Show TOO attenuated THE two latest cutting sensations have caused a good deal of ner among the more timid labb of the population especially women and children and weak winded minded men these imagine that the wave has reached t lake with the exception of two cutting affairs that occurred a short ort time since there appears to ave ave been no genuine assault of an alarming sl arming character they will probably yet be shown to have resulted mn a drunken squabble and but to fo the ripper Bi ripple that has floated over the world even those not have drawn such widely popular attention as they did the incidents of the night of jan s the principals in which were agate Wg ate night clerk at the cullen hote otel I 1 and morgan an employed f wm win showell are somewhat piliar it is somewhat difficult to aget apt anything clear on the subject i it being alleged that both the parties A W tried give varied versions of their experiences as if it be came necessary in their opinion to change the stories to cover up original self evident probabilities improbabilities Im take the case of felgate Few gate As to how he received the cut across the fb forehead is best beat known to himself the main point is as to how he received that terrible cut down the neck and across the bosom of his shirt this long continuous slash is the only evidence on the su surface rf ace that the deed was done by dr we say on the surface advisedly as the cut neatly penetrated the victims linen N mo 0 one but an adroit ripper could have avoided making some sort of an of the skin this fact shows scientific manipulation with the knife that could only bo be exercised by one well acquainted with the anatomy of a boiled shirt the cut betrays careful work and therefore indicates the earmarks ear marks if not the knife marks of dr the question in the public mind now is whether the shirt was on a table or on the corpus of its owner when it was mor mortally wounded the trade ought to note this cut in shirts the coat sleeve formerly belonging to a navy blue coat but now appended to an lor horrible or tale which was found on the sidewalk bears similar evidence so we are informed of the expert if any one should see a man knocking around the streets with a one armed navy blue coat he should take him at once to mr feugate for identification fi seeing that the sleeve of the garment was left without the arm being in it it may be well to hunt for the coat otherwise a search might have been instituted for the man if the arm had been ta there ero and the ragged edge of the limb fitted to the lacerated end of the stump this would have been strong presumptive evidence that the villain had been secured the affair of young morgan an employed of william showell is equally mysterious it appears that when the ripper or or whatever he ought to be called 3 struck at morgan he missed him had he aimed another bl blow 0 w at him he doubtless would have hit him precisely on the same spot and inflicted a similar injury morgan is a young nun man of courage he went immediately home to procure a pistol it is evident however that he was not aware that he have one till he got home he seized a butcher knife and after cracking some jokes about jack the ripper with his mother with A blood in his eye he hunted dr Tumble fy or whoever he may be who aimed a blow at him and struck strode a vacuum morgan found the villain and stuck duck the blade of his weapon into his stomach however either the digestive apparatus of cf the bloodthirsty prowler were of the rhinoceros brier or he had been eating a hearty supper of something tough the blade penetrated ash a short 0 A d distance iota n ce the holder gave it a twist and it broko broke if anybody happens to see a man around town that has a languid look about the edeas if he had about an inch and a quarter of cold steel in his stomach he should report accordingly that the piece of mew metal and the broken knife may be compared if they fit then another villain is secured it may just as well be stated now as at any time that the suspender buckle 4 business is too stale shirt bosoms coat sleeves and tough stomachs axe are not much in advance of it A little more of this and an investigation vesti gation of a searching character will vill be made a matter of popular demand the orea creators tors of panics among timid people should not be permitted to go scot free |