Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-10
ONE CENT.
WHITECHAPEL'S FIEND.
He Has Resumed His Horrible
Butchery.
THE WORST HE HAS DONE YET

This Is Ills Ninth Victim, and She Was
More Terribly MutiIated Than tho
Others-Murdered in Hcr Room-The
Police More NIystined Than Ever.
LONDON, Nov 1O.-The WhitechapeE
butcher, after cessation OF two months,
has resumed his horrible atrocities His
ninth victim has paid the penalty Of his
Unsuitable thirst, and still the ntrocious hend
is at large
In a small room in Dorset street, Spital-
fields, the center OF the silk weaving dis
trcts, the body Of his latest victim was
found yesterday. Unlike the previous atroci--
ties, this awful crime was committed Within
a building.
The woman Is known as Lizzie Fisher
among her associates. Like all the others.
she was disrcputable character. She was
married TO a porter named Lawrence, but
lived with him only occasionally. When She
tired Of the companionship of her husband
she would abandon him aud occupy the room
In which her mutilntcd body was found
The murdered woman had n latch key to
tho house in which her room was located
She could enter the house when she pleased
and be seen by no one. None of the occu-
pants have any idea as TO when she returned
home, and no one saw any man with her or
entering her room The possibility of his
identification is therefore very remote. He
might have left the house at any time be-
tween l and Q IN tho morning. and escaped
without observation.
The mutilation Of this victim was more
frightful than in the case Of any who pre-
ceded her.
The butcher must first have ehoked his
a.
When she was unconscious he brought into
reciuisition the keen knife used by him in his
previous atrocities First be severed the head
! from the body with all the skill and dexterity
! of a practiced surgeon. Holding the chastity
evidence Of his appalling crime before HIM
/ he exercised his bloodthirsty mnnia at will
/ The skin Of the face was cut in fantastic
| figures. The forehead was slashed and large,
patches Of skin cut clean off that portion
The cheeks were then slashed and cut in the
same horrid fashion. Then he slit the nose,
but, not satisfied with this fearful disfigure-
ment, he cut that organ from the face. Tho
ears were also severed.
Having completed the horrible fnutilatiou
Of the severed head OF his victim, he devoted
his fiendish attention TO the other portions Of
the body. With a single slash of the knife
he laid open the abdomen of the victim
Then, with the skill and delicacy Of q
surgeon, he disemboweled tho unfortunate
woman and laid the intestines across the
chest The flesh OF the thighs was cut and
hacked in fearful shape.
To complete the horrible sight he took tho
fearfully mutilated head Of his victim and
q placed il under one of the arms of this
: woman. The other arm he drew across the
d body and placed her hand in the pit of hes
I stomach.
q The murder Is undeninbly continuation
I Of the series which was for a while inter
D rupted for want Of opportunity or inclna
! ton In this case the murderer worked
: leisurely, as is made evident by the fact that
\ the killing was done In "A room fronting on
o the street, on the ground floor, and within q
! few yards Of a temporary police station
+ whence officers issued hourly to patrol the
a district. Although tho metropolitan poles
q system is not vet discredited, the bloodhound
q theory Is entirely thrown out, since the mur
l. der was not discovered until 10 o'clock in TIN
: morning. while the streets were teeming will
"a people and traffic was going on uninter
. ruptedly. Gen Sir Charles Warren wa
early on the scene and told a reporter tina
all the precaution in the world could not pre-
vent the work OF such murderers. The sol
', chance remaining to the police, he said, wa
~ TO eaten lleln AtiA uttllNtAf anu Anell 1ullA
"a Of tactics increased the difficulty. In th
~ open air, where the killing has been don
(. hitherto. the chance OF their apprehensio
s. was slight, but in the case OF an indoor mu
N der, such as the last, the hope Of arrestin
ar the perpetrator was almost barren Of fruitiOI
The latest murder win undoubtedly caus
io a large number Of arrests on suspicion, bu
"a that the monster viii be brought 10 book
a matter Of extreme doubt, since he has lei
no clew not worked over by the officers inve
tigating the previous cases The most annoy
a. ing feature Of the case is that the arrest
al innocent persons ON suspicion viii have 20
81 repeated The opinion Of Archibald Forb'
e, and Mr.. Winsow that the assassin is a HON
he cidal maniac is confirmed by the latest mu
he der, and the prediction has become gener
K. that another murder viii soon follow.
lg The brutality Of .he mutilation to whi'
the last body was subjected surpassed 4
the others In the room TO which the corp
was taken chunks of flesh and portions of d
w viscera were strew upon the floor and &
". dissecting table, and the stomach Of one
on the surgeons gave way at the spectacle.
as In the house Of commons Mr. ConybeaE
re member for Camborne, asked whether,
view of the latest Whitechapel murder, S
Charles Warren ought not to be supersed
as chief commissioner Of police by a man a
customed to investigate crime.
~ The speaker gave the member notice tn
the question must be submitted in writing.
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