The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-05
HALF A DOZEN HORRORS.
Two More Victims Credited to the
Whitechapel Maniac-Intens,
Excitement
And Bewildering Observation-Disclosures
Ordered Out of Truckee For Selling
Opium to Indians.
A Negro Shoots Two White Men and Is
Exonezated-Ir ishmen and Italians in
aOutting Scrape.

Cutting Scrape.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The two women found
murdered near the scene of the former
butcheries in Whitechapel Saturday night
have been recognized as dissolute charac.
ters, who have long frequented that vicin.
ity. One of them was found in Berner
street with her throat cut from ear to ear.
The other was discovered lying on Mitre
square. She, like the first mentioned VIC
tim, had her throat cut, but in addition
she had been disemboweled and her nose
had been cut of. The murderer had evi.
IDENTIFY been disturbed in his work in
Berner street and had no time to mutilate
the body of his victim. The discovery OF
the bodies completely paralyzed the police
and General Sir Charles Warren, chief
commissioner, was at once called out Of
bed. He repaired Immediately to the
scene of the murder and gave orders to
have the police force in that district rein.
forced.
The first murder occurred shortly after
midnight, in a narrow court leading from
the street aud directly beneath the win
dows Of q socialist club composed of for
eigners. A concert was in progress in the
club rooms at the time and large number
of persons were present, but not q sound
was heard from the victim. The second
murder occurred three quarters of an hour
later in Mitre square, five minutes walk
from the scene of the first tragedy. The
police patrol the square every ten minutes
but the murderer managed to elude them.
The vigilance committee will resume their
patrol of the district, extending their lines
of watchfulness. The woman murdered
in Berner street has been identified as
Elizabeth Strude, native of Stockholm
and an inmate of low lodging. The
identity of the other woman has not yet
been established.
London is fever of excitement and the
denizens of Whitschapsl are in a state
of terror, owing to the resumption
of the horrible butcheries. the fourth Of
which it was hoped and quite generally
believed, would be the last of the chastity
series. The number of theories advanced
accounting for the murders and seeking to
establish the identity of the murderer is
positively bewildering, but n ut one of them
is accepted by the police rs the correct
one, although the Scotland Yard de-
tectives have nothing to offer
tn ,mselves. The absolutely impO-
tent condition Of the police in the matter
has led them. however, to catch at straws
in the way of evidence, and the most sig.
nifcant of these is a letter which was 70.
ceived at the office of the Central News
Company Thursday afternoon. The let
ter is Familiarity addressed Dear Boss"
and signed Jack the Ripper" After
Boosting that he had committed all of the
Whitechapel murders the writer contin.
ues, II love my work and want to start at
it again. Tho next job do shall cut oil
the lady's ear and send it to the police.
Keep this letter back till l do a bit more
work and then give it out to the police
straight"
A remarkable feature OF the Mitre
square murder is that one of the dead
woman's ears is severed, and this circum-
stance is held to indicate that the real
murderer wrote the letter. Most of the
newspapers issued special editions giving
copious details of the tragedies. Great
crowds visited the scene of the murders
yesterday.
CHINAMEN ORDERED AWAY.
TRUCKEE, Cal, Oct. 1.-The town was
thrown into great excitement yesterday
afternoon by the actions of WaSi,oe
Indian, who went upon blur overlooking
the town and fired three shots from his rifle
into town, one shot striking squaw. Flo
then cast off his clothing and fired again
at the multitude of white people on
the principal street, fortunately harm
ing no one. Citizens then secured
rifles and gave chase. The Indiaa took
refuge in the rocks and endeavored to
shoot the leader of the party. Another
member of the posse, who saw the Intian
draw a bead, shot him dead before he
could fire. This trib. Of Indians has been
troublesome of late, and yesterday it was
learned that they have been securing
liquor and opium from Cinnamon here.
Last evening three hundred citizens waited
on all the Cinnamon and ordered them to
leave town within twenty-four hours.
Many left last night.
DEFENDING HIS HOME.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. Three white
men, w. j. Smith. Will Eastman and J. E.
Jordan, all residents of Memphis, took
trip on the dummy line to Giils station
yesterday afternoon and were strolling
about when Smith, seeing mule in tho
road, remarked he thought he would take
a ride. As he approached the animal Jim
Conley, negro. called out to
Aiiu W leu tuc Iuuie dlOue, Wutu
Smith and Eastman started to.
ward him. Conley ran into his house
and shut the door and a second afterwards
q shotgun was thrust through the window
and discharged. The contents struck East
man in the head, killing him instantly.
Smith ran over to where Eastman was,
and as he was bending over the dead body
the other barrel of the gun was discharged
h<av ,A~ ,,.Irs 1-EN 4
several buckshot and mortally wounded.
Conley fled after the shooting. The jury
of inquest held over Eastman exonerated
Conley, who, it was proved, was defending
his house from assault.
IRISH AND ITALIANS FIGHT.
DOVER DEPOT, n. H., Oct. IA scrim. !
mage occurred yesterday between Irish
and Italian workmen of the waterworks !
during which several of the combatants |
were badly cut, and one of them, Pat Car !
roll, may die. Several arrests have been !!
made.
1t has been discovered that the last of |
the buna;oes has not yet disappeared from |
Montana, and the New York illustrated |
papers artist and guide, who are keeping |
lone and weary vigil on the bleak and !
barren prairie down in the western part of |
The Territory, looking for the curiosity,
armed with a field glass and q photo !
graphic camera, had just as we'll go home,
IS all the romance has been knocked out !
of the scheme. Information can be given
them In Helena as to the whereabouts of
quite a large herd of the "exterminated"
animals that have made their home in the
territory for number Of years. and are
still enjoying life in perfect security in an
OBSCURE and uninhabited section, where
'ney will have an opportunity to