The Dickinson press., 1892-05-07
WORK OF A FIEND.
Jack the Ripper'S Most Diaboli-
cal Work in London Out
done in Chicago.
A Woman Murdered and her
Body Cut and Mutilatcd in
IL Horrible Manner.

ShICAGO, May ia murucr, tne SHOCK
ing details o; which SAVIOR more o. uncivil-
zed butcliery than has been known for
years i'll Chicago, was committed this even
ing in the home of Michael Walsh. at No.
344 WaShburne avenue. His vile, Bridget
Elizabeth Walsh. met death in manner
that rivals .or cruelty and horror the lates
of numerous victims in the London White
Chapel district. Her slayer was Thomas
Walsh, the dead woman's nephew, but the
cause of the crime is not known.
AT the usual time yesterday Walsh left
home to 20 to work. He is teamster in
the employ o j. V. Farwell & Co., and
usually went out early in order to have his
team in readiness. AS he passed through
the kitchen where his wife was washing
Dishes he bade her goodbye, in
accordance with a custom he had
for long time followed. In
the same kitchen where he had bidden her
he behed the terrible evidences of her
death and il. an adjoining bed room found
her remains mntilated and torn as though
that
FIEND OF FIENDs,
Jack the Ripper, had changed his scene OF
operations from London to Chicago with
the intention, perhaps, of carrying out the
same line of horrible m2rders adding vic
| tim a'ter victim and carrying terror to the
hearts of the community.
W.l. 81
front door locked but gained all entrance
in the rear. Every preparation had been
made, apparently, for the evening meal,
but his wife was not to be .ound. Suddenly
it occurred 10 him that there was no reason
for such strong and disugreeanle odor in
the bed room. Not satisfied with what
lie had seen there he returned.
only to be horrited at discovering what
he had not seen when he was in
the place the first time. The room was
partially da'kcned, as the window curtains
had been lowered. He raised them and ex-
amined the first object that had met his
gaze when he entered quarter OF an hour
beiore-thc pile Of rags. The first piece of
cloth he lifted was stained with blood, and
it was then that suspicious Of his wiies
! death crept INTO his mind. With one hand
he threw off the pie and there on the
blood-stained carpet Was the body OF his
wife.
sIXTYFIvE GAsIiEs
varying in length rom hal an inch to u
foot told the story OF IL death that had come
only alter Il violent struggle as was shown
| by the disarrange mcnt OF furniture and the
spattering o! blood. Were there not evil
dcnces Of human skill in the NUT lation
OF the remains, it would be difficult
| to believe that the crime was the
work OF man. Not satisfied with
! killing his victim, the slayer had so
horribly distigurcd the corpse that even
Walsh himself could hardly realize at first
t!lat he was gazing on the dead body of his
| wife. From the crown OF the womau's
head TO her Get were Gus in every conceiv-
able direction. The wounds were most
numerous on her breast and legs where
the flesh was ripped in places and hacked
until the skin hung in threads. Along the
upper part OF her right leg was cash over
foot in length from which the blood
oozed in little streams. Along either side
of this wound was a row OF smaller gashes
that had been made with an idea OF regu-
| larity. They were Of uniform length and
evenly arranged. rs il to give horribly
/ artistic FINISH tu the work. Over ,acli eye
was II deep ctl;. another Done.tii the
I r.g!i ear another along lne lett
check and still another on the neck under
| the chin. In the !cit breast Immediately
over the heart was pair . long bla'led
scissors tina, Ina been jaboe into the flesh.
lmme lately under taem was small
round L." reselnblih. very closely such
| by IA bullet. but there Was nc
trace %. powder burns A pruo.n that had
been carried rom ;hc kitchen into the bed
room had been h:">cu and the han,.c was
thrust throu.!, tt.c enlirc en.th vi the
! Woman. 5 trunk from the lower purl.un to
| the throa. Pieces vital organs had
| been toru off and carried along bv the
/ b.unt end %. the wood and the mouth Was
| fiji ed with a mass vi
HOOD AND FLESH.
The broken handle had been thrust NJ
with terrible .orc. for the woinans body
was fear uliy torn, and portions "i or@an:
| We're IL lying on the floor. All tie
| wounds. i, Was evident. had been inflicted
| by the ui he SCISSORS. The edge, ol the
| gashes We're rough and notched as il The
| body had bern cut by forward strokes. Al
! the lower Part o. the trunk was this es
| pecially manifest where The flesh was cut