New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-26
BRITAIN.
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN LONDON.

A MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN LONDON.
F,oru The London Tne' Oct. "a
From yestg.s of the most imperfect character, and
by nierences of the scutest kind, il placed be-
yond doubt that a dreadful murder has dsgraced
our metropolis but whether the deed can be brought
home to ts perpetrators, or whether it will be buried
in the obseurity which at present envel)psit, isa
que siion yet remaining TO be determined. We can
on " hope that where under snch diff ult conditions of
discovery so ueh has been brought TO light, the rest
will not be permanently hidden.
On Friday lsst in the gray of the early orning,
sone lads rOwirg up the river observed a bundle rest
irg On one of the abuimeuts Of Waterloo Bridge. II
proved TO be q csrpet bag locked and corded with a
considerable portion of the cord hanging down into the
water. The boys carried off what they believed to be
a pTze; but when the bag was opened t was found
TO contain the mutilated fragments of humsn body.
Twenty pieces Of whet had recently been living
exposed TO view with every incident OF
horror, Limbs had been sawed into bits, flesh had
been hacked from TIE bones the trunk had been dis
emboveled and the head was wanrg. So complet,
had been the commDutOn OF the corpse, ana the OBJ
liberation OF all external features OF humanity that
was only by Indirect Conclusions that even the sex
could be established; ard yet from these aud almost
irscIuable data story OF some coherence has already
been framed.
Tie bag aimed beside tbese portions ofthe body,
CON plee suit Of apparel, coat, surtJut walstcOat,
trowsers oragCIs, socks sfr ar nndetshrt the hat
shoes alone being not forthcoming No mark other
means Of Identification could be discovered on any Of
these articles bat they pierced in various places,
as if with sharp knife Or dagger, and they had all been
ripped UP the baok-the overcoat well the rest
apparently while on the person. The front parts OF the
dress too sJeciay wers found saturated with blood.
The fragments of the body itself seemed q. fiTst to
promise little tetimUny, but under scientific scrutiny
they yielded enough to establish the first ceftsiny OF
crime. a portion Of 10 chesl showed distinct STAB
or hole corresponding prech ely il poson and drec
tion with one OF the cuts found IN the clothes, and II
was PROVED by the evidence Of tue divisional surgeon
OF DC lice that this must Ct necesay have been
inflicted during fe The testimony to this important
equal success was it established that the remains
could not represent the relics OF any su0Dect EN-
po,e for purposes Of anatomy. Not II single
trace was found Of the dissecting knife. A medical
man" said Mr. Paynter in his evidence, " must have
wanted body either for the muscles, nerves, ar
"teres ol bones. The muscles nerves and arteries,
can most positively assert have not been dsSected,
"and the bones have been destroyed The deduc'
tions drawn from the appearance Of the fragments
tended little further. The state Of the Jins showed
that the right thigh must have stifened completely at
rig ut giles with the rest Of the body and the right
ann aG also stifened with the forearm under, and
pointing in the direction of the tfuLk. IL lad been
Obse ed from the first that the BODY had beed salted
CT osked in briue 10 preserve It, but certain portion
had escaped the action OF the antlsepuc, and 1t Is
ucged fioJn this that death must have occurred up
.aId of week before the discovery of the remains
The cuts IN the shirt exceeded in number those fouud
upon the BODY, but this dsc epancy was explained by
tie evidence that the portions Of the body which might
have displayed these particular wounds were among
those which were mlsslrg.
from other sources The clothes found 10 the bag ap
peored to be Of foreign make. the socks having been
pionounced to be undoubtedly OF German ioutdcture
and the shi. collar was obviously intended 10 os worn
turred down over the neck tie from which circumstance
il ia re easonaby inferred that the deceased person was
uot native of this country. Here, up to the present
fine terminates what may be called the internal
evidcroe Of the case by one incident only are we
brought into contact for moment with those probably
coebizant Of the crime II haI pened that the toll.
keeper on duty at Waterloo Bridge on Thursday
evening took especial notice Of woman, or person
in woman's appaiel who had passed on to the btidge
fron The Strand side with carpet-bag in her hand.
Tb bsg he assisted her TO lift over the toll stile, aud
observed lis pattern so particularly as - be able 10
identity the article, to the best OF his oele win that
n which the remains were found. lie remarked that
the woman appeared agitated, and so much in hurry
that he imagined che was Fastening to catch train at
the Waterloo station. Her voice was decidedly
masculine but she seemed only about D feet inches
in blight To the best Of his remembrance she cid
rot come eff the bridge again. She passed about II
Such are the features, as at present dlscernlole,
of this most horrifying case. BY the ald oi tIie
latitude of Interpretation ard conjecture an approx
nation has been made 10 the supposed partcul.s Oh
the crime. That the deceased was murdered Win all
bis clothes on including his overcoat, appears pam
and il is supposed, from the saturatlon OF all the iont
porOTs OF his apparel with blood that he lay dead on
bis face In this posi,ion-the position Immediately
resulting from the murder-t Is conceived lhal ule
body sthened aud that il was found necessary 10 ZIP
II clothes all up the back before they could De re-
moved nom TIE rlSlu umDe' ~ VIZ
position of the corpse pending the further proceedings
recoure would be rad 10 theprocess OF saihg; and
at lei 9Th. when the work Of muillahon had Oeeh
completed, it was ettemPtnd to dispose oi tne
remains by dropping them into the river
al the end of a rope, 80 as 10 aVold d
splash Such il the manner in which the oitii1es
supplied by direct testimony have been hlied up by
inference surm se and though the conclusions may,
Of course, be erroneous il IS Impossible 10 overlooh
the detection to which guilt has become aoe hroe5n
one or two fortutous circumstances. Had another
bridge been selected instead OF Waterloo Brtdge oy
the bearer of the bag there would have been no toll
tsker 10 depose totae overt act IN TINS oa
action ana the fact points to the probsoirty Oh tn
OF the crime having lain IN the Vlcl1 y. nau
the bag again, not lodged on the abutnf nj Oh tne
bridge instead of falling into the wafer We pofuon
Of the body which it contained might Fave dSaP
peared, like the rest, and every vestge Uf tne cfue
have been lost. .....
There is one incident connected with lis inyestiga
ton which is suggestive Of rather ala, ming conclu
soDs and to which il is desirable we thlnk n'1
attention should be drawn. No sooneI was IL k1o"n
in the metropolis that body had been dscovered ad
hitting possibly Of some identic tiO than appnca
ton was made by succession OF p ,rsons@elsu. ~
nine we are assured in number-ea h OF whom VIII
In the last month had lost sight OF come reatIss VI
iepd for whose disappearance 10 reason oJa. W =,
assigned. 1t would be dresdiu u TO tninA una'
heinous guilt could prevail among US, ~ uIti ,ba.
| covered por We, indeed, Oh opI'on 'ua'
any such conclusion need be accepted. IN q q
population approaching TO nTee mtLloes IL Is
natural enough that Instances tf eceenuciiy OF ac'
oident should remove ndivids'ls now sna 'un II oi
the coenizsnce of their friendA while the foreign e1-
tacton sppareptly attributable 10 the victim on this
occasion tends Of Itself possby to Withdraw the case
from the category Of ordinary crimes. oh .he .noe,