Show BUTCHERY OF liTTLE GIRLS Three hildren Almost Babies Stabbed in Abdomen With Sharp Instrument PEOPLE WILDLY EXCITED CRIMES EVIDENTLY COMMITTED BY MADMAN Berlin Tub Tuly series of rimes crimes singularly the he Jack the Ripper murders b but t for the fact that In instead tead of oC women the victims were little girls followed one another with remark remarkable remarkable able celerity this afternoon almost In tire the center or of the city and aroused the most Host excitement and indignation With WithIn In a short space or of time the assassin sue suc successively enticed three girl babies th oldest only S 5 years ears Into doorways at hOl houses es and stabbed them several times In the abdomen with a sharp Instrument As a result one of the children Is dead another Is dying and tire the third Is danger wounded First Little One Found The first knowledge that the crimes had been committed came when an occupant of the house at the corner of and Belford streets found the body of Mar a aged ed 4 lyIng In the d doorway bathed In blood the lower of 01 the body horribly gashed ThIs was Immediately reported to tIre the pollee who were about to proceed to Investigate the case caSEl when reports came that Bertha aged 5 3 and Elly Knispel 5 years ears old had been found similarly on the round ground but alive In the Al lee Ice and street respectively respective I Crowds Cried for Vengeance Rumors soon spread magnifying the number or of victims and the Inhabitants of the neighborhood became Intensely ex cx excited cited Mothers sought their children In Inthe intIre tIre the street and made them return Indoors In fear that they meet a similar tate fate Crowds gathered about the pOlice station shouting vengeance against tire the murderer In the meantime the two victims who still lived were sent to a Their condition is and they are not expected to the ni night ht The officials acted quickly quick In an en endeavor endeavor deavor to locate the murderer and pub published an air offer of a reward of for his capture Monster Leaves a Note Shortly alter after tile the crimes were cre commit committed ted a SUI of paper with n a death hand sketched on It was found on a seat In the square near tire the scene On OnIt OnIt It was scribbled in a rambling hand Awa Away awa away In five minutes there will be a corpse There is a child mur murderer murderer derer In the neighborhood Deliver DeUer tins this note flOte to tire the police I have killed children in and fer streets The note was attached to the seat by means ot of a sharp single scissor blade and andt it t 1 35 1 assumed that the crimes were corn com committed with the other halt half of the Instrument instrument ment i Description of Assailant All tire the available police and detectives were ordered to scour tIre the neighborhood Some parents arents have llave reported that their children had seen a haggard man about 27 years ears old well dressed and wearing a cap cal offering candy and fruit to little girls whom he asked to accompany him himA himA A man was arrested shortly afterward who tamed tallied somewhat with this Indefinite description Later he was confronted by bythe bythe the two wounded children who however were too weak to respond to tile the ques questions questions put to them Tire The man was then taken In a cab guarded by police to the police station Attempt at Lynching TIre The crowd outside the station ling ing him to be the murderer attempted to drag him from the and lynch him and he was only saved by tIre the policemen drawing their swords and holding th the crowd at ba bay Tire The people then attempted to storm tIre the station and the tho prisoner was removed to the central station for security Tomorrow should the two to wounded chil children dren not die In tIm meantime tile the prisoner will again be confronted b by them Experts wIre who have hae examined the note found on the seat scat have come to tire the con conclusion elusion that it was written by a madman The They will secure samples or of writing from the thc prIsoner and compare these with the note Tonight th the streets of the city and sub suburbs suburbs are patrolled by large numbers of police pollee The most Intense excitement pre prevails I vails and the people are discussing the i question whether or not the murderer Is still sUll at large and whether the bloody deeds are still to continue |