Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-12
DEEDS OF A DEVIL
He Mutilates a Woman i'm a
Horrible Way,
DlSMEMBEaIaG HER BODY
The Crime and its Author Det-cted-Ths
Fi=nd Thought TO Be AnoEheE
'JAck the Ripper"

GLASGOW, scot, Oct. 1.-The most
horrible murder In the criminal history
of this city Mss committsd last night al
West Lodge, villa On the Albert road
IL POil0ekshIelds. on the outskirts OF
glasgow. A woman, still unidentified,
vas mutilaIed after the method OF
lack the Ripper" Sne Was dlsmem-
bered and the pieces Of her body were
buried Ia the villa garden MeEssn,
the gardensr, whO doubtless IS guilty
or the crime, mas disappeared.
Wes. Lodge - one OF tue fnest sub
urbs Of Glasgow and surrounded by
garden some l25 feet deep on every
.lde. MeENan. with tne assistant gar
denss, McDoagan. lived n q separate
house, and waen not busy at the villa
he did odd Jobs N the nelghborhood.
tie . native OF eounty Downe,
Ireland, 8 about 80 years old, and al
tnouzn occasionally heavy drInker,
has b0rne good reputation. tie Is
man OF great physical strength.
spattsred with Blood
At6o'elock this morning McDOugall
knocked at MeEwan's door 10 wake
him as he had done TOR the last slx
years. Mckwsn responded WITH un-
usual prom pt.tude, "AH right, Tom
won't get up yet; l am tired"
McDouZaN went away ana worked
ia the garden until O'Clock
when he returned 10 arouse McEwan.
His knocks were not answered, aud ne
forced Opsn tue door. lie found the
walls. ceiling, furniture and hoor spst-
tered prOtuseiy with blood. Ine
clothes from the two beds were scat
tered over the door and were sprinkled
with blood. Red finger marks streaSed
the zde of one of the beds and the
door. There was not piece OF furni-
ture or an article of clothing which
was not biOod-stsIned- McDougall
ran cOatless, hatless and crying IN MS
terror 20 the police station and told
bis story.
Four Fresh Made Graves.
After fortfyIng hIm with brandy the
police took hlm To West Lodge with
them. From the room they followed u
bloody track TO four fresh made
mounds III the garden. In q flower
bed, from which the plants had been
removed they found. about two feet
under ground. the mutilated head and
unjolnted arm OF a woman. In an
other similar bed they uncovered the
trunk IL was absolutely devoid of all
internal organs Beside the trunk was
the wcman's left arm, also unloInted.
In another flower bed they found the
missing organs and the legs unloInted
as were the arms. The trail led from
tais bed to q tool house. There, under
a pile of rubbish and tools was a BIS
cult box containing q fragment OF a
large saw, the teeth still clotted with
flesh and blood and several smalier r
pieces Ot the woman's body. The po-
Ice cay that the box WAS used by
McEwsn IN transporting the limbs and
the organs from his room TO the gar
den.
search ot the Rooms
A search OF McEvan's room revealed
several razors, apparently unused tor
some time, and au Ak recently washed
but still showing slight blood stains.
McDOugall Was unable to give any in
formation "A To McEwan's deed, or the
disposition of the body, for he WAS
working at the time on the opposite
side of the house, as was saOwn by the
fresh turned earth. tie believes that
when he Knocked at 8 O'Clock MeEwan
was carving up the body, as McEwan's $
voice Indicated that ne was vide awake.
"A far ss can be Judged from the mutt
lated remains of the body, McEws n 8
victim was robust. OF medium height,
and about 80 or 35 years old. Her
clothing WAS we'll made and OF good
material. McEwau probably took ner
20 the house after 9 o'clock. for at that
time McDOugan called upon him aud
found nim alone. That q the last
time NcEwan was seen by anybody
near West Lodge. How and when Nc
swan induced the woman 20 euter the
honse with him and what was his mo-
tive in the murder are mysteries
\. it Jack the Ripper.
it - reported after the news of the
murder got out that McEwsn was
lack the Ripper" and at the time OF
'tR pDsr" murders ne was absent from
Glasgow, but these reports are dlscFed.
tied. McEwsu was engaged to marry
a respectable grl. who e = maid IN a
glasgow family. The riother, when
she heard Of the murder. supposed
that her daughter was the victim snd
ran - West Lodge. She could not
identify the clothing "a her daughters
however, and this evening the grl was
found. The police say that McEvsn
had little money and will soon be cap
tnrsd. The womsn's body has been
put together as well "a possible and
now hes at the morxus, awaiting iden-
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