St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-25
THE RIPPER'S FATE.
SENSATIONAL STORY REGARD
ING WHITECHAPEL MURDERS.
WORK OF A JEYKLLAND HYDE
The PerpetratOr Said to BE Now
Confined in Madhouse,
RavinE Maniac.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-DE
Howard, London physician of COM,
siderable prominence, was the guest
of William Greer Harrison at the
Bohemian club recently. The Englishae
man told singular story to his host
and Vouched for it in every partieur.
lar. 1t related to the mystery Of
Jack the Ripper" which, the physill
clan declared, was no longer a mysI,
terry among scientific men of Lon3'
don nor the detectives of Scotland
Yard. He said that this assassin was
medical man of high standing and
extensive practice. He was married
to beautiful and amiable wife and
had family. Shortly before the be-
ginning of the Whitechapel muir
ders he developed a peculiar, and to
his wife inexplicable MAINTAIN I'M
natural pleasure in causing 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. Then the
Whitechapel murders filled London
with horror The suspicious of the
wife were aroused, and as one as
sassination succeeded another she
noted with heartbreaking dread that
at the periods when these murders
were supposed to have been commit
ted, her husband was invariably alb
sent from home. At last the suspense
and fear of the wretched wife be-
few of her husbands medical friends,
stated the case and asked their ad-
vice and assistance. They called the
Scotland Yard force to assist them,
and, adding one fact to another, the
chain of evidence pointing to the
doctor as the author of the murders
became complete. The physicians
visited the murderer and told him
they wished to consult him about a
remarkable case. They stated his
own in detail and asked him what
should be done under the circum-
stances. He replied that, while the
unmistakable insanity of the person
who could commit these crimes
would save him from the halter, he
should certainly be confined in
lunatic asylum. Then they told him
that he himself was the maniac who
had done these fearful acts. He de-
clared the impossibility of the accusa-
hut fGof Of lot nc.
there were gaps of twenty-four hours
in which he positively had no recol-
lection. He said she had awakened in
his rooms, as if from a stupor, and
he found blood upon his boots and
stains of blood upon his hands.
He had also scratches upon his
face, and his amputating knives had
shown signs of use, though he could
not recall having assisted at any
operation. These doctors then assured
him there could be no doubt of his
identity with the Whitechapel as
sassin They made exhaustive
search of his house, led by the ac-
cused, found ample proof of the muir
ders, and the unhappy man, whose
mind at that moment was in its nor
NAL and clear condition, begged to be
removed from the world. as a guilty
and dangerous monster. The neces-
sary papers were made out and the
| irresponsible murderer was commit
| ted to an insane asylum. In month
! or so he lost all semblance Of sanity,
| and is now the most intractable and
dangerous mailman confined in the
| institution.
THE STORY vOUCHED FOR.
SAN FRANCISCO, April "a
William Greer Harrison, manager OF
Thames & Mersey Marine Insurance
company, playwright and club man,
| was seen today by representative
| of the Associated Press in regard to
the dispatch telegraphed to San
Francisco connecting a prominent
London physician, whose name was
| not given, with the Jack the Ripper
murders several years ago. Mr.. Har-
| rison stated that the dispatch is en-
| tirely correct in every particular, sc
| far as the matter reaching him
| through DR.. Howard is concerned.
| He stated that Dr. Howard is we'll
known London physician, who has
| passed through San Francisco on a
| tour of the world several months ago,
] and while he was here he Harrison)
met Howard at the Bohemian club,
| and the latter told him the remarka-
| BILE story and vouched for it's au-