Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-25
JACK THE RIPPER.
Is the Whitechapel Fiend Now
In New York City,
An Unknown Woman Murdered
and Mutilated

Manner similar to the London Victims.
Almost No CIew Whatever-Detectiyes
Put on the Case.
New York. April 25 - Jack the
Ripper is believed by the police to have
at last come to this city. Friday morn
ing in the East River hotel, the body of
a wretched woman was found with her
abdomen horribly cut and her bowels
potruding. Her name is not known.
| The resort in which her body was found
is one of the lowest in the city. 1t is
located ON the southwest corner of Cath
crime slip and Market street The
woman was known as one of the half
drunken creatures hanging about the low
resorts Of Water street and the river
side.
She came to the hotel Thursday night
in company with a man who registered
as Knicloi and wife. The couple We're
assigned to a room on the upper floor,
and went to it at once Nothing was seen
or heard Of them during the night. No
cry or unusual nOiee was heard. In the
morning the attendent raped ON the
door of the. room occupied by the couple.
L
with no better result, and finally broke
in the door. A horrible sight met his
gaze. On the bed lay the woman in a
big pool Of blood
Horribly Mutilatcd.
She had been dead for hours. Her
abdomen had been fairly ripped with
dull, broken table-lnife that lay in the
pool Of blood. The yiscera had been cut
and from appearances a part was miss
ing. The wolnans head was bandaged.
A cloth had been tied about herneck and
face but whether for any foul purpose
or to hide any other traces Of murder
the attendant did not wait to see. He
gave the alarm at the office and a mes
senger was hastily dispatched to the
police station.
The police responded at once. and
after viewing the body the captain of
the precinct in which the murder was
committed lost no time III notifying po-
lice headquarters of the horrible trag-
cdy, and in a short while Inspector
Byrnes had three of his sharpCst deteG-
man since he went upstairs with the
murdered woman. He had escaped un-
der the cover Of night when the bloody
deed was done A very imperfect de
scription was given of him to the police,
and they went to work with much Sc
crccy to unearth the murderer.
The little that could be learned about
the man was that he was shabbiIy
dressed, and was about 30 years old. Al
noon detective arrested an old crOny of
the dead woman, but she was too drunk
to tell what she knew. She was locked
up to sleep off the the effects of her
liquor and the police hope that she will
at least give them some further clew,
The house in which the tragedy was
committed is guarded ON all sides, and !
no one allowed to approach the upper
floors.
The coroner found the ''woman's petit
coat tied securely around her head. |
After the sheet was taken off it was
found that her stockings were tied |
around her head. The face was indent- |
ed by the force of the bandages.
On the wOnan's back near the base Of |
the spine the mark Of cross had been |
made with Il knife. Similar marks were
found on all the bodies of the London
victims of Jack the River.
Looked Like German.
The housekeeper who waited ON the
couple when they entered the hotel said |
that the murderer wore a white turned |
down collar and a dark-brown cutaway |
coat. He was decidedly German in APP |
pearance but she could not tell from his |
appearance how long he had been III this
country
She said he resembled sea-faring |
man. He did not speak work, merely |
nodding his head and producing the ten
cent piece when his companion asked |
him for beer before proceeding to their
room.
The housekceper said the murdered |
woman was well-known character
around the neighborhood but no one
seemed to know her or where she lived.
She thought il woman named Mary
Healey could be found she might be able
to tell who the murdered woman was
Mary Healey who was locked up i'll the
station house during the night for
drunkenness was brought forward but
was too drunk to say more than that the
woman was known as Shakespeare.
In the meantime the police are scOur-
ing the city and the vessels at the docks
for the murderer.
The barleeper said the murdered
woman first came into the hotel alone
early i'll the evening and said that she
was a widow, that her father was a sea
captain and her husband, Charles G..
Brown, or Beau, the witness was not
sure which, not having paid close atten
ton Brown. or Beau was killed ON the
Pacific coast.