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2. Jack the Ripper is the best-known name given to the anonymous serial killer active in
the last 1888s in the London district of Whitechapel.The name originated from a
letter written by someone claiming to be Jack.The letter ,written in red, began with
“Dear Boss” and ended in “YoursTruly, Jack the Ripper.” This is one of the few clues of
revealing who he was but evidence isn’t always fully reliable. During the period of
August to September, Jack slayed and mutilated five prostitutes and vanished
without no one knowing who he, she or even they were. Mary Ann Nichols, Annie
Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddows and Mary Kelly were left lifeless after
their encounter with Jack.There has been other victims named to also be the work of
Jack the Ripper but historians agree at five.To this day, Jack the Ripper is probably
one of the greatest serial killers for many reasons. He still is an unknown figure
haunting the minds of the industrious historians using all the evidence they have to
reveal the identity of this mastermind. As time passes, more and more suspects are
being named and the truth is getting harder and harder. He may not be the first serial
killer, but probably was the first to appear in a vast metropolis at a time when the
general populace had become literate and the press was a force for social change.The
press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper and
ended up turning a sad killer of women into a "bogey man", who has now become one
of the most romantic figures in history. Also there is evidence suggesting other
information about Jack. He could have been a trophy killer, a sexual serial killer only
killing female prostitutes, etc. But maybe on day, we may find who the Whitechapel
murderer was and why. Or maybe we may not.There is always a jigsaw piece missing

4. Why did Jack the Ripper choose Whitechapel as his hunting ground?
What helped Jack finish his work undetected?
TheWhitechapel district, together with the East
End, was an embarrassment to the elite London
society that occupiedWest End districts like
Mayfair and Kensington.Whitechapel was
described by one author as “a breeding ground for
criminals, prostitutes, and layabouts; a centre for
depravity, degradation and disease.”Whitechapel
housed a community massively comprised of poor
immigrant families, including many Jews escaping
persecution in Russia and Eastern Europe, most of
whom were crammed into foul tenements with 7-8
occupants per room. Most of the East End
population was employed in factory work, with
little earnings and harsh conditions forcing many
women to turn into prostitution as the only way of
survival.

5. London at that time was an industrial city. Previous
monarchs like Elizabeth I had transformed bloody
Britain into a working city. Until the early 18th
Century, most people lived off the land as they had
done for countless generations - an agricultural
existence and ruled by a small political and social elite.
But in the century that followed, there was an
unpredicted explosion of new ideas and new
technological inventions which created an increasingly
industrial and urbanised country. Large quantities of
factories was build. Coal was the heart of London’s
energy. As such, London suffered from pollution
massively.The smoke and stinking fumes of gas
choked the streets so badly that at times it was
impossible to see your own hand in front of your face.
This was called smog- smoke and fog mixed together.
The smog was sometimes called Pea Soupers at that
time because of the greenish colour they appeared
sometimes. This was an advantage for Jack the
Ripper’s plan. Unable to see, victims was made an
even easier target for the Whitechapel murderer.

6. The streets ofWhitechapel were maze-like, full of
twists and turns. Jack could have used the
suspicious corners to immediately come out and
grab hold of the victims. The housing was poor
with poor conditions. There was no sanitation and
the sewage ran openly through the overcrowded
labyrinth streets.The darkness of the streets
because of the curlicue gas lamps vanished Jack’s
gloomy figure and probably made him almost
invisible The houses in Whitechapel were always
near the railways which were polluting the air. Also
being nearby the railways allowed Jack a further
chance of killings. Unable to hear screams and
shouting for help, people would listen less. The
Terraced Housing used coal to heat the houses and
this meant soot would leave from the chimney
with the smoke. Then it would rise up in to the
atmosphere and then land back down creating
nothing but soot and a horrible odour.The area
was described as “perhaps the most foulest and
most dangerous street in the whole metropolis.
Also in streets of Whitechapel, shouts and screams
weren’t rare as of having intercourse or mistaken
sounds of laughter, etc.

7. In the 19th century England faced a problem. A vast number
of Irish immigrants rose the population of England’s main
cities like London. From 1882, Jewish refugees and Tsarist
Russia moved into the same area.The civil parish of
Whitechapel in London become increasingly overcrowded. A
great economic underclass had started. Robbery, theft,
violence and alcoholism rose massively and the poor poverty
drove many women to prostitution. By the year of 1848,
there were 5,000 miles of railways in Britain and the network
continued to expand quickly in the later 19th century.
Railways provided a great boost to other industries such as
iron. It provided a lot of jobs. However by the 1890s the
weekend was common as many people had Saturday
afternoon off. At first the industrial revolution did cause
much suffering to some people. However in the end it made
a much higher standard of living possible for ordinary
people. In the 18th century when goods were made by hand
they were scarce and therefore expensive. Machines meant
that goods could be mass produced and so they became
much cheaper.This reduced several jobs and led to a lower
standard of living. This also meant that many of the woman
were forced into prostitution.There were many roaming
around the streets trying to find a man and have intercourse
in order to get money.This gave Jack a higher chance of
killing.

8. This is similar to ReasonThree- Lack of
Employment. In the 1880s,Whitechapel was full of
crime and poverty, the overcrowded and poor
conditions also incurable disease and infections
were endemic.The residents ofWhitechapel did
was necessary to makeWhitechapel a less
atrocious district. But many of the women of the
area worked as prostitutes in order to find the
funds to pay for a bed for the night.Whitechapel
had over 1400 known prostitutes, 80 brothels, and
countless pubs. Little wonder that alcoholism was
rampant. Into this wretched stew in August 1888
came Jack the Ripper when he butchered his first
victim, MaryAnne Nichols, killed at Buck's Row
(since renamed Durward Street) which, like the
sites of all of the murders, is no more than ten
minutes walk from the Foundry. Mary was said to
drunk and was entertaining men with another
prostitute known as “Pearly Poll”. Unable to react
quickly enough, MaryAnne Nichols was an easy
target for theWhitechapel Murderer.

11. Date of birth:26th August 1845
Background: father, Edward Walker was a locksmith. Mother called Caroline. Married William
Nichols in 1864. couple had five children. Finally broke up in 1881. Later William found out his wife
was living as a prostitute but discontinued support payment for her. Afterwards she continued as a
prostitute.
Features: 5'2" tall; brown eyes; dark complexion; brown hair turning grey; five front teeth missing
(Rumbelow); two bottom-one top front (Fido), her teeth are slightly discoloured. She is described as
having small, delicate features with high cheekbones and grey eyes. She has a small scar on her
forehead from a childhood injury. She is described by Emily Holland as "a very clean woman who
always seemed to keep to herself." The doctor at the post mortem remarked on the cleanliness of
her thighs. She is also an alcoholic
Date of Murder: 31st August 1888, body found in Buck’s Row
Last Sighting: 2:30 AM -- She meets Emily Holland, who was returning from watching the fire,
outside of a grocer's shop on the corner ofWhitechapel Road . Polly had come down Osborn Street.
Holland describes her as "very drunk and staggered against the wall." Holland calls attention to the
church clock striking 2:30. Polly tells Emily that she had had her doss money three times that day
and had drunk it away. She says she will return to Flower and Dean Street where she could share a
bed with a man after one more attempt to find trade. "I've had my doss money three times today
and spent it." She says, "It won't be long before I'm back."The two women talk for seven or eight
minutes. Polly leaves walking east down Whitechapel Road.
What I want to find out: Any reports of suspects as there isn’t any yet.

12. "Five teeth were missing, and there was a slight laceration of the tongue.There was a bruise
running along the lower part of the jaw on the right side of the face.That might have been
caused by a blow from a fist or pressure from a thumb.There was a circular bruise on the left
side of the face which also might have been inflicted by the pressure of the fingers.On the left
side of the neck, about 1 in. below the jaw, there was an incision about 4 in. in length, and ran
from a point immediately below the ear. On the same side, but an inch below, and
commencing about 1 in. in front of it, was a circular incision, which terminated at a point
about 3 in. below the right jaw.That incision completely severed all the tissues down to the
vertebrae. The large vessels of the neck on both sides were severed.The incision was about 8
in. in length. the cuts must have been caused by a long-bladed knife, moderately sharp, and
used with great violence. No blood was found on the breast, either of the body or the clothes.
There were no injuries about the body until just about the lower part of the abdomen.Two or
three inches from the left side was a wound running in a jagged manner.The wound was a
very deep one, and the tissues were cut through.There were several incisions running across
the abdomen.There were three or four similar cuts running downwards, on the right side, all
of which had been caused by a knife which had been used violently and downwards. the
injuries were form left to right and might have been done by a left handed person.All the
injuries had been caused by the same instrument."

14. Date of birth: September 1841, born Annie Eliza Smith
Background: Married John Chapman in 1869 .Couple had three children. Emily Ruth
Chapman, born 1870, Annie Georgina Chapman, born 1873 and John Alfred Chapman,
born in 1880. Annie and John separated by mutual consent in 1884 or 1885. Annie was
arrested several times inWindsor for drunkenness. John semi-regularly paid his wife 10
shillings per week by Post Office.
Features: 5' tall ,47 years old at time of death, Pallid complexion ,Blue eyes, Dark
brown, wavy hair, Excellent teeth (possibly two missing in lower jaw) ,Strongly built
(stout) ,Thick nose , under-nourished and suffering from a chronic disease of the lungs
(tuberculosis) and brain tissue. It is said that she was dying (these could also be
symptoms of syphilis). had a drinking problem but she is not described as an alcoholic.
Her friendAmelia Palmer described her as "sober, steady going woman who seldom
took any drink." She was known to have a taste for rum.
Date of murder: 8th September 1888
Last sighting:At about 5:30am, Elizabeth Long sees Chapman with a man, hard against
the shutters of 29 Hanbury Street. they are talking. Long hears the man say "Will you?"
and Annie replies "Yes." Long is certain of the time as she had heard the clock on the
Black Eagle Brewery, Brick Lane, strike the half hour just as she had turned onto the
street.The woman (Chapman) had her back towards Spitalfields Market and, thus, her
face towards Long.The man had his back towards Long.

15. "The left arm was placed across the left breast. The legs were drawn up, the feet resting on the
ground, and the knees turned outwards.The face was swollen and turned on the right side.The
tongue protruded between the front teeth, but not beyond the lips.The tongue was evidently much
swollen.The front teeth were perfect as far as the first molar, top and bottom and very fine teeth they
were.The body was terribly mutilated...the stiffness of the limbs was not marked, but was evidently
commencing. He noticed that the throat was dissevered deeply.; that the incision through the skin
were jagged and reached right round the neck...On the wooden paling between the yard in question
and the next, smears of blood, corresponding to where the head of the deceased lay, were to be seen.
These were about 14 inches from the ground, and immediately above the part where the blood from
the neck lay.
He should say that the instrument used at the throat and abdomen was the same. It must have been a
very sharp knife with a thin narrow blade, and must have been at least 6 in. to 8 in. in length, probably
longer. He should say that the injuries could not have been inflicted by a bayonet or a sword bayonet.
They could have been done by such an instrument as a medical man used for post-mortem purposes,
but the ordinary surgical cases might not contain such an instrument. Those used by the slaughter
men, well ground down, might have caused them. He thought the knives used by those in the leather
trade would not be long enough in the blade. There were indications of anatomical knowledge...he
should say that the deceased had been dead at least two hours, and probably more, when he first saw
her; but it was right to mention that it was a fairly cool morning, and that the body would be more apt
to cool rapidly from its having lost a great quantity of blood.There was no evidence...of a struggle
having taken place. He was positive the deceased entered the yard alive...
A handkerchief was round the throat of the deceased when he saw it early in the morning. He should
say it was not tied on after the throat was cut."

17. Date of birth: 27th November 1843
Background: Known as Long Liz. On October 14, 1860 she moved to the parish of Carl Johan in
Gothenburg. While there she worked as a domestic for Lars Frederick Olofsson, a workman with 4
children. In March 1865 she is registered by police as a prostitute and on April 21 of that year she gives
birth to a stillborn baby girl. During October and November she is treated at the special hospital
Kurhuset for venereal disease. In1869 she marries John Stride. Soon after the marriage John and Liz
are living in East India Dock road in Poplar.They keep a coffee shop. On October 24, 1884, John Stride
dies of heart disease. In 1885 she is living with Michael Kidney.They live together for three years. On
Tuesday, September 25, 1888, Michael Kidney sees her for the last time.
Features at the time of her death: Long black cloth jacket, fur trimmed around the bottom with a red
rose and white maiden hair fern pinned to it. Black skirt, Black crepe bonnet,
Checked neck scarf knotted on left side, Dark brown velveteen bodice, 2 light serge petticoats, 1 white
chemise, White stockings ,Spring sided boots ,2 handkerchiefs, A thimble , A piece of wool wound
around a card
Date of murder: 30th September 1888.
Last sighting: 12:35 AM: Police Constable William Smith sees Stride with a young man on Berner Street
opposite the International Working Men's Educational Club.The man is described as 28 years old, dark
coat and hard deerstalker hat. He is carrying a parcel approximately 6 inches high and 18 inches in
length. the package is wrapped in newspaper.
What I want to find out: who was this man with Long Liz and what was in the parcel

18. "The body was lying on the near side, with the face turned toward the wall, the head up the yard and the feet
toward the street. The left arm was extended and there was a packet of cachous in the left hand. The right arm
was over the belly, the back of the hand and wrist had on it clotted blood.The legs were drawn up with the feet
close to the wall.The body and face were warm and the hand cold.The legs were quite warm. Deceased had a silk
handkerchief round her neck, and it appeared to be slightly torn. I have since ascertained it was cut.This
corresponded with the right angle of the jaw.The throat was deeply gashed and there was an abrasion of the skin
about one and a half inches in diameter, apparently stained with blood, under her right arm. At three o'clock p.m.
on Monday at St. George's Mortuary, Dr. Blackwell and I made a post mortem examination. Rigor mortis was still
thoroughly marked.There was mud on the left side of the face and it was matted in the head.The Body was fairly
nourished.Over both shoulders, especially the right, and under the collarbone and in front of the chest there was a
bluish discoloration, which I have watched and have seen on two occasions since. Elizabeth Stride's grave at East
LondonCemetery.
There was a clear-cut incision on the neck. It was six inches in length and commenced two and a half inches in a
straight line below the angle of the jaw, one half inch in over an undivided muscle, and then becoming deeper,
dividing the sheath.The cut was very clean and deviated a little downwards.The arteries and other vessels
contained in the sheath were all cut through.The cut through the tissues on the right side was more superficial,
and tailed off to about two inches below the right angle of the jaw.The deep vessels on that side were uninjured.
From this is was evident that the hemorrhage was caused through the partial severance of the left carotid artery.
Decomposition had commenced in the skin. Dark brown spots were on the anterior surface of the left chin.There
was a deformity in the bones of the right leg, which was not straight, but bowed forwards.There was no recent
external injury save to the neck. The body being washed more thoroughly I could see some healing sores.The lobe
of the left ear was torn as if from the removal or wearing through of an earring, but it was thoroughly healed. On
removing the scalp there was no sign of extravasation of blood. The heart was small, the left ventricle firmly
contracted, and the right slightly so.There was no clot in the pulmonary artery, but the right ventricle was full of
dark clot.The left was firmly contracted as to be absolutely empty. The stomach was large and the mucous
membrane only congested. It contained partly digested food, apparently consisting of cheese, potato, and
farinaceous powder. All the teeth on the lower left jaw were absent."

20. Date of birth: 14th April 1842
Background: Her father was George Eddowes, a tin plate worker working or apprenticed at the
Old HallWorks inWolverhampton. Her mother was called Catherine. She has two sisters,
Elizabeth Fisher and Eliza Gold (their married names). She also has an uncle namedWilliam
Eddowes. Catherine is educated at St. John's Charity School, Potter's Field
Features: she was about 5 feet tall, has hazel eyes and dark auburn hair at the time of her murder.
She has a tattoo in blue ink on her left forearm "TC.“ Catherine Eddowes is suffering from Bright's
Disease, a form of Uremia. Friends spoke of Catherine as an intelligent, scholarly woman but one
who was possessed of a fierce temper.
Date of murder: 30th September 1888
Last sighting: 1:35AM: Joseph Lawende, a commercial traveller in the cigarette trade, Joseph
Hyam Levy, a butcher and Harry Harris, a furniture dealer leave the Imperial Club at 16-17 Duke
Street.At the corner of Duke Street and Church Passage they see Eddowes and a man talking. She
is standing facing the man with her hand on his chest, but not in a manner to suggest that she is
resisting him. Lawende describes the man as 30 years old, 5 foot 7 inches tall, fair complexion and
mustache with a medium build. He is wearing a pepper and salt colored jacket which fits loosely, a
grey cloth cap with a peak of the same color. He has a reddish handkerchief knotted around his
neck. Over all he gives the appearance of being a sailor. Lawende will later identify Catherine
Eddowes clothes as the same as those worn by the woman he saw that night.
What I want to find out: who was this man talking to Catherine

21. "The body was on its back, the head turned to left shoulder.The arms by the side of the body as if they had
fallen there. Both palms upwards, the fingers slightly bent. The left leg extended in a line with the body.
The abdomen was exposed. Right leg bent at the thigh and knee.The throat cut across.The intestines
were drawn out to a large extent and placed over the right shoulder -- they were smeared over with some
feculent matter. A piece of about two feet was quite detached from the body and placed between the body
and the left arm, apparently by design. The lobe and auricle of the right ear were cut obliquely through.
There was a quantity of clotted blood on the pavement on the left side of the neck round the shoulder and
upper part of arm, and fluid blood-coloured serum which had flowed under the neck to the right shoulder,
the pavement sloping in that direction. Body was quite warm. No death stiffening had taken place. She
must have been dead most likely within the half hour.We looked for superficial bruises and saw none. No
blood on the skin of the abdomen or secretion of any kind on the thighs. No spurting of blood on the bricks
or pavement around. No marks of blood below the middle of the body. Several buttons were found in the
clotted blood after the body was removed. There was no blood on the front of the clothes.There were no
traces of recent connexion. After washing the left hand carefully, a bruise the size of a sixpence, recent and
red, was discovered on the back of the left hand between the thumb and first finger. A few small bruises on
right shin of older date.The hands and arms were bronzed. No bruises on the scalp, the back of the body,
or the elbows. The face was very much mutilated. There was a cut about a quarter of an inch through the
lower left eyelid, dividing the structures completely through.The upper eyelid on that side, there was a
scratch through the skin on the left upper eyelid, near to the angle of the nose.The right eyelid was cut
through to about half an inch. There was a deep cut over the bridge of the nose, extending from the left
border of the nasal bone down near the angle of the jaw on the right side of the cheek.This cut went into
the bone and divided all the structures of the cheek except the mucous membrane of the mouth. The tip of
the nose was quite detached by an oblique cut from the bottom of the nasal bone to where the wings of
the nose join on to the face. A cut from this divided the upper lip and extended through the substance of
the gum over the right upper lateral incisor tooth. About half an inch from the top of the nose was another
oblique cut.

23. Date of birth: 1863 (not completely sure)
Background: Almost everything that is known about Mary Jane Kelly comes from Joseph
Barnett, who lived with her just prior to the murder. He had all this information from Kelly
herself. Some is conflicting and it may be suspected that some, or perhaps much of it, is
embellished. She was born in Limerick. At the age of 16 she marries a collier named Davies but
he dies in an explosion two or three years later. Kelly moves to Cardiff and lives with a cousin
and works as a prostitute. She arrives in London in 1884. According to Joseph Barnett, on
arriving in London, Kelly went to work in a high class brothel.
Features: approximately 25 years old at the time of her death. She was 5' 7" tall and stout. She
had blonde hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion. "Said to have been possessed of considerable
personal attractions." (McNaughten)
Date of murder: 9th November 1888
Last sighting: 10:00 AM: Maurice Lewis, a tailor who resided in Dorset Street, told newspapers
he had seen Kelly and Barnett in the Horn of Plenty public house on the night of the murder, but
more importantly, that he saw her about 10:00 AM the next day. Like Maxwell, this time is
several hours from the time of death, and because of this discrepancy, he was not called to the
inquest and virtually ignored by police
What I want to find out:

24. "The body was lying naked in the middle of the bed, the shoulders flat but the axis of the body inclined to the left side of
the bed.The head was turned on the left cheek.The left arm was close to the body with the forearm flexed at a right angle
and lying across the abdomen.The right arm was slightly abducted from the body and rested on the mattress.The elbow
was bent, the forearm supine with the fingers clenched.The legs were wide apart, the left thigh at right angles to the trunk
and the right forming an obtuse angle with the pubes.The whole of the surface of the abdomen and thighs was removed
and the abdominal cavity emptied of its viscera.The breasts were cut off, the arms mutilated by several jagged wounds
and the face hacked beyond recognition of the features.The tissues of the neck were severed all round down to the bone.
The viscera were found in various parts viz: the uterus and kidneys with one breast under the head, the other breast by the
right foot, the liver between the feet, the intestines by the right side and the spleen by the left side of the body.The flaps
removed from the abdomen and thighs were on a table. The bed clothing at the right corner was saturated with blood,
and on the floor beneath was a pool of blood covering about two feet square.The wall by the right side of the bed and in a
line with the neck was marked by blood which had struck it in a number of separate splashes.The face was gashed in all
directions, the nose, cheeks, eyebrows, and ears being partly removed.The lips were blanched and cut by several incisions
running obliquely down to the chin.There were also numerous cuts extending irregularly across all the features. The neck
was cut through the skin and other tissues right down to the vertebrae, the fifth and sixth being deeply notched.The skin
cuts in the front of the neck showed distinct ecchymosis.The air passage was cut at the lower part of the larynx through
the cricoid cartilage. Both breasts were more or less removed by circular incisions, the muscle down to the ribs being
attached to the breasts.The intercostal between the fourth, fifth, and sixth ribs were cut through and the contents of the
thorax visible through the openings.The skin and tissues of the abdomen from the costal arch to the pubes were removed
in three large flaps.The right thigh was denuded in front to the bone, the flap of skin, including the external organs of
generation, and part of the right buttock.The left thigh was stripped of skin fascia, and muscles as far as the knee. The left
calf showed a long gash through skin and tissues to the deep muscles and reaching from the knee to five inches above the
ankle. Both arms and forearms had extensive jagged wounds.The right thumb showed a small superficial incision about
one inch long, with extravasation of blood in the skin, and there were several abrasions on the back of the hand moreover
showing the same condition. On opening the thorax it was found that the right lung was minimally adherent by old firm
adhesions.The lower part of the lung was broken and torn away.The left lung was intact. It was adherent at the apex and
there were a few adhesions over the side. In the substances of the lung there were several nodules of consolidation. The
pericardium was open below and the heart absent. In the abdominal cavity there was some partly digested food of fish
and potatoes, and similar food was found in the remains of the stomach attached to the intestines

25. During his reign Jack the Ripper is believed to have killed five prostitutes.The
five which are believed to be the Ripper’s work as often referred as the
‘canonical victims.’ But five only a guess.There could have been more victims
or less.The main reason historians stick with the horror five is from they were
murdered: Horribly mutilated, throats cut, limbs separated, organs removed,
etc. All the victims were prostitutes which were all in need of money. Also all
the murders were done at night- the time of the day when the prostitutes
were most active.
There are some differences that make the historians uncertain of whether the
same man killed all of these women. Firstly the way the victims were
mutilated. Elizabeth Stride’s mutilation was different to ,for example Mary
Jane Kelly’s. Stride’s murder was less horrifying than Kelly’s. Also the scenes
changed common. Four murders were outside in the gloomy streets while
Kelly’s was inside her apartment. Plus some left evidence while others didn’t,
e.g. writing on wall, bloody cloth, etc.
Having similarities and differences will confuse the police and present
historians. It prevent them from getting into a clear conclusion of what was
Jack like and how he worked.

28. EMILYWALTER : Aged thirty-seven, height 5 ft. 7 in., rather dark, beard and
moustache; dress, short dark jacket, dark vest and trousers, black scarf and black
felt hat; spoke with a foreign accent.
ELIZABETH LONG : She was walking on the same side of the street as No.29 and
outside the house she saw a man and woman on the pavement talking.The man's
back was turned towards Brick Lane, while the woman's was towards the
Spitalfields Market.They were talking together, and were close against the
shutters of No.29.
Mrs Long saw the woman's face, but she did not see the man's, except to notice
that he was dark. She described him as wearing a brown deer-stalker hat, and she
thought he had on a dark coat, but was not quite certain of that. She could not say
what the age of the man was, but he looked to be over 40, and appeared to be a
little taller than deceased. He appeared to be a foreigner, and had a 'shabby
genteel' appearance. Witness could hear them talking loudly, and she overheard
him say to the woman, "Will you?" to which she replied, "Yes."They remained
there there as Mrs Long passed, and she continued on her way without looking
back. Annie Chapman was discovered there.

29. WILLIAM MARSHALL:At around 11.45pm,William Marshall, a labourer who lived at
number 64 Berner Street was standing outside his lodgings, when he noticed a man and
woman outside number 63.They both seemed quite sober, and as he watched them
began to kiss. Marshall heard the man remark to the woman, “You would say anything but
your prayers.”The couple then moved off heading in the direction of Dutfield’sYard.
Marshall described the man as being middle aged and stout, and had the appearance of a
clerk. He was around 5 feet 6 inches tall clean shaven, and respectably dressed. He wore a
Small, black, cutaway coat, dark trousers, and a round cap with a small sailor-like peak.
PCWILLIAM SMITH:The man was approximately 28 years old, with a dark complexion
and a small dark moustache. He was about five foot seven inches tall, had on a dark
overcoat, a hard, felt, deerstalker, dark hat, and ark clothing.The woman, whom Smith
later identified as Elizabeth Stride, had a flower pinned to her jacket. However, the couple
were doing nothing to arouse Smith’s suspicions, so he continued on his beat keeping
ahead onto Commercial Road.

30. JOSEPH LAWEDE: He had the appearance of a sailor and was aged about 30. He
was around 5 feet 9 inches tall, of medium build. He had a fair complexion, and a
small fair moustache. He sported a reddish neckerchief, tied in a knot; wore a
pepper-and-salt coloured, loose fitting jacket, and had on a grey, peaked, cloth
cap. However, it should be noted that Lawende obtained only a quick glimpse of
the man as he passed by, and since the couple were doing nothing particularly
suspicious, he later maintained that he would not be able to recognize or identify
the man were he to see him again.

31. MARY ANNE COX :The man was aged about 36, was 5 feet 5 inches tall, he had a fresh
complexion and, so she thought, a blotchy face. He had side whiskers, a thick carroty
moustache, was dressed in shabby dark clothes, dark overcoat and black felt hat.
GEORGE HUTCHINSON: Description age about 34 or 35. height 5ft6 complexion pale, dark
eyes and eye lashes slight moustache, curled up each end, and hair dark, very surley
looking dress long dark coat, collar and cuffs trimmed astracan. And a dark jacket under.
Light waistcoat dark trousers dark felt hat turned down in the middle. Button boots and
gaiters with white buttons.Wore a very thick gold chain white linen collar. Black tie with
horse shoe pin. Respectable appearance walked very sharp. Jewish appearance. Can be
identified. Mary Jane Kelly was discovered there.

32. SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
• Dark jacket
• Moustache
• Foreigner
• Aged 30-45
• Dark felt hat
• Shabby appearance
• Round cap with peak
• Over 5 feet
• Fair complexion
• Dark
• Beard
• Foreign accent
• Stout
• gold chain
• White collar
• Dark hair
• Tie
• Side whiskers
• Sailor appearances
• Red neckerchief
• Dark vest
• Brown deerstalker hat
• Cuffs trimmed astracan
• Pale complexion
• Fresh complexion
• Grey cap
• Clerk appearance
• Ark clothing
• Scarf
• Loose fitting jacket
• Clean shaven

33. What was Jack the Ripper like?Was he a clever and highly trained physician. Or a
normal bloke annoyed by prostitution. We may never know. What does all the
evidence suggest about the Whitechapel Murderer?
Some clues to Jack’s identity was left behind at the murder scene. It had been
determined that Jack had some knowledge of the human anatomy. During an
autopsy of one body, the coroner determined that Jack was left handed and that
the wounds left were “deftly and...skilfully performed“ this could state that Jack
had skills in the human body.A doctor, for example. Someone who has knowledge
in the internal organs. Or a butcher. People at that time are less likely to conclude
Jack as a butcher as they would have been covered in blood and would have stored
organs and other body parts. Another thing we know is that he was a trophy killer.
After experts examining the body, they noticed that few of the organs were
missing like the uterus. If the “Dear Boss” letter is real, then it can something about
Jack. He had a friendly relationship with him through the 'Dear Boss' letter, but that
he is probably actually a loner as never in his letter did he show accomplices or
associates. He might have been a miserable man trying to show what he is capable
of and how dangerous he is. But who knows what Jack was like.

35. Aaron Kosminski was an insane Polish Jew
who immigrated to England from Poland.
Aaron Kosminski was born in 1864 or 1865,
probably in Russia. Records suggest that it is
likely that Aaron emigrated west with his
sisters and their families from Russia/Poland
in about 1880-1881.
As of the murder, he was the only suspect to
have been identified. He was arrested and
put into a lunatic system after Joseph
Lawende identified him talking to Catherine
Eddowes a couple of minutes before her
murder.Years after the end of the murders,
documents were discovered that revealed
the suspicions of police officials against a
man called "Kosminski".
In 1910, Assistant Commissioner Sir Robert
Anderson claimed in his memoirs The Lighter
Side of My Official Life that the Ripper was a
"low-class Polish Jew".

36. PrinceAlbertVictor Christian Edward (known as "Eddy" to
his friends) is one of the most famous suspects in the Jack
the Ripper case, figuring in no less than three major
theories. During the time of the Ripper murders, there
were no actual theories linking Eddy to the crimes.Those
would come much later after many of the principal
characters in the theories were dead. It would not be until
1962 when the first theory regarding Eddy's involvement
in the murders became known. According to Jack the
Ripper: A to Z (Begg, Fido, and Skinner), the first allegation
comes from Phillippe Jullien in his book, EdouardVII. In it,
Jullien remarks that "the prince and 'the Duke of Bedford'"
(A-Z, pg. 16) were rumored to be responsible for the
murders. I cannot find any details on this mysterious
"Duke of Bedford" to corroborate this remark. Rumours
has it that he suffered from suffered from syphilis and it
might explain his madness. Also it is said that he married a
prostitute and was blackmailed by Mary Kelly. But he
wasn’t in London for the night of the double murder.

37. A graduate ofWinchester College and an avid sportsman
who was discovered drowned in theThames river on
December 31, 1888. He is considered by many to be the
number one suspect in the case. Interestingly enough, there
is very little evidence with which to implicate his guilt.
Druitt was highly involved in the debating society, choosing
mostly political topics for his speeches. He was known to
denounce the Liberal Party as well as Bismark's influence as
"morally and socially a curse to the world." His final speech
contended that while previous generations believed 'man is
made for States,' it is a 'vast improvement that States
should be made for man, as they are now.‘ Assuming it was
November 30th on which occurred Druitt's dismissal, the
few facts of the case fall nicely into place, assuming it was
his dismissal which finally prompted his suicide.The 30th
was a Friday, which hearkens back to his suicide note: 'Since
Friday I felt I was going to be like mother, and the best thing
for me was to die.' Also, that among his possessions were
two cheques for £50 and £16, respectively.

38. James Maybrick, born 25 October 1838 and died in 11
May 1889, was a Liverpool cotton merchant. After his
death, his wife, Florence Maybrick, was convicted of his
murder by poisoning in a sensational trial. More than a
century after his death, Maybrick was named as a suspect
in the notorious Jack the Ripper murders, but critics
countered that supporting evidence was hoaxed. In 1992,
a document presented as James Maybrick's diary
surfaced, which claimed that he was Jack the Ripper.The
diary's author does not mention his own name, but offers
enough hints and references consistent with Maybrick's
established life and habits that it is obvious readers are
expected to believe it is him.The author of the document
details alleged actions and crimes over a period of several
months, taking credit for slaying the five victims most
commonly credited to Jack the Ripper as well as two
other murders which have to date not been historically
identified.

39. George Chapman born December 14, 1865 –
April 7, 1903 was a Polish serial killer known to
many as the Borough Poisoner. He was
convicted and executed after poisoning three
of his partners. Chapman took several
mistresses, who often posed as his wife, three
of whom he subsequently poisoned to death.
But today he is remembered mostly because
some authorities suspected him of being the
notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. He was
a Polish immigrant who had limited
knowledge as a surgeon. Police inspector
Aveline believed Chapman was the
Whitechapel murderer.

42. Jacob Levy was a butcher as well as a Jewish tradesman. Jacob Levy was born in
Aldgate in 1856, the son of Joseph and Caroline Levy, the former having a butchers
business situated at 111 Middlesex Street, Spitalfields. His family residing at 36
Middlesex Street,Aldgate, again with a successful butchering business, but by 1881 the
returns now list the widowed Frances as head of the household and employed as a
butcher. Using geo profiling techniques, historians have discovered something. Jacob
Levy lived on Fieldgate Street but then moved to a butcher's premises on Middlesex
Street. Both of the areas are in the Ripper’s killing ground.This would have made it
easier for Jacob. He has a butcher’s shop and a key on him.You could kill the victim,
and store all the organs in the shop.Wash up and go home. No one would care less
about whether you are bloody as you are a butcher and they are meant to be bloody.
another interesting thing is an analysis from his wife stating that Levy’s mind was in a
disturbed state. She stated that she was having problems with him, he was failing in
the business and he was wandering all around the place. He also had syphilis. In his
final medical report , h claims to hear noises and is said be do immoral deeds. Hearing
strange noises urging you to act is a symptom of late stage syphilis. So overall I think it
was Jacob Levy, a man with knowledge in internal organs, was Jack the Ripper.Also
the writing on the wall could explain something as Jacob was Jewish.