The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-18
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The man turned and stood still. The other
three pursuers were Upon him BY that time.
One hauled of and hit him In the mouth. the
second struck him on the ear. and then all
four jumped on him and bore him to the
ground. Then. gripping him tightly. 80 that
there was no chance Of his struggling free, they
lifted him up and marched him around to the
Oak street station. They had caught Jack
the slasher." and caught him in the act
Other men had appeared In the mean time
and had lifted the PROSTATE form Of the drunk.
en- man from the pavement In front Of "a
James street and carried it to the station. A
trail Of blood marked the route they took. 1t
flowed freely from q great slash In the mans
face and neck.
CAUGHT IN A BIG POLICE NET.
There was great excitement at the Oak street
station. Capt O'Connor. who has been sitting
up all night since the net was spread for the
slasher. could hardly believe the news that
the fellow who murdered Carson on Friday
morning. and who has slashed six other men
about the head or throat with razor in tho
downtown streets in the last twenty days,
had been taken red-handed.
The punched and dubbed prisoner was
looked at by thirty or forty policemen in plain
clothes who had gathered in the station. and
then he was hustled off to a cell. Messengers
were hurried up and down and all around
town. An ambulance from the Chambers Street
Hospital came and took the wounded drunkard
away
Half an hour passed with the thirty or forty
men In plain clothes in the station all gather.
ed about the four who had brought In the
prisoner. Ono showed his gloved hand. He 1t
was who struck the prisoner In the face. His
glove was cut through and the skin on his
finger had been cut against the prisoners
Tba hnr inc hor
and following them came Inspector Byrnes
and Capt Mclaughlin.
Tho Inspector remained at the Oak street
station an hour or moro talking with the
prisoner. Then no went to Chambers Street
Hospital. Tho Slnsher. handcuffed and sur
rounded ~ detectives. followed. From the
hospital the Inspector went to Police Head.
quarters. He had tho Slasher In his private
room for half m hour. Then he sent him
away to bellevue Hospital with more deteo.
tivcs. who afterward brought him back to
Headquarters. The Inspectors men were In
and out Of tho building all the morning. He
did not loavc his Office himself all day. and he
wasn't in to callers who were not accompanied
hy detective. All sorts and conditions Of
men and women were brought before him and
examined. The last. Il man about 40 years
old and tough looking. went away with two
policemen.
HOW The TRAP WAS SET.
About o'clock Inspector Byrnes gave out
tho story Of tho Slasher's arrest and what had
beon learned of his career.
There have been number OF cases. begin.
ming Dec 30" no said. "of drunken men who
have been cut by some stranger In the lower
part OF the Eleventh precinct and down
through that section of tho Fourth ward.
James Helm Of 4lS East Eighteenth street
was cut in the neck. Another WAS Lewis Lar
son., lie w4s cut in the same nannor: ! sent
for CAPT. OConnor Of the Oak street station.
believin. that both the cuttings had been done
believing this. directed the CAPTAIN about
the disposition he should nal lie OF his own men
to catch this fellow in case he continued his
york S ,;iA continue hi. Work A"hn CLARK;
were all his victims They were all approached
IN tho same manner by the Slasher. and their
wounds were identical almost Then came tns
right in the same neighborhood on Friday
After that ! consulted with both, Capt.
O'Connor and Can't Mclaughlin Of the FL
bridge street station. and J took twenty men
from my own stan and sent them down into
the precinct with twenty men of Cant. OCon-
nor's. all in plain clothes. to Keep q sharp eyeon
drunken men anG any bouy. VINO mislt lolipWor
approach then. Friday night We got nothing.
oN pu;: HEELS OF rHE sLisHEE
This morning AT :: o'clock William Muller.
G.tInHi,, II t2s Easy Third street, was
~ 2s.s Of ng F Sus n"' ntrs w"rs ioy
polrcnun in plain clothes about tho streets in
] o lat nish, Snsn W yt ,ns
II. Masterson q tho Oak street station was
one Of them. He stood at the corner Of New
Bowery and New Chambers street about q
o'clock. DC noticed man on the opposiee