The Atlanta Ripper Claims Two In One Night

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 From July 2, 1911 edition of the Atlanta Constitution.

The Atlanta Journal also published an article about these two crimes. There are significant differences between the Journal's account and that of the Constitution. The Constitution claims that Lena Sharpe and her daughter were attacked separately, with Lena being slain as she was going to a meat market, while the Journal claims that both women were together when the ambushed them. Both agree that the Ripper was a tall, dark-skinned black man, dressed in black.

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