, 1888-10-11
WHITECHAPEL.
[Cable letter to the Tribune.l

lCable letter to the Tribune.J
LONDON, Oct. 1.--London Is dreadfull,
frightened. Scores Of women are hysteri
cal. Tens of thousands could not possibly
be induced to step out alone. Every on,
of course expects fresh atrocities, and that
is how things stand at present. lt Is not
ilattering to the police or comforting e
Londoners who imagined themselves well
protected The following tells what is
known of the fresh crimes which us eyi'
dence OF an almost unprecedented condi
tion of the human mind are more interest.
ing to the philosopher even than to the
simple citizen who likes to have his blood
curdled.
At about o'clock this morning Rus.
sian Jew who sells jewelry from u coster
cart was driving his pony home. intend
ing himself 10 find relaxation with some
members OF an International socialist club,
which is conveniently near his stable yard,
on Berner's street. At the entrance to
the yard the pony SHE'D. and after an ex'
animation OF what looked like small
pile of mud, it turned out to be woman,
The peddler put up his pony, went to the
club, which is very low form OF co-ope.
rative pot house, arrived, by a gradual
reasoning process, at the conclusion that
something might be wrong with the wo.
man, went out with some club friends and
found a miserable wretch in a pool Of
blood With her throat cut from ear 10 ear.
The police soon came, and found moth.
ing to do but turn faint at the sight OF the
horrible cash In her neck and the brutal
blows on her head. When they recovered
they busted themselves with the members
of the clue who had discovered the mur.
der. locked them in their little social
drinking den. searched them for knives,
pulled of their boots, looked for blood
stains and made it generally unpleasant.
The members, who had been doing moth.
ing but roar songs and discuss the ques.
tion set for the evening, "ls 1t Necessary
that the Jew Should BE a Socialists" were
naturally aggrieyed and disinclined TO
talk. but they had heard nothing, knew
nothing and so their silence was as little
important as that of the police.
The woman's body was still warm, the
blood only partly congealed. Her throat
was deeply cut, as were those of the for.
mer victims. She was lying on her back
and her legs we're drawn up as though in
pain. An examination has caused the
conclusion to be arrived at that the mur-
derer stood with his left arm around the
woman's neck, probably to stitie her
cries, and cut her throat standing. The
woman's clothing had been disarranged,
indicating that the murderer intended
mutilating, as on the other victims. but
was probably disturbed 10y persons going
in or coming out of the club. There is 10
question as to the dead womans char
scter, but she apparently did not belong
TO tho irwest class of unfortunate women.
She was dark brunette, under
40, with comely face. Her black
hair was neatly arranged, her
underclothes clean, her two petticoats and
dress tidy, though old, Grape bonnet,
with an evening paper slowed away in it
was on her head, and on her breast was
small bunch of roses and ferns covered
with blood.
A short walk of a quarter of mile took
the murderer to the scene of his second
crime, also in Whitechapel. He must
have shown a butchers skill in remaining
free of blood stains, as he could not have
had time to rid himself of them, and
with them could not have induced the
and most terrible butchery took place in a
dark corner Of Mitre square, TO which the
woman doubtless conducted
the murderer.
The square is reached by narrow en-.
trance from Mitre street within "a stones
throw of Ladenhall and Old Gate streets,
two of London q best known and most i'm.
portant thoroughfares. Mitre square is
large, dreary stone. paved yard about 100
feet square. 1t has three entrances, in
one of which there is street fire station
and fire escape with three men always on
duty. Two sides of the square are occu.
pied by warehouses and private house,
by Policeman Pearce; the third
side Is formed by wholesale drugstore,
and the fourth by warehouse, a work.
shop and the backs of two unoccupied
private houses, by the back wall of which
the body was found. The square, which
is a busy thoroughfare during business
hours, but almost deserted after z or s
0 o'clock, is fairly well lighted. Five lamps
throw their light into it.
The murder was discovered by Watkins,
one of the city of London police force, an
distinct from and superior TO
Warren's METROPOLITAN force. The body
was found at l ;45 in the southwest corner
of the sqaare, spot which Watkins had
passed on his beat quarter of an hour be.
tore, which shows with what dispatch the
was killed. The corpse was lying
On it's back on the footway, with the head
toward the boarding and the foot to the
carriage way. The head was inclined on
the left side. and the arms were extended
The left leg was straight out
and the right leg bent away from the
body. The body was quite warm. Blood
was all around, but 1t had not CONCEALED,
proving the murderer must have lone
Just as the constable was approaching.
Watkins sent for doctors and while wait
nQ reused up Policeman Pearce, and the
,wo taking courage together, turned the
light Of their lamps on the corpse, which
Watkins had not dared to. II is not to
be wondered at that the big policeman has
been vomiting all day and is to i'll to
,nswer questions. The woman's throat
was cut from ear to ear and half way
round the head. Her clothes had
been raised up to her chest and
her body had been completely
ripped up from the pelvis TO the
,hest, flaps Of flesh being turned
back, revealing the intestines.
In addition q portion Of the right ear was
cut of and the nose was slashed half way
through. The face was also slashed and
cut about In a most brutal fashion, and
poi tion of the intestines were placed In
The cash around the neck Several doctors
arrived and examined the body. They
found q prodigious quantity Of blood
which had flowed chiefly from the throat,
but the murderer had so carefully avoided
It that not single foot mark could be
traced. The body was removed to the
where a careful postmortem ex.
animation took place. 1t is understood
that no portion OF the body was found
rs IN the case of the Hanley street
murder. The police sketched the square,
and then had the blood staipes washed of
In order to disappoint morbid sight seers.