Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-01
THE WHlTECHApEL MURDERS
Two Moro Mysterious Crimes Added
to tho List.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN LONDON.
The Bodies Frightfuily Mutilatcd--A
Strange and IncNplicablc Indic.
ference on the Part of the
Authorities.
More Mysterious Murders.

lCopurigM 1855, bv james Gordon BcRnett.1
LONDON, Sept. 80 New York Herald
Cable-Special to The BEE. is there o
madman loose in London! Two more mo-
tivcless murders and mutilatiou of unfortu
nate women occurred to-day at the east en-
and there is panic even at the west end,
and yet home secretary, imbecilc of plans,
and police commissioner, haltiug IN action,
have plumply refused to offer II reward for
the madman's arrest. In any of the three
previous murders there is something awful in
the stealth, secrecy and rapidity of the
slaycr's movement, and there is something
sad IN the equhnlmitv with which
the police heads are Just now enforcing the
ordinance against publicaus and omitting to
strengthen the police force in the district
where these mysterious homicidcs occurred.
All of these have a similarity in time and
method. The killing is done between mid
night and dawn. The victims are women.
Cries are never heard. No tabled vampire
was ever more noiscCss than this mysterious
murderer. One womans head was severed
from the trunk in Oldgate, which adjoins
Whltechapcl, and the other woman's face
| throat and thoraX were disgustingly
mutlated in Il little square not
| far from the tower, whore there
| were excellent means of observation.
The police view is that the murderer Is Q
| man armed with keen, fearful weapon,
which he WIclds with strong arm and
possessed by a maniacal fury against the
| lower class of street walkers. No auatomst
| would be likely to slash and cut with the
rapidity and wlldness which must have been
| employed in hacking and mutlating the poor
| creatures found in the corner of Mitre square.
| Medical opinion is almost unanimous in re-
| garding the murderer rs an unskillcd person
| and a mere tcndish butcher. Indeed, many
| of the shrewdcst police officials after seeing
| the bodies of the victims, assert that the
| murderer will yet be found to be vulgar pig
| sticlier, if i'll fact he is not actually some
| slaughter house workman.
| Everywhere the first question Canvassed is
| whether the dark list of murders should be
| attributed to one hand or to one gang. The
superficial facts point strongly towards such
| Il conclusion. In all instances are the VIC
| Tins of the same class. The localities are
similar as regards privacy and accessibility
| The times for their commission are alike
The death wounds are of identical character.
A fixed if unexplained purpose seems to
stamp the theory of single murderer as
probable The horror grows deeper.
Imagine the kind of existence led by q
wretch in whom cruelty and cunning are both
excessive and equalized. How can such q
one have escaped a thousand chances
of identification. His garments must
have been covered with blood.
He must lodge somewhere, where people see
him come and go. He must eat, drink and
sleep near at hand to some of these very
streets and alleys where he ranges like o
beast of prey. He must be aware by the in
tense adherence inspired by his crimes of
the close search made for him. Talking over
these matters with an American merchant
this evening he said pontedly what a
| pity London could not have now the loan of
Murray and Byrnes for few days
| LONDON, Oct. 1.-All the morning papers
are filed with details Of the murders, but
nearly all are speculative and fanciful.
Nothing is really known beyond the finding
of the bodies and identifying one woman.
All the papers have editorials nveighing
against the home secretary and Sir Charles
Warren, calling for their designations. Aft6l
their refusal to offer rewards it is curious
that no public spirited wealthy citizen offers
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