Widnes Examiner. — 1888-10-06 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

MURDER J'N ALDGATE.  Shortly before two o'clock :on Sunday morning—or ; about three-quarters of an hour after the crime described above—it was discovered that a second woman had been horribly murdered and mutilated, this being in Mitresquare, Maple,' within the city boundaries, but on the corifines••of the now notorious district. P.C. Watkins,: of 'the•city police, was going round his beat, when, tarring- his lantern upon the darkest corner of Mitre-street, he saw the ,bocly of a woman, apparently lifeless, in.*, pool of blood. He at once blew his whistle, and: several, -persons being attracted to the spot, he despatched:messengers for medietti and,pOlice aid. Immix: or Collard, from Bisbopsgaterolice Station, but a shert distancreeff,•quickly arrived,efellowed a few moments after by Mr: W. Sequeirae surgeon. and Dr. • Gordon Brarem the divisional police doctor. The scene then dire elosed was a most IMrrible one: The woman, who CV71.9 -epparently about 40 years of age, was lying on her beek quite deed, :hitt-email the toddy was- still w ~rm. The !hroat was -cut half-way round, -revealing a dreadful wound; from which blood harbfilowed in great quantity, !! stainine the pavement for some,alistauce round. Across .1 the-right cheek to the nose wassenother gash, and a part of the-right ear had been cut off. Following the plan !in • the'Whitechapel •murders, the, miscreant was not conrent with merely-killing his vietim. The poor woman's clothes had been piffled up over her chest, the abdomen . . ripped completely open, and part of the intestines laid '. oniher•neck. -After careful notice had been taken of the position the- body when found, it was conveyed to the Citte:Mortuary in Golden-lane. Here a more ex•tended examinatiart was made. 'The murdered woman , evidently • belonged to the "unfortunate" class. The : policeefound !upon the body a white pocket handkerchief, Preunt• hone-handled table knite,,a short • clay pipe, and • a red ecigarette ease with whiteemetal fittings. The . knife bore no traces of blood. When - the news-of - this additional murder became known.the4txcitement in the crowded district of Aldgate was 'intense. The scene of ths murder; Mitre-square: is an -enclosed place, the rear Of St. Kathrine's Free ChurcheLeadenhall-street. It has three entrances, the principal °mould the onlv one having a carriage way, being et' the southern end leading to iv:litre-street. Mitresquare ,coritains but, two dwelling-houses, in one of which. singularly enough. a 'ity pelioeman lives, whilst , the other-is-uninhabited. 'File other buildings, of'which there !are,only! three: are large wa.rehouses. in the southeast corner, -and, near to the ent ranee iirom Mitre-street. E is the baekyard of some premises, but,- the rulings are closely boarded. iit--was just under thesp that the woman was foundequite hidden from sight by Ihe shadow cast by the corner of the:a.djoinieg house. :The officer who found the 'body ,is • positive that it could, not have been' there more -than quarter of au hem- before he discovered it. :He 'is timed to "work hie beat," as it is called, its tten -to :fifteen minutes. and is spoken of by his Ismerior officer as a most trustworthy man; The 1 wounds do lint appear tel have been caused so skilfully and deliberatelyess.in • theeiase of the mu-der of Annie Chapman in !Haelurry-street. Five minutee, some of the doctors think, would have S m eed for the CCJrimletion • the murderer's work, .and he was then onakeed to leave the ground before .11 le! ret urn. of rite policeman on duty. The murderer probably nonid,,d much blood-staining on account of also -woman being out ier back at-the time of the outrage, and leaving the ,square by either of the courts he would he Able to .pas quiekly away through the many narrow thoteeigl witlieut exciting observation. Not the slighfast scream or noise was heard. The effect of ire murder upon -Ike residents in the east of London is ext raord iniiry. All day crowds thronged the streets leading to me re-senare, discussing the crime; and the police Mille iieiehthierhoodof the square were fully occupied iii kecring back the excited and curious people.  In connection vita the Mitre 609.uare murdeK, the ,principal incident has been the positive identification of the woman by John. Kelly, with whom she had lived .f or seven years. This man says he first met the deceased in ,Flower and Dean-street. Her married name was Conway, and she had the initials "T. (."tattooed on her ann. She went out en Saturday night with the Lakenthou ,of seeing a married daughter in Bermondsey, and as she did not return he though l she was staying the night there. Kelly is asseisting the police in finding the relatives of the deceased.  • ? 0