had cloti
of blood on It, as II he had wiped his handi
(. on IL We procured nail knife ant
! cleansed his nails, as II is something thesl
I fellows never do We found human blood
I The Arrest Of "Frency No. @.'
cat o'clock Sunday morning we ar
!, rested 'Frenchy No. q and found that tn
i night OF the murder he had been working
4 at a place about four and one-half mile
a from the East River hotel, so we let hin
Il go. Frenchy No / has lied in everything
4 he has told us. He claimed that he did no
sleep at the hotel that night, but that HI
i, was in Brooklyn. He was finally made {,
/. admit that he lied He then said that h.
!. came to New York the Wednesday previou
20 the murder from Jamaica, L. l., wher
4 he had been working about hotel Sun
u day morning l sent him over there il
char-e Of two detectives, but he could no
find the place.
!. "We learned, however, that he had beer
Z discharged from the Queens county peni
(, tentiary April 10, where he had been Sen
for yagrancy. Hedenled all knowledge o
1 the witnesses we have in custody, but the,
, positively identified him. Mary Minite
has also lied from beginning to end, anl
still insists that she let Shakespeare il
with blond man
4 ''rhe prisoner gave several lying expla
\ nations OF how he got the blood on hi
I clothing. We have not been able to trac
4 the knife, and we cannot fasten it oI
Frenchy yet. II Is such knife as is uses
4 on banana ships, or may have been pickes
: out Of the gutter. We are working nov
\ to find the owner Of IT, You know as mucl
I about the case as do now, and If you cam
Z draw your own conclusions / can't hell
Z you further Understand, l don't SAY
/, that Frenzy did ii; simply give you thu
y facts as have them.
\ Not the London Ripper.
a "No, / do not consider this fellow
'Frenchy' to be connected in any way will
the Whitechapel murders in London II
Z. every instance there the murderer showed
II some knowledge Of anatomy, and he dis
z emboweled his victims evidently for thl
e purpose Of securing a certain portion 0
/ the body. Iu this case the slashing SEEM
b to have been done simply from brutality
B, and no part of the body was removed. A
is any rate, the knife used was not such a.
= would have been carried by person witt
is premeditated such brutality"
n Little Above Monkey in Intellect.
e Frank Sherlock (Frenchy) was taker
3 from the Oak street station to the genera
y sessions court, and then removed 70 a eel
e at police headquarters He is an Algerian
e about forty years old He Is about fee
n tall and very slim, weighing not more thar
'e $50 pounds. His complexion is swarth,
y and his hair and mustache = not yer.
/ heavy-are very black. His cheek bone
70 are very prominent and his cheeks sunken
his nose is long and rather pointed, an.
his eyes have a wild, hunted look. Hi
whole appearance bore out the statemen
J, of DIR. Edison, who made an examination
le into his sanity, that he is half idiot, littl
D. above the monkey in intellect.
II DR.. Edison is analyzing the blood stain
u and verifes all the inspector has said. Tn
% body Of the murdered woman was for
y warded from the Grand Central station
b. yesterday to her relatives In Salem.
r Miss courIns' Case.
Is CHICAGO, May Miss Couxins' appli
| cation for an Injunction to restrain he