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The Two Republics
Mexico

18 January 1889

TUNIS
A Vagabond Confounded With the Whitechapel Murderer

Tunis, Jan, 17.
The report that the Whitechapel murderer had been arrested arose from the arrest of an English vagabond named Alfred Grey, whose height, age and general aspect corresponded with the description of the Whitechapel murderer published in the papers. Grey remains in custody.


Related pages:
  Alfred Grey
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 16 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 17 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 18 January 1889 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide - Alfred Gray 
  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: New York Herald - 17 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Newark Daily Advocate - 16 January 1889 
       Press Reports: The Two Republics - 17 January 1889