List: Picked this up from another list I am on....maybe he belongs to one of you. >From The Pittsburgh Press dated Monday, January 11, 1909, PAGE 4 Policeman John JENNINGS Policeman John Jennings , aged 44 years reporting as Central station, died at his home, No. 147 Uvilla street early yesterday morning of pneumonia. He had been ill since January 3, when he was stricken at his post of duty, Market street and Fifth, and had to be taken to his home. Among the old-timers on the force Jennings was never referred to by his right name, the only cognomen he got for many years being "Jack" the slasher.This was on account of a notable capture which he made some years ago. At that time, for several months , the police of the city were kept busy hunting one of the most peculiar criminals who ever operated here. His specialty was to break into houses, secure women's clothing and slash it into threads, sometimes throwing it out of the window and frequently putting it into a grate or stove and then starting a fire. This man eventually came to be known as "Jack the Slasher" and after months of worry and watching, Jennings captured him on Cliff street. Diixie R. Greenwood