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ATTACKED BY

MAN WITH LISP

While search was being made for the silent “razor ripper," who has been terrifying women and men in the West Riding, he struck again—this time at Halifax.

The intended victim, the ninth, was Leslie Ni- cholls (21), a baker, who was attacked near his home. Fortunately, he was not injured.

"I never heard a sound-not a Six women and three men have

made been struck at and wounded during foot-step. The attack was the last fortnight in Halifax. Brad-within a yard or two of a street Ford and Ripponden. They were

slashed as they were overtaken by lamp.. No effort was made to grab an apparently innocent passer-by. my shop keys or get my money."

The cloth is looked upon as an im-

After each attack the "Ripper"

has vanished. Bit by bit a descrip-portant. clue.

tion of him is being built up.

Mothers in the Walworth district,

As she was returning from shop-of South London have imposed a 10 ping, 19-year-old Mrs. Anne Steb-

bing, of Thursby, Bradford, had her p.m. curfew on their daughters. arm slashed for nine inches.

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In Halifax, Miss Mary Sutcliffe tacks late at night by a man with a |(21) was gashed on the wrist she passed a street lamp. Sutcliffe says that her sprang at her suddenly.

Miss lisp. Eight cases have been report- attacker ed to the police.

She saw a flash of metal and put up her arm to guard her face. So deep was the cut that four stitches had to be made. She noticed that the "slasher" had rather prominent eyes.

Three separate attacks were re- ported in one night. The first two were in Halifax, where two middle- aged women were slashed at within 35 minutes of each other.

The third was in the adjoining Here Mr. township of Elland. Percy Waddington, manager of the Halifax Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd., was severely gashed

on the left hand.

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ESCORTS FOR GIRLS

Because of the alarm caused, plainclothes police have been draft- ed to the district to keep a look-out for the man..

Husbands, fathers, and young men have formed themselves into patrols to escort girls to their

homes.

Miss Maisie Romain, 26-year-old shop assistant, of Marsland-road, Walworth, one of the girls attacked, said:

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"I was walking through Manor- place shortly after midnight, when a man came up behind me, and said, "Have you dropped this comb?' holding one in his hand. I told him I had not, and hurried on..

"He followed me, and asked, "I had locked the shop and gone What are you doing to-morrow a night?” I did not answer, but as I about 80 yards, when I felt scratch on my hand. I swung reached my home and was putting round and grabbed at the attacker. the key in the door he grasped me by the shoulder and bore me to the ground.

"My fingers caught hold of his coat, but the cloth tore off and

"Screaming 'Mother,' I struggled he got away. I looked at my hand and saw blood streaming to my feet and pushed him away. He from it. A main artery had been fell in the gutter, scrambled to his feet, and ran off as neighbours severed.

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