The sun., 1891-05-03
MAYBE JAMAICA'S GOT Him.
QUEKHs COUNTY ALERT TO FIND
sHAkEsPEARE,s COMPANION.

or the Handkerchief That Heteh Hs<
Closed Tive Days Befere-Frenehy Take
Queens county has got the Ripper fsvsI
aimee Il has learned that Frenchy was ARRESTED
there and confined In the county Jail msu
with lieht moustsehs ventufsd iuto Jamaics
On Friday nisht and Detective benjamin. Ash.
mead pounced on him and cArted him on q
js1. He searched him and found two bloody
hapdksrchiefs In his pocket The prisonei
said he had been hurt in agbt IN Staten
Island barroom and had wired of the blood
with bis handkerchlsfs, He answered In soms
respects the vague description Of old shake.
spssre's companion the night abe was mur-
dsrsd. ..aa
He said hs was Charles Holland, q. Ger
man piano and organ tuner. He lived
about" he ssid. His homo was In South Nor
walk. He was In New York city the night Of
the murder be said but hs didn't stop at the
East River Hotel. He occupied room with q
woman at the New England Hotel In the Bow
err. This statement 10 ths most suspioious
thing about him. because the New Ensland
Hotel has been sold and has taken no iodesre
since April II. The murder was done on the
nisht OF April as Holland was committed -
. vagrant and Inspector Byrnes was notified.
The Inspector was away all yesterday aftsr-
noon. Acting Inspector Mclaughlin said
he was "out OF town on little business" /"
and It WA surmised that he had gone to
Jamaica
A cable despatch says that tho London news.
papers announce that Scotland Yard has no.
csived despatch signed Inspsctor Thomas
Byrnss." stating that the New York police sx-
pect to prove that the man In the Tombs
Ia the original Jack the Rppsr Of Lnndon. Mr..
Byrnss told Sun reporter ON Friday that hs
did not believe that the prisoner was the Lon.
don criminal
The prisoner. Frenchy No. l. talked In the
Tombs yesterday with number Of reporters
They had Frsnohmsn with them who acted
- interpreter. Contrary to his oounssl's In.
struotions the suspected man was communi.
oativs. He said his real hams was Ben All
(sbout ~ distinctive q name ~ "Johnson"h
that hs WAS born in Alglors. was 81 years old.
unmarried. and had served eight years in the
Fourteenth Chasseurs. Two years ago hs went
70 Msrssillss and from there 10 Brazil; and he
"a: esIss y brewa or h.s.s.r.
81 .isps, i SroGtss' q ns Ssaas.asyy 9 aasy
River hive Hotel the nis6t Of tie A murder. T went vent
pennies and be SNOW Cd me my room. did
any woman had ever known slept across the
hall from me. have never slept IN the hotel
but that once. was there once before with
woman, but didn't remain.
tired out: had been looking for work all dav.
room. i woke up about, 9 O'Clock and went
out. ! wasn't drunk when went to bed be-
c 1uss didn't have money enough to act drunk
with. The money paid Tor mi. room got BY
begging. Tho blood on my clothes came from
q man with whom Iusrrelled some time ago.
They were old stains and 10 not amount to
l never killed that woman. never killed
said hs did not know. the n namss Of any OF tho
women who were locked up rs witnesses
against him. He had met them sround 10 aa-
looms In tho Fourth ward. And occasionally he
gave money to them. He went with Them ali.
IT'S q iie." he ssid. ITO say I only liked old
women. never inquired their age"
. This statement was made voluntarily, very
few questions having been asked. When the
f h she AZ
1hs. fact that Frenehy, ,NH ! Eb,n hs was Ar
arm bandagsd ~. alt4oneh u was NOT injured.
reminded the Long Island Ctiy police that
: Jack, tho Ktsser." whe. Yssd to. chase the
women 81 Astoria several 'months 'aRo: was
described bS some Of q TIE women a. having one
l.s 'Rs sr ass 4 sss1
man entered a house near tho Ninety second
street ferry during the absence Of the mails
mem bers Of tho family and compelled the wOr
|nen IN the house 10 do one OF his arms mp in
bendages.