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**Jonathan A** · February 14, 2019, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by Jonathan A

SEPTEMBER 6, 1924
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION

The badly decomposed body of a negress, apparently about 17 years old, was discovered lying face down in a vacant lot on Pryor Street near the Southern Railroad Friday night. Her throat was slashed from ear to ear and the police believe it to be the heinous work of some "Jack the Ripper."

Three negro women have been found with their throats slashed in the past two weeks. In each instance, the shoes and stockings of the victims have been removed, as well as all jewelry and finery.

Joe Harris, of 248 Glenn street, and Otis Hightower, of 228 Windsor street, negroes, discovered the body of the murdered negress Friday night about 9'o clock. They immediately notified the police and detectives already searching for the elusive "Ripper" were put on the case.

This crime happened a day before another murder that occurred on Saturday

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**Jonathan A** · February 14, 2019, 08:49 PM

Originally posted by Jonathan A

SEPTEMBER 6, 1924
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION

The badly decomposed body of a negress, apparently about 17 years old, was discovered lying face down in a vacant lot on Pryor Street near the Southern Railroad Friday night. Her throat was slashed from ear to ear and the police believe it to be the heinous work of some "Jack the Ripper."

Three negro women have been found with their throats slashed in the past two weeks. In each instance, the shoes and stockings of the victims have been removed, as well as all jewelry and finery.

Joe Harris, of 248 Glenn street, and Otis Hightower, of 228 Windsor street, negroes, discovered the body of the murdered negress Friday night about 9'o clock. They immediately notified the police and detectives already searching for the elusive "Ripper" were put on the case.

This victim was slain on near the Southern Railway. Another woman was slain near the same railway back in May 1924

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**Jonathan A** · March 11, 2019, 12:14 PM

Another Ripper

Originally posted by Howard Brown

Jon:

Thanks for the article......

I was unaware of this rash of killings some 10 or more years after the 'Black Jack The Ripper' skein.

Is it possible another lone murderer was at work and got under the radar ( at least on my end, because this is news to me) ?

Good work, JA !

It seems that your suggestion of another ripper might be true. This Ripper burned his victims.

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**Jonathan A** · March 11, 2019, 12:21 PM

Another ripper john gross

Originally posted by Jonathan A

It seems that your suggestion of another ripper might be true. This Ripper burned his victims.

It's possible that these three burned women may have been slain by the same man who killed Laura Blackwell in 1917.

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**Jonathan A** · March 11, 2019, 12:29 PM

Atlanta ripper john brown

Originally posted by Jonathan A

It seems that your suggestion of another ripper might be true. This Ripper burned his victims.

A man named John Brown was convicted of Laura's murder in 1918. He was granted a retrial, was convicted again in 1920. The police surmised that he was a jack the Ripper, who may have killed other women. I don't think he is the original Atlanta ripper, because there were more ripper murders after his imprisonment and the original Ripper didn't burn any of his victims. It seems as though Atlanta had two negro Jack the Rippers, one of which, wasa copycat of the other.

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