The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-17
DENVER'S STRANGER
A Chrysanthemum May Result
in His Being Found.
The japanese Girl Had the
Flower When Killed.
III ACQUEREAUX BAND.
Women All Deny These Men
Did the killing.
MACQUEREAUX BAND.

oA Lena lapper, the German girl VINO
lived at 1911 Market street, Marie Con-
tassiot. French. at 1928, and the Japa-
nese at 1898, still roams about the city
shadowed, and except by a few. unsus-
/ pected- That II IS the work of a fiend
who has a mania and insane desire to
XIII women, Is held by most people as
+ the correct one. The police are inclined
to the theory that the society of French
men, known as the "Nacq is at
the bottom of it, but this is laughed at
by the French women. who say that al
most every cent they make is turned
over to the Macquereaux and that they
are not going to cut of their source Of
revenue by numbering these people on
the row who support them.
With the theory that it is the work of
a hend, the investigation was continued
IN search of anything like a tangible
clew that would aid il the capture of the
fellow who IS numbering these women,
after carefully sitting the evidence that
surrounded each Of the murdered girls
to see whether the theory that they were
all killed by the same person or not
Some startling facts were learned and
some more pointers, which either show
that the police have been negligent or
are 50 wrapped up in the theory that the
MacQuereaux caused the deed to be
committed, that they would not listen to
anything else.
That there is not evidence against
Demadr, who is charged with the muir
der Of Lena Taper, the district att0r-
ney' IS assistant seems to admit In the
case OF ChAliOup the same IS the case,
while with the aDane5e murder, the po-
lice are wholly at sea. A woman on the
henceforth .'-tranglers' Row" living
only q short distance from the place
where these murders have been com
mitted let drop hint that may lead 10
the arrest of the right man. n the room
Of the little Japanese was found chrys-
anthemum
At the time the question was asked
who gave her that flower, no attention
was paid to the matter, and the woman
relaxed into silence, being almost afraid
10 say anything further for fear that they
would BRING the perpetrator OF the muir
ders down upon them next by aiding in
giving a clew.
No one ever seemed to think or care
" no gave the japanese, kiku Oyama,
those flowers If the police ever con
-iderAd that a clue lay behind that little
Incident, they dropped 1t for some IN
known reason.
Armed with a determination to probe
the matter TO the bottom if possible and
see whether there was absolutely any
thing that could be of use, a visit was
paid and the women from Nineteenth To
Twentieth streets Interviewed At first
they would say nothing, except 70 boot
at the theory that il was the Macquer-
eaux. The California women, in way,
backed up that theory. but nos French
nor an American woman on the row be-
l.eves anything Of the kind and loudly
says So
one woman was found who started the
reporter ON clue that had been limited
at heretofore, but nothing further than
hearsay could be obtained and but a
very Door description of the man could
be obtained.
This woman again inquired about that
flower, and asked why they did not run
down the gIver OF that token. Closer
inquiry followed TO lind out what she
knew about it, and a tangible clue OBJ
tanned that seemed to start a thread Of
circumstances to unraveling. Whether
there Is enough to convict man behind
It remains to be seen, but it is quite prob
able that there is enough to start on, and
bevond a doubt d stronger chain than
that upon which Richard Demady and
Charles Challoup were held
For the past two years there has been
a German lIvlng IN Denver who seems 10
nave mania Tor women. This man
formerly worked at one of the hotels and
IS described as being medium height
sandy hair and q reddish mOustache.
He Is u peculiar person and is heavy set.
Among the women Of the row he Is de-
scrlDed as queer. During the past two
years he has paid the Market street dis
lricr periodical visits and nearly every
time has carried flowers TO some of the
inmates OF the row
lie IS sometimes we'll dressed and
again he is in his working clothes. Near
" every person Ia the row knows this
peculiar fellow and IN most Instances they
consider him harmless, but there
are few who refuse 10 have
anything to do with him. as they
were afraid Of him. This German left
the hotel and has been more or less en-
gagged in the cultivation of flowers. and
TINS undoubtedly accounts for his mania
of presenting the women with flowers
This man WAS seen Oh the row on MOn-
day afternoon with bunch of chrysan-
tnemums, going toward 1897. There
seems 10 be no one who saw him enter
there and the only thing that really
might connect him with the japanese is I
the fact kIku Oyama appeared on the
street little later with some chrysan-
themums, and when asked who gave
them to her said: "A friend" TINS
German had visited her before aud had
visited Lena Taper aud Marie Contas-
soft at different times.
he made a statement on one of these
visits that he had been robbed Of 500 10y
one of the Californians on IL g row and
that ne would gel even On nnOther oc-
casion he slapped girl who Ives at 1947
al arket street in the face. sim ply because 1
she told him that she was engaged, and
accused her OF living with lOther man.
Last summer he whipped a woman
vho lived 1t 1715 Market str set, IN Llzz.e /
Preston's house. she refu sed TO have
anything more to do with hun. she says
ne grabbed a brown stick and whipped
her and another WON an aud a
man who came to the rcstue. making !
good his escape These women think I
the fellow IS crazy. and have refused TO
allow him in their houses These things /
we're gathered up from dlffere9t sources /
al 2 all