The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-25
FEARFUL BUTCHERY.
A Crime That Resembles Those Of
" Jack the Ripper"
rEU yoRKs POLICE FORCE PUZZLED

Tho Murderer Accomplishcs His
Terrible Work in Crowded Sec
tion or the Metropolis. and No
Present Known.
Ngw YoRK, April 25.-A horrible
murLcr OF a womane similar to the
crimes committed in London by "Jack
the Ripper" took place some time
Thurs,iny night in room Of the Fourth
Ward hotel, a cheap public house at No.
81 Catherine slip.
About 1880 O'Clock a tall, slender man
about 30 years of age, in brown cuta-
way coat and light trousers, met an oil
woman who il known by the name of
"Slinkespeare" around the Fourth ward,
nnd with her entered the hotel and asked
for u room for the night. The man reg
isteresl under the name Of G. Nicoli and
he and the woman were shown to room
No. 81 on the top floor.
Before going to the room the woman
talked with Mary Mineter, one of the
ciiambernaids. Sh1 was slightly under
theinfluenceof Of liquor. She told the Nine
ter woman that she was the dsughter of
sea captain named Charles e. Brown,
or Brcen. Early yesterday morning,
Edward Fitzgerald. the bartender, went
" tho ioOih fliu istppeu vi tHe uoor.
There was no response, and Fitzgerald
forced open the door.
A Frightfiii Discovery.
Tho dead body of a woman lay on the
bed, and blood covered the bed, furni-
ture and walls. The woman's head was
bound up, and it looked Us if she had
been chokcd. Her abdomen was cut,
and the knife with which the decd was
committed was found under the bed
6ne lay in pool of blood and her own
intestines. A cloth bag, two pairs of
spectacles and handkerchief were
found on the washstand.
Coroner Schultz was ut once notified
anil hurried TO the rescue On remov-
ing tho clothes from the head and throat
the face presented horribly distorted
appearance, and there WAS red mark
aOOut the neck, leading the coroner to
believe that the woman had first been
strapgled and then cut.
Marked with Cross.
On turning over the body it was founo
that the broken end of the knife had
been used TO make a large cross on the
base OF the spins Every about the
room was in state of disorder, although
1t might have been in this condition be-
fore the couple entered it.
1t WAS learned that the victims conf
panion, on entering the hotel, said moth
ing except to give his name. The talk
ing was done by the woman, who, after
engaging the room, ordered some beer,
winch was paid for by the man with q
new ten cent piece which he produced
from well worn pocketbook.
The female housekeeper, Mary Mine
Ter, says the man looked like German
The couple, as soon as they got the beer,
carried it up stairs with them. Their
room, like all the others, was merely
space divided off by thin partition.
The adjoining apartments were all occu-
pied, but no noise was heard during the
night.
No Trace Of the Fiend.
Thus far there is no trace of the man.
He has disappeared as completely as
though the earth had opened and swal-
lowed him up. No one seems to know
him, and no one had seen him leave the
hotel. The police admit that it is one
of the most mysterious murders that
hns ever occurred i'll the metropolis.
Capt O'Connor, of the Oak Street sta
ton, detailed Detectives Doran and drif-
fin on the case, and Inspector Byrnes
sent TWO ot his men TO help the ward de-
tectiyes
The detectives placed under arrest the
bartender, IL woman named Mary Iee-
ley, and tine chambermaid, Mary Mine
ter. Coroner Schultz took charge of the
body.
The coroner has the murderer's knife,
which is u common table knife, with a
broken blade, about two inches in length
and half an inch wide.
Believed to Be the Murderer.
The woman was identified last night
by May Harrington, who keeps a lodg-
ing house, as Carrie Brown. At 10
O'Clock last night two detectives ar
rested n young t'renchman who is called
"Frenchy," 1t is claimed that 'Frenchy"
was seen with the Brown woman on
Thursday at about 10 o'clock. This he
denied and says he can prove his inno-
cence. He was locked up. Altogether the
police have arrested four men and seven
women who are supposed to be able to
throw light upon the affair.
Later-A man by the name of Adolph
Kilbenburg has just been arrested. His
description answers that of the mur-
derer.