The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-25
JACK THE RIPPER.
The Whitechapel Demon Begins
Work in New York.
AwoMAN HORRIBLY MURDERED.
strangled and Thea Mafnated-Ihe vfs-
eera Torn Out-Plainly the Hsndi-
work Of the Famous EngIishman.

NEW YORK, April 24-IaSt night . man and
woman registered at cheap hotel here Is man
and WIFE They Immediately retired. and a
nothing was seen OF them this morning. the
door OF the room was broken in
On the bed lay the woman. covered with blood.
She had been dead for hours
Her abdomen was ripped open with dull.
broken tabie-knife that lay in the blood.
The viscera had been cut, and from appear
anees part was missing. The man had es-
capped very imperfect description of him was
given the police, and they went to work on il
with the utmost secrecy and speed.
They think he is Jack the Ripper"
1ne coroner made q haSfy examination and
found that the woman had been dead number
OF hours He removed the clothing from her
race and neck, and revealed CHASTITY visage.
The tongue was out of her mouth and the swol-
len eyes buiged FROM their sockets The
nose was fattened to the lace, and about
the neck were circles Of CONCEALED blood.
The appearance of the face convinced
the corDner that the woman had first
been strangied and then cut On turning over
the body il was found that the murderer had
left his mark The broken end Of . knife had
been used to make large cross On the base Of
the spine. Proprietor Jennings, and his assist
ant housekeeper, Mary Muniton, told the police
all they knew about the case.
The housekeeper said the murdered woman s
companion was decidedly German in his ap-
pearance, but she could not tell from his APP
pearance how long he had been in this country.
Mary said the woman is a well-known charac-
ter about the neighborhood, but no one seems
TO know her or where she lives. The police are
securing the vessels around the docks for the
murderer.
The woman could not have been much under
90 years of age. Her hair was almost white, and
Der features stamped with marks of drunken
ness ana the gutter. She was q typical speci-
men OF the woman OF the slums.
The man. according to the clerk Of the estab-
hsnment, was apparently not over 81 years OF
age In build he was slight and Of medium
height, with light complexion, small
blonde mustache and blond hair. He did
not utre- a word in the hearing Of any
OF the people about the hotel, aud the murder
must have been noiseless, as the other rooms
on the same floor were occupied and whisper
could almost be heard through the walls When
the boy pushed open the door of the room this
morning he beheld such . scene Of horror as he
VIII not forget to his dying day.
stretched out on the bed, naked from the waist
down, lying on the right side, with both arms
twisted and bent under her, her bend enveloped
in fold after fold of cloth the old woman lay
stark dead on . mattress soaked with blood
She had been completely disemooweled, and
the terrible result of the operation was drawn
out and scattered over the entire lower part of
the bed
When the coverings were removed from the
lace the expression was one Of agony. The old
woman had evidently struggled hard before
being strangled.
A doctor who saw the body Gays: "whether
by chance or skill. the cut was made 30 AZ to
eject the object aimed at by the London Jack
the Ripper, namely, removal of the uterus"
inspector Byrnes and Captain Williams were
busy until late hour tonight questioning q
large number of people brought in. Probably
more detectives are working on this case than
any ever before known in New York
The woman was identified tonight as one
Carrie Brown, aged 60. A man known as
Frenchy, who was an acquaintance of the dead
woman, has been arrested.
At O'Clock this morning man named Adolph
Keilenberg was arrested. His description an
swers that of the murderer