Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
nJAcK. The RIPPER"

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! The yshitecha pei Fiend Breaks Out Again
and Adds the Eighth Victim to His List
The AIulitation In the Last Case Horrible
Beyond Description - The Pollce Still
Mystified.
THE BUrCHERY BEGUN AGAIN.
LONDON, Nov. 9.-Another horrible MUIR
der has taken place in the East End. A
woman's body, hacked and cut into
pieces, was found this morning in DORIS ct
street The body was found at eleven
O'Clock this morning. The police are en-
deavoripg to track the murderer with
blood hounds. The body was mutilated
in manner similar to the bodies Of the
women previously murdered.
The victim Of the Spitalfie.ds murder
was, like the rest OF the Whitechapel
victims, an abandoned woman. she had
a husband who was a porter, but she
lived with him only at times. Her name
Is believed to be Lizzie Fisher, and she
was nIcknamed '.Mary Jane" AS she
entered the house where she lodged, by
means of latch-key probably no one
saw the man who accompanied her.
Hence it is doubtful if the murderer is
ever identified. The man might easily
have left the house at any time between
the hours Of one and six without attract
ing any special attention. The physicians
who viewed the corpse reserve their state
ments for the inquest which will follow.
Three bloodhounds, which are owned by
private citizen, have been pl aced on the
scent, but they are useless.
The appearance of the remains was
frightful and the mutilation was even
greater than in the previous cases. The
head had been severed from the body and
placed beneath one of the arms. The ears
and nose had been cut OFT. The body was
disemboweled and the flesh was torn
from the thighs. The uterus and other
organs are missing. The forehead and
cheeks had been completely skinned and
ne hand was pushed into the stomach.
THE POLICE MYsrIFIED.
LONDON, Nov. 10.-The murder which
took place in Spitalfields Whites dis
trict yesterday morning is uudeniably \
continuation of the series which was for
q while interrupted for want of oppor-
tunity or inclination. In this case the
murderer worked leisurely, as is made
evident by the fact that the killing was
done in room fronting on the street, on
the ground floor and within a few yards
Of temporary police station. whence
officers issued hourly to patrol the dis
trict. Although the metropolitan police
system is not yet discredited. the blood
since the murder was not discovered I'M
til ten O'Clock in the morning while the
streets were teeming with people and
traffic was going on uninterruptedly.
General Sir Charles Warren was early
on the scene, and told a reporter
that all the precaution in the world could
not prevent the work OF such murderers.
The sole chance remaining to the police,
he said, was to catch them red handed,
and their change Of tactics increased the
difficulty. In the open air, where the
killing has been done hitherto the
chance of their apprehension was slight,
but in the case of an indoor murder,
such as the last the hope of arresting the
perpetrator was almost barren of frui.
ton. This latest murder will undoubted.
ly cause a large number of arrests on
suspicion, but that the monster Will be
brought to bay is a matter of extreme
doubt, since he has left no CLUES not
worked over by the officers 1nvesuigat.
ing the previous cases. The most
annoying feature of the case is that
the arrest of number of innocent per-
sons on suspicion will have to be repeat
ed. The opinion OF Archibald Forbes
and Mr.. Wins low that the assassin is a
homicidal maniac is confirmed by the
latest murder. and the prediction mas
become general tnat another murder Will
soon follow. The brutality o. the mutt
lation to which the last body was sub.
jected surpassed all the others. In the
room to which the corpse was taken
chunks of flesh and portions of the Wis
cera were strewn upon the floor, and the
dissecting table and the stomach of one
surgeon gave way at the spectacle.
A PERTINENT INQUIRY.
LONDON, Nov. 10.-In the House of
Commons last night Mr.. Conybeare,
member for Camborne. asked whether,
in view of the latest Whitechapel MUIR
der. Sir Charles Warren out not to be SUI
percedeG as Chief Commissioner of Pc.
lice by man accustomed to investigate
crime. The Speaker gave the member
notice that the question must be submit
ted in writing.