The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-11
A Woman Killed and Buried in Lime.
EfOm The Rnltfnnre S1rn

On Aug last horrible discovery was
made near the railway station at Althorpe,
in the county of Northampton, England
The headless and armless body of a woman
was found in a sack secreted in a ditch by
the side Of the main road from Northamp-
tou TO Rugby. Attracted by the smell some
lRborers found the bag covered with rank
vegetation. The feet had been tied to-
gether and then pressed backward
aud the body was thrown forward
so as to occupy the smallest possible
space, with Quantity of lime thrown in.
The body was wrapped in coarse canvas
which in turn was placed in an old sack IL
was fully clothed except as 10 the feet. De-
composition had so far proceeded that it
was impossible even to guess at the cause of
death. The head and arms had been cut off
by person possessing some anatomical
knowledge. DR.. Culverhouse, who ex-
amined the remains. concluded that they
had belonged to a full-groWn woman Of
slight build, about 5 feet inches in hight.
The clothing indicated that she had not be-
longed to the poorer class. The linen was
fine and we'll made. 1t was suggested that
the body had been brought to Althorpe by
train or otherwise and deposited where 1t
was found
Part Of the clothing led Ito the identitfca-
ton of the victim as Annie Pritchard Of
Birmingham, whose friends had not hoard
Of her since March. when she left Birrhing-
ham. telling them that she was going to
Liverpool to marry a man named Ander-
son, an engineer. The police traced the
girl TO Northampton, where it was learned
she had held certain relations with q man
known as Anderson, and that she
had given birth to child in
June. The police searched a long
time for Anderson, but could not find him
They finally concluded that Anderson was
an assumed name. aud in that they were
right, for it was soon learned that Rae An
derson was none other than Andrew Nc
Res, the manager of a warehouse In Biz
minKham. He was at once arrested, charged
with the murder McRea, it was soon
proved, had been living a double life,
having a wife and family in Birmingham,
while at the same time he was supporting
the Pritchard girl in Northampton.
search was made of his Office, and in
the fireplace was found the calcined bones
of what had apparently been baby and
the arms Of a woman. All the facts were
brought out at the ooroner's inquest. The
most important evidence against McRae
was given by man who testified that a
month ago the prisoner employed him to re-
move from the warehouse a quantity of
lime. The movements Of the prisoner have
been traced by the detectives, and they
found that at about the time the murder is
supposed to have been committed McRas
took trap out of Northampton and drove
toward the spot whore the body was found
covered with lime, and the police theory is
that the trap was used to convey the body
to where it was found.
Other evidence was advanced at the in.
quest pointing TO the belief that the girl and
her baby were murdered In the house oc-
oupied by the victim and her psramour in
Northampton. McRae then sawed OF the
girls head and arms and took them, with
the body Of the baby TO Birmingham, where
he cremated them. Being unable TO dis
pose Of the trunk and lower limbs by means
of fire, and being forced 20 get rid OF them,
McRae carried them out TO the ditch by the
roadside, after placing them In the canvas
thought the lime would eat up the evidence
Of his crime