The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-08
A RIPPER FOILHD.
Shocking Cutting Of
Woman by a Swedish
Watchman with a
Carving Knife.
HER HUSBAND TO TIE RESCUE.
She Often Said he Was the Water
Street Fiend-Her Face and
Neck Gashed.

jersey City came within an ace last
night OF becoming distinguished as the
home Of Jack the Ripper.
Had IL not been for the strength Of
Henry Dillon his wife Isabella would
have been carved in a manner that would
have brought blush Of shame to the
cheeks Of the genuine Ripper at his lack
OF skill In human butchery.
As Il was Mrs Dillon, who IL quite 9
powerful woman herself. was hacked in
several places with an ugly, crooked,
sharp pointed carving knife In the hands
Of John Erickson. Swvde. VINO lives at
No. Clark Place, and is employed as .
night watchman by the Morris g. Cum
mings Wrecking Company at Constabis
Hook.
WATER STREET DIVE.
Erickson Is also said to be frequentsr
Of the Water street dives At one time
he boarded in the same house with the
billions in this city. and has since been on
visiting terms. He is q slimly built young
man with Light hair, but wears none on
his face He dresses like ordinary
laDorer.
Mrs. Dillon never liked him, and has
more than once recently called him Jack
the Ripper. and she yet declares her be-
lief that he Is the genuine fend the police
have been searching for these past few
weeks. This idea Is laughed az by all her
friends
Last night Erickson called at Dlllon's
home. at No. Al Morris street Dillon
himself was nursing a crushed toe.
Erickson had been there but q snort
while when he and Mrs. Dillon began
quarrellinG- According to Dilloa's story
he was STOPPING down attending Bis foot
and at the same time trying to persuade
Erickson to ieaye the house, as mis- wife
Is a dangerous woman when aroused
BLOODY FRAcAs
Suddenly he heard his wife scream and
looking up saw Erickson jabbing the
ugly looking carving knife at the neck Of
his wife, who partially avoided the
tnrusts by holding on to Errickson's arm
Dillon grabbed the arm or the wouId-oe
murderer, and together they forced him
out Of the house.
An ordinary scrap IN that neighborhood
Is OF no unusual Occurrences and those VINO
heard the scuffie and saw Mrs. Dllon,
bleeding about ner hands and neck, rush
on for the station house thought but httle
of the occurrence.
Dillon followed his wife and Erickson
escaped In the crowd Several policemen
searched the neighborhood and examined
the ferry boats at the Pennsylvania ferry
Erickson was picked up on Newark
avenue an hour later by PaErolmzn
Heath His hands were covered with
blood as he had himself been cut about
the fingers during the scuffis. Mrs.
Dillon's wounds wounds were not serious.
Sne recaivsd a cut in the neck and snoul-
ders and sbout her hands, and also .
slight cut above the eye.
She was IN the First Police Court this
mo.ning apparently no worse for the e.
counter. While it is said she remarked
last night that her husband was partially
to blame. she said TO NEWS reporter
after Court that il it had not been for her
husbands interference she would today
be corpse. She said that Erickson had
three knives about him.
Erickson, when asked what ne had to
say, denied that he u cd the knife pro-
d1ced. He said Mrs Dillon nrst assaulted
him and be took the knife away from her
TO defend himself Police Justice Otpon-
nell held him In $500 TO appear beforesxhe
Grand Jury ~