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Confessing to the murders... Bringing Christ to the women of Whitechapel...
Confessing to the murders... Bringing Christ to the women of Whitechapel...
Item # 704520
October 26, 1888
THE TIMES, London, England, Oct. 26, 1888
* Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders
* Benjamin Graham confesses while drunk
* Best title to be had (very rare as such)
"Jack the Ripper" reports were common in the latter half of 1888, capturing the interest of people on both sides of the Atlantic as evidenced by the reports in many newspapers in the United States. It was the international "sensation" of the era, and a case which was never conclusively solved. Not surprisingly, issues of the respected "Times" newspaper from London are the most sought after, being the primary source for Jack the Ripper reports.
Page 3 has air interesting report noting: "...Benjamin Graham was charged on remand on his own confession with having committed the Whitechapel murders...It was no shown that the prisoner had no traces of insanity, but it was stated that he drank heavily. The Alderman said he only regretted that he had not power to send the accused--and all such persons--to prison. It was a mania that should be stopped. As, however, he had not that power, the prisoner must be discharged."
source: casebook: Benjamin Graham, a 42 year old glassblower, of Fletcher's Row, Clerkenwell, was arrested on the 17 October 1888 and taken to Snow Hill police station, after confessing to the Whitechapel murders while drunk. The police said that his foolish conduct had caused them a great amount of trouble and where sorry that they could not punish the prisoner in some way. He was later released.
Page 10 has an interesting article headed: “A Whitechapel Fund” which is a letter to the editor from Mary J. Kinnaird which begins: “I have begun to raise a fund, to which I invite contributions from your readers, with a view of powerfully bringing the teachings of Christianity to bear on that dark corner in Whitechapel which has been disgraced by such hideous crimes. If the Gospel sufficed to change the cannibal inhabitants of the Fiji Island into a nation of Christian worshipers, it is sufficient and alone sufficient, to turn the darkest spots in London into gardens of the Lord…” followed by a list of her use of raised funds.
Complete in 16 pages and in uncommonly, nice, clean condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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