1889 Newspaper Detailed Eyewitness Account of Vicious Jack the Ripper Murder

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JACK THE RIPPER
.  Original July 19, 1889 edition of
The Indianapolis Sentinel
newspaper providing a detailed eyewitness account of the vicious murder of Alice McKenzie by Jack the Ripper at Castle Alley just off Whitechapel High Street on July 17, 1889.  The newspaper contains the title strip and full article, measures 17 by 11.5 inches, in pristine condition with only minor toning, and beautifully matted and framed to an overall size of 20.75 by 15.25 inches.
ORIGINAL JULY 19, 1889 EDITION OF
THE INDIANPOLIS SENTINEL
NEWSPAPER PROVIDING A DETAILED EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE VICIOUS MURDER OF ALICE MCKENZIE BY JACK THE RIPPER
The article begins with the following: “After holding the inquest last night on the body of the latest victim of the White Chapel fiend, the police appear to be as hopelessly in the dark as ever, and to have as little prospect of catching the criminal as when the first of the murdered women was found bleeding in the street.  This time the woman’s body was scarcely cold when she was discovered.  The warm blood was flowing from the gashes in her body...the murderer did his work so swiftly and silently that no one heard the victim’s cry.  He was allowed to escape, and will remain unmolested until he gets ready to commit another butchery.”
Reflects on the poor police response and investigations led by James Monro and Charles Warren: “Thus far Chief Commissioner Monro’s tactics have been practically the same as those of Sir Charles Warren.  He has flooded the White Chapel district with police who, acting under special orders, kept the newspapers in the dark as much as possible.”
Offers full autopsy details: “A correspondent saw the body of the victim to-day in the mortuary.  The throat was cut in the same manner as in the case of the Berner St. woman, by plunging a knife just under the left ear and cutting toward the right ear sufficiently to completely sever the windpipe.  The woman probably never had time to utter a cry.  The only other wound on the body was a deep cut in the stomach, extending from the waist to the pit of the abdomen.  The intestines were not disturbed.  Not till to-night were the police able to find out who the woman was.  Her name was Alice McKenzie, and, as in the case of Jack the Ripper’s other victims, she was one of those unfortunate creatures who find their living on the streets.”
Presents details on the discovery of the body: “Isaac Lewis, who claims to be the first civilian who saw the body after the murder, watched it while the policeman went for assistance.  He says that the blood was still spurting from the throat when the woman was found, indicating that the heart had not ceased to beat.  The clothes were all crushed upon the chest of the body and the legs were nude.  There were blood marks on the face and on the left thigh, as if a hand covered with blood had been placed there to hold the woman down.”
The article ends with the following: “Three weeks ago the police received several letters saying that Jack the Ripper was going to begin operations again.  No attention was paid to them.  They were signed ‘Jack the Ripper,’ and indited in the same disguised writing as the letters received last spring.  The
Pall Mall Gazette
said last night that a fortnight ago a man called at its office and said he knew the east-end well, and that he was sure that the butcheries there would soon begin again.”