Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-19

Another Mysterious Murder in London's
Whitechapel District--No Glue to the
Assassin Though the Officers Were Close
Upon Him.

Another Mysterious Murder in London's
Whitechapel District--No Glue to the
Assassin Though the Officers Were Close
Upon Him.
LONDON, Feb. 13.-Further particu-
lars in regard to the woman who was
found dead in the Whitechapel district
this morning, and who is supposed to
have been murdered by the fiend known
as "Jack the Ripper" show that she is
about % years old and quite good look
ing for 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, it is thought, by the
severe fall she experienced when her
assailant knocked her down.
The murdered woman, judging from
her appearance, belonged to the aban-
doned class of females, and was fairly
well dressed.
There is no definite clue to the muir
derer and no arrests have been made. A
railroad employee, 1t is true, says he saw
the murdered woman talking to man,
apparently foreign seaman, just pre-
vious to the time the murder is supposed
to have been committed, and the police
are now engaged in searching all the
vessels lying in the Thames or in the
many docks about the port of London.
The policeman who found the muir
dered woman must have reached the
spot while the murderer was only few
yards away, for the victims lips were
still twitching neryously and her eyes
were still rolling when the officer bent
over her and IL moment later sounded
his whistle in call for assistance, which
must have placed any policeman in the
neighborhood on the alert.
A woman's hat was found near the
scene of the murder concealed by a
piece Of drapery. This hat was in addi-
ton to the one on the murdered woman's
head, suggesting, according to the Lon
don police, that either the clipper or
the woman was disguised.
The spot where the murdered woman's
body was found was not stones throw
from police station.
LATER.-The police have arrested a
man on suspicion Of being concerned in
the murder of the unfortunate woman.
LONDON, Feb. l4.-Another man has
been arrested in Whitechapel on suspicion
of being the murderer of "Carroty Nell
When taken into custody blood was found
upon his clothes. The prisoner was seen
in company with the murdered woman
about Il quarter of an hour before the
crime was committed.
LONDON, Feb. 16-The latest dis
covery made by the Metropolitan police
in connection with the Whitechapel
murder Of Friday morning last by
which woman known as "Carroty
Nell" lost her life, bids fair to connect
the man Sadler, now in custody, with
this Jack the Ripper" crime.
The police now have in their poses
sion sharp, dangerous looking knife
stained with blood and showing traces
Of having recently been washed The
blood stains were examined microsco-
pally by Or. Phillips, the police surgeon
attached to the Leman street police
station. Dir. Phillips has no doubts that
the stains are those Of human blood.
This formidable knife has been traced
to the possession of Sadler who as al
ready stated was fireman on board i
steamer which recently arrived from
Turkey.
The police have no doubt that Sadler
was the murderer of "Carroty Nell"
From the time that il became known
ludt 2dllel lidi btGl hTTHSleu anu WAS
formally charged with the murder Of
"Carroty Nell, the greatest excitement
has prevailed in and about Whitechapel.
The police station in Arbour Square,
where the prisoner was detained, is sur
rounded by a vast crowd of people,
mostly women. The women are anxious
for a sightof the prisoner. Wild threats
of lynching and tearing the prisoner to
pieces were uttered by the most excited
of these females.
When the man was removed to the
police court an immense force of police
was employed and every precaution
was necessary in order to prevent the
Whitechappel mob from lynching the
blood-stalned prisoner.
Further details in regard to the blood
stained knife in possession of the police
show that Sadler sold the weapon to
sailor on Friday the day Of the murder
Opinions differ as to whether the man
charged with the murder of "Carroty
Nell" is the murderer known as Jack
the Ripper The inhabitants of White
chapel believe that he is, but the police
have not committed themselves to an
opinion on this subject nm TO the present