New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
" FREYcHYn TALKS WITH REPORTERS.
HE DENIES THAT HE KILLED CARRIE BROWN
AT THE EAST RIVER HoTEL-AN
ARREST IN JAMAICA.

"Frenchvs the prisoner accused Of mUrder1ng old
Carrie Brown in the East River Hotel at Water-st
and Cathsrne SLIP is locked up In the Tombs ana Is
expected 10 remain there until May H. when Coroner
Schutze will continue the inquest His counsel
Emanuel Friend has expressed willingness TO have
him talk to reporters and interpreter conducted
such conversation in the Tombs yesterday
"Frenchy" said his right was Amer All, and he
was born in Algers thirty four years ago. Ills mother
was a Frenchwoman, but he was brought up In the
Mussulman faith. He forced into the French
army nine years ago, and about two years ago he
was In the maritime service at Marselles. There he
deserted and went to Brazil a steamer which after
ward carried him to this city. His wife Fatima and
twelve children In Algiers, he says
All admitted yesterday that he slept at the East
River Hotel the night Of the murder but he said
he was not in the place on the previous night with
Carrie Brown, and he deped that he knew the woman
On the day before he went to the hotel he sald he
had been looking for work along the docks and had
begged few cents. He not drunk He slept
until O'Clock in the morning, and then went out
quietly. WheD he arrested he was looking for
work. He had not killed anybody aud was not trying
to run away. The blood on his clothing had been
there long time, since he had fight with man. lie
had no knife in the Queens County jail, he said.
There was no evidence in the case yesterday,
Inspector Byrnes said Detectives still searching
for the stranger who took Carrie Brown to the East
River Hotel the night OF the murder. John Duiy,
Of Hampstead, L. J., who served short term Of i'm
prisonment in the Queens County jail for ntoxcaton,
was the man whom Ali tIied TO stab in the jail lie
and two other prisoners David Gilloway and Edward
Smith have described the knife similar TO the one
with which old Carrie Browns body was mutilated.
The detectives say that Ali, alias Fenchy," is such
| a depraved rogue and ready u tell lies that no
dependence be placed on any thing he says, even
when lie has no motive for lying. 1t Is expected that
more proof of his guilt may be obtained before the
Coroner's inquest is finished.
benjamin Ashmead, a constable of Jamaica, cansed
sensation in that village yesterday by announcing that
he had arrested a who answered the description
OF Jack the Ripper" The arrest made Friday
night yesterday he arraigned before Justice
| Hendrickson The prisoner, who charged with
vagrancy, said lie Charles Holland. He had the
appearance Of tramp and looked much frightened.
e spoke broken English and IS undoubtedly German.
He said I've organ tuner. Constable Ashmead
produced two blood stained handerchiefs which he said
he found the prisoner. when he arrested. The
prisoner explained the bOod stains the handc.r-
chiefs by saying thai while he Staten Island
| on Thursday nigh he had trouble with two men
who assaulted him and cut his head. He used tile
handkerchefs, he ssd. 70 bind up his wounds. The
| prisoner admitted that on the night Of the murder