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Show 3 JACK THE RIPPER Said to be Now a Ruling Maniac IN A LONDON MADHOUSE. Hb Was a, Prominent and Respected , Ph olclan and Coma.i;ted Hi Awful Ded White laaane and Remembered Nothing of Tnm While Sane, San FuaNCIsCO, Cal April 24. Dr. Howard, a London physician of eon- i'.derable pruminence, vi s the guest of William Greer Harrison at the Bohe midn club recently. The Englishman tjid a singular etoiy lo his host and vouched for its correctness iu every - particular. It related to th9 mystery of ''Jack the Ripper," which the physician declared de-clared was no lunger a mystery among the Bcientlflc n;en of London or the detectives de-tectives of Scotland Yard. He said this ajaasam was a medical man of nigh standing and extensive practice, lie was in rried to a beautiful and amiable wife, and had a family. Shortly before the beginning of the Whitfchapei murders he developed a pec uiiar, and to his wife, an inexplicable inexplic-able mania an unnatural pleasure in causing pain. She grew so alarmed that sue beceme afraid of him and loCEed herself and children up when .-he saw the mood coming over him. Wnen he recovere d from the paroxysms and she spoke to him about it he laughed at her fears. Then the Whitechapel murdera filled London with horror. Tee suspicions of the wife were aroused, and as one assassination succeeded suc-ceeded the other, she noted with heartbreaking heart-breaking dread that at the periods wheL these murders were supposed to have been committed he was invariably absent from home. At last the suspense and fear of the wretched wife became unbearable, and she went to a few of her husband's medical friends, stated the case, and asked their advice and assistance. They called the Scotland Yard force to asBisL them, and by adding one fact to another the chain of evidence pointing to the doctor as the author of the mur ders, Decame complete. The physicians visited the murderer mur-derer and told bim they wished to ccn-eult ccn-eult him about a remarkable case. The Btated his own in detail and asked him what should be done with the case. lie replied that while the onuiaukable insanity of the person who could commit these crimes would save him from the halter, he should certainly be confined to a lunatic asylum. asy-lum. Then they told him that he was himself the maniac who had done the fearful acts. He declared the impossibility impossi-bility of the accusation, but cjnfeesed that of late years there were gaps in the 24 hours of which he positively bad no recollection. He said he had awakened in his room as it from a Btu-por Btu-por and found mud upon his boots and stainB of blood upon his bands. He nad also scratches upon his fa;e, and bis amputating knives had shown 6-gns of use, though he c juld not recall having aBtisted at any operat'.OL. The doctors then assured him that there could be no doubt of his identity with the Whitechapel aesasBin, The necessary neces-sary papers were made out and the irresponsible ir-responsible murderer was committed to an insane asylum. He is now a most dangerous madman. |
