The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1888-11-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

STATEMENT.  In an interview with a representative of the I Gientral News Mrs McCarthy, ele owner of the houses in Mlllericoart, who keeps a chandler's shop in Poreet street, made the following statement as to the murdered woman :—The victim of this terrible murder was about 23 or 24 years of age, and lived with a coal porter named Kelly, passing as his wife. They, however, quarrelled some time back, and separated. A woman named Harvey slept with her several nights since Kelly separated from her, but she was not with her last night. The deceased's Christian name was Mary Jane, and since her murder I have dia. covered that she was an unfortunate, and walked the streets in the neighbourhood of Aldgate. Her habits were irregular, and she often came home at night the worse for drink. Her mother lives in Ireland, but in what county I don't know. Deceased used to receive letters from her occasionally. The unfortunate woman had not paid her rent for several weeks ; in fact, she owed me 30s I altogether, so Hai morning about eleven o'clock I I sent my man to ask her if she could pay the money. He knocked at the door, but received no answer. Thinking this very strange, he looked in at the window. and, to his ho:ror, he saw the body of Kelly lying on the bed covered with blood. Ho immediately came back to me, and told me what ho had seen. I was, of course, as horrified as he was, and I went with him to I the house, and looked in at the window. The sight I saw was more ghastly even than I had prepared myself for. On the bad lay the body as my man had told ma, while the table was covered with what seemed to me to be lumps of flesh. I said to my man, " Harry, go at once to the police station and fetch someone here." lie went off at once, sod brought Inspector Black, who looked through the window as we had done. He then despatched a telegram I to Superintendent Arnald, but before Superin. I tendent Arnold arrivill lusi'ector .Abborline . earns, and gave orders that no one should be allowed to enter or leave the court. The inspector .waited a little while, and then sent a telegram to Sir Charles Warren to bring the bloodhounds to ! as to trace the murderers, if possible. So soon as Superintendent Arnold aimed he gave instrucICons for the door to be burst mien. I at once • forced the door with a pickaxe, and we entered the room. The sight we saw I cannot drive away from my mind. It looked more like the work of a devil than of • man. The poor woman's body was lying on the bed undresued. She had been completely disembowelled, and her entrails had been taken out old placed on the table. It was those I that I had seen when I looked through the I window and took to be lumps of flesh. The woman's nose had been cut off, end her face gashed and mutilated, so that she was quite beyond recognition, Both her breasts, too, bad been cut clean away, and placed by the side of her liver, lights, and other entrails on that table. I had heard a great deal about the Whitechapel murders, hut I declare to God I had never expected to see such a sight as this. The body was, of course, covered with blood, and so was the bed. The whole scene is more than I can describe. I hope I may never see such a sight again. It is most extraordinary that nothing should have been heard by the neighbours, as there aro people passing backwards and forwards at all the hours of the night, but no one beard as much as a scream. A woman heard helly singing " Sweet Violets " at one o'clock this mornmg. so up to that time, at all events. she was alive and well. So far as I can ascertain, no one I saw her take a mars into the house with her last , I night.