New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
The Last and Worst London Murder.

The london murder f1end has added anoth-
er to his list OF victims. The body of a wom-
an, cut into pieces was discovered in house
on Dorset street, Spitalfeds. The police are
endeavOring to track the murderer with the
aid of bloodhounds. The appearance of the
remains was fnghtful and the mutilation
was even greater than in the previous cases.
Ihe head had been severed and placed be-
4 sath one of the arms. The ears and nose
mad 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 was
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 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
IT she did not obtain supply. 1t has been
Learned that a man, respectfully dressed, ac-
costed the victim and offered her money
They went to her lodgings on the second
floor Of the Dorset street house. No noise
vas heard during the night and othing was
AhOWn Oftho murder until the landady went
ITO the room early next m orning to ask for
her rent. The first thing she saw on entering
viscera lying on a table. Dorset-street is
short and narrow and is situated near Mitre
square and HaDbury street.
The murder is undeniably O 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 that the killing was done in a room
fronting on the street, on the ground floor,
and within few yards of temporary no.
lice station. whence officers issued hourly to
tpatrol the district. Although the metropol-
titan police system is not yet discredited, the
bloodhound theory is entirely thrown out,
since the murder was not discovered till
30 o'clock in the morning, while the streets
Were 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 n
i'm 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
hope OF arresting t he perpetrator was almost
barren of fruition. This latest murder will
undoubtedly cause q large number of ar
rests on suspicion, but that the monster will
he brought to bay is a matter of extreme
doubt, since he has left no clues not worked
over by the officers Investigating the previous
eases. The most annoying feature of the case
6s that the arrest of a number of innocent
II kersons on suspicion will haveto be repeated
%fhe opinion of Archibald Forbes and Mr.
Winslow that the assassin is q homcidal
maniac is confirmed by the latest murder
land the prediction has become general that
another will soon follow. The brutality of
the mutilation to which the last body
WAS subjected surpassed all the 9th
iers. IN the room to which
the corpse was taken. chuneks- of flesh and
portions of the vlscera were strewn upon the
floor and the dissecting table, and the stom-
!ach OF one of the surgeons gave way to the
spectacle.
i In the house of commons, Mr.. Conybeare
asked the question whether, if it was true
that another woman had been murdered in
London, Gen. Warren, the chief of the metro
politan police, ought not to be superseded by
ian officer accustomed to investigate crime.
The question was greeted by cries of sob!
dohR' The speaker called "order! order!'' and
qIIsaid that notice must be given Of the ques-
: ti2r% i'll the usual way.