Jack the Ripper in Melbourne
By Electric Telegraph— Copyright 1 PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. } Melbourne, May 21. It js reported that when the police •were paraded at the barracks this morning -the men were warned to be on : the 'alert, as it was believed that Jack the Ripper, the alleged author of the recent Whitechapel horrors, had arrived in the colony, the Police Department having received information that he had been seen in Mela "bourne. Rumours of the warning were afloat in the city during the day, and caused a great sensatiou.
- May 22. The police have received letters ■signed '* Jack fche Ripper," apprising them of his arrival in Australia, and announcing his intention of opening a career of crime here similar to his
•performances in London and the West Indiesi.,. The writer concludes by tel- " Rug. them to catch hioi if they can.^The'police belieye the letters to be a \""n"dax, but precautionary measures ; have !been taken in view of possibili"'"tiesX"*'' -.;...-■ rr
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 136, 23 May 1889, Page 3
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