The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-03
CRIME BATTLES
NEW YORK
POLICE
No Important Arrests Made
For Attacks Upon
Women.

NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-The remarka-
which women and children are the OBJ
jects of attack, shows no sign of abat-
ing. During yesterday two such at
tacks were reported to the police, and
today one additional case has been
brought to public notice. that of
young East Side girl who was attacked
by a miscreant while passing through
the hallway of the house that held
her own home.
Scarcely an arrest of Importance has
been made. and the police confess them
selves as completely baffied. Detectives
who have studied the different cases
differ as to the probable perpetrators
of the crimes Some incline to the
belief that the assaults are the work
of one man, who has the mad animal
instinct of the London and Berlin rip
pers." Others combat this theory ana
point to the widely separated points
in which the crimes occurred and the
different methods with which final muir
der was accomplished. No one can ex-
plain, however. why there should be
such an epidemic of f1endish crime in
this city at this time, crime the city
is generally free of.
The alarm, especially among mothers,
Is widespread, and there has been marked
decrease of the number OF women ana cnl-
dren on the streets at night. Every little
street incident is magnlfied ana moo
quickly ASSEMBLIES. In several instances
men have been attacked by the CROWDS,
and, whether rightly or wrongly, have been
severely beaten by the people. The tenn
per of the feeling Is shown by letters
which have been received by the newspap-
ers suggesting vigilance committees anu pro-
tectlve associations. but thus far nothing
has come of this agitation. Some ADVERSE
comment has been caused by the iacl 'na'
Police Commissioner Bingham has gone
nway on vacation at this time, put ne
has explained that he has done an he
could to catch the fiend or fiends ana tnas
he will return to the CITY III caee AA'
presence Is required.
The list of victims who have met oeatn
In this wave of crime mas reached nve'
three young girls and two women. A score
| or more have been attacked.
The nolice are anxious to find man wnc
/ ,s known as Jake" who is said TO havs
known Katie FSetschler, whose muthatsc
body was found In an east slue cehul' Ai'
mans description fits the same VINO wh'
seen give the child candy and kiss hel
while talking to her on the street the oay
before she disappeared. He has not oeen
since she was reported missing.
Four brothers. Thomas. Louis. Giovanni
and James Esposito. who keep a fruit
stand in front Of the house on First ave
nue. where the child's body was round
were taken into custody today. The poioe
found that the brothers used the cellar
where the body was found for the storage
of waste cases and push carts. and that
IT Is the habit Of the brothers to make
frequent visits to the cellar during the
day. Their fruit stand Is open FOR pusi-
ness the better part of twenty-four hours
and the police hope that the Espostos may
develope some clue through which the
identity of the ehild's murderer may be
revealed. Coroner Hamburger examined
the Esposltos today.
The police are working on the theory
that the child must have known the mur-
derer otherwise 1t would have been difi-
cult to have lured her into the cellar. The
theory is also held that the slayer knew
about the cellar and knew all the habits
of the East Side people. In the streets or
the East Side the appearance Of stranger
81 quickly noted by the residents who
know all their neighbors and their habits.