Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-21
ANOTHER IMITAToR.
Jack the Slasher Seems to Impress
Female Servants.

Maggie Cant, the colored servant who i'm
itated Jack. the Slasher" at her service
place and was sentenced to six months in
Jail, as published in yesterdays Star, is not
alone in her endeavors to initiate the dar-
ing scoundreL Her companion in crime is
Margaret Mindall, young colored woman
who. until last evening. was employed at
the house of Michael Cannon, who keeps
grocery store at 3l5 9Th street northeast
Margaret was in need Of funds yesterday
ana SO she appropriated 81 of her employer S
money. Then she thought she would lay her
onense on the 'Slasher." his she did by
upsetting everything in the upper part of
the house Some of the goods she threw out
in the hall way. Then she went to the low
er part of the house and caused some ex-
cltement by expressing the belief that Jack,
the Slasher. was upstairs
Mrs. Cannon hurried upstairs and found
things in the condition stated.
WORD was sent to police Headquarters
ana Detective Boyd, with Officer Horne
who is now doing special duty, hurried to
the house.
The woman was suspected, and when
the officers interviewed her she soon ad-
mitted her guilt. She had become fright
ened ana thrown the money in the stove
Margaret was taken on TO a police sta
ton, and this morning she appeared IN
Judge Millers court on a charge of
larceny.
This is another Jack the Siasher case -
remarked MIR. Mullowney, as he called the
case for trial.
Margaret admitted her guilt. and said she
had been told of Jack The Slasher's'' 90
iEgs.
In ordinary times" said the Judge. this
might be considered joke, but Just now IL
is serious affair. Such conduct will not
be countenanced for one minute by any,
body. So many persons are nervous and
excited just now that there is no fun about
II. and every offender will be given the
extreme limit of the law. You will have
IN co Inh for rs.y
other lmitators OF the rascally villain"
Letter From jack.
The Star has been favored with a letter
pCrporting to come from Jack the Slasher
and containing most dreadful. threats, IL
is scrawled in ink on ID half sheet OF FOOLS
cap paper and is quite as notable for its
indifference to spelling, punctuation and
rules governing English composition as for
its general bloodthirstiness. The letter
which was received at the East Capital
street post office at 10 O'Clock last night.
according TO the post Office mark is as fol-
lows:
Washington, ID. c., Nov 30 lS.G
Please put this in your paper Why they
think that they got Jack the Siasher bnt
they have no and for Mr.. Cleaveland he
better look sharp and keep his eyes skind
Tor We will NIX it for him next now as time
Is ne going fishing and Hunting and poor
people are starving to death and all his
body gard will not save him and we Will
rase nell before We get throu yet and We
Will show You all that the police is no good
and for them men you all think is the men
Is the wrong men and not the right men az
all II IL don't be- a change il is going 10 be
hell and Cleaveland will fair like that Gam
Carter Harrison did, the dam beat be ware
10 me for me and my gang are going to
Set this dam town on rre. Pleas keep a
good look for more You look the Less Won
VIII see from a friend
Jack the Slasher
Then follows a rude drawing in ink of a
skull and cross bones and beneath i, are
the words. You can coppie and be Dam"
Police officials to whom the letter was
SHOWN today said that High School boys
nave been writing Jack the Slasher'' let
tiers by the bushel and sending them tn
persons doing business along 9TH street
One of them thought this letter 10 the W.
duction of a school bow