"RIPPER" MURDERS.
DUSSELDORF POLICE BAFFLED. ' ——— EXCUSES FOR THEIR FAILURE. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Bay, 8.55 a.m.) v BERLIN, April 9. The Dusseldorf police have circulated an official memorandum, which has been sent to all prisons, reformatories, and mental hospitals in Germany, asking help in the search for "The Ripper" murderers. The police express the opinion that at least four different persons were concerned in 15 outrages. They believe that the first outrages were committed by an imbecile youth, Johann Straussberg, who confessed, and is now in a mental hospital, out four subsequent murders of servant girls were committed by an imitative criminal whose fiendish instincts were aroused by Straussberg's example. The Dusseldorf police attribute their failure to apprehend the murderers to false ideals, prevailing in regard to sexual criminals. They declare that such criminals are not brutal, rough and violent, but precisely the opposite. Frequently these monsters'appear gentle and kindhearted.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 153, 10 April 1930, Page 5
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