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"JACK THE RIPPER."

SUPPOSED CLUE IN SYDNEY, (per press association;) Sydney, February 28. An ex-detective who resides m this city is m possession of a photograph exactly corresponding with descriptions of " Jack the Ripper." The original of the photo, was for some years resident m Sydney, where he contracted disease, and taking to drink soon became a mono-maniac. He left for the Old Country, and frequently boasted | that if he left the colony he would kill a hundred women. When leaving Sydney he bad m his possession ft surgeon's small knife.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2076, 1 March 1889, Page 2

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"JACK THE RIPPER." Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2076, 1 March 1889, Page 2

"JACK THE RIPPER." Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2076, 1 March 1889, Page 2

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