The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
A FIENDISH DEED.
Atrocious Crime Committed by a
Brute Near Glasgow.
RECALLS THE RIPPERS WORK,
Mangied Remains of Woman Found In
Garden-The siaughters In White
chapel RivaiIed-Murderer Must Pay
the Penaity-The City stirred.

GLASGOW, Dec. o. Sailor McNeilly.
who accompanied the alleged murderer,
William McEwan, to his home one night
last October, along with an unfortunate
woman, who was murdered and horribly
mutilated sometime during the night,
was yesterday acquitted OF completely in
the crime.
McEwan was tried on the charge OF
murder, found guilty and sentenced to
death.
The crime was one of the most horrible
ever committed, and rcsembled the Grip
per" atrocities in Whitechapel. The scene
OF the crime was Pollokshields, a reputa-
BILE suburb of the city. West Lodge a
large house at 56 Maxwell Drive, was ,oc-
cupied by the family of the late ex-B Bailif
William Wilson. They had, however,
been from home sometime, and the house
and gardens had meanwhile been In
charge OF the gardener, McEwan, who re-
sided on the premises.
The first intimation that there was
something amiss was conveyed to the po-
lice by neighboring gardener, who was
unable to gain entrance to the place.
Superintendent Muir instituted search.
In the gardeners apartment of the lodge
there were stains of blood in plenty, bat
nowhere was there to be found the body
OF the victim.
AT length Supt. Muir had his attention
turned to the garden at the rear of the
mousse and here, after some little search,
signs OF recently disturbed earth were
found, and on digging
A Blood-CurdIing Sight sv-'
met the gaze Of the police officers. At no
great depth from the surface OF the ground
lay the mangled remains of woman.
After the committal OF the deed the
murderer had cut up the body piecemeal,
and carrying the dismembereds portion to
the garden, there buried them. In one
hole was found the head and right arm OF
the victim, in another the trunk with the
ribs sticking out, and beside 1t the other
arm; in third hole were the legs, cut off
at the thighs, and in the fourth the in
testines OF the woman. The gardener was
missing, and hue-and-cr was at once
started.
The police ascertained that on the night
before the tragedy McEwan and q woman
named Anderson or McCullum were ac-
companied to Pollokshields by the sailor
McNeilly. The woman was we'll known
to the residents in Princess street, one of
the lowest districts of the city.
McNeilly was readily spprehended. He
was a sailor employed on the steamship
furnessii lying In Glasgow harbor. He
stated that he and McEwan met the
woman on the street and persuaded her TO
accompany them to West Lodge. She
went with McEwan into the room he oc-
cupled and remained there, so far as Nc |
Nelly knew, all night. He himself slept |
in another room of the house and left |
early in the morning in time to reach his |
work at o'clock. McNeilly denied hav- |
ing seen the murder committed
McEwan, the supposed murderer, was
found day, or two later in field be-
tween Glasgow and Paisley with his throat
cut. He recovered, and was brought to
trial.
Further investigation showed that the
body must have been cut up on th
floor, between the two beds in McEwan'
room, but for time II could not be as
certained how the various parts had been
so cleanly severed.
Afterward police sergeant who was
turning out lot OF lumber In a little
wooden clubhouse to the right OF the en-
Try TO the back garden found a joiner's
,sw covered with blood. This was evil
IDENTIFY the instrument OF mutilation.