The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-09 00:00:00

BUtiPIICTID imams AND MUTILATION
IN LONDON.

It la believed that an atrocious murder of • woman
tuts been perpetrated on or tear the Tames, the body
hacked to nieces, and the pieces distributed over the
river. Such la the horribis crime apparently brought tat
light by discoveries made on :+aturday and the preceding
day whi:h seen to bay,. no doubt u to this conetasion,
• Thames toliuman on Friday morning found in lb*
mud off Battersea waterworks the left quarter of •
womatt'a truck. The darrovery Was illanlibbletely made
known and the mutilated part taken to the Clapham
and Wandsworth Union workhouse, where Dr. Homy-
der, the divislotial surgeon, sew it, and pronoencted it
to be toe portion of • body which Lai not been in the
water more than 12 hours. Ttio police at ono, urn-
moceed a minute soarer, of the river, but the text
discovery iris made by a policeman in toe employ of
the South-Weetern Fiat:way Company, who, without
knowing of the previous dneroury, lotted the right
side of the truck off Bruuswith Wharf near the Mae
Elm station. This pat correspooded with the first
part totted, and the Lea less trunk, It was apparent,
bur teen teverad with • very sharp knife, and •saw bad
biao been wed. Soon after • portion of the lunge was
found by lospeator Maley, of the Thames Folio*, ender
an arch of old Battetua.oridge, and the other part
near the Battersea railway pier. The search vu now
until:wed for the otha rum of the body. arid on
Saturday the faro, with the sortip of • woman Washed,
wee found ff lAmehouse. It was evidect at • glues
that the murderer or murderers had taken revoltiog
liniowntacue to prevent ilentificetion, for the nose was
CO from the feu, bet still buil &malted to the upper
lip. 'flute was the mark of • braise on the right
temple, evidently milted by a blunt inttrument, aad
this blow, ti te thought, was the cause of death.
It will be observed that several portions of the body
were found in tho neighbourhood of Btttersea, below
where the WaccUe emptier itself into the Thames, and
at a pert where trading tarp. tom.; while another
part was found at Linaehouse, cur where the bargee
enter the Thames. This feet bee not *soaped the &then.
tion of the t.olicie, and the first suspicion was that the
woman had met her'desth at the hands of people eon-
muted with the barge trade a matter which has yet to
be usertalted. It is the ;talon of the medical men
who have lieu the remains that they do not Wong to
• "subject' used for daunting purposes, but that
they beauty to a oman who met a violent death.
It should be stated, in order to ambit ideatalleatioa,
that the woman's age appeals to have been abut AO ;
she had dark bah., very thin, and cut short (as would
be the.... with a woman reeently ill or tutu tly die.
charged from • orifice), and there was • soar, as of an
old burn, on the left breast. •Il the parts are lying at
the Wandsworth workhouse.

Dr. firrepttra, the divisional snrgeoo. ham made the
following report :

I Mee examined at the Battersea Pollee-Mallon the left
quarter of the thorax of a woman of fair skin and somewhat
W. Death has takes place within a few hams. The head.
ann aad other side of the thorax aad tie• of the body Imes
been separated with • knife and saw, and that 1..0 oc-
tet/utak manner. Tbe btdy has not been dissected for
anatomical purposes, but has been cot up inuredutMly atter
death Tim emels are all pail.. empty."
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Upon the other portion ot the recalls/ Mr. Heropeter
reports so follows:

" Utterer Police-station, Sept. 0.
I have examined the wain and portioo of the skin of the
face of a noman, aged presumably about 40. The inurument
has been separated front the both with • sharp inar.uoent,
and woe cut irregularly in levant pin= The head wee
covered with abort dark hair, very thin. the are
dark, sad there Is • very thin dark moustache. The we are
somewhat roans and pierced for earrings, eiluch have not,
however, been torn out. The eod of the nom the been
ethered from the r,cit and Is attached to • portion of the
;.= lip. It Is short, thick, and round at the extremity
lee Imp bruise oo the nght temple, whit* arm caused
by a blow from • blunt lanrument or substance *only
Wore death, The scalp wae divided at the upper margin or
the bons% but I casino( determine whether Ware or alter
death"

IT TILIGIAVIEL
On Bunday evanlaganolderly man went I. Chapham
Union, and positivoly Indentlfied in tha woman whose
body has bees found out in pieces to Um Thames his
daughter. Ha kriew heir by Um skis of the Ism, into
which Ina had Moo run. The Mita positively adheres
to his statement that tha remains are thaw of his
danahter• ft. states she wont wrong with a farmer
when young, that she lived with him Mass. that Ito has
mush ill-uald her mil lately .upromsd • wish to get
rid of btr, and that the was slightly pittal with small-
pox ; but adhere are ne merks on deosased, it la
thought Ita may be mistakes.

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Thirty-eight moo have been sent for trial for party
rioting at Largaii.
Mr. N. C. Fouler, of Totterdoeo, near Bristol, •
traveller in On doer trade, poisoned himself at Know*
on Tuesday, by taking pronto acid.
It is reported t h.t Gang Forward, one of tbe favourite
horses for the St. Leger race, has seriously hurt himself
while travelling to Oxford.
The Scotch papers state that the Prison. Louise,
Marchioness of Lorne, will shortly make an addition to
the house of ArolL
Ton Loan MATO& AnD Baltlulre OP LonDOw AT
800111Annolt.—On Friday the Lood Mayor and Sheriff.
of Loodon paid • visit to Southamptos. Sir Frederick
Perkin. is • native of tioethampton, of whirl borough
he ins been tire times Mayor, and Is at present an
alderman and a magistrate; and it having been deter-
mined to give him • public' bonquet in celebration of
his knighthood, tin invitation was Intended to his
oolleague in the shrievalty, and the Lord Mayor. At
itialtopstoks they were met by • deputation from the
municipal authorities, and, having earned their state
marriages, were escorted through • picturesque district
to the upper Common gate, on the northern boundary
of the town, where they were reesised by the Mayor of
Boathaniptou (Mr. Alderman Ilickstaa), the Corpora.
Mac, and other public bodies. A carriage procession
was formed, amompanied by three Volunteer bands,
which peeped through the principal streets, which were
py with dap, and a salute of 15 guria was fired from
the Platform Battery. The visitors were loudly °hewed
on the route. In the evening there wee • beacons at
the South-Western Hotel, under the presidency of the
ha-Mayor (Mr. Alderman Benehan), the Mayor having
sustained a reoent domestic adlietioa. About 240
persona ware peasant, the gnats including the Mayurs
al several limapetire borough.. The apeeshes v o•;*
a complimentary sharacter, the Lesiths of the three
apria dignitaries being enthaslaniedly !twelve& tire
Hoy& Hotel, Above Bar, at whist, &pessimists kad
keen takes for teem, was brillbatly libualaated. They
Mara to Lagoa ce Wordy itasniag.