The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
JACK THE RIPPER AGAIN.
A WOMAN FOUND MURDERED IN
WHITECHAPEL.

Her Eyes Stin Moving When the Body
was Found by tho Police The Muir
derer Must Have Been Near by, but
Has Not Been Caught-May Have
Been Sailor
LONDON, Feb. 1S-Jack the Ripper has
been at work again. One Of his victims
was found yesterday morning in Chambers
street bearing all the characteristic marks.
She is about IS years Of age aud quite good
looking for a woman Of her class. She Was
found lying on her back, with her head
nearly severed from her body. There was
also severe wound on the back Of her
head, caused, 1t is thought, By
the severe fall she experienced when
her assailant knocked her down. The
scene OF the crime is dark, narrow arch
way, known as "the Swallows Gardens, ("
and leading from Little Mint street to
Chamber street. The archway referred TO
is. during the busy hours, a we'll frequented
thoroughfare, especially used by railroad
employees and stablemen in passing
to and from their residences in
and about that packed neighborhood DO
their work on the numerous lines of rail-
roads or in the many stablSs scattered about
that section OF the city. At all tunes of
night there are people awake in the house
and pedestrians passing the house and
through the Swallows gardens, /" but nobody
seems to have heard cries Of an alarming
nature during the early hours. when the
crime was committed.
PROBABLY A WOMAN OF ILL-REPUTE.
The murdered woman, Judging
from appearances, belonged to the
abandered class of females
aud was fairly we'll dressed. Though her
k.t. ko- I-Nl, A.4 -
disarranged. The police theory is that the
woman was murdered while in standing
position, that the crime was probably the
work Of Jack the Ripper" and that the
murderer was frightened away by the
approach of some pedestrians
before he had time to mutilate the body In
the manner described in previous crimes at
tributed to "Jack the Ripper" On the
other band 1t is known that the residents Of
Whitechapel in particular, aud OF London
in general, are prone to give credit to "Jack
the Ripper for any murder OF attempt at
murder in Whitechapel where woman IS
concerned. The body, after the usual
formalitieS. taken with the object of estab-
fishing the woman's identity and Of finding
a clew to the murder. had been gone through
with in the usual stereotyped manner, was
taken to the Whitsohapel mortuAry.
STILL WARM WHEN FOUND.
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
"the Swallows gardeus," where the un-
fortunate woman was found. Large
crowds of people naturally gathered around
| the Swallows gardens this morning, II
| spite Of the efforts OF score of uniformed
and plan-clothed police of the division
| There seems to be, as In so many other anC
similar cases, no definite clew to tbs
murderer. No arrests have beer
made. A railroad empIoye says b,
saw the murdered woman talking
to a man who was apparently O foreign
seaman Just previous TO the time the mur-
der is supposed to have been committed
and the police are now engaged in searching
all vessels now lying in the Thames, or III
the many docks and about the port Of Lon
don. The policeman who found tho muir
dered woman must have reached the spot
| when the murderer was only few steps
away. The victims lips were still twitch'
ing nervously and her eyes were still rolling
| when the officer bent over her, and a mo
ment later sounded his assistance call, which
must have placed any policeman in the
neighborhood on the alert.
THE SCARE INTENSE.
The scare caused by the crime is most in.
tense. The police confess that they have
not the slightest clew, but they
are convinced that the murder is the
work Of the criminal responsible for tbs
similar murders committed in this district
some time ago. The fact is obvious that
the murderer was interrupted while al
work, and that he must have hurriedly
escaped from one end Of the thorough
| fare as the officer entered the
ether The officer caused an imme.
diate search to be made in every
nook in the vicinity without success. AL
the docks, wharves and river boats have
been overhauled in vain, and the despair
and bewilderment of the police officials
| were never greater