Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-14
THE RIPPER, AGAIN.
ONE MORE WHITEcHAPEL CRIME At
TRI6UTED TO HIM.
Is He Responsible for the sfrrderS-The
Victim OF the Tragedy Scarcely
Dead when Found.
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LovDoS, February 1s.-Further particu-
lars in regard to the woman VINO was
found dead in the Whitechapel district
this morning, and who is supposed 70 nave
been murdered by the fend known as
"Jack the Ripper show that she is about
twenty-five years Of age and quite good
looking for woman Of her class. She was
found lying on her back with her nea6
nearly severed from her body. There was
also a severe wound on the back Of her
head caused, it Is thought, ~ the severe
fall she experienced when her assaiiant
knocked her down.
SCENE OF TIE MURDER.
The scene Of this possibly latest OF the
series of Jack the Ripper's crimes IS uark'
narrow archway known az SWsiloW , oIa'.
dens" and leading from Little Mint streeS
TO Chambers street. The. archWay reI ,9 f
10 is during the busy hours q weii-Ife-
ouented thoroighfare. especially used by
railway employees and stablemen IN passing
10 and from their residences IN and about
that packed neighborhood TO tnelr Wofk
on the numerous lines of railroad or IN
the many stables scattered about that sec,
ton Of the city. At all times OF the nlghi5
there are people awake IN the houses anu
pedestrians passing about ana thrOusn
Swallows Gardens, but nopooy seent3 ~
during the early hours this morning. "nen
the crime was committed.
THE MURDERED WOMAN,
judging from appearance, belonged 20 tne
Abandoned class of females and was fairly
well dressed. Though her hair was untidy,
her clothing had not been disarranged. Inc
police theory il that the woman was muir
dered while in a standing position; tnat
the crime was probably the work OF JACK
the Ripper.n and that the murderer was
frightened away by the approach OF some
pedestrians before he had time 10 lnutl-
late the body in the manner alresuy US
scnbed in previous crimes attrlDuteu "a "a
Jack the Ripper" On the ot ,I, manu- lL ~
Is known that the residents of Whltechapei
i'm particr,lar and OF London in general
are prone 10 give credit 10 Jack the HIP
per y for any murder OF attempt at murder
in Whitechapel where q woman Is con-
cerned.
SCARCE DEAD WHEN FOUND.
The body. after the usual fOrmalities
with the object of establishing the woman's
identity and of finding clue 70 her mur;;
derer. was taken to the Whiteohepei
mortuary. The blood was still warm when
the body was found. When the blood
stains had been cleared away the police
carved a rough cross in the woodwork
over the spot in Swallows Gardens where
the unfortunate woman was found, IN
order TO mark the spot where the CRIME
had been perpetrated. Large crowds OF
people, naturally, gathered around Swal;
lows Gardens this morning.. In spite OF
| the efforts of detectives and OF the uni
formed and plain-clothes police OF the d.
vision. there seems 10 be, as in so many
other similar cases. no definite clue to the
murderer. No arrests have been made
BuAoLUB2
A railroad employee. it is true, says he
saw the murdered woman talking to
man, apparently a foreign seaman, rust
previous to the time when the murder Is
supposed to have been committed and tins
police are now engaged IN searching al
vessels lying in the Thames or IN the many
docks about the port of London Inc
| policeman who found the murdered woman
must have reached the spot while the mur
| derer was only a few yards away. Inc VIC
| TINS lips were still twitching nerVouslJ
and her eyes still rolling when the ofncel
| bent over her and moment later SOUNDED
his whistle in a call for assistance, .whlSct
must have placed any policeman III th'
| neighbOrhood on the alert.