The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06
IS THIS THE MONSTER ?
Inspector Byrnes Thinks
He Has the Ripper.
Frenchy No. 1" the Sus-
pected Murderer.
The Circumstantial Evidence
Is Very Strong.
Ingenious Theory Held by the
Police.
The Oficial Statement from Police
Headquarters.

NEW DIRK, Aprl! 0U.-lnspeClOr DyrDeS
this morning made public a statement to
the effect that the man known as
"FrenchY No. 1" was ascertained to have
slept in the East River hotel on the night
OF the murder. The murdered woman,
Carrie Brown, occupied room No. 81
while Frenchy No slept in room No. SO.
On the evening Of the night of the muir
der Carrie Brown was seen going into the
hotel in company with strange man.
This man left the place before midnight.
1t is believed that Frenchy No. l then
went to Carrie Browns room, that they
quarreled and that the result of the row
was the murder of the woman.
The belief that the murderer has been
found is substantiated by the following
facts:
When Frenchy No. had completed his
murderous work he recrossed the hail and
entered the room No. SO. In that room he
left the evidence of his guilt. When the
police made their investigation traces OF
blood were found on every side. The only
chair the room contained was covered
with blood, smeared over it from the
clothes the murderer wore, he having
sat down upon II when he
entered the room. The bed clothes were
found to be covered with the blood, the
murderer some time during the night
having thrown himself upon the bed. His
stockings. he having removed his shoes to
DO his bloody work. were soaked, and his
clothing was also covered with blood. On
the walls and ceiling of the little room
many small spots of blood were found, the
man having evidently entered the room
with his hands reeking with blood, and in
his desire to remove it had shaken and
snapped his hands and fingers, thus liber-
ally distributing the blood about the
room.
When the fellow was arrested Inspector
Bvrnes examined his hands and finger
nails. The latter he carefully scraped and
found plain and distinct traces of human
blood. To positively establish the fact
the scrapings end dirt found under the
nails were submitted to a chemical analy-
SIS. From the time the man was arrested
but little could be learned from him. He
has made few statements, but all have
been so very contradictory that the police
have been able to make but little use OF
them.
An official police statement was made
tonight euDstantlatlng win greater details
the story gathered in the daytime.
Joseph Franks. an Arabian who is be-
lieved to have been the man who accom-
panied the aged woman to room 81 on
the night OF her death, was arrested this
afternoon.
NEW YORK, Nav 2-Police authorities at
Jamaica, Long Island, announced today that
they had man in custody supposed to be the
mis ssing G. Knicklo. who went TO
East river hotel on Thursday night,
April q, with Carrie Brown, the woman
afterward found brutally murdered. The pris.
oner, who was arrested last night, is reported
20 he about thrty-two years OF age, with light
hair aud mustache. aud otherwise agrees with
Mary Winters description of the man who
went TO the hotel with the Ripper's victim.
The prisoner gave his name as Charles Hol.
land and said his bus ness was that OF an organ
tuner. and that he lived in Erie. When searched
Two bloody handkerchief we're found upon him.
holland said no had spent the night oil April
l3, which was the night OF the
murder with u woman in the New England
hotel on the bowery in New York City. lie
accounted for the blood stains on his handker-
chief by saying that he had been assaulted the
previous night by two men and had
his head cut using the handker-
chiefs to stanoh the flow of blood.
Holland was held to await tho arrival of In
spector Byrnes' detectives The Jamaica au-
authorities feel sure that he is the man wanted.