The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-08
JACKS" LATEST VICTIM.
A WOMAN OF 10 KNIFED WITH
FIENDiSH FEROClTY.

The Scene OF the Assault a Dark and
Dismal One in Whtechspel-The Old
Woman's Terrible Scufls for Life.
The Weapon Supposed to Be u Razor,
Found in the Vicinity of the Assault.
The Woman, Unlike the Other Cases,
Not in Company With the Man
LONDON, Aug. Much excitement was
occasioned in the Whitechapel district this
morning, when rumor was rapidly passed
from mouth to mouth that the dreaded
Jack the Ripper had again appeared and
committed one of the butcheries that has
made his name a household word In this
most ill-favored portion Of London. At an
early hour this morning as one Of the deni-
zens OF Whitechapei, an old woman named
Wolfe, was passing through one of the num-
erous dark alleys with which the region
ahounds, she was set upon by an unknown
man. armed with sharp knife.
SCENE OF THE ASSAULT.
The place where the assault was made
was dark and dismal one, and as the hour
was early the usual prowlers had sought
refuge in the doorways or under arches,
where they lay in their drunken slumbers
AS rows are OF nightly, almost hourly, oc-
ourrenee in Whitechapel, no attention was
paid. III, indeed any noise was heard 1t
was, Of course, taken as one OF the usual
drunken scu.fies. But for the old woman
it was a scufile for life.
From what can be learned of the circum-
stances surrounding the attack, it appears
that Ihany people OF Whitechapel are firmly
convlnced that the famous Ripper" used
his knife with tiendish ferocity.
THE ASSAUIT
He grasped the woman by her head and,
drawing her backward with one hand across
her mouth, silenced the cries she would
naturally have tried to make, while with
the other hand he drew the keen-bladed
knife across her tightly drawn throat, in
tiicting a terrible wound. Then, using
the knife as dagger, he plunged
1t into her body again and again. There is
ceep wound on the woman's arm which,
1t is believed, was received while she was
attempting to ward off ferocious blow
aimed at her body. When released from
the grasp OF her assailant the woman
dropped to the ground with the blood pour
ing from her wounds, and when shortly
afterward she was discovered by a passing
policeman she was unconscious and in q
dying condition. She 10 20 years old The
police are, as usual, hunting for some clew
that will lead to the Identification of the
murderer, but as In all other Whitechapel
crimes the assassin has disappeared, leaving
no trace save his mutilated victim.
THE VICTIM GERMAN.
The woman was taken 60 the hospital
and after a time recovered sufficiently to
talk of the attack made upon her. She is a
German, and, unlike the other women
murdered and mutilated in Whitechape,
she was not in the company of the man who
attacked her, but was passing along the
StPaet whau yvithouk warpinor he sSea.oi,,
sprang upon her She saw the glitter Of
the upraised steel blade, but was unable to
escape from the grasp Of her assailant She
raised her arm to defend her throat from
the sweeping blow aimed at it.. aud it was
through this movement that the
wound in her arm was received.
When her assailant released her
from his grasp, she fell upon a doorstep
Despite her terrible injuries, she still re-
gained possession of her senses, and though
the wound in her throat was bleeding pro
fusely, she was able TO articulate, the
weapon not having reached the windpipe.
Several persons passed when che was lying
on the door step, and though they endeRv-
ored TO ascertain what the trouble was she
could not speak English sufficiently we'll to
make them understand that an attempt was
made to murder her
THE WEAPON FOUND.
IL 10 unuersGOou ice ponce Iouuu u razor
covered with blood near the scene of the
crime. The wound in the woman's throat
could have been made by q razor, as could
also the deep cut in her arm, but frem the
nature of the other wound, it is believed
they were caused by either a knife or a dag
ger, as they appear to be stab wounds, and
not such as would have been made with
razor. One man has been taken into Gus
tody on suspicion of being the assassin, but
the evidence against him is very weak, ana
no Importance is attached to the arrest.