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

TEE CORONER'S SUMMING UP.  NOT T/32 WORK OF A NOVICE.  FRIORTFUL DISCLOSURES. _ . . .  On Wednorday afternoon Mr Wynne Baxter, oorowv for F oath I:ast Middlesex, resumed the the emputy lute the circumstances attending the death of Amide Chapman, tho last victim of the Whitech +Tel murderer. No further witLessee were called, and the coroner commenced summing up at twenty minutes to three. He pointed out that the evidence of various wit',epees see.oad to prove that the murder was ceiumitted between half-past 5 and 6 o'clock, noterttlistene.ine the doctor, who examine.: the hotly at nal( Tea. six, was of opinion that '-•.eth u* a occurred not less than two !en. -ide. nv women,. eelkbou,h, ail, _ ims otirt7, wad fairly sober but tb- f! had been no st,uggle. Her rings wrenched toot the fingers, but tint was probebly only a Hiud, the real object of the murderer being to °Diehl poriseesion of the uterus, tne miesing or gun et the body. There were no eneeningleescu,s ; the organ had been removed by sonitotie Wlt-, knew where to find Amid how to remove it wi h ut injury to it. No mere easught,r rof /wheals could have earned out 1 the te-e cpere. ions. It most have been someone at curtern ato the post motto= room. It was tic nem. a .ry to assume that the murderer was, ' a lunerie, ..!..r (cent inued the coroner, impre•• .sively) it is deer that there is • market fir the missing organ. To to show yea this, gentlemen of the jury, r , must mention a fact which at the same time proves the asetetanee which publicity and a newspaper press afford in the detection of; !crime. Within a few hours of the issue of the !morning papers o intaining a report of the !medical evidence given at the last sitting of ' the court, -I received a oommunieetion from an °Meer of one of our great medical schools that , they had information which might or might I not have b. en a distinct bearing on our inqtury. I attended at the first opportunity, and was informed by the sub-curator of the Pathological Museum that some months ago an American had celled on hien and asked him to procure renumber of specimens of the organ 1 that was miming in the deoeaeed. He stated his williegness to give £2O a piece for each , , specimen, teed he stated that his objsct warn to issue an e actual specimen with each' copy of a publication on which he was then ettgagei. de was told that his request ' wee icepowsieble to be complied wito, but he still urged his request. He wie .ed them I preserved, riot it) spirits of wine, the usual ' medium, bat in glycerine, in order to preserve them in • 114te14 oonditi.noind he wished them sent to America direct. It is known that this request was Alpeated to another institution of • sicklier 'character. Now is it not possible that the knowledge of this I demand may have incited some abandoned wroten to possess himself of a specimee? It seems beyond belief that snob inhuman wickedneem °omit enter into the mind I deny man, but, unfortunately, our criminal annals prove that every crime is possible. I need /earthy say that I at once conveyed my infer-mignon to the detective department at nomlassi•yard. Of course Ido not know what use hat been tingle of it, but I believe that publicity may possible further elucidate this taut, and, therefore, have not withheld from it the ! information, By means of the press some further explanation may be forthcoming from Amezios if not from here. The Coroner nun. eluded hos summing up at three minutes to three, d the jury immediately returned a -verdiet .! dial murder against some person or pot utdcr o ;in. 7 be, -Coronae, remsris . fee the motive for fte crime) caused • prolloiwtesinsation.