Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-11
Fiendish Work of a Demented
Man in Denver, Col
orado.
HAS SEVERAL VICTIMS.
Young Girl Terribly Mutilated and
Probably Fatally Cut His Latest
victim-Killed an Elderly Woman
the Same Evening -Confesses
His Crimes.

Denver. Col. July o.--.Jossie Kinport the
IA year old daughter of Mrs. Carrie u.
Kinport of this city, was assaulted and
horribly mutilated in her room during the
absence of her mother last night. Mrs.
kinport had been away during the even
ms and upon returning home found the
doors open. fastening to her daughter =
loom she found the bodclothes strewn
about and blood spattered over the room.
| The girl was nowhere to be seen. Search
ers found her about midnight in vacant
lot nearby unCC nsciouS and with numerous
cuts on her body
The authorities were notified but no, be-
fore Chris Jensen had been brought to the
! station by Policeman Lambert, who had
ARE stcd him on the outskirts of the city.
Lambert came mp on Jensen about mile
! and a half from the scene of the assault.
AS Lambert approached Jensen whipped
out a knife ara shouted t. the officer THAI
he would rot lie taken to Jail. IAmpei t
disarmed Jensen and brought him " The
station.
On the way he repeatedly spoke Of ha"-
| ing been compelled to defend himself from
a woman saying that he lad cut her up
pretty badly. The knife he had threatened
the officer was covered with blood.
Shortly after Jensen was locked up the
police department was notified of the as
sault upon the kinport girl. They imme-
diately connected Jensen with the affair
Jensen admitted to Chief Armstrong that
he had stabbed and cut a woman but said
he met her in the street and she had
bumped against him as he was passing by.
From his actions the police are convinced
that Jensen is demented.
An investigation of the footprints at the
scene of the crime show that tho shoes
worn by Jensen fit tho marks exactly The
police are sure that Jensen is the guilt y
person and that he committed the nun er
Gus assaults mad" upon women Of late. Tho
victim of last night assault is still alive
but In critical condition.
Jensen confessed to the police that ne
assaulted Jennie Kinport also said h
stabbed another woman during the nicht.
near the end of the University Park car
/ line.
Search was begun and the dead body Of
Mrs. Armono A. Bulls was found this
morning at the place described by Jensen
She had been stabbed In the breast and
tho blade Of the knife penetrated her
heart, causing instant death. The body
| lay in the roadway. There was no evi-
donce of a struggle. Jensen said the woin-
an was after him" and for that reason
ne stabbed nor. Mrs. Bulls was about 81
ycarse of age She conducted a dairy
near the place where she was killed
Chief of Police Armstrong says Jensen is
undoubtedly insane.
1t has developed that young man was
at the kinport home calling On the girl
and remained until after ten o'clock. !cn-
sen was arrested about Q Is o'clock in tho
eve ming making it impossible for him 10
have committed the assault
A crowd CT several hundred gathered
outside of tho city ia'i tonight and made
threats of lNnchinG Jensen. A rcnor;
came to the station that a mob was com
inf, from South Denver to take Jensen
from the authorities and lynch him. Chicf
Armstrong decided that Jensen would he
safer ont of reach and tonight he was
taken to Colorado Springs