The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-06
THE SLASHER'S Victims
Sixteen Separate Complaints Re
corded at Police Headquarters.
Detectives Satisfied That Max I<rebs
IL an Old Offender Instances of
ments i'm Washington Since Oc-
tobcr-Strange Acts of a Ynndai

The Washington police are now fully
charged with mutilating women's dresses
is the notorious Jack the Cutter" who
figured In New York police records two
years ago. Measurements at headquarters
and other information received concerning
Krebs have satisfied the detectives that
they have in custody an old offender.
Krebs has been positively Identified by
Mr.. NJ. o. Chance as the man who cut his
wifes dress at the corner Of Seventh Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue northwest, on
the night of December %. The police claim
that the evidence Of thai viIvtly, 20 ,vi-
elusive against their prisoner. In order,
however, to make sure that Krebs is the
man who for weeks past has terrorized the
women OF this city. the police will en-
deavor to have the man identified by sew
eral women who are supposed TO have SUI
fered at his hands
To that end Detectives Parham and
Gallaher. who arrested Krebs, went over
the records yesterday of complaints of dress
cutting received at headquarters within the
past two months and compiled a list of six
all OF whom will be given an opportunity to
fix the responsibility for the slashing of
their garments on Prisoner Krebs
a perusal of the record shows that or
October q Mrs. W. T. Lee. of 500 Street
southeast. reported that her dreTs had been
cut while she was in the elevator at the
Washington Monument She remembered
being jostled by man, but was not sure
that she could identify him. Three days
later Mrs. W. b. Reilly. of 449 Massachu
sets Avenue, reported that on October 81.
while attending matinee at the National
Theatre. her dress was cut by some person
unknown
On November 6 a woman, who refused
to give her name. reported that her dress
was slas.ad while she was a passenger ON
an elevator in the Atlantic Building That
complaint was followed by four others
during the month OF November Mrs
Charles O. Brill. of 623 Second Street
northwest. reported that her dress was cut
on November while she was at the La
fayette Theatre. Miss Quigiey. of Sixth
and X Streets southwest, reported that her
dress skirt was mutilated while she was
shopping. The place where the cutting
was done was not given. The dress Of
Mrs. George Alderman was similarly in
jured at the National Rifles Armory on
Francis Kalaski. Of $50 / Street was vic
lin OF this peculiar form of crime while at
tending q performance at the Academy of
Music
During the month of December nine
complaints OF dress cutting were reported |
They included those of Miss Mabel Hughes
of 1916 Kenesaw Avenue whose dress was
cut at the Boston House; Mrs. Mccarthy. |
OF 1853 II Street northeast and Mrs Car
rick OF 707 Twelfth Street northwest |
whose dresses were damaged at the > and |
1O-cent store All these Instances occurred |
or December S.
Miss Evelyn Meyers. of 1900 Second |
Street. reported on December 10 tina; her /
sealskin sacque was practically ruined |
while she was making purchases at the !
Palais Royal On the following day an !
other cutting vas reported at the and |
i0-cent store. This time the victim was /
Mrs. II. NJ. Hart, Of sos F Street north |
west. Her dress Skirt was slashed A /
woman whg declined 10 disclose her identity
suffered in a similar manner at the hands
of the Gutter" while In an auction room
in Street northwest, between Sixth and
Seventh Streets. Within the next three days
a woman who gave her address as Gil
Fourth Street northwest and Mrs Paul
Pearson, who lives at New Jersey Avenue
ana T. street northwest, reported that their
garments had suffered at the hands Of
this vandal The last reported cutting oc.
CURED on December -. when Mrs. Chance
The present complainant against Krebs had
her dress skirt slashed at Seventh street
and Pennsylvania Avenue northwest
Others who were victims OF the cutter"
during the Dewey celebration.
md who made no official complaint. are be-
ng looked up by the police in Tie hope that
through them additional evidence of the
guilt of krtbs may be established The
police doubt that they will be abl5 10 locate
many Of the early victims Of this annoying
street vandalism, and deplore tie fact that
he compliments who casually reported
hat their dresses had been cut would give
10 names or addresses. The police say that
hey could have learned Of the identity OF
he complainants and would have made Il
point 20 do so at the times OF the reported
utting, had il not been that little impor-
ance was attached to the early complaints
4ater. when the cases we're multiplied and
he slashing of dress skirts in public places
'ecame alarming In their frequency per-