London, Sept. 12.
The inquest in the case of the woman whose headless body was discovered in the Whitechapel district was conducted with closed doors, and extraordinary precautions are taken to prevent the medical testimony in the case being made public. A rumor is afloat, but cannot be traced to an authoritative source, that one of the doctors has pointed out that the surgical work of the fiend who committed the murder bears a remarkable resemblance in certain features to peculiarities which have frequently been noted in the work of a well known London surgeon, a man of the highest standing in his profession, but exceedingly eccentric.

The police maintain a discreet silence, and refuse to either deny or to verify the rumor. They appear to be active, however, and their conduct indicates that they have a clew of some sort.

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Related pages:

Pinchin Street Torso

Dissertations: The Thames Torso Murders of 1887-89

Message Boards: The Pinchin Street Murder

Official Documents: Pinchin Street Torso Inquest

Press Reports: Decatur Daily Despatch - 11 September 1889

Press Reports: Decatur Daily Despatch - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: Decatur Daily Republican - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: East London Advertiser - 14 September 1889

Press Reports: East London Advertiser - 21 September 1889

Press Reports: East London Advertiser - 28 September 1889

Press Reports: East London Observer - 14 September 1889

Press Reports: East London Observer - 28 September 1889

Press Reports: Eastern Post - 14 September 1889

Press Reports: Eastern Post - 28 September 1889

Press Reports: Freeborn County Standard - 19 September 1889

Press Reports: Galveston Daily News - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: Gettysburg Complier - 17 September 1889

Press Reports: Lima Daily Times - 11 September 1889

Press Reports: Lima Daily Times - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: New York Herald - 11 September 1889

Press Reports: New York Times - 11 September 1889

Press Reports: Newark Daily Advocate - 25 September 1889

Press Reports: Olean Democrat - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: Times - 11 September 1889

Press Reports: Times [London] - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: Times [London] - 13 September 1889

Press Reports: Times [London] - 14 September 1889

Press Reports: Times [London] - 25 September 1889

Press Reports: Trenton Times - 10 September 1889

Press Reports: Trenton Times - 11 September 1889

Press Reports: Trenton Times - 12 September 1889

Press Reports: Walthamstow and Leyton Guardian - 14 September 1889

Press Reports: Williamsport Sunday Grit - 15 September 1889

Press Reports: Woodford Times - 13 September 1889

Press Reports: Woodford Times - 27 September 1889

Victims: The Pinchin Street Murder

Victorian London: Pinchin Street

Witnesses: John Arnold

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