"JACK THE RIPPER."

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 177, 26 July 1913, Page 17

"JACK THE RIPPER."

DU. WINSLOWS THEORY OF THE MYSTERY. In connection with many of the notable criminal trials of the last twenty or thirty years. Dr. Wiuslow. the eminent lunacy expert, who died last month, was engaged ! professionally. As far ns Jack the Ripper 1 was concerned. Dr. Wiuslow was at once a | medical theorist and a practical detective, : and he gave his "whole heart aud soul to the ] study of Ihe mystery." i --Hay after day aud nislit after night." [ lie says. "I spent in the Whiteehape! slums. i Tho detectives knew- me. the lousinshouse i keepers knew inc. and at last the poor creatures of thc streets came to know me. In terror they rushed to me with every scran of information which might to my mind be ~r value. . . . It Is not surprising thut it was I, and not the detectives of Scotland Yard, who reasoned out an accurate, scientific, mental picture qf the Whitechapel murderer, and then stumped beyond a doubt, if not the actual identification of the monster himself, nevertheless the ability to capture I he same." Dr. Wiuslow held from the lirst that tbe crimes were the work of one .-nan and him a madman. As soon as his clues became certain he told the police all he knew, and suggested a plan whereby the lunatic conld be captured upon thc steps of St. Paul's Cathedra], where he attended service every morning. The police, however, refused to co-operate. But. says trie •■ Westminster Gazette." his clues were published, and the murders ceased.