Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-05-07
A Chicago Murder Suggests the dor
rible Whiteehaple Crimes
in London.
The Victim is Mrs. Bridget Elizabeth
Walsh, of 344 Washburne
Avenue.
The Confessed PerpetratoI Is
Found In the Person of Her
Nephew.

| CHICAGO, May ga murder that rivals
for cruelty and horror the fates OF the nu'
merous victims in the London White.
chapel district was committed between 5
and O'Clock this evening in the home of
Michael Walsh, at 344 Washburne avenue
The victim is Mrs. Bridget Elizabeth
I Walsh. Walsh left home for work as
usual this morning, leaving his wife fol
lowing her customary occupations. Walsh
returned at six O clock and found the front
door locked and gained entrance TO the
house through the kitchen. A fire was
burning in the stove and the evening
meal was partially prepared.
The appearance of the room attracted
Walsh's attention as being peculiar, and
he arted in search OF his wife. He
searched through the house, and not
finding her, began to fear that some
harm had befalleu her. Noticing strong
and disagreeable odor from the bedroom,
he returned there and made minute exam
nation. The room was partially darkene
as the window curtains were lowered He
raised them and a pile of rags met his
gaze The first piece of cloth he lifted was
stained with blood. He tnen threw the
pile aside and there, ON the blood stained
carpet, was the nude body of his wife
Sixty five gashes, varying in length from
half an inch to foot, told the story
of death that bad come only after a v,o.
lent struggle, az was shown by the dis
arrangement of the furniture and the
scattering of blood
Not satisfied with killing his victim,
the slayer had so horribly disfgured the
corpse that even Walsh could hardly real
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body of his own VIE. From the
crown of the woman's head TO
her feet were cut in every conceivable di
rection. The wounds we're most numer-
GUS on the breast and lower limbs, where
the flesh was ripped and hacked in pieces
until the skin hung in shreds. Along the
upper part of the right leg was cash
foot in length, along the sides of this
wound was row of smaller Rashes made
with uniform length and evenly arranged,
as to give horribly artistic finish to the
work. Over each eye was deep cash,
another beneath the right, another along
the left cheek and still another on the
neck.
The body was otherwise mutilated in
ways too horrible for description. For
moment the sight Of his wife's body
so unnerved Walsh that he was unable to
act. Recovering himself, he mott
fed the police. Upon arriv-
ing the police examined the
room where the body was found and on
a narrow bed were three pillows covered
with blood On the wall also were great
spotches, and the bed clothing was
stained. Tie rags whi3h covered the
body, among which was Mrs. Wan b 3
clothing, we're also saturated with blood.
The police made nasty survey of the
situation and starte.. on a search for the
perpetrator Of the outrage. Their efforts
were awarded, for within four hours the
self confessed murderer was arrested In
the person of Thomas Walsh, of l43
Washburn avenue, the dead woman
nephew.
When the prisoner was taken TO the
station he acknowledged that he was the
guilty party and said that he and Mrs
Walsh were drinking together and he
made an improper proposal to her, where
upon she slapped his face. He drew a
knife and stabbed her. The sight of blood
suddenly drove him insane with the result
that he man.led and tore the poor woman,
as related above.