Mitchell Daily Republican
South Dakota, USA
27 January 1889
PREVENTED A MURDER
A "Jack the Ripper" Tries to Kill a Woman on the Streets of Omaha
Omaha, Jan.26.
Two soldiers from Fort Omaha were on their way to the fort late last night when they heard
a woman screaming. They hurried in the direction of the sound, and saw a man and woman
struggling. The man fled, and the woman sank exhausted to the ground. When she revived she
said she had just left a street car and was on her way home when a man rushed up, and,
seizing her by the wrist, said: "I'm Jack the Ripper and I'm after you," and attempted to
drag her into an alley.
