THE LONDON OUTRAGES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1932, 30 November 1888, Page 13

THE LONDON OUTRAGES.

(Per Press Association.) London, November 20.

The funeral of the most recent victim of the Whitechapel murders was followed by thousands. The large attendance is regarded as a protest against the supineness of the authorities in allowing the murderer to r fc laree. November 21. c-

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Another woman has been murdered in the vicinity of Whitechapel. The body wag mutilated in a similar manner to the bodies of the previous victims. This is the ninth murder of the kind up to date. The last victim of attempted murder is still living, her wounds not being so serious as were at first supposed. She has made a statement to the effect that she was drinking in the evening with a man whom she met, and 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 300 yds. 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 the previous murders. A man was arrested at Whitechapel early to-day, after a furious resistance, who is suspected to, be identical with the assassin who attempted the life of a •woman on Tuesday. November 22.

The man arrested yesterday on suspicion in connection with the Whitechapel murders has been liberated. No evidence was forthcoming to establish his connection with the recent outrages.

The London correspondent of a Plymouth paper writes : — " The story that ' Leather Apron, alias Mr Piser, is getting large sums from, his libel actions is untrue. More than one of them has been compromised, and for moderate amounts, Two or three of them, however, are still outstanding. The report that he has already received £5000 is preposterously wide of the mark. £500 would, I should say, be a serious exaggeration."