The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-09
WORK OF FIENfD.
Another Girl Victim is Found in
New York.
ATR0CI0US

An Eight Year Old Child Assaulted
and SIain-policc Believe II Mania,
Is Roaming the City, Possessed o
An Impulse to Kill Women nm,
Childrcn-SevcraI Women Hay,
Been Killed.
3 he excitement caused i'm Nov
York city by the recent atrociou,
crimes against women and children
was greatly increased Thursday b>
the discovery Of the body Of an eight.
year-old girl in Il cellar OF an east
SIDE tenement. The child had been
bNasSaulted and then murdered, marks
on tne throat indicating that perhaps
the little ono had been strangled.
me suspicion that the child was
cnoked TO death, taken in connection
with the murder of Sophie K0hrcr
me or an unidentified by
strangulation, leads the police to be-
liovc that there is a maniac at large
IN The city who is possessed OF an in
sane impulse to kill women and chill
dron by the same method.
me body was lying ON a Strawber-
~ crate, "here it apparently Had
been placed several days ago, ana its
condition revealed the frightful treat
mcnt to which the child had bccn
subjected.
me girls body was stumbled unon
ny a woman who visited the basement
OF the house at 203 First emu It
lay upon Il berry crate with seeming
~ no effort at cOnccalmcnt.
'Nn1 Tlh ~ 80, 49,
ilarbcrgcr declared, chat the crimes
in Berlin, Of which the
have told have not been one thous-
andth part as bad as the murder Of
this little girl
At the c%oroncr's direction Gactano
Rippolano, whose cobblcr shop adj
joins the girls home, was arrested
and asked to explain his absence
from his shop on last Friday. He cs-
tnblished the fact that he had spcnt
the day at Bristol, Conn.
The girl Is said to have frcuucntcd
Rippolano's place and a search
brought to light Il mans shirt which
sbore red stains.
The cohblcr was arraincd and re-
manded to the corone Giuseppe
Botanic, Rippolando's partner, was
questioned. but threw little light on
Wv ''''DN CIV 40 llOl ttttlI1tt.
The police also began Il search for
a III who is said to formerly
roomed at the Pritschler house, but
who left there after Il quarrel and
ta23h@ lodging ~ the house. wherc.t the
body was found.
When the news OF the finding OF
the little ones body spread through
the neighborhOod excitement rose to
such Il pitch that the removal OF the
body and the arrest OF Rippolano
caused almost a riot.
Many thousands Of persons were in
The nearby street when the wagon
from the morguc arrived. At sight
OF he covered body the crowd vented
It's grief and rage in a babel OF ton
CUES. The police were compelled to
use force to get through the street.
Soon afterwards the arrest Of the
cObbler became known and the crowd
charged the prisoners shop. Rippo-
lano had been safely removed TO the
Station House. but his shop windows
were smashed and only the dctcrmin-
cd front Of the police reserves who
dubbed right and left, prevented
greater damage,
John Kusmicho the Russian watch
man under arrest as Il suspicious per
son and who is said TO have cen
seen in the company OF the girl
whose body was found in the areawaN
on East Ninoticth street, was remand
ed without bail until Saturday. No
clue to the murder in Twcnty-SccOnd
street was secured
Later ii was decided TO hold 30
fantO for examination. Dora Mess
nor, who is said to have boon seen
in the company OF the cobhlcr. VAS
arrested as q WitncSS.