Oakland Tribune
California, USA
24 December 1910
A Yarn about Jack the Ripper
Some enterprising police reporter in Los Angeles has tried to establish the identity of
jack the Ripper, the infamous Whitechapel murderer, by a cock and bull story of a would be
murderer in the southern city who refers to the London fiend in his insane wanderings. I am
afraid this police sensation will fall flat. The identity of Jack the Ripper was
established years ago, though the fact was never made public. Those who are familiar with
unwritten police annals know that the Ripper was a celebrated London physician who at one
time treated King Edward and who had attacks of murderous insanity. When he was caught he
was confined in a private asylum and every effort was made to keep the facts secret, but of
course they leaked out and are pretty generally known, especially in Europe.
Town Talk.
