The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-25
ONE MORB LONDON MYSTERY.


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Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing. May o. the Inhabitants Of Euston squnra
wore alarmed ut learning that discovery had
boon made in one OF tho houses there which
rihle crime The house NJ. 4 IL tho place IN
which the discovery was made. IL is occupied
EEy ar, Grrman named Siwsr,n BersendoG. and he
mas lyed there Tor about three years. Before
s se"p io9 G anS yf ss oSTuPsd X MI Ms
has recently let of part OF his house to some
dodgers. who ordered load OF coal FROM
Mcssrs. Woods. Mossrs Woods sent one Of
,h"ir carmen. named George Pulcher. 10 deliver
tDn coal yesterday morning.
When he reached the house. Pulcher had oc-
chhsion 70 f. down into the cellar to loose the
imre down which the coal would have to be shot.
rms cellar Is approached through sort Of
and opened the door Of the collar he states he
was almost overcome by terrible stencil which
lsNued. ne opened tho grid and was Mortified
at seeing the hOad and upper portion of the
body Of woman starting out Of the NOES of
rubbish which lay there. Half sickened. he
the cellar returned to his wagon. gentlemnn
passing saw his agitation. and. learning what
he had seen. ut once informed "A policeman.
Two constables went Mt once to the house.
il was then about quarter pnst 10. and on
getting into the cellar they found that the
woman lay face downward. with her head appa-
rently resting on one arm. and the other arm
drawn as II to cover the head. The stencil was
30 offensive that before further examinatieu
could 10 mado they felt II needful TO disinfed
the place with chloride OF lime. Then tho
beltEcn WIS POhunueu. ana the BODY was IOun0
to have on IL a back dress and n SIX ri distended
with crinoine. DIR. II. =. Davis was called in,
and tQuni that the body was so far decomposed
TINT Identification would he impossible.
As the hands and feet were not nj first seen u
was surmsed thnt an attempt had been made
~ mutilqto the Ls9v ;41il. aftT further eKami-
nation, II appeared more probable that tho
limbs mad dropped from tho trunk by the nat
ural action Of decomposition. From the state
in which tho remains were found II Is almost
certain that quickliine was thrown over them
when they were placed in the cellar, for the
purpose OF destroying all chances Of recogni-
ton. BY soarching about almost all the re-
mains were found. and such MS were missing
were traced through n servant girl In the
house. who said that n short time ago
she was shovelling coal in ono part OF tho
cellar and came upon some bones which.
suppostng them to be ordinary meat bones sh0
threw into the dust bin where they were for
tunatcly found. Such rs they were, the remains
were placed in cell and taken to tho Mortuary
had gone from the face. and when the searchers
tried TO lit the remains tho pulling OF tho
clothes brought OIL such skin or flesh as re-
mained on tho covered part Of the body. Tho
most Startling discovery made was that OF n
rope tied tightly twice round the neck making
u certain that the woman had died from stran-
guation. Dr. Davis Is OF opinion that death
must have occurred about year ago. and that
POSSIBLY two or three years have passed since
the crime was committed.
- Some years ago a young woman who lived In
Seymour street In that neighborhood whose
name was Jane Willis. was missing, and no
trace has been ever found Of her. She used to
sculptors and painters. The house IL now under
the immediate supervision OF the police. and
detectives from Scotland Yard are making eyerY
inquiry that can lead to any clue.