Topics in Chronicling America - Jack the Ripper

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Important Dates:

• 1888: The Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper occured during the latter half of the year.

Suggested Search Terms:

• [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as phrases using Search Pages in Chronicling America.] White Chapel District , Whitechapel District, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman (Anna Chapman), Elizabeth Stride (Hippy Lip Annie), Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly (Mary Kelly)

Sample Articles from Chronicling America:

• "British Bits", The Salt Lake herald (Salt Lake City, UT), 27 November 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 3.
• "Jack, the Ripper", Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento, CA), 18 December 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 4.
• "Another murder of a woman in London is charged to the Whitechapel fiend, Jack the Ripper", Fort Worth daily gazette (Forth Worth, TX), 22 December 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 4.
• "Is it "Jack the Ripper" again? Another fallen woman found murdered in a suburb of London", New-York tribune (New York, NY), 22 December 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 1.
• "Ripper's Rival", St. Paul daily globe (Saint Paul, MN), 27 December 1888, page 4, image 4, col. 3.
• "Jack, the Ripper, throws the people of Brussels into a spasm of fear", St. Paul daily globe (Saint Paul, MN), 28 December 1888, page 5, image 5, col. 3.
• "The Mania for Murder", The sun (New York, NY), 5 January 1889, image 4, col. 2.
• "The 'Ripper" Myth ", The Salt Lake herald (Salt Lake City, UT), 29 January 1889, page 8, image 8, col. 4.
• "Jack the Ripper", The morning call (San Francisco, CA), 25 October 1890, page 1, image 1, col. 1.
• "Heredity of Crime", Omaha daily bee (Omaha, NE), 11 November 1890, page 5, image 5, col. 2.
• "It's Jack the Ripper", St. Paul daily globe (Saint Paul, MN), 25 April 1891, page 1, image 1, cols. 7-8.
• "Jack the Ripper's Mark", The sun (New York, NY), April 25, 1891, page 1, image 1, col. 7.
• "Jack the Ripper in America", The McCook tribune (McCook, NE), 1 May 1891, image 6, col. 3.