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Show A BERLIN "JACK THE RIPPER." An Abandoned Woman 7Iurdered and Her Body Horribly Mutilated. Berlin, Oct. 26. The city lias teen treated t,o a Jack-the-Ripper sensation. The horribly slashed and mutilated body of an abandoned woman was found at hcr lodging iu a squalid quarter of the town. The assassin assas-sin escaped. The woman was seen to enter a house with a man. and within ten minutes the man ran out. The woman was found on the floor, fully dressed, with her throat and abdomen ab-domen cut open. Her name was Hedwig Nitsche. Portions of the woman's body cut off were carried aw ay by the brutal murderer. Blood was spattered ail over the ceiling and walls of the room, and the murder seems to have been the work of a madman. Several suspects arrested during the day had to be The body of the woman was nearly severed, sev-ered, and ripped from the head downwards. It seems that another woman tried to enter the room before the aw ful crime was committed. com-mitted. Her attempt disturbed the assailant, assail-ant, who suddenly rushed out, pushing aside several who were in his way. The iuuiatcs of the house were awakened by screams, and the unknown man was hotly pursued, but succeeded in making his escape. es-cape. There have been many other crimes, including suicides, w ithin the past ten days, in the lower quarter of the city. |