Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-22
ANOTHER SLASHER OUTRAGE
Either Jack or an Imitator at Work
Again.
The House of Mrs. Wall Badly Treated
Only Some Money Stolen
Two Arrests Made.

Jack the Slasher" or one Of the distin-
guished gentleman's many imitators, was
at work last night. If 1t was not Jack him.
self, 1t was some one who. judging from the
artistic and finished manner in which the
work was done. has every reason to believe
that, IL not molested by the police. he will
attain a distinction as eminent as that of
Jack himself. The detectives are inclined
to believe, however. that Jack was not re-
sponsible for last nights job. but frankly
state that whoever did do 1t knew a thing
or two.
Mrs. A. f. Wall. q well-known colored
woman, the widow Of the late Squire"
Wall. resides at the northeast corner OF
4th and Pomeroy streets northwest. 1t is
said she is comfortably well of in this
worlds goods owning the house she lives
in and several near by. Her house is well
furnished. and she has in the house much
valuable silverware. When she retired last
evening. about IL o'clock, everything in the
house was in good condition, neatly ar
ranged. and in a bureau drawer In a room
on the first floor there were $40.
This morning when Mrs Wall arose at 6
O'Clock the $50 were gone but nothing else
and the first floor of the house looked as IL
a cyclone and very destructive one at
that. had visited 1t during the night.
The floor Of the dining and sitting rooms
We're almost covered with feathers and Jet
beads, several pillows having been ripped
open for the purpose. and the beads taken
from bureau drawer. The mats on the
floor were cut in pieces. a sofa was slashed
and shawl and lot of underclothing
had also been badly cut and slashed.
Nothing else but fine clock. which was
broken up and thrown into the yard, was
damaged. The silverware and other valu-
abies stood about the room, apparently I'M
touched, and as soon as Mrs. Wall had
sufhciently recovered herself she discovered
that the only thing which had been taken
m hfah oh Ial In, Ia
bureau drawer.
The case was at once reported to Police
Headquarters. and Detectives Boardman,
weldon and Lacey were assigned to IT,
They ascertained that Mrs. Wall had been
in the habit Of leaving her back door un-
locked. but that 1t was known to but a few
persons. Through that door the rascal or
rascals had entered the house, but Mrs.
Wall could give no definite idea OF the time
the entering had been made. The officers
also learned that but very few persons
knew that Mrs. Wall kept her money in
the bureau drawer. and that fact together
with the further one that only the money
had been stolen, convinced them that the
house had been entered by some party or
parties well acquainted with the premises.
and that the cutting and slashing had been
done merely to cover their tracks and make
it seem as if Jack the Slasher' was the
guilty party.
After investigating the case the detectives
reached the conclusion that Mile Bailey
and Isaiah Johnson, colored tenants of Mrs.
Wall and living in the rear of her prem
Uses. knew much more than they professed
about the case. The man and woman were
subsequently arrested and locked up in the
eighth precinct. Whether the couple were
actually engaged in the matter the officers
declined to deny or affirm.