Dear Boss' original Ripper letter, front
Date:
1888-1889
Reference:
EXT 11/143
Creator:
Documents and objects extracted from various record series
Catalogue context:
Items extracted from MEPO 3/3153 . Whitechapel Murders: 'Jack the Ripper'. Letter signed 'Jack the Ripper', dated 25 September 1888, addressed to The Central News Ltd, and covering letter from Central News; folio nos 1-4. Letter from Home Office, 10 November 1888, and subsequent Metropolitan Police Office press notice seeking information as to the murderer of Mary Janet (or Marie Jeanette) Kelly; folio nos 5-9. Report of post mortem examination of Mary Janet Kelly, dated 16 November 1888; folio nos 10-19. CID report dated 24 Sept 1889, and extract from Evening Standard of that date relating to inquest on the human remains found 10 September 1889; folio nos 20-22.
Categories:
Crime and punishment
Subjects:
Ripper; Archives and libraries; Crime
Topics:
Crime, courts and justice
Period:
Victorians
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