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I'm determimed to pinpoint the location in Battersea Park where a section of Liz Jackson's torso was discovered. So thought I'd collect as many clues as I could find. Here's a couple, feel free to add any more you come across;
London Evening Standard 17 June;
"Joseph Davies, gardener, employed at Battersea Park, of 15, Randle-street, on the 6th inst. found a parcel in the park, at the back of the frame garden, in the shrubbery, at about two in the afternoon. Only the gardeners had admission to that part of the park, but anybody else could get over the fencing. The bundle was 25 yards away from the fence. He called Police-constable Anger, who took the parcel away. The wicket-gate of the park was opened at five a.m., and that would be 200 yards away from where the parcel was found. All the gates of the park were opened at the same time in the morning. The wicket-gate was close to the Albert Bridge, and there was no one on duty at that point."
South Wales Echo - Friday 07 June 1889
"The Thames Mystery.
A CLUE TO THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY.
LONDON, Thursday Night. – At twenty minutes to two o’clock this afternoon a labourer named Joseph Davies discovered in Battersea Park a bundle containing some human remains, and there seems to be little doubt that these belong to the body of which the other remains recently found formed part. The bundle was discovered in a shrubbery near Park Wall. They were wrapped in a piece of brown paper, and inside was a piece of a woman’s skirt of plum colour with two fringes of red and white. The band of the skirt has a blue ground with white check, and the bundle was tied with white Venetian blind cord, and some ordinary string. A large black pin was fastened to the band of the skirt, in the pocket of which was found a small black vaiganite moulded button, the surface of which is marked with parallel lines. The remains consist of the upper part of a woman’s trunk, some of the ribs being missing. The breast bone has been cut nearly across. The chest cavity is empty, but the portion found contains the spleen, both kidneys and portion of the stomach and intestines. The five lower ribs are entire, and portions of the upper ones were found, but the first and second ribs are missing."
"Joseph Davis, in the course of an interview, said: I am a gardener employed in Battersea Park. About 20 minutes to two this afternoon I was at work there, when I saw a parcel lying among shrubs near the frame ground. This place is about 200 yards from the river shore, and is closed to the public, but people can get to a path leading to it by first climbing a low railing. The place is not much frequented by anyone employed, and the parcel might be unnoticed here for some time. When I got near the bundle I noticed a most suspicious and very unpleasant smell, and after examining it I called P.C. Angler, and together we conveyed it to the police station in a garden basket."
London Evening Standard 17 June;
"Joseph Davies, gardener, employed at Battersea Park, of 15, Randle-street, on the 6th inst. found a parcel in the park, at the back of the frame garden, in the shrubbery, at about two in the afternoon. Only the gardeners had admission to that part of the park, but anybody else could get over the fencing. The bundle was 25 yards away from the fence. He called Police-constable Anger, who took the parcel away. The wicket-gate of the park was opened at five a.m., and that would be 200 yards away from where the parcel was found. All the gates of the park were opened at the same time in the morning. The wicket-gate was close to the Albert Bridge, and there was no one on duty at that point."
South Wales Echo - Friday 07 June 1889
"The Thames Mystery.
A CLUE TO THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY.
LONDON, Thursday Night. – At twenty minutes to two o’clock this afternoon a labourer named Joseph Davies discovered in Battersea Park a bundle containing some human remains, and there seems to be little doubt that these belong to the body of which the other remains recently found formed part. The bundle was discovered in a shrubbery near Park Wall. They were wrapped in a piece of brown paper, and inside was a piece of a woman’s skirt of plum colour with two fringes of red and white. The band of the skirt has a blue ground with white check, and the bundle was tied with white Venetian blind cord, and some ordinary string. A large black pin was fastened to the band of the skirt, in the pocket of which was found a small black vaiganite moulded button, the surface of which is marked with parallel lines. The remains consist of the upper part of a woman’s trunk, some of the ribs being missing. The breast bone has been cut nearly across. The chest cavity is empty, but the portion found contains the spleen, both kidneys and portion of the stomach and intestines. The five lower ribs are entire, and portions of the upper ones were found, but the first and second ribs are missing."
"Joseph Davis, in the course of an interview, said: I am a gardener employed in Battersea Park. About 20 minutes to two this afternoon I was at work there, when I saw a parcel lying among shrubs near the frame ground. This place is about 200 yards from the river shore, and is closed to the public, but people can get to a path leading to it by first climbing a low railing. The place is not much frequented by anyone employed, and the parcel might be unnoticed here for some time. When I got near the bundle I noticed a most suspicious and very unpleasant smell, and after examining it I called P.C. Angler, and together we conveyed it to the police station in a garden basket."
I agree with you.
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