The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-08
WHITECHAPEL
Another Atrocity in London's
4 Squalid Quarter.
CHARGED AGAINST "THE RIPPER"

The Methods Employed Were simi.
lar to Those Displayed by That
Notorious Character. Though in
TIE Present Instance His Work
Was Not Completed.
LONDON, Aug 8.-Early in the morn
ing asa denizen of Whitechapel, an old
woman named Woolfe, was passing
through dark alley she was set upon
by an unknown man armed with a
knife. From what can be learned of
the circumstances surrounding the at
tack ii appears that the man, whom the
people of Whitechapel are firmly con-
WINGED was the famous Ripper" used
his knife with fiendish ferocity. 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 throat, inflicting a terrible
wound. Then, using the knife as o
dagger, he plunged it into her body
again and again.
There is a deep wound on the woman's
arm, which, it is believed, was received
while she was attempting to ward off
the blows. When she was discovered by
a policeman she was thought to be dying.
She is 70 years old.
Tho Assassin Leaves No Trace.
The police are, as usual, hunting for
some clew that will lead to the identiti-
cation of the murderer, but, as in all the
other Whitechapel crimes, the assassin
has disappeared, leaving no trace save
his mutilated victim.
The woman was taken to a hospital,
and after u time she recovered suf-
ticiently to tell of the attack made upon
her. She Is German, and, unlike tho
other women murdered and mutilated
in Whitechapel, was not in the com
pany of the man who attacked her, but
was passing along the streets, when,
without warning, the assassin 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. When her assailant released
her she fell on doorstep. Despite her
terrible injuries she still retained pos
session 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 wind
pipe.
A Bloody Razor Found.
Several persons passed while she was
lying On the doorstep, and though thoy
endeayored to ascertain what the trou-
BILE was she could not speak English
sufficiently well to make them under
stand.
1t is understood that the police found
razor covered with blood near the
scene of the crime. The wound i'll the
woman's throat could have been caused
by n razor, as could the cut in her arm,
but from the nature of the other wounds
it is believed that they were caused by a
knife or dagger, as they appear to be
stab wounds.
One man has been taken into custody,
but the evidence against him is very
weak, and no importance is attached to
the arrest.
This is tho thirteenth atrocity charged
against the Ripper" In every other
instance, however. the monster COM
pleted his work.
Police Say Suicide.
The London police insist on a theory
of suicide. The police have found that
the woman Woolfe was insured for
$50 for tho benefit of her son, and they