The evening world., 1891-05-11
Further Delay to Get Evidence
that FrenChy Is the
Ripper,
Inquest on the East River Hotel
Tragedy Adjourned.
Discoveries as 10 the Accused Mans
Recent Dolngs in South Brooklyn.

Police, Coroners, District Attorneys and
lawyers are at loggerheads over the inquos,
into the death of old Carrie Brown, who wai
found brutaliy butchered 10 Jack the Ripper
In the East River Hotel on tho morning OF
April "a and at 2P. NJ. to-day 1t was announced
that the inquest would not go on before
Coroner schultze this afternoon as announced.
The inquest was originally set down for
Friday. May I, but was adjourned at the
request of Assistant District-Attorney Lindsay
until to-day to give Inspector Byrnes further
time to complete their case against Ameer Ben
Ali, or "Frenchy No. l." the suspect locked
up at the Tombs.
This afternoon 1t was stated that 1t had been
decided to adjourn the inquest until 10. 80
Wednesday morning, the reason as given at
the Distrlct-Attorney's once being that 'the
police are not quite ready"
At the once OF Levy, Friend 4 House,
Frenchy's lawyers, nothing was known about
the proposed adjournment. hut It was said
that the nrm strenuously opposed any further
delay.
Atthe Coroner's once It was stated that the
adjournment was granted to enable the Dis
trict-Attorney's once to prepare maps and
drawings OF rooms 81 and 33 OF tile East River
Hotel and of the hallway separating them.
At @ 30 this afternoon, upon application OF
Clerk Unger, of the District Attorneys once.
Coroner Schnltze formally adjourned the In
quest until TO- 80 Wednesday morning. None
of the witnesses, nor the jury nor Freucny
were present.
Lawyers House and Friend opposed the IT,
regularity of the proceeding, but were obliged
TO scquiesce IN the adjournment.
The adjournment of the inquest only
adds to the mystery already thrown around
the case by the police and confirms the
belief that the Chief Inspector Of Police is re-
serving his most important evidence for the
last minute, wnen lie Will spring il as a grand
coup.
So far as is known the principal evidence
against Ameer Ben All, or Frenchy, Is the
oil eyed trail of blood In the East River Hotel,
leading from the fatal room 81 10 room 80.
which was occupied by FrenchY the night OF
the murder, ana the nnding OF blood stains on
FTenchy's bed, clothing, uuder his hnger- n ais,
and the furn'ture OF his room.
FIenchy admits that he occupied room 33 on
the night OF the murder, bat denies that ne
saw Carrie Brown or was in pom 81. He o.
fers plausible explanations of the presence of
blood on his clothing and under HIS iinger-
nails.
The police do not appear to have fastened
upon Frenchy the ownership Of the knife
found beside old " snaxe,peare's msngled
body. nor have thev TO date, ~ Tar as can he
learned, accounted Tor &C. Knicio, the man
VINO occupied room 81 with the murdered wo-
man aud with whom see was iast seen alive.
Tnese two important links in tGe c1aiu Of
evidence against FrcnchJ are apparently lack
k..iE..E
the retcence Of TIC police means that con-
siderable knowledge on these two pointI has
been suppressed by the chief of detectives.
MORE WITNESSES
TITS known that the Oak street police have
added two more witnesses in the case TO those
who have BEEN locked up 10 the House of De-
tention since shortly after the murder was
committed.
One of these witnesses Ia said to be Edwin
Smith, a Fourth Ward die-setter, and he is
said to answer fairly well the description OF the
man &C. Kn'clo," as given by Mary Miniter,
the housekeeper who rented room 81 - him
and old Shakespeare"
The other witness Is woman named Nellie
English, whom no ono in the Fourth Ward
slums appears to know.
Her other companions In the House OF De-
tention are Mary Healy Lizzie Carter, Mary Ann
Lopez, Alice Sullivan. Mary HARRINGTON. Mary
Minier and "Dublln Mary" Br scoc, who
knew old "Shakespeare, and Eddie Fitz-
gerald, the boy who entered &C. Kniclo's"
name on the East River Hotel register.
Among the first witneBssG in the case, COM
mitted to the House of Detention 10y Coroner
Schultze, was one "William BeEkle," and
The EVENING WORLD was The first to discover
and announce that "BeSkie" was never
taken to the House of Detention, and that his
present where lbouts are unknown to any one
save the police.
All these facts only terd TO strengthen the
belief that the chief OF the New York de;ec-
tiyes has not told all tbat he believes about the
case, and, indeed, no one has ever been aole
to get from him his ot1lcial opinion that
."Frenchy No. 4" is the New York "Jaok the
RIPPER"
FRENoHy's HOME DISCOVERED.
Meanwhile Frenchy's lawyers have not
been inactive They nave discovered tnAt
their client mas frienus o! MS own NATIONALITY v
In Brooklyn, who can testify to mis- peace fnl
disposition, and through them iheV hope to
learn other iacis that will clearly establish his
Frenchy's friends live on Columbia street,
near Hamilton venue, South BROOKLYN, and
their names are Jenalli and BoZleb. JenalIi rs
an Arab and Is married to an IrlshwomAn
Bozit b is a Turk.
Frenchy, or Ameer Ben ALI, as his Turkish
friends know him, is SAID to nave lived win
Jenali and his wife most Of the time since he
came to America.
Both say that he is Woodworking man, and
while he sometimes drinks no was never
known TO be Quarrelsome.
Jenalli goes 80 far In his expressions Of con.
hdence In Ben Ali as to say:
"If Ameer Ben Ali XIII woman, the big
American President can take me and cut my
throat"
A son OF A. Dondero, OF 174 Worth street,
where Frenchy has also lived, says tnat he
never saw HIM drunk and that he always PAID
his rent.
Another straw In the suspected AlgerIau's
favor is the fact that the police have no; clearly
proven that he was the same man as Frank
SherlIck, the "Freuchy" wno was arrested
for biting Mary Ann Lopez and who was the
terror OF all the women OF New YoIk's
"Whitechapel."