Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-05
REGINALD OF UPPER CRUST
Relative Of Lords and Ladies Of
High Degree.
GUT A FALLEN GIRLS THROAT.
he Read About Such Case and
Had To Do 1t
OuT A FALLEN GIRLS THROAT.
"rooded Over II untii the Thought
fossessed Him and Meeting the
roor Girl Murdered Hcr-EngInnd
ana ireinnd Excited over the
Fearful Crime.


Scotland Yard are busiiy al work fer
reting out the bottom facts in a sensa-
honal murder mystery. which Involves
u 'direetly, a number OF the most ar
>'%s cratic families OF Great Britain.
y z. 'ovember 20, last. the Associated
announced exclusively that a
erious murder had been committed
Nensington. a populous western sub
urb OF this metropolis. The body or
comedy, well-dressed young woman,
about 30 years OF age. named Dawes,
belonging TO thee unfortunate class.
was found in much frequented
thoroughfare, Hoilandville road. Ken
sington. A hasty examination OF the
body showed that her throat had been
cut from ear TO eur
Police NJ Sen.
The police at first We're completely al
sea and some OF the London newspa-
pcrs raised the old cry OF Jack the
Ripper" although there was little or
no grounds for doing ST. Suspicion
conferred upon a yaung man OF excel
lent family, named Reginald Llewel-
Ign Traherre Bassett salmderson. a
nephew Of the famous Col Edward j.
Saunderson. the Orange leader. mem-
Der Of parliament from North Armagh
a magistrate and deputy lieutenant.
anu the son Of Llewellyn Tfuhern Bas-
sett Saunderson. Esq, justice OF the
peace OF Dublin county. Ireland. who
married Lady Rachel Mary Scott, third
sister OF the Earl OF Clonmel.
One of Reginald Saundersons aunts
Is Lady Edith Caroline Moncli, iSife
OF the Hon. Henry Power Charles stan
ley MonclS. eldest son of the fourth
Viscount Monck.
Another Of his aunts is Lady Mary
Henrietta Ftzclarence, whose husband
Is the brother Of the Earl OF Munster
and grandson OF William ".
Tail and Handsome.
The young man, It appears, is only
81 years old. tall and handsome, most
pleasant conVersationalist, ana an cN-
pert at foot ball, rowing and swim
ming. But young Saundcrsun was far
from being strong-minded. lie was
sent to a school for the protection and
education Of gentlemen of weak intel
lects ut Hampton Wick. Saunderson,
according to the police. left that insti-
tuition November %, saying that he In
tended to attend divine service at a
local church. But he was not heard Of
again until he appeared at the house OF
his relatives a. Belfast, some time after
the murder.
The theory OF the police Is that Saun-
derson, after leaving Hampton Wick.
came TO London and met the Dawes
woman. The evidence which directly
connects him with the murder was by
the dead woman's side The police
found n knife and cherrywood stick,
which were subsequently Identified by
the pupils OF the institution at lamp
ton Wick ms having belonged 10 Regln-
aid Saunderson. The police were soon
In possession OF the followlns lacts,
For months past the English news
papers have been deyotlng much space
10 the trial of man named James
Canhnm Read, hanged this morning,
married man, at one time employed as
n clerk nj the London docks. who was
charged with the murder at South END,
England. on June "a last, OF a young
woman, Florence Dennis. with whom
he had been on intimate terms.
IL Impressed Him.
eaunderson, II seems. was deeply
Impressed by the accounts OF the trl9l,
which he read In newspapers. lie
1ynuld eagerly peruse everything pun
lished on the subject and seemed TO
brood over the case. The police. 1t
seems. first got on the track OF saun-
derson IN Belfast and took him into
custody. But while the prisoner was
beinc conveyed TO Dublin, en- route TO
london. he succeeded in escaping. but
was recaptured yesterday at Killsshan-
dra. near Armagh.
There are several points In the
story of the Kensington mystery yel
unexplained. Was the unfortunate wo-
man Who met her death in the Holland
vile road chance acquaintance pi
enrnderson or had he known he for
snme time? The general opinion seems
a. he that she WINS an accidental ac-
nuointance whom the prisoner met NJ
,er MI arrival IN London. and that ms
mind. having become completely uu-
hineed from broodmg over the details
~ the south End murder, he felt i'm
nelied TO kill the woman. ana 20 cut
iey throat and fed. leaving knife ana
walking stick behind. -.
saunderson arrived four or iive Gays |
oen nj Nahelln. the residence OF Alrs.
xste Jones. a widow. two miles from !
Castle saunderson the residence Oh So''