Show The Whitcchapel Murder Suspect LONDON Feb 16The latest discovery in connection with the Whitechapel murder mur-der bids fair to connect the saddler now in custody with the crime The police have a dangerous looking knife stained with blood and showing traces of having recently been washed The bloodstains were examined microscopically by a surgeon who has no doubt the stains are those of human blood The knife has been traced to the possession of tho saddler From the time it became known the saddler sad-dler was arrested and formally charged with tho murder of Carroty Nell the greatest excitement prevailed in and about Whitechapel The Stepney police station where the prisoner was detained was surrounded sur-rounded by a vast crowd of people mostly women Wild threats of lynching and I tearing tho prisoner to pieces were uttered by the most excited of these females When the man was removed to the police court an immense force of police was employed em-ployed and every precaution was necessary in order to prevent the mob from lynching the prisoner Opinions differ as to whether the murderer is Ja3k the Ripper The inhabitants in-habitants of Whitechapel believe he is but the police have not committed themselves to any opinion on the subject |