Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
KILL jack THE RIPPER.
a Notorious French Murderer GuilIciined
Today.
he CUT AND slAsHEo HIS VICTIMS
More nrutaiiy than Did n. London "Rip-
per- Murdered It Least Twenty
three Persons.

l1tlnsd at Buurghon-Bfcssc. capital Of
sac Departments Ok The Ain. his morn-
ing. u, Protested his Innocence and
simulated Insanity 60 che last. Nacher.
who was % years Of age.was condemned
a. the october aaslz.a az Ain. Early Ia
liie he 10 knIwn To- have hfutaiiy muir
| tcrcd four boys. six wumga and rlgii,
anu an Old widow. Moss 10 tn Wctlml
were tending herds when NaCher came
beh.ul them and rut thcir lhr1ats.
Thr crimes ~ Joseph Nachcr have
4 eirplsaod IN numb and ufruci;y Of she
White chapel murderer known az Jack
ihs lupper.' His humickial mania nrHt
nfuho uut ln 1885, IN defense Of Narhsr
20 was pointed uui thai when a ynuih
h' was uhtcu hy q mad dog. and thn.
tho village herbpilF, gave aim some
medicine. after which he became brutal.
WhgtciH o. dud previously bsen quist
aud inurou1lve. IL also appcnra from
.hcse settlements .ha. from iha. dino
/ Dc had developed u passion fur human
blood. referring so hls crimes, WAGNER
/ Nv quoted 49, niylng.
My victims mover ruffoprd. Cor WALLS
I thfuttlld ihpin w.th onc hand. almp-
| ~ took their lives with sharp inattu-
men, Ia the o.hcr. 1 am an annrchis=
nud | am opposed 90 noclcty. ~ matter
what the form " government may be-"
The desperate criminal was notorious
| " vain, ana fancisd himself a hero.
lie refused 10 speak aboui his crimea.
cNc'ri un twn condltlOna--one that thr
full story ~ his murders h. published
IN the leading French papers. AMI fha
Other that b. should be tiled Heparaie-
1 ~ fnr each crime IN the district who're
Q, was committed.
1hs eNuri number Of Nacher's Victims
| viii never De- known. btr IL ~ said that
sW0nsy. denominations have been
/ brought 40 him In OCtuJtr last, and tn.
/ number was added iu ua time WORE ON.
/ In fact q u doubtful whether The MUIR
derer himself knew the real number u
hId victims. lie norchan;ly tuid the
examining magistrate az the "details
came back 90 his mind. and In each caae
she investigation has furniahsu full COR
/ fublrailQn NJ NatAUra narrative. The
bodies In each ease wena found In Iihs
places he indlcNei-in iunely shickfss
ur IN unused wells, lie ascma 90 have
Killed merely Tor the sake VI killing.
Born near Lyons. Vachor served nil.
military Germ IN n regiment ~ znuaveH,
AMI showed himaflf 90 be- a -,od soldier,
20 much - tina, ne was made nom
commissioned officer. although there
were complaints against him of being
hfutally severe 20 recruits
A recruit. a member OF we'll known
/ French family. told fhas Narhsr abused
I him once 30 terrible ON tho drlll grounda
that he los. hi trmper- and fprinR az
! Nacher' liaprAy fpr .he recruit. he Sena
. NNfANA ~ W. companions NNNWNN ne SUE
ctcdcd IN striking Nlcher. Otherwise IN.
young man would most likely have been
| rfnicnred ip a. tth by o. urt martial.
II was shortly after Nachcr left tho
service that he became ~, owing 20
disappointment In q love ahrir. and at
tempted o. blow out his brains with "A
revolver The bullet was never OK
trncted from his skull aud, according
To- one report the wound produced tits
81 insanity ana caused him To be con-
iined for a lime In an asylum FOR the
insane.
Since that tlmc and until his arrest
/ Nncher appears to have wandered
through the country districts OF France.
committing murders. lie was unde-
tccicd aud unsupported untll. by mere
accident, he Waf caught almost red
handed near Lyons az the beginning
uf October.
In every case Vncher seems TO have
been seized with a frenzy after attack
ing his Victims. ns he cut and alnHhed
them horribly and often dllmcmbcrcd
them.
ono day Vacher told the magistrate
that he considered himself 10 be a
acourgc sent By Providence TO aiillct
humanity.
claimed because hn wore u clean shirt
which the murderer coveted and he adj
mlttcd that he sometimes murdered
people because he needed money and
| food.
one remarkable feature ~ thia o.
traordlnlry ease was the clever manner
IN which NHcher succeeded In Hhiftlag
suspicion from himself
About two years ago he murdered a
shepherd boy on "a country road few
miles from Lyons hacked the body al
most to plocea and then continued on
his way, The murder was discovered
within frw minutes after and search
Tor tho murderer was promptly lnstl-
tuted. a gend'nrme mounted on n BIZ
cycle overlook Nacher AMI called upon
him to produce his Identification papers.
whoreupon Naoher quietly handed over
20 the officer hla discharge as % nom
commissioned ofllcor from a regiment IL
zouaves.
why, that Il my old regiment" ex-
claimed the gcnd'armc, II am hunting
Tor a man who has Just cut q boys
throat Have sou seen any suspicious
chnrnctcrHT'
"oh, yes" answered tho murderer.
snoerlnEly. ~ saw a man "unnlug
across the fields a. the north about -
"Thank YOU cried tho gend'arme.
'i'll Dc after him"
The gcnd'arme then hurried on after
the Imaginary murderer and the rcli
culprt quietly stolo away from tho
scene nf his crime.
Tho most prominent victim ~ Vacher
was the Marquis de Villepllne. whp
was Killed while walking In his park
In the southwestern part ~ France. not
FAR from the spanish frontier, Vacnur
oropt up behind him, fcllod him with
a heavy stick ana then cut his throat,
The murdered carried on tho coat 20 tho
marquis ana hts pockctbOok contains
Ing some banknotes. lie then sought
refuge In Spain
The Roasting OF the murderer led 10
the detection ~ a number NJ hls crimes
after his arrest. For Instance. he Killed.
a boy, 10 years VI age, named Bully,
near Lyons ln June. 1897 The crime
would not have been discovered but for
the hoastIngs NJ Nacher ne the lad was
a notorious pnacher and chicken thief,
and his Disappearance created no stir at
am. In January NJ the present year
Nacher made a furious assault ON
warden ~ the prison ut Lyons whore
he was confined, and almost beat him a.
death before the prison guards could
oycrpower him.
on October 90 ~ the present year.
Vncher was sentenced 90 death. since
which time he hUs continued feignlng
Insanity.
cold la Colorado.
Dorver. Cfo.. nee 3i-Sxtsen de-
grces below zero was ,he mlnimum tem-
ptrAture recorded lass night ~ ths