The Herald of Wales. — 1888-09-29 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE DURHAM MURDER.  THE MURDERER STILL AT LARGE ?dourest had, up to Wtattnes.'ay mon heen made in wunrotion with the itturdel •'Jane BeAmonr, at flirtley F. 41. The p have found nothing, to jtotiiy the the..ty •i th • murderer's buicitle nut have they dit.oovere.l the we.pou with which theerirne was uommitted. • they, however, appear confident that the licit 24 hours will reveal Note a Lich will materially assist in capturing the orim•nal. The remaii.e of the unfortunate woman were burl' 'I 4n Weduceday afternoon Dr. Philips and Inspector hoot, of the Criminal Inrekigatiot Department, returned to London on Twaday night.  'The excitement caused by the brntal murder, on Saturday, of Jane Beettm,or, on Birtley Fell, near Gateshead-on-Tyne, is still considerable. The London police appear to think that the' e may be some connect ion between this and the ..eoent outrages in Whiteehapel. and Inspecor &env, of Scotland-yard. with Dr. Phillips, who oonducted the post-mortem ex -ruination on the ' body of Annie Chapman, on BlLtaday, in company with Colons' White, Chief Constable of the county, drove from Darham to the scone of ihe tragedy. Dr Phillips sew the body, bu• the molt of hia investigation is not known. It ia believed, however that the examination must have failed to disclose any direct resemblance to the Whitechspel murders, for, although the wounds in each ease were somewhat similar, those npon the body of Jane Beetmxr hal been inflicted by brute force, and did not show any appearance of anatomical skill Apart from this, the police are inclined to think that the discovery of the dreamed's sweetheart William Waddle, or fweddle, who  ie said to have been seen with her on the night of the murder, and who thereafter disappeareo, will lead to a solution of the mystery. An official description of the man which bad been issued from the police office at Gateshead states that he bad in his posiiession a large knife. He ia about 22 years oh, about bit. 9in. in height, with fresh complexion, and has blue eyes, which are small and sunken, and brown heir. Be has tender feet and walks badly, leaning well forward. He is a ging'« man, and has workid 88 a lalnurer and farm servant. Although diligent searoh has been made for Waddle, no trace of him has yet b en diseovered. The poli e incline to thbehi,f that he has committed tinicide, and on Tuesday a searching examination was made of the numerous disused pit shafts lii the neighbourhood, down one of whieh it is thought he may have thrown himself. some of these shafts are of great depth. If it last the bottom of one of these the reouvel y of his body would be a matter of extreme dilli• culty, if not complete impossibility. Inspector Roots, on Tuesday afternoon, se,iut some hours in company with the keel officers, and too's oopions notes and sketches of the locality of the murder. The publication of the description of Waddle has led many people to declare that they have seen him in Newcastle, Gates• head, and other places, but the pollee have Little faith in thee statements. It was rumoured in a suburb of Newcastle that the murderer had been captured, and a crowd of persons followed a constable who bad hken a man int., oustkdy on some minor charge, but the excitement ou'asided when it was found that their there was no truth in the rumour.  A man answering in almost every partioular the descrivion of the person the police want in connection with the murder is said to have been seen at Byers• grmin Colliery about seven o'clock by Mr. Robert Lodge, foreman ooke burner. The man was in a cabin near the ooke ovens, and when firAt observed was in a sitting poittne, either whetting or cleaning a large knife on the leather of his boot. The stranger enquired the time and disappeared suddenly. Mr Lodge speaks positive'y as to the description of the man. The distance from the scene of the murder to Byers-green is about 14 miles.