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Delphos Herald
Ohio, U.S.A.
22 January 1898

JACK THE RIPPER
Woman's Body Found With Both Legs Missing

London, Jan. 21.
The mutilated body of a woman was found in the rear of a church in Shoreditch. The body was enclosed in a sack and both legs were missing. The police have no clue to the identity of the dead woman or a cause of death. The East End is in a great commotion over the resemblance of the case to the many murders committed by the mysterious Jack the Ripper.


Related pages:
  Shoreditch Murder (1898)
       Press Reports: Delphos Herald - 22 January 1898 
       Press Reports: Fort Wayne News - 20 January 1898 

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