1939-08-18 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 18, 1939

FIRST OF A SERIES OF REAL STORIES OF REAL PEOPLE

WHO WAS JACK THE RIPPER?

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A reign of terror existed in Lon- during don's Whitechapel district 1887-91. On Christmas, 1887, woman of the Tenderloin was brutal-- ly murdered and mutilated, and during 1888 seven more crimes of the same character added to the frenzy of un- derworld denizens.~ Again, in 1889, two more victims were found, and early in 1891 another.

were street

All of the victims walkers and all bore the same unmis- throat takable marks of brutality

cut and body eviscerated in the same. manner. It was the methodical work. of some flend with a knowledge of surgery and anatomy. He always es- caped and apparently there was no motive except a revolting appetite for butchery or thirst for revenge. Seem- ingly he had no ill-will against or of his victims, personal knowledge each of whom was of a class that he knew would place herself voluntarily at his mercy and would unconscious-Dr. Winslow received ly assist him in avoiding danger of fessions in the detection.

He Always Managed To Escape.