The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-22
The Last and Worst London Murder,

er to his list of victims. The body of a wom-
an, cut into pieces, was discovered in q house
on Dorset street, Spitalfields. The police are
e~ndeavOring to track the murderer with the
aid of bloodhounds. The appearance of the
remains was frightful, and the mutilation
was even greater than in the previous cases.
The head had been severed and placed be-
meath one of the arms. The ears and nose
had been cut off. The body had been torn
from the thighs. The womb and other orgarns
were missing. The skin had been torn off the
forehead and cheeks. One hand had been
pushed into the stomach. The victim, like
all the others, was a prostitute. She WIS
married and her husband was a porter. They
had lived together at spasmodic ~inervals. Her
name is believed to have been Lizzie Fisher,
but to most of the habitues of the haunts she
visited she was known as Mary Jane. She
had a room in the house where she was
murdered. The murdered woman told a
companion the evening before that she was
without money and would commit suicide
If she did not obtain a supply. 1t has been
learned that a man, respectfully dressed, &C.
costed the victim and offered her money.
They went to her lodgings on the second
foor of the Dorset street house. No noise
was heard during the night and nothing was
known of the murder until the Iandlady went
to the room early next morning to ask for
her rent. The first thing she saw on ntering
the room was the woman's breasts and
viscera lying on a table. Dorsetrstreet is
short and narrow and is situated near Mitre
square and HaDbury street.
The murder is undeniably a continuation
of the series which was for awhile inter-
rupted for want of opportunity or incli-
nation. In this case the murder
er worked surely, as is made evident by the
fact hat the killing was done in q room
fronting on the street, on the ground floor,
and within a few yards Of a temporary po-
lice station, whence officers issued hourly to
patrol the district. Although the metropol-
itan police system is not yet discredited, the
bloodhound theory is entirely thrown out,
since the murder was not discovered till
10 o'clock in the morning, while the streets
we're teaming with people and traffic was
going on uninterruptedly. gen. Sir Char
les Warren was early. on the scene,
and told a reporter that all the precautio ii
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 chance 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 indoor murder, such as the last. the
barren of f~ruition. This latest murder will
undou bted]y cause a large number of ar
rests on suspicion, but that the monster will
be brought to bay is O matter of extreme
doubt, since he has left no clues not worked
over by the officers Investigating the previous
cases. The most annoying feature of the case
is that the arrest of O number of innocent
persons on suspicion will haveto be repeated.
opinion of Archibald Forbes and Mr..
Winslow that the assassin is o homicidal
maniac is confirmed by the latest murder, |
and the prediction has become general that
will soon follow The brutality of
the mutilation to which the last body
was subjected surpassed all the 9th
ers. In the room to which
the corpse was taken. chuncks of flesh and
portions of the viscera were strewn upon the
floor and the dissecting table, and the stom-
ach OF one of the surgeons gave way to the
spectacle.
In the house of commons, Mr.. Conybeare
asked the question whether. if it was true
another woman had been murdered in
london, Gen. Warren, the chief Of the metro=
police, ought not to be superseded BY |
an officer accustomed to investigate crime.
question was greeted by cries of "ohl
OIL" The speaker called sorder! orders and
said that notice must be given of the ques.
ton in the usual way.
u