The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-08
"JACK THE RIPPER" AGAIN.
The Famous Human Butcher Fl0uriSheS Ills
Knife With PiendjSh P6rocity
An AGED WOMAN NE VICTIM THIS THE
And WhiteohapeI District Again the Scene of
The Horrible Butchery-Kews From
ChiIi-Foreign Affairs.
[By Gable 70 The Tlmas. ]


| LONDON. August Much excitement was
occasioned in the Whitechapel district this
morning when rumor was rapidly passed
from mouth TO mouth that the dreaded Jack
the-Rpper" had again appeared and com.
mltted one of the butcheries that have made
his name household word In this most i'll
favored portion of London. At an early hour
this morning as one of the denszens of White
chapel, an old woman named woolfe. was
passing through one of the numerous dark
alleys with which the regions abounds she
was set upon by an unknown man
armed with sharp knife. The
place where tha assault was made
was dark and dismal one. and as the hour
was early the usual providers had sought re-
fuge In door-ways or under arches. where they
lay IN drunken slumber. AS rows are of
nightly, almost hourly, occurrence in White
chapel no attention was paid. IT, indeed. any
noise was heard, 10 what was, OF course,
taken for one Of the usual drunken scuiiies.
but Tor the old waman il was scutie for
life. From what can bo learned Of the cir
cumssances surrounding tho attack il appears
tnat the man, whom tho people of White
chapel are firmly convinced was the famous
Ripper" used his knife with iendish
terocity.
hOhhIBLE BUTCHER1.
He grasped the woman by the head, and
drawing her backward. he 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 thfost
innictlng terrible wound. Then, using
the knife as dagger. he plunged it into
her body again and again. There is
a deep wound on the womAn's arm,
which. il is believed was received while she
was attempting to ward off the ferocious
blows 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 is seventy years old.
Ihe police are, as usual, hunting for some
clue that will lead to the identification of the
murderer, but. as in ell the other Whitechapel
crimes, the assassin has disappeared, leaving
no trace save his mutilAtedyictm.
THE woMAE's STORY.
The woman was taken to hospital and after
a time she recovered sufficiently % tell OF the
attack made upon her. She is "A German and,
unlike tho other women murdered and multi
lated IN Whltechapel she was not in the com
pany Of the man who attacked her, but Was
passing along the street when. without warn
ng, the assassin sprang upon her. She
saw the glitter of the upraisel steel
blade but WAS unable 10 escape from the
,rasp Of her sssailant She raised her arm 10
letend her throat from tho sweeping blow
aimed a. 1t. and Il was through this move
neut that tho wound in her arm was received
When her asssilant released hor from his
grasp she fell upon the doorstep Despite
Ter terrible injuries she still retained posses
ION Of her senses. and though the wound in
Ter throat was bleeding prOfusely she was
.ble to RTticu8te. the weapon not having |
cached the windpipe.
A RAZOR DISCOVERED.
Several persons passed while she was lying
N the doorstep. aud though they endeavored |
o ascertain what the trouble was she could
ot speak English sufficiently we'll TO make
hem understand that an attempt had been
made to murder her
1t is understood that tho police found a
azor covered with blood near the scene Of
he crime. The wound in the womans throat
0uld have been caused by razor. az could I
lsO the deep cut in her arm, but from tho ma {
ure OF the other wounds II Is believed thst
hey were caused by either a knife or a dag
er, as they appear 20 be stab wounds and
ot such as would be made with q razor
One man has been taken into custody on
uspicion Of being the assassin. but the evi- !
ence against him is very week, and ho iu-
Ortance "a attached to the arrest.