Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
WEBSTER. DAY COUNTY. SOUTH DAKOTA. APRIL 25 1925
JACK THE RIPPER"
Said He Is Now InCarcerated
ian an English Lunatic
Asylum.
WAS A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN
Fears of His Wife Caused an
at His Own Request.

SAN Francesca, April 25.-Dr. How
ard, a London physician OF considerabl
prominence, was the guest Of William
Greer Harrison at the Bohemian cIul
Recently. The Englishmau told a pc
culiar story 10 his host and vouched fol
it IN every particular. 1t related to the
mystery Of Jack the Ripper" which
the physician declared was "a mystery
no longer among the scientific men Of
London, nor the detectives of Scotland
Yard. He SAID that this assassin was 6
medical man of high standing and ex,
tensive practice. He was married to
family.
Developed q Peculiar Mania.
Shorty before the beginning of the
Whitechapel murders he developed a
peculiar, and to his wife, inexplicable
MAINTAIN unnatural pleasure in caus,
ing pain. She grew so alarmed that
she became afraid of him, and locked
herself and children up when she saw
the mood coming over him.
When he recovered from the par
oxysms and she spoke to him about It,
he laughed at her fears. When the
Whitechapel murders filed London
with horror, the suspicious of the wife
We're aroused, and as N assassination
succeeded another, she noted with
heart. breaking dread, that at the Pc
RODS when these murders were sup
posed to have been committed, her hus-
band wa invariably absent from home.
At last the suspense and fear of the
wreUched wife became unbearable and
she went to a few of her husbands med
ical friends, stated the case, and asked
Their advice and assistance.
Completed the Chain.
They called the Scotland Yard force to
assist them, AMI by adding one fact to
another, the chain Of evidence pointing
TO the doctor as the author of the muir
ders became complete. The physicians
visited the murderer and told him they
wished to consult him about the re-
markable case. They stated his own
in detail and asked him what should be
done under the circumstances. He re-
piled that while the unmistakaOle in
sanity of the person who could commit
these crimes would save him from the
halter, he shonld certainly be confined
in a lunatic asylum. Then they told
him that he himself was the maniac
who had done these fearful acts, He
declared the impossibility of the accu-
but confessed that Of late years
there were gaps of "a hours in which he
Positively Had No Recoil. ction.
He said he had awakened in his
rooms, as if from a stupo., and he found
blood upon his boots and stains of blood
upon his hands.
He had also scratches upon his face,
and his a%mputating knives ha / shown
of use, though he could not recall
ASST sted at any operation. These
doctors then assured him there could be
no doubt of his identity with the White
.hapel assassin. They made AN ex-
laustive search of the house, led by the
accused, found ample proof o the muir
and the unhappy man whose mind
It that moment was in its normal and
lear condition, begged TO be removed
rom the world as a guilty and danger
Jus monster. The necessary papers
we're made out and the irresponsible
murderer was committed TO an insane
In a month or so he lost all
emDlance of sanity and is now the most
II ,ractable and dangerous mailman
onfined III the institution.