Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1892-06-03 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

MEDITATED. On Saturday afternoon he p):::,yed in the cricket match against Barrow, and after ten o'olock the same night he indulged in a game of hi!liarcls at the Llb,:ral Club. He mit the club will a f tierd, whom he told that "he 'i733 not going home jut then, as he had Removehere else to go before he went to bed," On Sitarday week he v.-not to a home in Roberi. street, where a woman named Grace Widdup (28) lived with hor brother, and asked for a hie); ck: lamp. The lamp was dirty, and he was told to c:jl again next Saturday and it would he cleaned and ready for him. Last Slturday nht it is etthat he visited several Imams where women were slope, and on each cceesion made an excuse for eemething. On the Saturday night in ques'.iln he Went fel. the Ilmp. and found the woman Grace Widdup .a;ene. As toek up the lamp and pretendo to playfull,f measure it with the poker, at the same time speaking in jubilant terms of their victory over 13Arrow that afternoon. He then wo.lired toward the door, and, uhaseh by the unfortunate victim, he ciroppLd the latch. The:n turning again to the door to said that it sia3 funny one, to which she replied that she did not kiloro that it was different to any other. Whilit hor atteutien was thus diverted, Whipp stepped behind her  DREW A KNIFE ABOUT A FOOT LONGi  which up to this point be had conc::aie-d, and si;abbed the woman in the neck, and then drew the chair from under her. With mueh self-possession she jumped up, ran to the door, lifted the &tub, and ruling into the yard sLe %creamed "murder," nod at tee same time with her own hand, pulled the knife frem the wound, and laid it on the wall. A crowd was soon attracted • by her crice, end two local members of the Ambulance Aseociatien—Mr E. Fanny Bell and Mr. Chrietopher Bailey, who were the first on the spot, Lacceed.ed in etopping the blood, which fle)wed freely from the wound; while another ran for medical Desistance. The 117:fortunate woman was eeated in a chair, and on being asked who had done it, she exclaimed "Young Bob Whipp." She further stated that no quarrel had taken place, and that Whipp after stabbing her seemed frantic, He ran into the cellar, with the intention of escaping, bw, immediately came ball" and made out at the front door. Two or three persons save him running, but it is net known which direction he ultimately took, although A STEEL, THE HANDLE OF NVHICH WAS SMEARED  WITH DLCOD, and which had probably been us,9..ti for the purpose of sharpening the knife, was found on the roof of a small building not far from hJs home. The blood stains point to the fact of the steel having been thrown away when he was msolting his escape. The police have, since the sad ocsu-renes, instituted a rigid search, hut so far have faired to find any clue to Whipp's whereabouts, end it is feared that he has committed suicide. Uuiv.irsal sympathy is felt towards the parents and family, -;;-ho are well• known and much respected. Under medical attendance, the woman is fast,. recovering. The matter is naturally the first aud almost exclusive topic of conversation, and much speculation as to the culprit's fate is indulged in.