FULL TEXT (Article 1 of 3): Shanghai, Feb. 10. – The activities of a female "Jack the Ripper" are baffling the police in the foreign settlement at Shanghai. Two child murders have been reported in the past two days. On Saturday afternoon a Japanese girl seven months old was stabbed in the neck and strangled, and last night the water police picked up a Chinese girl in the harbour, who had been strangled in similar manner.
The murder of the Japanese baby
occurred in an upstairs room at its home, and the police are searching for a
pretty Chinese girl with bobbed-hair, believed to be a cabaret dancer, who was
seen by the mother of the murdered child to leave the premises shortly after
the tragedy. The absence of any apparent motive for the crimes intensifies the
mystery surrounding them. The entire staff of the Japanese Consulates is
assisting the, municipal police in their endeavour to trace the murderess.
The father of the first victim is a cashier
at the Yokohama Specie Bank at Kajiwara.
[“Children Murdered - Mysterious
Crimes At Shanghai.” Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, W.A., Australia), Feb.
18, 1930, p. 25]
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FULL TEXT (Article 2 of 3): Shanghai,
Tuesday. – The
Japanese, consular police, in conjunction with the International settlement
police, have arrested the supposedly female “Jack the Ripper,” in connection with two child murders, which have been
committed within two days.
She is a Japanese dancing girl, employed at
a local cabaret. It is believed that she is insane.
On Saturday, afternoon a Japanese girl,
seven months old was stabbed in the neck and strangled.
On Sunday night, the water police picked up
a Chinese girl in the harbour strangled in a similar manner.
The Japanese crime occurred in the child's home upstairs. The police began the search for a pretty, bobbed-haired Japanese girl, believed to be a cabaret dancer. She was seen by the mother of the murdered child when leaving the premises.
The Japanese crime occurred in the child's home upstairs. The police began the search for a pretty, bobbed-haired Japanese girl, believed to be a cabaret dancer. She was seen by the mother of the murdered child when leaving the premises.
The absence
of an apparent motive intensified the mystery. The entire force of the Japanese consular police
assisted the
municipal police in tracking the murderer.
[“Brutal Murders - Two Children in Shanghai
- Japanese Girl Arrested,”
The Canberra Times (Australia), Feb. 12, 1930, p. 1]
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FULL TEXT (Article 3 of 3): Shanghai,
February 11. – The Japanese consular police, in conjunction with the
international settlement detectives, have arrested the supposed female “Jack
the Ripper.”
A Japanese dancing girl, employed in
a local cabaret, confessed to the murders. She is believed to be insane. Two
young children were murdered in two days.
[“Child Murders - Cabaret Dancer Confesses,” The Advertiser (Adelaide, S.A.,
Australia), Feb. 12, 1930, p. 17]
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