The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-14
JACK THE RIPPER
Kills Another Woman in White
Chapel.


Their particulars in regard to the
woman who was found .sdead in White
chapel district this morning and who is
supposed to have been murdered by the
ficnd 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 head nearly sevred
from her body. There were also several
wounds on the back of her head, caused.
1T is thought, by the severe fall she en-
perienced when her assailant knocked
her down.
The scene of this possibly latest of
the series of lack the Ripper's crimes
Is a dark, narrow archway, known as
swallows Gardens" and leading from
Little Mint street to Chambers street.
Inc archway referred to is during the
busy hours well-frequented thorough
fare, especially used by railway en-
ployes and stablemen in passing to and
from them residences in and about that
packed neighborhood to their work ON
the numerous lines of railroads, or in
the many stables scattered about that
section of the city. At all times of
night there are people awake in the
houses, and pedestrians passing about
and through Swallows Gardens. but
nobody seems to have heard any cries
OF an alarming nature during the early
hours this morning when the crime was
committed.
The murdered woman, Judging from
her appearance, belongs to the aban-
doned class of females, and was fairly
we'll dressed. Though her hair was un
tidy, her clothing had not been disar-
ranged.
The police theory is that the woman
was murdered while in standing posi-
ton, and that the crime was probably
the work of Jack the Ripper" and that
the murderer was frightened away by
the approach of some pedestrian before
he had time to mutilate the body in the
manner already described in the pre-
vious crimes attributed to "Jack the
ripper" On the other hand, it is
known that residents of White Chanel
in particular and of London in general
are prone to give credit to "Jack the
Ripper" for any murder or attempt at
murder in White Chapel where a woman
is concerned.
The body, after the usual formalities
were taken with the object of establish
ing tho woman's identity, and of finding
clue to the murderer had been gone
through within--the usual stereotyped
manner, was taken to the White Chapel
mortuary. When the blood stains had
been cleared away the police carved a
rough cross in woodwork over the SPOT
in Swallows Grdens, where the unfor-
tunate woman was found, in order to
mark the spot where the crimc was per-
petrated.
There is no definite clue to the MUIR
derer and no arrests have been made. A
railroad employe, it is true, says he saw
the murdered woman talking to n
man, apparently a foreign seaman, Just
previous to the time the murder is sup
posed to have been committed, and tho
police arc now engaged in searching all
the vessels lying in tho Thames, or in
the many docks in and about the part OF
London.
The policeman who found the MUIR
dcred woman must havo reached the
spot while tho murderer was only q few
yards away. Tho victim 'ssssslips we're
still twitching nervously, and her eyes
still rolling when the officer bent over
her, and moment later sounded his
whistle in call for assistance, which
must have placed any policemen
in the ncighborhood on the alert