The Bloody Exploits of Jack the Ripper
DUPLICATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
A Poor Nymph du Pave Murdered, Disemboweled and Otherwise Disfigured by a Demon who Left No Trace - Several Arrests Made
New York, April 25.
Jack the Ripper is believed by the police to have at last come to this city. This morning in the East River hotel the body of a wretched woman was found with her abdomen horribly cut and her bowels protruding. Her name is not known. The resort in which her body was found is one of the lowest in the city. It is located on the southwest corner of Catherine and Market streets. The woman was known about the neighborhood as one of the half drunken creatures who hang about the low resorts of Water street and the river side. She went to the hotel in company with a man who registered as Knickloi and wife. The couple were assigned to a room on the upper floor and retired to it at once. Nothing was seen or heard of them during the night. No cry or unusual noise was heard. This morning the attendant rapped on the door of the room occupied by the couple. There was no answer, and he rapped again with no better result, and finally broke in the door. A horrible sight met his gaze. On the bed lay the woman in a big pool of blood. She had been dead for hours. Her abdomen had been fairly ripped open with a dull, broken table knife that lay in the pool of blood. The viscera had been cut and from appearances a part was missing.
