Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-17
MURDER MYSTERIES.
Denver Detectives Looking for The
Sliycr Of Fallen Women.
A BUNCH OF FLOWERS FOR CLUE.


DENNERi Col, Nov. 1.-THE muir.
der Of Lens Taper, tue German girl
who lived at 1911 Market street, Marie
Contas,iot, Ffaagh, at 1875, aud tho
Japauese at 1858, s,lll roams about the
oily unsnadoWod and, except by n
few, unsupported. That II Il this work
OF - heud who has u mania and an
insane desire TO kill women Ia held by
must people AS correct. Tue police are
inclined ~ the theory that the e0cloly
OF Ftcnchmtn known ~ the "M @.
qucftauxn ~ nj tue b lttum 81 n, Uut
tuis IL laughed at by the French women
who Hny tnat almost every cent they
makeis turned ovorto the Ma, q ietuauX
anu that tley ara not going " cut IN
their source " revenue by mufdetins
tue people who support tuem.
A " man living only short dis
tauCe from the place where thesp muir.
uen have been committed lot drop
hint that may lead to tins arrest oi tnv
ugut man. Ia the room Of u little
Japanese was iounu y ohry sauthtmum.
Al tue time the question was asked
who gave her that hJwer ul attention
was paid 10 the matter and the woman
relaxed Into tiluncu, buing afraid -
cay Anything iurtuer for fear they
would bring the perpetrators VI tue
uutdtfB uOwn upon her next
Que woman was found VINO started
the reporter ON a cltw that had been
hunted heretofore, but nothing iufthcr
than htgtsay could be had, anu but "A
vsTy poor description Oi the man oUuid
be- obtained. lnia woman agaiu IN.
quifrd Hb.ut the flower, ana asked
why tley uid MT run down the givur
Ul tnal token.
Closer inquiry followed TO fnd out
what Sue knew about u, aud a tangible
Ciuw was obtained tnht Buuinud - start
"a tutcHu oil circumstances - uuTAvul.
whether there N enough TO cOnyic
the man brhiud II remains o. be seen.
For the past two yeaTs there uas been
German living Ia Denver VINO seems
% have mania Tor women. rniu msu
formerly worked nj Ono Of the hotels
nud Ia uttcflbed as beieg VI medium
height, tanuy hir anu Tcddish mus
tachr. He isa peculiar person aud ~
heavy set Among the women OF tue
Tow he iH do,cribei as "quter." Dur.
log the past two years he has paid the
M.ikot uistiict regular, periodical
visits Hnd neafiy every time has carried
flowers 10 eomp VI the inmates OF thu
row. lie ia sJmetimes welt uTea,e1
uud again he IN In his wOsKiug clOtue-.
Neatly every person on tue row knows
lnis peculiar fellow anu ~ must lu-
stances tnry consider him harmless,
luttuvTe are lew VINO refused 10 nave
Anything to do with h'hl, Ms tnvs afo
AFRAID Of him.
Tuis German lef. the hotel and has
teen more NJ les engaged IA tho cult
walton Ui Hover, aun tnis unuOubtsd.
~ account cot ms mama " pfesu ting
these women win flowers. rhis man
was srvu on tho row uu MONDAY alter
noon with bunrh OF ohTy santhemuns
going tUwRtl 1857. rhrfe seems 20 be
no one VINO saw MIN enter ,htte and
tue only thing that really misht oJu-
meet him Win the Japanese Is tue met
that kiku Oyama appUstcd on tue
ttieet ilttu later with some chrysan'
thrmumt, ami wnru asked who gave
them 10 her, e,id ga frienl,"
Ihiu German hAd visited her before
anu had Visitvd Lena Taper anu
Maria Contastoit different timer.
lilo ma4o "A abatement on ono OF
these vlsits that he hAd been robbed OF
sANN W hIt VI Ai' AAlllVA HAAlh va ANN
low aud tnat he would get even. o.
another occasion he slapped u gun VIM
lives ~ lyi7 IA the lace, SIMPLY 20.
cause she told him that sho was zen.
gagged" Auu accused her VI living with
another mun,
Last summer he beat n woman who
lived ut 1915 Market street, In LizGlt
Ptesloh's house. These women tniuk
tue fellow Ia crazy anu nave refused 10
allow him In their houses. These
thlngs were gathered up from titirfeul
sources along the row aud all set IN a.
ave the same kind OF n description VI
the man's queer actions anu melnous Of
conduct.
Ella Berlin, In the house adjoining
the one Ia whion kiku OyAnA was
murdered. was seen regarding the
Germ IA Hover ifieud. Hhe says that
on, MONDAY afternoon, the night Of til,
big pataue, this elbow came past her
place with some onrysautnemuma and
stopped below some place, but sue dId
NOS know exactly VINE q. SUE Was u
the opinion that II WAS either Ia
or near tue house below ths Jipanes d.
hut could not say Ms TO thAt. lie cam,
back up the street little later anu dIG
Lot have the Il iweTs. In the evening
sue Gays that Kiku was out ON TIA,
sidewalk with the chtJsauthemuml
on, Ine JApauese girl seemed 10 puEl
them very mighty, ss tuey re'enibiel
some species OF the japanese u weis U
her NAIVE lanu, as she said. she doe
rot kn.w whether this fellow ruIufne,
that night or not