The Thames Mystery

LEGAL.

THE THAMES MYSTERY.

At the Coroner's inquest on Monday, among other evidence given, was that of Mr. Thomas Bond, surgeon at Westminster Hospital and to the A Division of police, in whose hands had been placed the mutilated remains found from time to time in the Thames. He added to his first report that all the parts examined belonged to the same body, that of a woman, whose age was between twenty-three and twenty-five. The condition of the ring-finger of the left hand showed that a ring had been removed soon before or after death, and from the hands themselves it was clear that the deceased was not accustomed to manual labour. The division of the parts displayed, not the anatomical skill of the surgeon, but the practical knowledge of the butcher or the knacker. There was a great similarity between the condition of the remains and that of those found at Rainham and at the new police buildings on the Thames Embankment. The head had not been found; if it had been thrown into the river it would probably have sunk. As the police are pursuing their hitherto resultless researches, the inquiry was adjourned to Monday, July 1st.

Source: The Graphic, Saturday June 22, 1889, Issue 1021