A couple of days after Christmas 1888, seven year old John Gill got up early, as he did most mornings, to assist local milk man William Barrett with his deliveries around the area of Manningham in Bradford. It was an icy morning so John was wrapped up warm as the horse and cart trundled off and he waved goodbye to his mother. John was never to return. 48 hours later his mutilated remains were discovered in a stable close to his home. The young man who had stumbled upon the gruesome sight, immediately recalled the newspaper stories detailing five horrific murders that had occurred in the East End of London over the autumn of that year. He quickly sprinted for help yelling “Jack the Ripper has been!”

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British Newspaper Archive

Bradford Daily Telegraph
03/01/1889
04/01/1889
05/01/1889
06/01/1889
08/01/1889
09/01/1889
11/01/1889
12/01/1889
14/01/1889
18/01/1889
19/01/1889
25/01/1889
Hartlepool Northern Daily Press
29/12/1888
31/12/1888
Aberystwyth Observer
5 Jan 1889
South Wales Echo
31/12/1888
Freemans Journal
01/01/1889
South Wales Daily News
06/02/1889
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper
03/02/1889
Portsmouth Evening News
04/02/1889
Eastern Daily Press
06/02/1889
Glasgow Herald
12/03/1889
Batley Reporter and Guardian
13/04/1889

Websites

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-murder-of-john-gill/

https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-posts/the-bradford-murder-mystery-jack-the-ripper-up-north.ph

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15601386.amp/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178303745/john-gill

https://kpoulin1.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-murder-of-john-gill/

https://www.shortstories101.com/story/the-john-gill-case/amp/

https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/manningham-cold-case/

https://crimeshop.org/tag/john-gill/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jack-the-ripper-revealed-they-all-love-jack-bruce-robinson/amp

https://victorianripper.forumotion.com/t1032-murder-of-john-gill

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