Another Reference To The Necklace

by **Karen** Thu 18 Mar 2010 - 21:02

More Murders.

LONDON, 1. - This evening the whole city was again startled by the news that two more murders had been added to the list of mysterious crimes that have recently been committed in Whitechapel. The two victims as in former cases were dissolate women of the poorest class. The first murder occurred in a narrow court off Berner street at an early hour this morning, beneath the windows of a foreign socialist club. A concert was in progress and many members of the club were present, but no sound was heard from the victims. The woman had been seized by her throat and her cries choked while the murderer with one sweeping cut severed her throat from ear to ear. The other murder was committed three quarters of an hour later in Mitre square. A policeman patrols the square every ten minutes. The body of the unfortunate woman had been disemboweled, her throat cut and her nose severed. The heart and lungs had been thrown aside and the entrails were twisted into a gaping wound around the neck.

Source: Calgary Weekly Herald, Wednesday October 3, 1888