Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-11
ARE THERETWO RlPPERS7 2
A Suspicion That London Has
Two Jacks.
ANOTHERwnITECHAPEL TRAGEDY

The Last Murder Thought to Ba Of An
other series and by Another FIend--rhs
Dead BODY Was Recently Brought So
whitochapel
LONDON, Sept 1l.-Although the murder
discovered here in the Whitechapel district
Is generally spoken OF as the work of the
mysterious Jack the Ripper, close exnnsina-
tion Of all the cts leads 70 the conclusion
that this murder Is not Of the Ripper series.
The police and the medical men familiar
with the details Of the recent London horrors
az this class say that this last murder must
be classified with those known as the en-
banlsment murders, Of which there have
now been four in all, including the one in
which the headless body Of the victim was
recently discovered in Chelsea, and Of which.
the head has never been found. Although
there is a general resemblance between tho,
horrible work Of the two murderers both
taking special pains 10 mutilate their vic
Tins and to carry off portions of the bodies.
each carries of "a different portion.
BiendIsh Surgical skin.
AaAHiAitr Aili0t Ai'it Hit OtHti fNlutIl1n Di
differences In expertness in the surgical work
involved mall the mutilations, the embank-
ment murderer being by far the more scien-
tiilc Of the two. For some time il was
doubtful whether oil these horrors were the
work Of one or Of two persons, but this last
murder convinces the medical mon that thore
are two entirely distinct sets of murderers
and two different men responsible for them
The Poiire Befogged as Usual.
II is believed that in the present instance
the body was pHposely brought to the White
chapel district 70 throw the police of the
scent by inducing the belief that the body
was that of another victim of Jack the Rip
per. In this the perpetrators, however, went
to trouble thatis entirely supernuous. for tho
police are as much in the fog about the one
class of murders as the other.
The Discovery Of the Crime.
The story Of the discovery of the murder
is as follows; At $3.50 a. m. a policeman found
the body Of an abandoned woman lying in ~
corner Of a railway arch spanning Cable
street, in Whitechapel Examination showed
that the head and legs had been cut or and
carried away and the poor creature diseni-
boweled. The police authorities Immediate
N placed a Gordon Of officers around the spot,
but no arrests were made a policeman
passed the place where the body was found
every fifteen minutes throughout the night
and saw nothing TO arouse hts suspicious
singularly enough, the crime has been per-
petrated Immediately after the extra police
had been withdrawn from the neighborhood
in order to guard the docks. This tends 70
confirm the suspicion that the criminal is
either a member Of the police force or that
he IS well posted m their movements
The Head and Legs Carried Away.
Physicians who examined the body believe
that the murder occupied an hour, and it is
surmised that the murderer carried the head
and legs away in IA bag The murder is the
most horrible OF the Whitechape series. The
dissection of the body shows that the perpe-
traitor possesses considerable surgical skill
The woman wns about 30 years of age and
was evidently addicted TO excessive use Of
spirituous liquors. Her clothing was shabby
As YET She hns not been identified
The murder has created tremendous ex-
element and a large crowd of agitated hui
manity surrounded the mornle TO which tho
body was taken. Further investigation re-
yeals the fact that there was no blood on the
ground where the body was found, nor was
there any indication of a struggle.
The Body Was brought From Elsewhere
This confirms the general belief that the
woman was murdered in o house and her
body taken 10 the spot whore il was found
The body was nude and a torn chemse was
lying near it. Experts are Of tine opinion
that the woman was killed two days ago.
Three sailors were, subsequently TO the dis
covery OF the body, found sleeping in the
adjoining arch They were arrested, but
convinced the police that they had neither
seen nor heard anything Of the murder or
the body lying near them, and were dis
charged