Young Man Arrested in Spitalfields

THE JACK THE RIPPER CRAZE.

A young man was arrested in Spitalfields, on Thursday, at the instance of a woman, and taken to Commercial-street station, on the charge of being the Whitechapel murderer. The woman declared that she had watched the accused for some days, and that he pressed her to go with him into Miller's-court, where Mary Kelly met her death. The story was denied. The young man said he was molested by the woman, who threatened that if he did not give her money she would swear he was "Jack the Ripper." The young man, who has twice before been arrested on similar charges, was released after a brief detention.

Source: Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper, August 11, 1889, Page 8