The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-25
IS he THE RIPPER?
Horrible Murder Of an Old Woman in
New York City.

New YORK, April 24.-Last night man
and woman registered at a cheap hotel here
as man and wife. They Immediately re-
tired, and as nothing was seen Of them this
morning the door of the loom was broken in.
On the bed lay the woman covered with
blood She had been dead for hours. Her
abdomen had been ripped open with dull,
broken table-knife that lay in the blood.
The viscera had been cut and from appear
anees part Of it was missing. The man had
escaped.
The Coroner made a hasty examination Of
the body and found that the woman had
been dead number of hours. He removed
the clothes from her face and neck and
revealed a ghastly visage. The tongue was
cut out OF her mouth and swollen, the eyes
bulged from their sockets, the nose was fat
tened to the face and about the neck was
circle Of concealed blood. The appearance
Of the face convinced the Coroner that the
woman had first been strangled and then
cut. On turning over the body it was found
the murderer had left his mark. The
broken end of aknife had been used to
make a large cross on the base of the SPINE.
Proprietor Jennings and Assistant House
keeper Mary MuuitOn told the police all
they knew about the case. The houSekeep2r
said the murdered womans companion was
decidedly German in appearance, but she
could from his appearance how long he had
been in this country. She said he resemb ed
a seafaring man. Mary said the woman
was a well-known character around the
neighborhoud, but no one seems TO know
her or where she lived.
The police are securing the city and the
vessels around the docks for the murderer.
The woman could not have been much
under 60 years of age. Her hair was almost
white, and her features stamped with the
marks of drunkenness and Of the gutter.
She was typical specimen OF a woman OF
the slums. The man, sccOrdingtO the clerk
Of the establishment, was apparently not
over 90 years of age. In build lie was slight
ana Of medium height, with light complex
ion, small blonde mustache and blonde hair
He did not utter word In the hearing OF
any of the people about the hotel, and the
murder must have been a nOlselesS one, as
the other rooms on the same floor were &C.
cupied, and 4 whisper could almost Ue heard
through the partitions.
When tile boy pushed open the door of
the room this morning ne Oeheld scene OF
horror that he will not forget TO his dying
day. Stretched out on the bed, naked from
the waist down, lying. on her right side,
with both arms twisted and bent under her,
her head enveloped in fold after fold of
cloth, the oil woman lay stark dead, on the
mattress soaked with blood. She had been
completely dsemb owelel, and the terrible
result of the operation was drawn out and
scattered over the entire lower part OF the
bed.
Whether any of the parts are missing,
as was the case with the London murders,
has not yet been fully ascertained. When
the coverings were removed from her face
the expression was one Of agony. The old
woman had evidently struggled hard before
being stranged. A doctor who saw the
body says: Whether by chance or skill
the cut was made so as to effect the object
aimed at by the London Jack the Ripper,
namely, the removal of a certain portion of
the body"
Inspectors Byrnes and Williams were
busy until late hour tonight questioning
a large number of people who were brought
in. There are probably more detectives
working on this case than any ever before
known in New York. The woman was
identified tonight as one Carrie Brown,
aged 60 years. a man known as "Frenchy,"
who was an acquaintance Of the dead
woman, has been arrested.
NEW YORK, April 2j.-At O'clock this
morning man by the name of Adolph KEEL
lenberg was arrested. His description an
sWers that of the murderer.