Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1888 — THE EIGHTH HORROR. [ARTICLE]

THE EIGHTH HORROR.

The Whitechapel murder fiend has added another to his list of victims. At 11 o’clock Friday morning, the body of a woman cut into pieces was discovered in a house on Dorsal street, Snitalfields, London. The police are endeavoring to track the murderer with aid of bloodhounds. The remains were mutilated in the same horrible manner as were those of tlie women murdered in Whitechapel, -The appearance of the remains was frightful, and the mutilation was even greater than in theTprevyjtis cases. The head had been severed and placed beneath one of the arms. The ears and nose had been cut off. The body had been disembowled and the flesh had been torn from the thighs. The stomach and other organs were missing. The skin had been tom off the forehead and Cheeks. One hand had been pushed into the stomach. The name of the unfortunate woman found is Mary Jane Lawrence, the was married io, or lived with a man named Lawrence, who had abandoned her. The murderer remains undetected as in the other cases. This is the eight of what have become known as the Whitechapel murders. The first was committed about eleven months ago in one of the vilest portions of London. The victim of the unknown fiend was, as all the rest have been, a woman. Her body was mutilated in the same manner as were his more recent victims. The other morning three persons were found dead in tbeirbt ds at Atlanta, Ga. The coroner attributed their death to “over-indulgence in liquor.”