Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-06-25
FIVE HUNDRED MURDERS.
Unheard-Of Slaughter of Inuocents in
Suburban Village.

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Unheari-Of Slaughter of Inuocents in a
suburban Village.
Jack the Ripper has appeared at
Montclair, n. j., says the New York
Herald.
This time his murderous knife has
been turned against chickens. The
villagers speak of him as the unknown
miscreant;" irreverent have dubbed
him "Cooney No. l."
He came in the dead of night, fin
ished his fendish work we'll, and de-
parted, leaving no trace behind.
Not even dog barked.
Strangest of all, although the rip
pers principal victims were hens, the
king of the barnyard was not even
heard to utter clucking protest.
Before the day dawned 500 dead
strewed the sward of the barnyards
ofsome of Montclair's prettiest homes.
A reward of 500 has been offered
for the apprehension of the miscreant.
and the best detective talent of New
Jersey is now at work on the case.
The ripper cut the threats of his vic
tins. Either he flew about on a broom
stick, or else he must have had COME l.
crates. It is impossible to see how one
man could have cut the throats of 500
chickens distributed over an area of at
least two miles.
The knife used has not yet been dis
covered. All the Threats were cut in
the same manner that is, transverse
" and with deep thrust just suffi-
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trunk. In some cases the comb was
removed. There were isolated cases
of disembowelment, and in some of
these the gizzard had been cut out and
carried away by the scoundrel. Some
chickens have been known to carry
diamonds around in their gizzards.
Some chicken coops were more
harshly stricken than others, in that
hens and roosters and chickens alike
fell before the butchers knife. In
other cases Mr. Cock doodle-doo was
left to mourn the loss of all his wives.
No hens escaped. The murderer must
have been particularly sore on hens,
or eggs-it is possible to say which.
Early GA Friday morning, when the
family rooster should have walked pa
terfamiIias as usual, his voice was
stilled or Elm street. AS consequence
cook was late for breakfat, papa missed
his train, and the children stayed home
from school. But great was the mourn
ing when it was discovered that the
erstwhile peaceful coop had been con-
verified into scene of carnage. Dead
chickens lay everywhere, but in this
case there were no eggs in the lay.
Reverently the remains were gathered
together and prepared for the evening
meal
Everybody on Elm street had chick
en- for dinner on Friday evening. There
was no change in the menu yesterday
and i'll be none to day. The BOOSTERS
and aged hens have been converted
into soup.
[ did a little detective work myself
yesterday. A good rule to follow in
RAINING down a murderer is to look for
him near the scene of his crime imme
diately after it's commission. I found
a colored man moving a lawn on Elm
street He tried to look innocent,
but my searching glance discounted
him.
Heard about that chicken slaugh-
ter?" said [.
"No. boss, hain't," said he; but he
turned an ashen hue under my sleuth-
hound eye.
I impressed upon his mind the fact
that 500 had been slain The gigantic
number startled him, but he again
professed hi, entire innocence.
The Montclair police are working on
this clew.