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Suspicion of being "Jack the Ripper"...



Item # 708572

November 15, 1888

THE TIMES, London, Nov. 15, 1888

* Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders
* Killing of Mary Jane Kelly (last victim ?)
* 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 12 has at the top a one-quarter column article headed "The Whitechapel Murder" which includes: "During yesterday several persons were detained by the police on suspicion of being concerned in the Dorset Street murder, but they were, after a short detention, allowed to go away...was quietly walking along the road when suddenly some persons called out that he was 'Jack the Ripper'. Within a few seconds some hundreds of people surrounded the constable, who tried to evade them by increasing his pace...A man stared into the face of a woman in the Whitechapel Road, and she at once screamed out that he was 'Jack the Ripper.' The man was immediately surrounded..." with more (see photos).

This was during the midst of the Jack the Ripper hysteria in London when accusations ran high at every turn of a crime. Complete in 16 pages, slight margin damage on an unrelated page, but in overall very nice, clean condition.

Category: Post-Civil War