Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-06
FIHNDISH WORK.
The Horrible Story Of the
Famous London Murders.


Trace OF the Murdcrer-The Same
Handiwork Apparent in the
Execution Of Each Crime
The Victims arc All of the
Lowest Glass OF Lon
don's Vile Scum.
Never in the recUlu OF iiilinnl history
have the police of any country been called
upon to unruvc q mystery so complete as
that which now enshrolls the famous White
chapel murders in the lias: End of London.
UP to this time seven victims have fallen
under the skilful knife Of mn unknown iiend
and there remains not particle of clue on
which to hang q hope of discovery OF tho
murderer
In every case the unmis!aSable handiwork
of tho same fiend is TOO p'ainly apparent to
admit Of doubt Mailman he probably IS,
but with all his boldness, he is possessed OF
cruel cunning, which allows him TO stalk
abroad on the public highway striking down
his victims as he pleas.s, and leaving not
even the faiutest clue to his personally
The first Of what lave now become famous
as the "Whitccl!npel Murders occurred
somewhat less than twelve months ago III
tbat section of l.on.ion where the scum OF
the vile deus of vice are turned loose upon
the streets when the police close tho hrothels
nj early morning. Although the first victim
of the unknown iiend was II woman OF the
lowest class, AMI her body was mutllateu
in the same shocking manner that has CHAR
acterized the recen. murders, nothing more
than passing notice was given tile AFFAIR ny
the police y murder was no uncommon oc-
currcnce in Whtechapel, and tue very lacI
that the victim was blear-cyed, gn-soaked
unfortunate lei the authorities to believe
that she ouarrelled with one of her own asso'
ciatcs and the matter had ended MS many
drunken quarrel had ended there before.
The policeman OH post was closely questioned,
his immediate superior viewed tho remains
and the Coroner observed that the crime
was one of shocking brutality.
On Tuesday, Aug. I, the body OF Martina
Turner, n hawller, was found. When tho
l.feloss body was found it was horribly mu.
tilatcd after the manner OF the llrs5 vicplin.
The hand OF the murderer was Clearly seen
to be the same III both cases. AS nearly as
the police could determine, both women hau
been seized from behind by powerful arm
and their throats cut by swift stroke from
some razor-edged knife. Such was the force
Of this death blow anu such tue keennesS OF
the weapon that the head was almost severed
from the body, and the knifo had even leit
It's imprint upon the bone ut the back OF the
leck.
The public had scarcely recovered from
the shock of this murder III the East End of
London, when second atr0city OF all exactly
similar kind occurred at " hltechapel III
this instance also Il wainan was Ine Flctiul
Ire throat WAS cut open from ear 10 car ana
The lower part OF the abdomen WIS com
o.etcly ripped up, with the bowels protrud-
,ig, the wound extending nearly to her
breast.
The fourth murder rivaled in many
respects any of the preceding horrors and,
ike The rest, showed at Il glance the same
nand and the same mysterious purpose IN It's
ietais OF mutilatioa aud method. Inns VIC
i'm was. Ike the Others one OF tue CITY
unfor,unatesr and had led the Same life
,mong the same associates and in the same
section of the city.
Alta spot only few hundred yards from
where the manslel body OF the poor woman
Nichols WAS found just week before, the
body of another woman, mutiinted and h h9r,
.ibly disiigurcd, was found. Near One pouy
vas discovered n rough piece of iron shar-
,,nsd like u knife. The wounds upon the
,oor woman were more fear III than those
ountl upon the DO ly of the woman NICHOLS.
Til. throat was cut in n most horrible man
her aud tho stomach terribly mutilated
On Sunday, September - the bo1y OIL
oman, an "unrortunate, was iounn at
1ateshead, near New castle, on tine Tyne
Although Gatcshead is so far from London,
;he similarity OF this crime in all respects TO
The other murl RS had induced the belief
among many that the same unknown memo
performed it. Ii t lis is 50, this murder Is
The fifth in the history of the w hltechapel
horrors Whether or-not it is true that the
,Ehitechnpel rute reached SO lar from tne
&c mes of his other crimes as Gatesleau, IL IS
certainly worth attention from tue 'ac5 that
20 mntil ,tion of this victim is identical
With the cutting and clashin5 found upon
he bodies OF the Others
And now comes the latest chapter ct these
mysterious murders with the slaylng OF two
more women in single night Ihe VICTIMS
ST Sunday night were of the "untortunate
class The first CT these two murders was
committed on Borner street, w hl'echaPel,
which is q thorolghfare OF the dlssoIuts ana
ieprayed. Next to the Socialist Club is
table ward, guarded ut the street line by
yates OF solid wood, left open during thsnight
for members CT the Club and people living
in the adjoining teuements. Sunday morning
about O'Clock, the steward of the Socialist
Club went out on an errand, leaving the
wooden gates open When ho returned
few minutes later. he found the gates nearly
closed and Il woman, with her throat cut
them
There was no mutt alton of the body as in
the previo; Whitecnapel crimes. 1t was
brutal murder committed in populous
thoroughfare patrolled by the police. The
head was almost severed. When and by
whom she was murdered is a mystery, bus
nil the circumstances go to show that 1t was
certainly tho work of the p9rson Known 10
the police anu newspapers Us the white,
chanel murderer. 1t is known that the spot
where the body was found was passed. by a
policeman OILY u few moments before tins
body was discovered As the throat was cut
and the face mutilated as i'll the other IN
stances, it is reasonable 30 suppose that the
OILY reason the other mutllatlonS OF the
BODY we're not found is because the murderer
was frightened away before he had ccm-
pleted his tasi.
seventh OF the fcnds victims. the place SO.
lected for the crime the nature of the throat
yyonnl that caused instantaneous death and
fine dreadful mutation OF the b.:dy all go to
; show the work of the same hand that com.
mitted the four previous atrocious murders
that are shrouded iii mystery ana have made
the whole world shudder. his murder was
committed quite outside the bailiwick of the
Natronoljtan Police and in territory patrolled
bv the City of London Police, an entirely
distinct organization OF about thousand
men.
! murder committed the most daring OF the
Whitechapel ser es and strengthen the gen.
eral impression that they are The work of o
bomicdal maniac. No sane man would have
chosen such place for such q crime. But il
the murderer is maniac he is wonderfully
/ shrewd aud clever, and one skilled in the use
of the knife and familiar with the devices OF
the disecting table. Every stroke OF hi;
/; knife cuts into vital part. In short he IS
skilled anatomist.
The body was found in the southwest cor
nor of Mitre Square, spot which Watkins,
the watchman, had passed on his beat o
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