Daily Gazette and Bulletin
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1 October 1888
TWO MORE BUTCHERIES
ATROCIOUS SLAUGHTER OF WOMEN IN LONDON
THE WORK OF A FIEND
LONDON DISMAYED AT THE AWFUL BRUTALITY
London, Sept. 30.
This morning the whole city was again startled by the news that two more
murders had been added to the list of mysterious
crimes that have recently been committed in Whitechapel. At an early hour
it was known that another woman had been murdered,
and the report was also current that there was still another victim. This
report proved true. The two victims, as in the
former cases, were dissolute women of the poorer class. That the motive of
the murder was not robbery is shown by the fact
that no attempt was made to dispose of the bodies.
SICKENING DETAILS
The first murder occurred in a narrow court off Badners (sic) street. At
an early hour this morning, beneath the window of a
foreigners' socialistic club, a was concert was in progress and many
members were present, but no sound was heard from the
victim. The same process had been followed as in the other cases. The
woman had been seized by the throat and her voice
choked, and the murderer with one sweeping cut had severed her throat from
ear to ear. The murderer had evidently been
disturbed before he had time to mutilate his victim.
The second murder was committed three quarters of an hour later in Mitre
Square, five minutes walk from the scene of the
first crime. Policemen patrol the square every ten minutes. The body of
the unfortunate woman had been disembowelled, her
throat cut and nose severed, heart and lungs had been thrown aside and the
entrails were twisted into a gaping wound around
the neck.
THE MURDERER'S RAPID WORK
The incisions show rough dexterity. The work of dissection was evidently
done with the utmost haste. Pending a report of the
doctors it is not known whether or not a portion of the viceras (sic) was
taken away. The doctors after a hasty examination
of the body said they thought it must have taken about five minutes to
complete the work of the murderer, who had then plenty
of time to escape the patrol.
Mitre Square, the scene of the second murder, is a thoroughfare. Many
people pass through the square early on Sunday morning
on their way to prepare for market in notorious "Petticoat lane." The
publicity of the place adds to the daringness of the
crime.
THE POLICE DISMAYED
The police, who have been severely criticized in connection with the
Whitechapel murders, are paralyzed by these latest
crimes. As soon as the news was received at police headquarters a
messenger was despatched for the Chief Commissioner of
Police, who was called out of bed and at once visited the scene of the
murder. The inhabitants of Whitechapel are dismayed.
The Vigilance Committees which were formed after the first crimes were
committed had relaxed their efforts to capture the
murderer. At several meetings held in Whitechapel tonight it was resolved
to resume the work of patrolling the streets in the
district in which the murders had occurred.
EVIDENTLY A MANIAC
Dr. Blackwell, who was called to view the remains of the Badners street
victim, gave it as his opinion that the same man,
evidently a maniac, had committed both murders. The Badners street victim
had evidently been dragged back by a handkerchief
worn around the throat.
