Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-04-27
BYRNES ON HIS METTLE
The Famous Inspector Per-
sonally Nabs a Suspect.
HE THINKS HE HAS THE RIPPER

The DisrcputabIe Cousin Of 'Frenchy'
Is Believed to BE the Man who slew
the Woman ''shaIsespeare"--An Army
OF Metropolitan Detectives at work.
NEW YORK, April 27.-The police arc
still turning heaven and earth to catch
New York's Jack the Ripper Arrests
have been made by wholesale in the case,
and the whole police and detective force OF
the metropolis has literally devoted most
Of It's time since the murder Of the woman
shakespeare, or Carrie Brown. In
spector Byrnes is evidently on his mettle,
and has been personally directing the
search for suspects AT o'clock yester
day afternoon the inspector boarded the
Red d. line steamer Philadelphia, lying
at her pier in the East river, and personally
arrested the second engineer who answers
almost perfectly TO the description OF the
murderer as given by Mary Miniter, the
housekeeper of the East River hotel Still
another arrest has been made that tallies
with the description OF the supposed "Jack
the Ripper Two park policemen found
colored coat and blue trousers, and, ifany.
thing, was scarcely shabby enough for the
companion Of the degraded victim at the
slum lodging house that fatal night
The Ripper IL said to have worn a shabby
blue coat The man, whose name is said
TO be Henry Young, was examined at the
Oak street station, confronted with
"frenchym another suspect, aud later
fn1faf IA aaIt.n haaJ.ss,artat.s flfha ,,a.s,o.
paper men were meanwhile driven out OF
the station house, so great was the desire
TO keep quiet the actual bent Of the police
work and the facts learned thereby
They Know the Murderer.
Inspector Byrues says he knows who the
murderer IS. "Frenchy,n one Of the first
sua@cts arrested, has a disreputabe
cousin, and IL is this cousin whom the po.
lice believe is New Yorks Ripper The
women among the prisoners had often
been in the company Of both Of the men
| They said that the two usually travelled
/ together, but when one Of them appeared
| alone he generally went about nquiring
| for the other, whom he designated as his
cousin.
| II appeared from the statements Of the
| woman that the cousins HAD frequently
| gone with them 10 the East River hotel.
| On the night OF the murder HFrenchyn oc.
cupied alone room 49, which was across
the hall from the room where the murder
was committed When the inspector heard
the womens story he sent again for Ma
nie Minfter, the woman who let the
couple into the hotel that night, and she
recalled the fact that ''Frenchyr was in
the house that night, and said she recog
nized the mau who came in with the muir
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The Identification strengthened.
This identification was further strength.
ed by comparisons between the descrip.
tions which the prisoners had given Of the
cousin and the description which Mamie
Mfniter had previously given OF the man
who accompanied Carrie Brown The
prisoners said the cousin was young man
with light complexion, brown mustache,
a sharp nose, derby hat and a cutaway
coat. Manic Miniter had described Car
rie Browns companion as about thirty
two years old, with a light complexion,
brown mustache, sharp nose, derby hat
and q cutaway coat From this concur
| renee AID for other reasons, which he was
not willing to give out In full, Inspector
Byrnes was satisfied that the man who
took Carrie Brown into room 81 that
night and then killed and mutilated her
was the cousin and companion in vice OF
the man he had locked up In a cell.
Close on his Trail.
If the man indicated by Inspector Byrnes
is really the tiend who butchered Carrie
Brown 1t should not be long before he ia
under arrest. Reporters yesterday traced
him to as late as Saturday, the second day
after the murder, discovered where he had
recently lived, what were his haunts and
who were his companions Unless he has
got out Of the country altogether the drag
net with which the detectives are indus
triously hauling the dives of this and
neighboring cities should land him within
forty-eight hours
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