JACK THE RIPPER.
The judicial authorities at Lyon still keep Vacher, the French "Jack the Ripper," who is accused of over a score of murders, under the closest medical supervision, for the purpose of ascertaining his mental state. He now pretends to hear "voices," and to have received a divine inspiration to fast absolutely. His warders, however, are of opinion that his madness, even if real, is mixed with a strong dose of humbug. His Herculean strength remains unimpared.' He is constantly attended, in his cell by a gigantic warder ans two very powerful moutons, or fellow-prisoners, sot to draw him into conversation, and he has attempted no violence towards them yet, though his threats to "murder"them are frequent. His trial will not take place for three months. The frequent visits of the medical specialists to his cell cause him fits of intense irritation, the fear is expressed that by'the time the doctors have finished their report their patient will have become indeed mad, ■whatever he may have been when arrested.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 68, 22 March 1898, Page 8
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