The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-30
LONDON MYSTERY.
The MUtiiated Remains OF n uur.
dered Woman Found In the
Thames.

The discovery of the remains Of woman
in the Thames river, whose body had been
cut up and the face mutilatcd, obviously
with view 10 prevent Identification, was
the notable event in London at the depar
turc of the last mail. 1t was ut first sup
posed that the body had been partly dis
sccted by students who might have been
interrupted in their work, but very cur
sorry inspection showed that the mutilation
was not that which would come from the
hands of the anatomist. The appearance
of the head seems to have this first crude
hypothesis, which was dismissed as soon as
a more minute examination could be made,
and it is now conceded that murder ha,
been committed.
In the absence of any clue there is plenty
of speculation. As the pieces were most of
them found near together not far from the
juno ion of Surrey canal and the river, it is
quite Obvious that they were carried
thither by the same current and the Lon
don 1elcnuph inclines to the opinion that
the killing was accidental-thc result of a
mad blow at some water-sidc orgc--a and the
mutiation Il clumsy afterthought. The
Pal MAI Gazette of September / | calls for
a more efficient organization of the detec-
tive police, and points to the Coram street,
IIoXton. Ethan and Regent canal murder,
all of them still mysteries-as evidence
that there is something wrong in the secret
service
The Times OF the same date gives the Ia
test facts and concludes with what may pos.
siby prove clue to the identity of the
murdered woman
yesterday two more pieces of the dis
membcrcd and mutilatcd corpse were re-
covered from the Thames-one, the com
panion forearm to that found on the pre-
yious day. and like the other, handles.
was found off the Albert Embankment.
Lambeth the other piece was a foot. and
was discovered near the mouth of the Sur
rcy Canal. off Rotherhithe. These two
pieces have come to light nearer to Lon
don than any of the others, one above and
the other below the city 1t is curious to
/ observe, too. that the ma jority of the
CHASTITY remains have been found near the
connections with the Thames. and this
puzzling fact has naturally led to the belief
{ that the pieces have been dropped at diff
fercnt parts OF the river. or at different
conditions of the tide
The whole of the pieces are in the Gus
tody of Mr. Hayden. the resident medical
olliitl Va wv Sidl'liidH w ulNoNpttb
Union Workhouse, and they have been
officially seen by the most competent medi-
cal authorities, who support the views so
unhesitatingy given in the evidence OF Dr.
kempster-that the remains are those of u
murdered woman. Whether the cuttin..
up and disposal OF the body had been car
ried out by one unaided hand is a question
which it would he difficult for any one to
/ say.
Yesterday the police were tracing ont
a curious piece of information. \ person
living at South street. Battersea Fields,
came to Inspector Hewlett, at the Bat
tersea Police Station. and informed him
that her ledger. whose name and antecc
dents were given, had been missing since
the % instant. The description given of
the missing lodgcr most curiously cores
pended in all the particulars given with
what is known of the deceased, in respect
of the contour Of her person, her hair. nose
and ears, which are somewhat peculiar
The history of this missing person. too, in
dicatcd some such person as the deceased
was likely to bc-a woman who had left
her husband, had some one whom she visi-
ted at the West End, and was in the habit
of coming home late at night or early in
the morning, 1t is curious, too. that some
weeks ago the missing woman complained
of having been assaulted in coming over
Victoria Bridge at an early hour in the
morning by four men, and she said she had
been thrown down and bruised. At the
time LEGAL detective waited upon her, and
he will be taken to see the body. The
woman was always boasiing Of the large
sums she was to,receiye. This is a specimen
of the cases presented 10 the police to in
vestgatc, hut up to nearly twelve O'Clock
last night they had formed M decided con
clusiors.'
The case is peculiarly revolving one.
and yet, from present appearances, il is not
at all likely to be revealed by any clue thus
far developed. Parts of the body was
found on the Sth inst. hut thus far the po-
lice have added nothing 10 the guesswork
of the newspapers.