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Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 24, 2026, 12:29 pm
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 25, 2026, 5:09 am
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Pittsburgh Press
August 3, 1891
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GIVING UP ITS DEAD.
The Mutilated Body of a Woman Found in East River.
From News Association.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The bloody work of “Frenchy No. 1” in the
murder of “Shakespeare” was recalled yesterday
afternoon by the discovery in the East river, at Market street,
of the mutilated body of a woman, presumably
of the same class as “Old Shakespeare.” The body in this
instance was thrown into the waters of the East River
in order that the crime might be concealed. A rope was tied
around the waist and at one end of it was a
noose, as though a stone had been tied in it and had slipped
out.
The body was that of a small woman about 45 years of age. It had
been in the water only about a day. It was
horribly disfigured, and the left side of the face was bruised
and cut. The lower lip was badly cut, and a false plate,
which had had a complete set of upper teeth, showed that a
heavy blow had been dealt upon the mouth, as the
front teeth were broken off and missing. The face, neck and
breast were smeared with clotted blood, “showing
conclusively,” said Deputy Coroner Jenks, “that the injuries had
been inflicted before the body was thrown into the water.”
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 26, 2026, 5:51 am
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St. Joseph (MO ) Gazette
August 4, 1891
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DETECTIVE SKILL.
IT IS THE RESULT OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
The conviction not long ago of Ameer Ben Ali, New York's "Jack
the Ripper," is generally regarded as proof of the superior
methods
of metropolitan detectives. The work in this case bore a
curious resemblance to that described in the romances of
Gaboriau, who is
admittedly the grand master of weird and ingenious plots and
fascinating detective tales. As the clues were patched together,
it
seemed a very simple undertaking to bring the criminal home to
Frenchy, but, all things considered, it required a large amount
of
skill to effect that result. The master eye that found
bloodstains on the man's clothes, the alert brain that conceived
the plan of
utilizing the scrapings of finger nails as aids to the
unearthing of crime, did not depend upon the element of luck.
Every movement
was carefully planned in the light of past experience, guided
by a judgment rendered keen by minute study of the methods of
rascals of all kinds. Inspector Byrnes has the history of every
great crime at his tongue's end; he has pondered over the
devious
ways of the lawless classes until he is familiar with the inner
workings of their minds, and he can often predict the manner in
which the most clever will seek to evade pursuit and
punishment.
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 27, 2026, 4:17 am
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New York Evening World
August 7, 1891
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DID FRENCHY MURDER HER?
Or Was Shakespeare Killed by the Real Jack the Ripper?
New York was startled on April 24 by a murder that appeared to
be the handiwork of "Jack the Ripper." The victim
was Carrie Brown, known better as "Old Shakespeare." She had
accompanied a man to the East River Hotel,
Catherine street, on the night of the 23d, and the next morning
her body was found horribly mutilated.
The man who had accompanied her had disappeared. It was said
that he was a sailor and had gone to sea.
Ameer Ben Ali, an Algerian, who occupied a room opposite
Shakespeare's on the night of the murder, was
afterwards arrested. A chain of circumstantial evidence was
linked around him and he was convicted of
murder in the second degree. He is now in Auburn Prison.
The police at that time claimed that Frenchy was "Jack the
Ripper" and that he had been in London at the
time the other murders had been committed.
The theory that a sailor had killed Shakespeare is somewhat
strengthened by this morning's crime. If after
the deed he had gone to sea in a sailing vessel, he has had just
about time to get to London.
The interesting question is, "Did Frenchy murder Shakespeare?"
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 28, 2026, 6:14 am
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Henderson (NC) Gold Leaf
August 6, 1891
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Another thing we want to see the columns of the press closed
against is the filthy and disgusting details
as such trials as that of "Frenchy," New York's so-called "Jack
the Ripper," for the murder of the fallen
female "Shakespeare," as she was called, which sent him to the
penitentiary for life.
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 28, 2026, 6:15 am
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New York Evening World
August 7, 1891
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Another Whitechapel murder has been committed, and Jack the
Ripper has again made good his escape.
Incidentally, it may be remarked that Frenchy is still securely
locked up in the Auburn Prison.
Jersey City News
August 7, 1891
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IS IT THE RIPPER'S WORK?
An Aged Woman Horribly Butchered In Whitechapel.
London, Aug. 7, 1891.—That your Inspector Byrnes was wrong in
supposing his prisoner,
Frenchy, was the simon pure Jack the Ripper, seems to be proven
by a horrible crime which has thrown London into wild excitement
this morning.
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 29, 2026, 4:20 am
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Cincinnati Post
August 8, 1891
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A MOVEMENT has been started in New York to secure the release of
"Frenchy No. 1," who was sentenced to
Sing Sing for murdering a dissolute character known as
"Shakespeare," whose death led the New York police
to believe that it was the work of Jack the Ripper. And yet it
is only a day ago that the cable brought the news
of another Whitechapel murder committed by the Ripper. Frenchy
No. 1 ought to be let go.
The smart New York police have had glory enough at the expense
of the poor, friendless Arab.
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 30, 2026, 5:13 am
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Buffalo Courier
August 8, 1891
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An Inference from Byrnes.
New-York, Aug. 7.—Inspector Byrnes expressed no surprise today
when he was informed that Jack the Ripper
was at work again in London. When asked about the reports that
he had once believed Frenchy to be the
evanescent Jack, he replied that he never said so, and left it
to be inferred that he had never thought so either.
There undoubtedly was a time when certain things that came to
light in Frenchy's career, but never were printed,
with the discovery that he was in London during the worst of
the Ripper excitement, suggested to the detectives
in Mulberry Street that they might have laid their hands upon
the real London Ripper in his New-York representative.
There is no evidence that this was seriously maintained for any
length of time at headquarters.
Lawyer Abraham Levy, Frenchy's counsel, was asked today if he
did not think the jury at Frenchy's trial had rendered
its verdict under the belief that he was the original Jack the
Ripper.
"No, I don't think so," said Mr. Levy. "In the first place, that
was never clearly shown, and therefore I don't think
this new murder in London can affect our unfortunate client's
case at all."
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 31, 2026, 4:21 am
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Pittsburgh Post
August 13, 1891
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Apropos of the latest Whitechapel murder are the written remarks
of someone to the New York police
authorities during the trial of "Frenchy No. 1." In
characteristic "Jack the Ripper" style the writer stated
another murder would occur in London should the Arab arraigned
by Inspector Byrnes be found guilty,
merely for the purpose of proving the right man was not caught,
and the prediction was fulfilled,
all of which should be decidedly interesting to the New York and
London police authorities.
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Re: Dog Days Of August: Articles From August 1891
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: August 2, 2026, 5:18 am
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
August 16, 1891
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THE MURDER OF SHAKESPEARE.
Recalled by the Arrest of a Hotel Bartender.
Detective Adam Lang of the Oak Street station, New York, Friday
night sauntered into the notorious East River, or Fourth ward,
hotel, at Catherine and Water streets, got a glass of beer, and
arrested the bartender, Samuel Shine, 27 years old, who gave his
residence as 310 East Seventieth street, on a charge of selling
liquor without a license.
It was in this hotel that Frenchy, or Ameer Ben Ali, murdered in
"Jack the Ripper" style the woman Carrie Brown, or Old
Shakspeare, for which he is now serving a life sentence in state
prison. After the vile character of the place was disclosed, the
excise commissioners revoked the license, but since then, liquor
has been sold clandestinely. Shine, the bartender arrested, was
one of the witnesses in Frenchy's trial. John Jennings is the
reputed owner of the hotel.
Justice O'Reilly, in the Tombs police court yesterday, held
Shine for trial. He was bailed by Lawrence Kaine of 2˝ Monroe
street.
In the 1891 New York City Directory, Kaine's occupation is
listed as 'liquors'.
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