The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-09-12
NOT JACK THE RIPPER
VICTIM NO, Q FOUND IN TIE WHITE
CHAPEL DISTRICT,

Like All tho Other Victims the fast one
Was an Abandoned Woman The Head
and Lsgs Cat on aad carried AwaY aud
the stomach Rippsa OPen-As usih
the Polleo Haven't tho slightest Clas,
LONDON, Sept lO,-At $3.50 o'clock
Tuesday morning a policeman found tho
body OF an abandoned woman lying ia
a corner Of u railway arch spanning
Gable street, In Whiteehapol Examine
fion OF the body showed that the head
aud legs had been cut on and carried
away, and tho stomach ripped open,
leaving tho bowels lying upon the ground,
The p0loeaulhuHtlps immediately placed
Gordon Vt officers around tho spot,
but no arrests were made, A policeman
passed tho place where the body was
found every fifteen minutes throughout
the night and n,w nothing TO arouse hia
auaploionR Fhyslciana who examlued
the body believe that tho murder ooou.
pied nearly an hour, aud Il ia aurmlaed
that the murjerr carried the head and
legs away In q bag, The murder IL tho
most horrible Of the whole Whltechapel
series The dissection OF the body show.
cd that tho perpetrator possessed con,
siderable surgical alslll The murdered
woman was about 30 years OF ago, and
was evidently addicted 10 excessive use
OF apintuous liquors, Her clothing was
ahabbby, Aa yet she has not been lden'
tilted,
No Indication of a Struggle.
The murder has created tremendous OK.
element, and o large crowd Of agItatod
humanity surrounds the morgue, whittier
the body was taken, Further examina.
ton reveals the fact that there was no
blood on the ground whore the body was
found, nor was there any indication Of q
struggle, This confirms the general be.
lief that the woman waa murdered In q
house aud her body tak0n 10 the spot
where II was discovered, The trunk was
nude and torn and bloody ohemlae was
lying near Il, EXperla are OF the opinion
that the woman was killed two days ago,
Three sailors were, subsequent 10 the dis.
oovery OF the body, found aleeping Ia tho
adjoining arch, They were arrested,
but convinced the police that they had
neither seen nor heard Of the murdered
body lying near them, and were dis
charged.
Not the Work OF the "nlpper,"
Although the murder discovered IL gon.
orally spoken OF 10 the work OF the mya.
terioua Jack the Ripper" close OK.
animation Of Nll the facts leads 10 the
conclusion that this murder IL not on the
Ripper The police and the medical
mon familiar with the details OF the 70.
cent London horrors Of this class say that
this last murder must DO classified with
those known ~ the "ombankmont' mur.
dorera, OF which there have now beon
four In all, including the one In which
the headlesa body OF tho victim was re-
Gently discovered In Chelsea, and OF
which the head has never been found
Although there IN q general resemblance
between the horrible work OF the two
murdorcrs, both taking special pains 10
mutilate their victims and 10 carry oil
p0ft,olb Of the bodies, each carries of u
different portion Bcddo8 this, there are
other evidences Of dinerenceS In expert.
moss In the surgical worl; involved in all |
the mutilations, tho "ombankment mur.
dcrcr being by far the most scientific Of
the two, For some time Il was doubtful |
whether all these horrors were the work
Of one or Of two persons, but this last |
murder convinces the medical men that
there are two entirely distinct sets OF
murders and two different men respon-
sible for them. II In believed that In tho
present instance the body was purposely
brought 10 the Whitechapel district 10 |
throw the police OF the scent by induct.
ing the belief that the body was that OF
another victim Of Jack the Ripper"