The Morning herald., 1875-09-27
Startling Murder.

Startling Aurdsr.
4 The London Dab Ne,cs vslls the follssI
il: An extraordinary ca Of mutila
u was discovered by the ice On Sa,
uday evening, s4F ver5 eculiaF cir
A1stancea, and ahhough Ne police au
] tkotities are strongly doPfnion that ter
rible murder has been committed the iden
ttity Of the woman who is the supposed
victim is,anIopenPeaim, Il seems tha
at honse il C6mmefclal road east Mr.
j Henry Wainwright formerly resided with
his wife and family. He carried OH the
business Of brush ind harness-maker, and
was contractor to the metropolitan po.
lice, He removed from the house in ques.
ton to School-bouse lane, Chingford, Es-
sex, but continued to have access to his
previous residence in the Commercial road,
which is now empty. On Saturday even
] ing, between and 6 o'clock, Vain
wright, who was walking in
the Commercial road, met 4 boy,
whom he engaged to carry two parcels to
cab. The boy accordingly went with
him to the empty house in the CONNER
cial road, in front of which tour-wheeled
cab was waiting. In this the boy placed
the two parcels which he brought from the
house. Wainwright then entered the cab,
followed by a woman, who it has since
been aseertained is Alice Day, a dress
maker. residing at Queens court, Com
mercial road. An unpleasant smell from
the parcels attracted The boys attention
and he fancied some,hing was wrong
When the cab was driven away the hoy r. n
after it. followed it through Bishopsgate
street. Grace Church street, and over Lon
don Bridge: On his way he mentioned his
.uspicions to several Police censtaSles, Who
however, took. no notice OF the matter.
Persisten,lv following the vehicle into the
Borough High street he met Police Con-
stable Cox, No. go, and Turner, No. 4S,
and asked them TO stop the cab, there is
something the matter" The lad further
said, 'I'll have nothing to do with it for a
hundred pounds,t and then ran away at
full speed. Such strange conduct induced
the Constables to follow the cab, which
stopped near the Town Hall. >The
man Wainwright got out and was seen
to enter an empty house known as the
"Hen and Chickens No. 81 High street,
Borough, of which lie had the kew. He
carried with him one of the parcels. and
was in the act of taking out the second
parcel when the constables approached
him. On the Police insisting upon search
ing the parcels, Wainwright appeared
greatly confused, and offered the officers
el00 each if they would let him 60. Hav-
ing secured the man and woman, the Po-
lice proceeded to open the parcels and in
them they found the body of full-grown
woman cut into pieces. Neither the man
nor the woman with him offered any ex-
PLANTATION. They were removed to the
police station at Stone's-end, Borough as
were also the two parcels. The parcels,
which were covered with American cloth
resembled peddlers' packs, and on exam.
ming them DR.. Larkin found no portion
OF the body deficient. The pieces were in
very decemposed condition, and the
medical man was of opinion that
they had been subject to the influence
OF quicklime, and that death had taken
place at least two months ago. The
trunk of the body alone was in ole of the
parcels; the head, legs, feet arms and
hands in the other. Every limb had been
disIointed, and the right thigh bore indi>
cations Of severe blow thereon, AT the
police station the prisoners were charged
with murder. Wainwright did not betray
the slightest emotion at his position, and
said nothing explanatory of the reason for
his possession of the remains. The woman
was also reserved in her manner. She.
however, offered vague explanation to
the effect that she met the man in Com.
mercial road, and he asked her to accom-
panv him in ride to which she consented
Wainwright and the woman were exam
ined before Magistrate Benson, Monday
morning. Meanwhile it had been dis
covered that Wainwright's house adioined
the Pavilion Theatre, and that he was on
terms Of questionable intimacy with the
.a-.=s girls, although he had a wife and
ire caildren. Alice Day, the woman ar
'=ss-' ri'h MIN was ballet girl, and the
c'nnnoa suspicion was that the murdered
roman vas also Of that vocation, though
no light was thrown upon the cause and
Circumstances Of her murder bv anv dis.
coVerls in court or out of it. The Diyi-
sion Surgeon, d.. Larkin, testified as fol-
hs. lhe parcels contained the compo-
nen' t'ars Of human body in an advanced
state Of decomposition; there had evidently
bssn means adopted to prevent the posi-
mlsy Of Identification; it seemed to me
that chloride, or some other preparation Of
lime had been used to promote decomposi-
'ion; could not form the slightest opinion !
a. to the cause of death; the BODY had
. I%en literally chopped up BY person who |
nnsS n"hing whatever Of anatomy, or at
least who did not use his knowledge.
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