Wow,thats amazing!(and thanks for the link Robin!)Yes, that's one of the earlier murders that some have tried to tie in. In his book The Thames Torso Murders of Victorian London, R. Michael Gordon also adds a similar slaying from 1902.
I cant beleive this is the first ive heard of this.
Except for the fact the head wasnt gone(though nearly decapitated) it must have been a coin toss as to who to attribute the Mary Kelley murder to.
Of course the Ripper apparently didnt feel the need to scatter the body parts thither and yon all over London.
It almost seems the Thames guy was trying to make a statement of some sort,of course some have said the same about the Ripper as well.
Am I the only one who can totally picture this guy keeping the heads all together some place and talking to them?('From Hell' indeed....)
I realize London at that time was pretty much Dante's Inferno for alot of folks but its hard to picture TWO psychopaths committing these attrocities independent of each other....I gues in 2012(or I guess I should say 2013..) it wouldnt be that surprising but man!