New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-08
JACK THE RIPPER MAY HAVE DONE 1T.
AN AGED WOMAN FATALLY CUT AND STABBED

AN AGED WOMAN FATALLY CUT AND STABBED
IN wHITEcHAPEL-ALoNE WHEN ATTACKED.
London, Aug. 7.-Much excitement was occasioned
In the Whitechape District this morning when rumor
rapidly circulated that "Jack the Ripper. had
again appeared aud committed of the butcheries
that have made his name household word in this most
favOrtd part OF London That there was ground for
the excitement cannot be doubted Early this morning
OF the denizens of Whitochapel an old woman
named Woofe, was passing through of the numer~
ous dark alleys with which the region abounas, she
was set upon by an unknown man, who was armed
with sharp knife. The place where the assault was
made was dark and dismal and the hour early
the usual prowlers had sought refuge In dooTways
under arches, where they lay in drunken sumber As
rows are Of almost hourly occurrence In Whitechapel
no attention was paidf, indeed, any noise was heard
to what was taken for of the usual drunken scuics
But for the old woman 1t was fight for life.
1t appears that the man, who the people of White
chapel are firmly convinced the Ripper usca his
knife with fendish ferocity. He grasped the woman
by the head and Drawing her backward with hand
tcross her mouth he slenced the cries she would
naturally have tried to make, while with the other he
drew the knife her throat, inflcting terrible
wound. Then he plunged the weapon into her body
again and again. There is also deep wound the
woman's arm. When released from the grasp of her
assalant she dropped to the ground with the blood
pouring from her wounds and when, shortly after
ward, she discovered by passing policeman, she
was in dying condition. She is seventy years old
The woman taken to hospital, where, after
awhile, she recovered sufficiently tell Of the attaf
made upon her. She Is German, and, unlike all the
women murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel by
Jack the Ripper she not In the company Of
the who attacked her, but passing along tho
street, when without warning, the assassin sprang
upon her. She the glitter Of the uprased steel
blade but was unable 10 escape from the grasp of her
assailant. She raised her to defend her throat
from the sweeping blow aimed at it, and it
through this movement that the wound in her
was received When her assaant released her from
his grasp she fell upon doorstep Despite her ter
rible injuries she stll retained possession of her
senses and, though the wound iu her throat was
bleeding profusely, she was able TO articuate, the
weapon not having reached the windpipe Several
persons passed her willie she lying the door
STEP and though they endeavored 70 ascertain what
the trouble was she could net speak English sufi-
centy well 90 make them undest9nd that an attempt
had been made TO murder her.
1t is understood that the police found near the
of the crime, a razor covered with blood The
wound in the wOmans throat could have been caused
by razor could also the deep In her arm, but
is believed that the other injuries caused by
either knife or dagger, as they appear TO be stab
wounds, and not such would DO made with razor.
One has been taken pto custody on suspicion OF
being the assassin but the evidence against him is
weak and no importance is attached to the arrest.
Inspector Byrnes when his attention called yes
ter1ay to the latest murder IN Whtechapel, refused to
talk about the case, except to say that there was 10
reason to believe that "Erenchy" the murderer OF
Carrie Brown, in this city. concerned in the
London murders. He denied that he ever had re-
ccived a message from Jack the Ripper"