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22 de abr. de 2024 · As a member of H - Division of the Metropolitan Police, Sergeant William Thick's name turns up frequently in newspaper reports on the Jack the Ripper murders. His most prominent action was to arrest John Pizer, on 10th September, 1888, the man who, so Thick maintained, was the notorious "Leather Apron." Recalling his arrest, in an interview ...
8 de may. de 2024 · There has been endless speculation concerning the motives of Jack the Ripper. One theory is that he was waging a war on sin and was trying to rid the area of prostitution. Another holds that he was they, i.e. The Freemasons attempting to suppress a royal scandal that involved Prince Albert Edward Victor. Indeed, it is safe to say that the list ...
Hace 4 días · FOLLOW THE STORY AS IT UNFOLDED. The Jack the Ripper newspaper archive consists of contemporary newspaper reports that combine to tell the full story of the Whitechapel Murders as it unfolded in the popular press between 1888 and 1891. You will be able to read the accounts of the murders as they appeared in the newspapers in the days that ...
6 de may. de 2024 · With the passage of over 100 years since the Whitechapel murders it is difficult to put an exact figure on the number of Jack the Ripper Letters that were sent by ordinary men and women who found the allure of the murders difficult to resist and who, egged on by the huge amount of publicity being generated by the crimes, developed an irresistible urge to inject themselves into the police ...
2 de may. de 2024 · Join us on our guided Jack the Ripper Tour! Self-Guided Jack The Ripper Walking Tour. Throughout this walk, we will discuss the unsolved, brutal murders of five East End prostitutes. Tour Length: 3 miles - just under 5 km. Approximately 2.5 hours, depending on your walking pace.
Hace 2 días · Montague John Druitt (1857 - 1888) was the favoured suspect of Melville Macnaghten. Druitt worked as a barrister and supplemented his income at the bar by working as an assistant schoolmaster at a boarding school in Blackheath, South east London, that was run by Mr. George Valentine. In his Memoranda Macnaghten lists three suspects whom, he ...
Hace 2 días · On Monday, 3rd September, 1888, he appeared as a witness at the second day of the inquest and his testimony was reported by The East London Observer on Saturday, 8th September, 1888:-. Charles Cross, carman, who appeared in Court with a rough sack apron on, said that he had been in the employment of Messrs. Pickford and Co. for some years.
