The Great Ceram Street murderer is not yet found, though
Dr. Gottfried Hessel, the chaplain of the German emigrant ship Wangerland, stationed of Ramsgate, is in custody on the charge, evidently a completely mistaken one. The apprentice of Fleck the grocer (Conolley), and the waiter at the Cavour Hotel, Leicester Square (Stalker), were taken to Ramsgate, to see if they could identify another accused person from the same ship, by name Wahlebe ; but this they failed to do, but seeing the chaplain, Dr. Gottfried Hessel, they asserted that he was the man whom they had seen in company with Harriet Buswell. Stalker swore before Mr. Vaughan on Tuesday that to the best of his belief Dr. Hessel was the same man. So there was no choice but to re- mand Dr. HesseL It appears, however, that he can produce the most complete evidence that he was ill in Kroll's hotel, a re- spectable hotel at the East End, all the 24th December ; and his wife can swear that he was there all the night be- tween the 24th and 25th. The police may be on the right scent, but it is pretty certain they have not yet got the right man.
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