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Written by /submitted by P McConville
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
On
Wednesday night a young girl named Duffy, residing with her parents in
Chapel Street, Newry, ran home from a field in the suburbs of the town, where
she had gone to fetch cows ....
.... home for the night, and stated
that she had been accosted by a strange man only partially dressed, who leaped
out of a hedge and chased her through the field, saying that he was
"Leather Apron," and the murderer of the Whitechapel victims.
When
the girl reached home, without waiting to bring the cows, she was almost
breathless and in a very excited state. Her father informed the constabulary of
the affair, and they went to the field, but failed to find the mysterious
stranger.
An alarm of a similar kind has been exciting the minds of the people
of Warrenpoint and the district for the past three or four days. So great is
the panic amongst the female portion of the community that not one of them can
be induced to go out on the Newry road after dark. The police believe the
mysterious man is some half-crazy individual.
Before you start naming suspects, or causing a general alarm, be informed that ...
this story is taken from the
LLOYD'S
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
LONDON: SUNDAY, SEPT. 30, 1888
and that the murderer of the Whitechapel victims is the original Jack the Ripper!!
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