Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-06

London. Dee. ON Nov. III myS
ferrous crime was committed in Ken
sington. The body of Il comely woman
of the unfortunate class of about 80
wears of age was found in a frequent
ed thoroughfare with her throat cut.
Some of the newspapers claimed THAT
this murder seemed to be Il crime of
the class committed by Jack the
Ripper" II is announced that young
man named Reginald SaunderSon, son
of Llewcllyn SaunderSnn, Il prominent
gentleman of the county of Dublin.
has been arrested and charged with
the crime.
The detectives of Scotland yard are
buSily ferreting to the bottom the
facts in the mystery which involves
indirectly Il number of the most ariS.
tocratic families Of Great Britain.
Young Saundcrson is II years old and
far from strong minded. lie was sent
to the school for the protection and
education of gentlemen of weak in
telect at Hauptonwick. Saund"rSon,
according to the police. left the inStitu-
ton November -. saying that he i'll
tended to attend divine service at
local church. but he was not heard of
again until he appeared ut the house of
his relatives at Belfast, some tim" at-
ter the murder The theory of the
police is that Saunderson, after leaving
Hamptonwick came to London and
met the DAVIS woman. Evidence
which directly connects SaunhcrSon
with the murder is the fact that 10y
the dead woman'S side the police
found knife and Il cherry wood stick
which were subsequently identified
by the pupils of the institution at
Hamptonwick as having belonged To
Reginald Saundcrson The police soon
got possession of the following facts:
For months past the English news
papers have been dcvoting much space
to the trial of man named James
CAnham Read. who was hanged yes
terday morning, a married man AT
one time employed as Il clerk nj tn"
London docks. who was charged with
the murder ut Southcnd. England. ON
June - last, of a young woman,
Florence Dennis. with whom he had
been on intimate terms. Saundcrson
it seems was deeply impressed 10y TIT"
accounts of the trial which he read
in the newspapers.
The general opinion seems TO be thai
SaundrrSon'S victim was TN accidental
acquaintance whom the prisoner met
after his arrival in London, and ms
mind having become completely UNI
hinged from brooding over the details
of the Southend murder that he telt
impelcd to Kill the woman, ana so
cut her throat and fled, leaving the
knife and walking stick behind.
Saunderson arrived four or five days
ago at Nahilla. the residence OF MIS-
kate Jones. a widow. two miles from
. >aunderson, the residence OF
Colonel SaundcrSon. 1t was remarked
that he had a very Scanty OUTFIT lie
looked i'll and very reserved.
SaundcrSon is a nephew OF Col. Eu
ward J. SaunderSOn, the Orange lead-
or, a member of parliament for north
Armagh. Il magistrate and deputy heu-
tenant, and 4 son OF lAcWcllSH "a"
herne Bassett SaunderSon, Esq, JUS
tice of peace in Dublin county, Ire
land, who married Lady Rachael Mary
Scott. third sister of the Earl OF 'leh-
moll. One of Reginald Saund"rSohS
aunts is Lady Edith Caroline Mohck'
wife of Henry Power Charles Stanley
Monck. the eldest son of the tourh
yiscount Monck. Another of his auh'S
is Lady Maria Henrietta preference,
whose husband is brother OF Earl
of Munster and grandson of Willlam '.
1t TRANSFERRED that one place visited
by Saunderson was Mohcksto"h'
While there he wrote an unsigned let
ter in which he admitted his gnllt'
The letter fell into the hands of Scot
land Yards authorities and was one
of the clues that led to the arrest.