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The Chicago Daily Tribune
November 23, 1896


        "JACK THE CLIPPER" IS A PUZZLE.
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        His Boldness and the Mystery Enshrouding His
         Identity Give the Police Trouble.

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        The recent advent of "Jack the Clipper" after a month of idleness
     has given the police no end of trouble and has caused considerable
     speculation as to the identity of the miscreant.
        He has betrayed no partiality for any particular color of hair,
     as he has attempted to secure auburn braids as well as those of a
     darker hue.
        Within ten days three attempts have been made by this mysterious
     personage to snip off the braids of little girls. His first effort was
     successful but the last two failed because the owners thwarted his
     purpose.
        The most recent attempt, made on Saturday night on the Lake-Front,
     to carry away the tresses of MISS ERNA GERDA, No. 208 Seventy-seventh
     street, although unsuccessful, has attracted attention on account of
     its being the first attempt of the kind in the down-town district.
     LIEUT PRESTON has detailed two men to look after the case.
        The other two cases - those of LAURA BOOTH on Nov. 13 and ALMAH
     MILLER one week ago Sunday morning - had ceased to attract attention
     until the miscreant broke forth again on the Lake-Front.
        In each case the "clipper" has been described as a well-dressed
     young man, and he has always attacked a girl whose braids were allowed
     to hang down her back.

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