Hyde. Suddenly, Mr. Hyde brakes out in anger and attacks the white haired man, beating him to death with a cane. The maid faints upon witnessing such horror.

Who killed Carew in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

But Jekyll is human, and as humans do, he makes the mistake of transforming one more time. That one more time ends up being the night Hyde murders Carew. This means that Carew’s murder marks a moment of change in the plot, or Jekyll/Hyde’s life.

Was there a reason for Mr Hyde to attack Carew?

It is most likely however, that Hyde attacked him simply because he was a good man, and evil preys on goodness. Carew’s innocence serves to highlight Hyde’s maliciousness. “London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.”