Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-22
THE STRANGLER OF DENVER
An Arrest That May Prove to
be All Right.
A MURDEROUS lTALIANARRESTE0
After Desperate Attempt to
XIII a Woman.


DENVER, COL, Nov. 1S.-That "Jack
the Stranger" has been caught Is the
firm conviction Of the frightened women
of Market street. They were thrown
into intense excitement about II o'clock
last night, when screams were heard
from No. 1880 Twentieth street, dis.
orderly house.
A han was seen rushing from the
open door. Police whistles were blown
by the women, and in moment n crowd
had collected. A man, short and dark,
with dark mustache aud hnir, was seen
struggling in the middle Of the street in
the hands Of Deputy Sherilfs Mollcn and
Peterson.
The women stood at their doors and
watched the struggle until the man had
been oycrpowcTed and placed in q
carnage, when he was taken to the
county Jail. lie was booked there MS
al. Moelcg age, 3G; gray eyes, black
hair, dark mustuche anl complexion;
stone cutto- by trade, born in Italy; 3
feet 5t inches tall; weight Id pounds y
In his possession tho police found dirk
and dagger.
The charge against him is assault
| with intent 10 kill. Strict orders We're
| given that he was not to be seen. lie
| pretended not to Do able to speak Eng
| fish, and seemed intoxicated, although
the Jail guards thought he was only
| shamming. Tho woman on whom the
assault was alleged to have been made
is Marie Auders, a French woman, who
lives at 1880 twentieth street. When
seen, her neck bore the marks of finger
prints, and she was trembling with fear.
| She said:
MARtE's STRUGGLE For LIFE.
~ was sitting in my room looking
out of my window, my door being un.
locked. suddenly this man came up,
looked in at the window, and then,
opening the door, walked 10. lie said
something | could not understand, and
got up, and was about TO speak, when
he suddenly seized me by the throat
and forced me back toward my bed.
room.
TAT the same time | saw him, as
thought, pull Il knife from his pocket
and, making final effort, broke away
from him and ran into my front room
just at that moment someone, | dom
know who, hearing my screams, rushed
in at the front door, and my assailani
sprang by him and into the street.
81 blew my whistle. and the officer!
arrested the man. lie did not seem to bt
drunk, but he looked villainous ant
wicked, and | thought he was going t
kill me. | was terrified, and if had no
broken away from him when did, Goo
knows what would have become of me.
Marie Anders is a strongly built
powerful woman, and her assailant i
described Us Il man of small stature an(
medium weight. To these facts are due
no doubt, the saving of her life. Tn
women of her class in the neighbor
hood firmly believe that the man who's
mysterious crimes among them hav
thrown the quarter into terror is til
person who was arrested last night
They are more than ever alarmed owe
this capture, because the clairvoyant
whom the detectives employed las
week, declared that within three day
another woman would be strangled
Her predictions have been fulfilled, am
she is now looked upon rs au authority
On the other hand, the police say tina
Mocler is stonecGtter on drunk, an
that the womans fears stimulated he
Imagination. Chief Armstrong does nc
believe he is the man who committed I'll
three previous murders.
FRANK ROCHE IN A CELL.
In cell at tho city jail is prisone
said to be Frank Roche, who was al
rested on Friday evening, He is a French
J Canadian, VINO has lived in Denver iv
years. The theory Of the police is sal
10 be that the first victim, Lena Tape
{ was murdered by Richard De Mady; tn
second by either De Mady or Roche, an
! the third, the inotfensive Japanese cir
} by Roche. The second crime, it is Al
, serted, was committed to cover up til
t first, u knowledge of which Marie Cor
/ tassoit had, and the third to throw til
police off the track.