Evening journal., 1894-12-05
LONDOA'S RIPPER CASE.
Young Nobleman Charged With
the Kensington Murder.
IT Is SAID HE HAS CONFESSED.

The Scotland Yard Detectives After Great
Effort Announced a Solution to a NJ Mysterious
Tragedy-Lost Their Prisoner once, but
Recaptured Him.
LONDON Dee 5.-The detectives of
Scotland Yard are busily at work ferret
ing out the bottom faets in sensational
murder mystery which involves indirectly
a number of the most aristocratie families
Of Great Britain.
On Nov 20 last it was announced that
a mysterious murder had been committed
in kensington, q populous western suburb
of this metropolis
The body of a comely, well dressed young
woman about 30 years Of age named
Dawes belonging to the unfortunate class
was found in mgch frcquonted thorough
fare, Holland Villas ru,d. Kensington. A
hasty examination of the body showed
TINT her throat had been cut from ear to
ear The police at first were completely
at fault, and some Of the London news-
papers raised the old cry Of "Jack the
Ripper, although there was little or no
ground for so doing. Then gradually the
affair passed out Of the public mind, and
nobody expected that the Kenslngton
murder mystery would ever be solved
and the police were blamed for their ap-
parent stupidity.
Came From Royal stock.
The police, however, for once were un-
justly condemned. Quietly but effective
ly they went to work and gradually traced
the dead woman's career from childhood
up to a very short time before her death
without any definite result AS the in
vestigation progressed, however, suspicion
centered upon young man Of excellent
family named Reginald Llewellyn Ira
herne Basset Saunderson, nephew Of the
famous Colonel Edward J. Saunderson.
the Orange leader member Of parliament
for North Armagh, a magistrate and dep
uty lieutenant. Young Saunderson is the
son Of Colonel Saunderson's brother, Lie
wellyn Traherne Basset Saunderson,
Esq, justice Of the peace Of Dublin
county, Ireland, who married Lady Rachel
Mary Scott, third sister of the Earl OF
Clonmell, a retired lieutenant colonel OF
the British army, who served with dis
tinction in the Ashantee war. Reginald
Saunderson's family is well known and
highly respected in and about Dublin.
They reside at De Vesci terrace, Kings
ton, near Dublin, known as the queen
of watering places in Ireland
One Of Reginald Saunderson's IS aunts 1:
Lady Edith Caroline Moncl1, wife Of the
Hon. Henry Power Charles Stanley Monck
the eldest son of the fourth Viscount
Monck.
Another of his aunts Is Maria Henrietta
Fitzclarence, wife of Hon. George Fitz
clarence, brother Of the Earl Of Munster
The father Of Hon George and the Ear
Of Munster was a natural son OF William
".
Lady Annette Louisa la Touche, wifi,
Of Robert Percy O'Connorl In Touche, Esq.
of Newberry, Kildare, is also an aunt o.
Reginald Saunderson.
The young man, it appears, is only q
years Of age, tall and handsome a mos
pleasant conversationist and an exper
at football, rowing and swimming Blu
although 50 prominent in athletics and 81
promising in other ways young Saunder
son was far from being strong minded
In fact, gradually his condition Of minl
caused his relatives and friends so mucl
anxiety that he was sent to school TO
the protection and education Of gentlemen
of weak intellect at Hampton Wick, nea
| -upon-Thames England.
Saunderson, according to the police, lef
that institution on Nov. 25, saying tha
be intended to attend divine service at
local church But he was not heard o
again until he appeared at the house o
his relatives at Belfast some time after tn
murder.