20 July 1889
HIS NAME IS BRODIE
The Man Who Confessed to the Jack the Ripper Crimes
London, July 20.
The man who gave himself up to the police and confessed that he committed the crimes laid to the door of Jack the Ripper says his name is William Brodie. Today he told the police magistrate that the confession he made yesterday was a true one, whereupon the magistrate remanded him for a week.