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New York Herald
17 January 1889

PROBABLY NOT "THE RIPPER."
The Tunis Prisoner a Vagabond Answering "Jack's" Destription.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.]

Tunis, Jan. 17, 1889.-The report that the Whitechapel murderer had been arrested here arose from the apprehension of an English vagabond named Alfred Grey, whose height, age and general aspect correspond with the descriptions of the Whitechapel murderer published in the newspapers. Grey still remains in custody.


Related pages:
  Tunis
       Press Reports: Croydon Advertiser - 19 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Decatur Daily Republican - 16 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Evening Star - 15 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Evening Star - 17 January 1889 
       Press Reports: New York Herald - 16 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Newark Daily Advocate - 16 January 1889 
       Press Reports: The Two Republics - 17 January 1889 
       Press Reports: The Two Republics - 18 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 16 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 17 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 18 January 1889