"JACK THE RIPPER" IN JAMAICA.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1876, 9 April 1889, Page 3

"JACK THE RIPPER" IN JAMAICA.

The crews of the various steamers plying between New York and Kingston, Jamaica (says a Home paper), are tel ing fearful stories of crimes committed in Spanish Town, a village near Kingston, which to their minds unqaestionably indicate that “Jack the Ripper” has gone from England to Jamaica. The first of a series of diabolical and mysterious murders took place on the 28th of November, 1888, in St. Catharine’s parish, a few miles distant from Spanish Town, i'he victim was a negress of the lowest and most vicious class, whose name had never been discovered. She was found early ia the morning lying by the roadside, her throat cut from ear to ear, her cheeks, nose, and forehead slashed about in a manner that would indicate it to be the work of a skilful butcher. The body was mutilated exactly as had been done in the London cases. If anything, further had been needed to make the horror-stricken crowd atuibuto the crime to the Whitechapel murderer it was found on a card pinned to the unfortunate woman's body by the blade of a small penknife. The card bore this inscription Jack the Rirmi. Fourteen more, then 1 quit. ' On the morning of the 13th of December, in a field, lying by and partially concealed under an old shed, was found a second body. In this case the woman was a notorious creature of the lowest class, a negrasa culled “Mag.”, Her wounds were of the same nature as those inflicted upon the other. The field in which the corpse was discovered was scarcely a mile distant from the scene of the first murder. The authorities made a hurried investigation, and buried the body as speedily ns possible, giving no one an opportunity to examine it. No mention of the crimes was made at the time, the officials endeavoring, by every moans in their power to hush the matter up, and have it talked about as little as possible.

No trace saß evor found of the murderer and it pm forgotten save by a few of the wretched women among whom the unfortunates moved. The third body was t'ound on the Friday before New Year's Djv. i'his time the newspapers were compelled to notice the discovery. The tfcem! of this third murder was about midway between U>e pLces where the former diaooveriefl bud boeu iuade ? and theeailorb iuai-tt that the crime was in evepy way •niaioi'oiiH to the other?.—Western Moruiug News (Plymouth), February 9th, 1889. " „_»_