Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

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Evil is afoot! Jack the Ripper is at large! To do this, you will travel to all needs your help to create a criminal profile for Jack the Ripper. Chief Inspector Abberline of the Metropolitan Police Force 5 crime scenes to gather evidence such as: Names and ages of the victims Victims’ injuries and cause of death Dates of the murders Locations of the murders Details of suspects Record this information in your Case Notes book. Finally you will summarise all of the evidence you have gathered. The very best of luck in your investigations.

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Date of Birth: 26 August 1845 Age: 42 Details of the case: PC Jonas Mizen reported that on Friday 31 August 1888, Charles Cross, a cart driver approached him and reported that he had discovered a woman’s body in Buck’s Row. Mr Cross told PC Mizen, ”She looks to me to be either dead or drunk, but for my part, I believe she's dead.” None of the nearby residents reported seeing or hearing anything suspicious before the discovery of the body. Surgeon Dr Henry Llewellyn’s report: Throat cut from left to right. Stomach wounded several times caused by the same knife at least 6– 8 inches (15–20 cm). Died at 03:30 am.

Mary Ann Nichols

Date of Birth: 1841 Age: 47 approx. Details of the case: Market porter, John Davis reported finding a body on Hanbury Street just before 6:00 am on Saturday 8 September 1888. Suspect Mrs. Elizabeth Long testified to seeing Annie Chapman talking to a man who she described as: Over 40, Taller than Chapman, Dark hair , Foreign, shabby-genteel appearance, Wearing a deerstalker hat and a dark overcoat. Police surgeon, Dr George Bagster Phillips’ report: Possibly strangled with handkerchief. Throat cut from left to right. Stomach wounded and some organs removed Weapon was a very sharp knife 6-8 inches (15-20 cm) long. “Could have been caused by such an instrument as a medical man used for post-mortem purposes, or such used by slaughter-men. The knives used by those in the leather trade would not be long enough in the blade.” Report by local coroner Wynne Edwin Baxter On Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman: "The similarity of the injuries in the two cases is considerable”

Annie Chapman

Elizabeth Stride

Date of Birth: 27 November 1843 Age: 44 Details of the case: Louis Diemschutz discovered the body of Elizabeth Stride around 1:00 am on Sunday 30th September 1888 in Dutfield’s Yard off Berner Street. It appeared that she had been attacked only moments before. Suspect At around 12:30 that night, PC William Smith reported seeing a man and a woman on Berner St, near to where the body was found. He described the man as being: About 28 years old, with a Dark complexion, Small, dark moustache, 5 foot 7 inches tall, Wearing a dark coat and a deerstalker hat. Police surgeon, Dr George Bagster Phillips’ report: • Throat cut with a small bladed knife.

Date of Birth: 14 April 1842 Age: 46 Details of the case: At 1:45 am on Sunday 30 September 1888, PC Edward Watkins discovered the body of Catherine Eddowes in Mitre Square. Part of Catherine’s apron was found underneath some graffiti that said: "The Juwes are the men that Will not be Blamed for nothing” Suspect Joseph Lawende, saw her standing talking with a man at the entrance to Church Passage, which led to Mitre Square. Lawende described the man as: Having fair-moustache Wearing a navy jacket, peaked cloth cap, and red scarf. Police surgeon, Dr. Frederick Gordon Brown’s report: The throat was cut. She must have died at around 1:30 am. The left kidney carefully taken out and removed. “I believe the perpetrator of the act must have had considerable knowledge of the position of the organs in the abdominal cavity and the way of removing them.” Police Doctor, Thomas Bond, disagreed with Brown's assessment of the killer's skill level. He stated: “The person had no scientific nor anatomical knowledge. In my opinion he does not even possess the technical knowledge of a butcher or horse slaughterer or any person accustomed to cut up dead animals."

Catherine Eddowes

Date of Birth: 1863 Age: 25 approx. Physical description: 5 feet and 7 inches (1.70 metres) tall Blue eyes Tall, slim Fair skinned Hair colour: uncertain, as she has been reported as being a blonde or redhead. Wore a white apron Details of the case: On the morning of Friday 9 November 1888, Mary Jane Kelly’s body was discovered by Thomas Bowyer in her house on Dorset Street. Thomas Bowyer had been sent to collect rent for John McCarthy, Mary Jane’s landlord. Dr Thomas Bond and Dr George Bagster Phillips’ report: Throat was cut, Body was wounded all over, Heart was missing. Knife used was at least 6 inches (15 cm) long, but did not believe that the murderer had any medical training or knowledge. Phillips wrote: “In each case the person had no scientific nor anatomical knowledge. In my opinion he does not even possess the technical knowledge of a butcher or horse slaughterer or a person accustomed to cut up dead animals.”

Mary Jane Kelly

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JOHN PIZER

John Pizer was a shoemaker, a Jew who just happened to fulfil the public's view of the Murderer's profile, that being of a butcher or craftsman - a man with access to 5 inch blades and in possession of a leather apron. Pizer not only had a stabbing convictions against him, but also displayed a well known dislike for prostitutes. He unfortunately fitted a dubious description which had been circulated; that of a short man with a dark beard and moustache and a foreign accent.

THOMAS NEIL CREAM, an American doctor

Thomas Cream had been arrested in connection with the poisoning of prostitutes and writing to the Police giving false names and false accusations of a number of crimes. Cream was hanged by the neck for the murder of the Lambeth prostitutes in 1892. His departing words were......" I am jack the Ri...." as the rope snapped taut and broke his neck. Suspicions of Cream were raised following revelations that an American had been making enquiries as to the availability of certain organs at medical schools in and around the Whitechapel district.

PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR - THE DUKE OF CLARENCE

Prince Albert was believed to have made twilight trips to the East End to indulge in homosexual practices in a brothel in Cleveland Street. He had supposedly learned disembowelling techniques on deer hunting excursions and was alleged to have had "syphilis of the brain". The late crime theorist Stephen Knight claimed that "Prince Eddie" secretly and illegally married Annie Crook, a Catholic girl. Subsequently, to avoid a Royal scandal, the authorities had Annie locked away in a lunatic asylum. She was supposedly pregnant at the time. The key victim to link Royalty with the murders was Mary Kelly, who was nursemaid to the prince and his wife at around this time. She had proposed to blackmail the Prince. It was then that the Royal Physician, WILLIAM GULL, allegedly became involved and in an attempt to silence the scandal picked up all possible prostitutes whom Mary Kelly may have informed.

AARON KOSMINSKI - a Jew

A man with an extreme hatred of women, especially prostitutes, he was clearly the most insane of all the suspects. Kosminski was described as having strong homicidal tendencies and a history of violence. Following the night of the double killings, a letter was received by George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, stating that the writer had fried and eaten half a kidney, removed from the body of Kate Eddowes. Clearly this man was deranged. The uneaten half of the kidney accompanied the letter in a box. The organ was found to be human and belonged to a woman in her forties suffering. He was removed from society in 1890, and placed in the Mile End Infirmary for the insane. Following spells in Colney Hatch and Leaversden Asylums, Kosminski degenerated to the point where he was unable to answer simple questions. He died in 1919 of gangrene of the leg.

Montague John Druitt was a "gentleman", a successful college debater, keen cricketer and of "good family". It wasn't until 1959 that Druitt, a schoolmaster, was pronounced a probable suspect. "His own family suspected him of being the Whitechapel Murderer". Druitt's personal circumstances link him with the killings too. He had studied medicine for a time before switching profession to become a barrister and was a very educated man. His whereabouts in the actual nights of the murders remain unresolved. The primary reason for Druitt becoming a high profile suspect was that he feared he was going insane like his mother before him, in a suicide note Druitt wrote "Since Friday I felt I was going to be like Mother and the best thing for me was to die". The note was discovered on his person on 31st December 1888. He had drowned in the River Thames, his pockets full of stones. The Police closed the Ripper file following Druitt's suicide. The dreadful killings perpetrated by "Jack The Ripper" were never repeated beyond Druitt's death.

MONTAGUE JOHN DRUITT

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