The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1888-11-13 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE LATEST WHITECHAPEL MURDER.  POLICE PROCLAMATION.  Not the slightest doubt appears to be entertained in official quarters that this fresh crime is by the same hand which committed the others. There is also, it is to be noted, a striking similarity in the period of the month in which the crime has been committed, for while two of the most atrocious of the other murders in the same districts were committed on the 7th of the months of September and August, this was commenced or committed on the 9th—approximately the same period in the month. This would seem to indicate that the murderer was absent from the scene of these horrors for fixed periods, and that his return was always about the same time. The late storms might account for the crime on this occasion being two days later, the suggestion, of course, being that the murderer journeys across the sea on some of the short passages. . . . . . . .  The police have been continuing their inspection of houses in Dorset-street and neighbourhood, but without any useful result. The public offer many liuggestions, but though these are courteously received, none of them have proved of practical value. It appears that the murdered woman was born in Limerick, her name being Marie jeanuette Kelly. Her parents removed from Limerick to Carmarthen, and here the deceased married a collier whose name is believed to be Davies. He, however' was killed in a colliery explosion, and the deceased woman then lived at 'Cardiff, afterwards removing to London. Her parents, it is stated, arestill living in Wales. Further inquiries show that the boy who stayed with Kelly was not her child, but that of a woman who had stayed with her on several occa,ions. On Saturday afternoon a gentleman engaged in business iu the vicinity of the murder gave what is the only approach to a possible clue that has yet been brought to light. Restates that he was walking through Mitre-square at about ten minutes past ten on Friday morning, when a tall, well-dressed man, carrying a parcel under his arm, and rushing along in a very excited manner' ran plump into him. The man's face was covered with blood splashes, and his cellar and shirt were also blood-stained. The gentlethan did not at the time know anything of thethurder.  A somewhat importaat investigathin was made in the room in Miller's-court in which the woman was murdered. Toe policb had reason to believe that the murderer had burnt .something before leaving the room after the crime, and accordingly the ashes and other matter in the grate were carefully preserved. On Saturday afternoon Dr. Phillips and Dr. Macdonald. M....P., the coroner for the district, visited Miller's-court, and after the refuse had been passed through a sieve it was subjected to the closed scrutiny by the medical gentlemen. Nothing, however, was found at the examination which is likely to afford any assistance to the police. The doctors were engaged some hours on Saturday morning at the Mortuary. Shoreditch Churchyard, making a post-mortem examination of the body. Every .portion cl the deceased was fully accounted for, and at the conclusion of the investigation the various pieces were sewn together end•p/aced in a coffin. The invtlest was opened at II o'clock yesterday morning, et the Shereditch Town Ball. before Dr. R. Macdonald.  The following official communication has been received from Sir Charles Warren :—"Murder.—Pardou. —Whereas on November the Bth or 9th, in Miller. court, Dorset-street, Spital£ elds, Mary Janet Kelly was murdered by sine person or persons unknown. The Secretary of State will advise the grant of Her Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice, not being a person who contrived or tictually•committed the murder, who shall give-such information and evidence as elan lead to the discovery and conviction of the person or persons who committed the murder. (Signed) "