The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1888-10-13 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE LONDON MURDERS.  The police have obtained no further definite ne as to the identity of the Wlntechapel murderer but " they are busily engaged in piecing together the i;fo mation in their possession, with a view to tracing hr„ course on the night of the last murders and his move i ; meats generally, and also n dealing with the mass of communications volunteered by the inabitnuts of the locality in response to the request which has bee, ()facia ly issued. The bulk of the statements are on their face of no use, but by collating those which seer; to bear on the crimes the police believe that they guy gradually narrowing down the area of inquiry Several persons have been arrested and detained a't local police stations until all circumstances in counee. tion with their apprehension were thoroughly nift,d Several of these were given into custody on ground, which proved on inquiry to be flimsy, and i eve, foolish, and the police have n consequence been pet to a good deal of trouble without any corresponding result. It seemed at times as if every person in the streets were suspicious of everyone else be met, and if it w.re a race between them who should be the first to inform against his neighbour.. On Sundly evening a passing sensation was caused yi COMTpercial-streht by a very ordinary incident, which well illustrates the existence of this suspicion. East End athletes, whom circumstances prevent from practising in the country, are in the habit of organising running mate through the less frequented thoroughfares on Sunday evenings. In one of these competitions last night a young man who was far in advance of his coinpebtors was nearing the Shoreditch end of Commercial-street' running at high speed, when almost iustautly rumour speed that a man half-clad was running for his life from the police. People hurried to their doors and ran in the direction indicated, only to fiud that an rd nary footrace was in progress. The announced intention of the auC,orities to 84. ploy bloodhounds in the hunt for the murderer las attracted keen attention.  The Working Men's Vigilance and Patrol Committee have been augmented by some able-bodied men well acquainted with the locality. Mese were selected by a special meeting of representative working men con. fleeted with the dock industries. The new patrols will join in assisting the police to capture, if possible, the assassin, who, in the words of the chairman of the meeting, "has disgraced the name of civilisa. tion."  A journalist, on Saturday night, attempted to play the role of an amateur detective by donning women clothes. He succeeded in evading suspicion for some time, but eventually he was surrounded by some women who declared that he was Al man, and as the crowd soon gathered and continued to increase he found it desirable to proceed to Southwark Police. station, where the people called upon the police btu, him into custody; but as he V 749 professionally well. known there he was ultimately able to return to he home without further molestation.  A New York telegram states that the seaman named Dodge, who recently stated that a Malay whom he met in London threatened to murder a number of Whitechapel women for robbing him, said that he knew the street where the Malay stayed, but that he would not divulge the name until he learned what chance there was of a reward. He stated, however, that the street was not far from the East India Dock. road, but he was not certain about the house when the man lived. Another seaman said he thought thi Malay was now on a vessel p: ying in the North Sea, A SPIRITUALIS r