Hi all
Some of you may know that one alleged Jack the Ripper victim, Carrie Brown, murderered in Brooklyn, New York, April 23-24, 1891 is said to have been born in Liverpool, although she supposedly came to the United States as a young girl. On JtR Forums there has been discussion of her origins and of her gravesite in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Part of the idea (unproven) that she was born in Liverpool comes from the following newspaper article:
Trenton Times, New Jersey, USA
27 April 1891
The "Ripper's" Victim.
Salem, Mass., April 27.
"Jack the Ripper's American victim is still remembered in Salem. Her story is one of the saddest ever penned. She was born in Liverpool, England in 1832. As a girl she was known as Caroline Montgomery. She landed with her parents at New York and settled with them when still a child in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she grew into a pretty girl. Then she met Captain James Brown, of this city. He was but eighteen years old when he married her. Her husband brought her to Salem. . . ."
Best regards
Chris
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