Port Philip Herald - 4 October 1898
Port Philip HeraldAustralia
4 October 1898
JACK THE RIPPER
HAS AN IMITATOR IN THE UNITED STATES
FEARFUL DISCOVERY
BODY OF A YOUNG GIRL
HORRIBLY MUTILATED
London, Monday Night.
A horrible discovery, recalling the deeds of Jack the Ripper, has been made at Bridgeport, a large town in the State of Connecticut in America.
The body of a girl has been found shockingly mutilated and absolutely dismembered.
No clue has as yet been discovered as to the perpetrator of the diabolical crime.