Evening star., 1907-08-03

Murders and assaults on women
have increased in New York within
the past three months TO an ex-
tent never before known. There
have been tWenty-one cases OF this
sort since May 22 The police are
apparently helpless. 1t is not known
whether all the offenses have been
committed by some criminal degen-
crate or whether there has been an
epidemic OF sadistic murder. Most
OF the assaults have been accom-
panied by nutilation, an earmark OF
this particular brand OF insanity.
The police have made a few arrests,
but have accomplished absolutely
nothing, and the city is almost on
the verge OF panic
NEW YORK. August :.-Tha remarkable
series of crimes in this city, in which wom-
en- and children are the objects of attack
shows no sign Of abating. During yester-
day two such attacks wefe reported to the
police, and today one additional cas-. has
been brought 10 public notire that Of a
young East sd gin. who vas attacked Jy
a mis"reant while passing through the hall
way Of Tic house thai lrlI l.er own home
S"aIc"ly am arres, Of .uport,rc.. has been
made. and the pole confess themselves as
compl~te!y tat'ied. Detectives who have
studied 'he N~r,at cases differ as to tn.
pIobab.e operators of the crimes Some
incline +" The belief that the assaults are
the work of one man on WHO has the mad
animal instinct Of The London and Berlin
Ripper. others combat ti.is theory. and
point To- tn" widely separated points in
which the crimes occurred. ana the differ
ent methods with which final murder was
accomplished. No one can explain. how
ever. why there should be such an endemic
of fendIsh crime III this city at 1b,s trr,a
Murder and Assault.
The alarm, especially among mothers, is
widespread, and there has been a marked
decrease of the number OF women and
chldren on the streets at night. Every
mite street incident IS magnihed, and
mob quickly ASSEMBLIES. In several in
stances men have been attacked by the
crowds. and. whether rightly or wrongly,
have been severely beaten by the peopIe
The temper Of the feeling is shown by let
tiers which have been received by the news
papers suggesting vigilance committees and
protective associations, but thus far norb-
Ing has come OF this agitation. Some ad-
verse comment has been caused bv the fact
that Police Commissioner Bingham bas
gone away on 4 vacation at this time hut
he has explained that he has done su he
could 10 catch the fieud or fiends and that
he will return TO the city in cas-. his pres
onCe IS required
The list of victims who have met death
IN this wave OF crime has reached fiye
three young girls and two women. A score
ar more have been attacked
Hold Four Italians
NEW YORK. August 3.-WIth several
persons held in custody on the suspicion
that they may throw some light on the
murder OF Katie Tietschler, whose mutt
lated body found in an East Side cellar,
the police today confess that they have been
ba!Hed at every turn In their search for
the slayer They anxious 10 find a man
WHO is known as Jake" who is said "a
la We known the TietsC hler child and whose
description fits the man VINO was seen to
Civ the child candy and kiss her while
talking to her on the street the day before
she disappeared. He has not been seer
sine she was reported missing.
-Four brothers-Thomas, Louis, Giovanni
and James Esposito-who keep fruit stand
in front of the house on 1st avenue where
the chhs body was found, were taken