2 Sep 1888 - Reynolds Newspaper (London, England)
No 1,986 - Page 1, Column 4 - Sunday
A tragedy, even more revolting in its details than that of George-yard, and surrounded apparently with circumstances fully as mysterious, occurred early on Friday morning at Buck's-row, a low-class neighbourhood adjoining Whitechapel-road. Passing the Essex Wharf, in Buck's-roaw, at about 4.30 in the morning, Constable Neale, 97 J, found lying on the pavement there the dead body of a woman. On further examination, her head was found to have been very nearly severed from her body - a horrible gash, fully an inch in width, extending from one side of the neck to the other, completely severing the windpipe. The lower portion of the abdomen also was completely ripped open, causing the bowls to protrude. The woman was apparently about five-and-thirty years of ago, with dark hair, of medium height, and with small features.
When the body of the unfortunate creatre was taken to the mortuary a more minute exmamination showed that the actual wounds were of a character too horrible to described or even to hint at. A Criminal Investigation officer remarked, "The injuries are such taht they could only have been inflicted by a madman." A comb and a piece of soap were found in one of the pockets, and hte only clue as to her previous place of abode was found on her garments, one of which showed that she had, at some time or other, been a workhouse inmate.