Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-13
AHE WERTECHAPEL MURDERS
An Americans Theory that the &c.
A1ssin is q Nospan-PoIicc Reform
ti,at May Result.

An Americans Theory that the .s-
s1ssin is 81 Wospan-Policc Reform
Inat May Result.
LoHpoN, Oct. G.-An inquest was beld
today over the body Of the WhitechapeI
fiends las, victim, the body which was
found lass Sunday morning in Mitre
Square. Ihe euidence taken sho rs that
the murderer met the woman at some dis.
lance from the square and walked with
her along the main street that led 10 the
square. 1t vas probably this fact that
caused tn" marderer TO mutilate the face
OF this victim, as he feared that they had
been noticed in company together, and
NE woman's identiiisation would
leaa 10 his capture. The faces
OF the other victims we're uu-
ioAchcd, while .his one was hacked be.
You'd recognition. Various measures
have been adopted by the people of the
Last End for their protection, "a little
confidence is felt al the police. Tonight
h1ty wsrkingmen, all armed and ready to
attack even a hlood;hirsty insane man.
are patrolling the vicinity frecueMted by
the murderer. Thc papers print columns
or letters on the subject every day, and
suggestions are Numerous. The latest is
tAat public prayers shall be said rs IA
iaeans OF gaining gclief from the epidemic
q murder.
Although the perpetrator OF the inur.
GERS may commune 20 remain undisturbcd,
his horrible work has been the uaeaus of
directing general attention to the utter
| inc ft1fnnnu nf fho y.,l;on ayl Al, 1c.o~
taught is possibly worth the sacrifice Of
life required to teach it. The two police
organizations, neve: on the best Of terms
with n another, are bandying charges
OF ineticiency, ana the result Will, or GER
tainly should be, an ~ovelhaulipg Of the
entire police force system, the merging
OF the city Of Loadon force with the met
ropolitan and She putting in com
mand OF On official thoroughly
vcrsed in the complex duties re-
CURED OF such a body, and not
a martinez Ike Sir Charles Warren. The
interval between the first four murders,
followed by AN almost similar tragedy
near tastlc-on-Tync, gave cause for be-
That the monster had fed from Lon
don. convinced that the class selected for
his victims had Become SO awakened 10
their danger and the police and peo-
pie 60 aroused that his course Of crime in
the metropolis was ended. Furnished
with whistles 20 summon assistance and
walking III pairs, the women felt assured
freedom from attack when the double
assassination Of sunday morning nwgk-
ened such 3 mingled feeling Of appalling
Year and impotent rage as has perhaps
never been known in the modern Baby
lon.
Among the theories advanced. some by
an American journalist have the merit of
novelty, and il ia the opinion here that a
few trained men of that class would be
Of more service in solving the horrible
mystery than all the muddlcd policemen
London, In the first place, il has all
along been assumed that the murderer is
q man. Granting the condition generally
accepted, that the perpetrator is insane,
there is q possibility that the person is II
woman. One OF the latter sex would not
be suspected by TIE prospective
nor by those whom she
pass in walking the streets
after the committal of the deed, in case
alarm was given, and her garmets
would much more easily allow The con
ccalment Of blood stains. AS a second
venture, allowing the latter c0nsidera-
ton 10 be one of considerable Importance
a man in woman's clothes would possess
advantages for escape infinitely superior
TO those Of one dressed in the habilimcnts
Of his own sex, and an offer Of a drink
from "a bottle would lure many an I'M
fortunate TO n secluded epst who would
be suspicious of "A stranger man. watch
ful of his slightest move, and would not
him 20 attack her from behind as
these women have been killed.