The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-05
JACK THE RIPPER.
A Nephew of Orange Leader
Sunderson Arrested.
KILLED A WOMAN IN LONDON.


land lard are busiiy ~ work fe-rsttng out
the bottom facts in . sensational murder
mystery xnich involves, indirectly. anum-
Der of ths most sristocratic families of
Great Britain On November Is last, the
Associated Press announced exclu-
sirsly that mysterious murder
had been committed in Kensingtou,
q populous western suburb Of London.
The body Of eomely, weil-dressed young
woman named Dawes, about 30 years old,
belonging 20 the unfortunate class, was
found in a much-freqaenEed thoroughfsre
on Holland Villas road. kepsigton-
hastv examination of the body showed
that her throat had been cut from ear TO
ear. The police at frst were completely 1t
fault. and some of the London newspapers
raised the old cry of Jack the Ripper"
although there was little or no ground for
so doing.
Suspicion conferred upon young man OF
excellent family. named Reginald Level
lyn Bassett Saunderson, . nephew Of the
famous Col. E ]. Saunderson. the Orange
leader, member Of parliament for North
Armagha, a magistrate and deputy lieu
tenant. and the son of Llewellyn Traherne
Bassett Saundersoa, justice OF the peace
of Dublin county, ireland, who married
Lady Rachael Mary Scott, third sister OF
the Earl of Clonmei. One of Reginald
Saunderson's arnts Ia Lady Edith Caro-
line Monck, wife of the Hon. Henry Power
Charles Stanley Monck. oldest son of the
Fourth viscount Monck. Another of his
aunts is Lady Maria Henrietta Fitxclar-
enoe, whose husband is brother Of the
Earl OF Munster and q grandson OF WILL
lam ".
The young man. it appears, Is only 81
years old, tall and handsome. q most
pleasant conyersationist and an expert at
football, rowing and swimming. But
young Saundsrson was far from being
strong-mindsd. He was sent to a school
for the protection and education of gentle
men OF weak intellect. at Hamptonwick.
Saunderson, according TO the police, left
that institution on November Is. saying he
intended to attend divine service at local
church. He was not heard of again until he
appeared at the house of his relatives st
Belfast, some time after the murder. The
theory of the police is that Saunderson,
after leaving Ham pton wick. came TO Lon
don and met the Dawes woman. The evil
dence which directly connects Saunderson
with the murder is the fact that lying by
the woman's side the police found knife
and cherrywood stick which we're after
ward identified by the pupils of the insti-
tuition at Hamptonwick as having be-
longed to Saunderson. The police we're
soon in possession Of the following facts:
For months past the English newspa-
pers have been devoting much space to the
trial Of man named Jacob Canham Read,
hanged this morning. q married man. at
nla NJ ha
don docks, who was charged with murder
at Southend, England, on June - last, OF
a young woman, Florence Dennis, with
whom he had been on intimate terms
Saunderson. ii seems, was deeply i'm
pressed by the accounts OF the trial which
he read. He would eagerly peruse every
thing published on the subject. ana
seemed TO brood over the case. The police.
1t seems, first got on the track of Saunder-
son in Belfast and took him into custody.
While the prisoner was being conveyed to
Dublin, en- route to London. he escaped,
but was recaptured yesterday at Kille-
shaudra. near Armagh.
Whether the unfortunate woman who
met her death in the Holland Villas road
was chance Acquaintance of Saunderson
or he had known her for some time il a
be that she was an accidental acQuaint-
ance, whom the prisoner met after his ar
rival in London. and that he had become
completely unhinged by brooding over the
details of the South End murder and felt
impelled to kill the woman, and so cut her
throat and fed, leaving the knife and
walking stick behind. Saunderson ar
rived four or five days ago at NabiIla, the
residence Of Mrs. Kate Jones, a widow,
two miles from Castle ssunderson, the
residence Of Col. Saunderson. 1t vas re-
marked that he had very scanty outfit.
lie looked i'll and was very reserved.
The master of the school at Hampton
wick states that, in view OF Saunderson's
probably going TO Canada to start farm.
ing, he was allowed TO take part In the
gardening at the school. and the knife
found by the side OF the murdered woman
was one he had used for pruning purposes.
1t has transpired that one of the places
visited by Ssunderson vas Monckstown.
While there he wrote an unsigned letter,
in which he admitted his guilt This let
ter fell into the hands of Scotland yard
authorities, and was one Of the clues tina.
led TO his arrest.