THE LONDON MURDERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9219, 23 November 1888, Page 5

THE LONDON MURDERS.

ANOTHER WOMAN ATTACKED. THE ASSASSIN BAFFLED. ESCAPE AND PURSUIT. HIS ARREST. Press Association.— Telegraph.— London, November 21. Great excitement was caused to-day by a report that another woman had been found murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel. The rumour, however, upon investigation proved to be exaggerated. An attempt was made to murder a woman, but she is still alive. She has made a statement to the effect that she was drinking in the evening with a man whom she met, and who subsequently accompanied her to her lodgings. The fellow suddenly turned on her and attacked her, but she struggled violently and screamed ; and the murderer, becoming alarmed, desisted. He succeeded in making his escape good, though pursued for three hundred yards. The woman has furnished an accurate description of her assailant, and his arrest is expected hourly. He is not believed to have any connection with previous murders. Received November 22, 1.15 a.m. A man was arrested in Whitechapel early to-day after a furious resistance, who is suspected to be identical with the assassin who attempted the life of the woman on Tuesday. The funeral of the latest victim of the Whitechapel murderer was followed by thousands of people, and the demonstration was looked upon as a protest against the supineness of the Government.