Leather apron his first name when started killing, is now known as Jack the Ripper a mysterious monster of London's East end, I would be talking about his victims, suspects, and the events that happened that night.
Between the months of August and November, in 1888, in the White chapel area of London, there were a series of murders. The unknown person who committed these murders is known as Jack the Ripper. All of his victims were prostitutes. These murders remain unsolved to this day.
He killed five people; they were all prostitutes which they call them "the street women". Mary Anne Nichols was his first victim. Nicknamed "Polly," many people knew her. She was 42 years of age when her life was taken. She was married to a printer; they had five children together. Then her husband cheated on her with her friend. When she divorced, she became a prostitute and started to drink. She was laid to rest at Ilford cemetery on September 6th 1888. (The Victims)
His second victim was Annie Chapman. Her nickname was "Dark Annie". She died on a foggy night, suffering from brain and lung diseases. Annie became a prostitute in 1886, of the death of her husband. Annie had two daughters, one died in 1882, and a son who was crippled. She was living off selling matches and flowers. Annie was buried in secret, at Manor Park on September 14th 1888, by her family. (The Victims)
Elizabeth Stride it was his third victim. Her nickname was "Long Liz". After becoming a prostitute, she gave birth to a girl. She moved to London in 1866 and married John Thomas Strise, a carpenter. They had a divorce in 1882. She had eight convictions for being drunk out in the streets before her death. Elizabeth was buried in the East London cemetery at the age of 44 years. (The Victims)
Catherine Eddowes, his fourth victim, was born in 1842, the daughter of a tin plate worker. She came to London at the age of two. She then Moved to Wolverhampton, with Thomas Conway, a pensioner, who was to father her three children. They separated in 1880. She then started drinking a lot, then she headed for London once more. That was her last journey; she was buried in an unmarked grave in Ilford on 8th October 1888, at the age 44. (The Victims)
Jack the Ripper’s last victim, Mary Jane Kelly, known as "Black Mary", was not like the other victims. She was 25, young and attractive. Mary was born in Ireland and moved to Wales where she married a collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. When she became a prostitute in Cardiff, she moved to London. She was found brutally murdered at Millers Court. She was buried at Walthamstow R. C. cemetery on 19th November. (The Victims)
Friday 31st August, 1888, the newspaper reported "No murder was ever more ferociously and more brutally done." Mary Ann Nichols had been slain in Bucks Row. People last saw her leaving the "Frying Pan", drunk and looking for her next customer. Someone found her on the old cobblestones, first of who was to become London’s most notorious knife man. (The Events)
Saturday 8th September, 1888, from the back yard of Albert Cadoche was thought to have overheard the sounds of an assault. 6:00 a.m. they found Annie Chapman’s body laid there exposed in the morning. The mysterious monster had killed again. The police had no clue of who is could be. (The Events)
Saturday 30th September, 1888. The day of the double murder. The first murder of that night was at 1:00 a.m. in Duffield’s yard on Berner Street. They found the body of Elizabeth Stride. She was cut from ear to ear. He reappeared to claim another victim. He walked 10 minutes on foot from Berner Street to Goodmans Fields, an area he knew well, and struck again. At 1:45 a.m. Catherine Eddowes was found. It was the same night that messages written with chalk appeared on the walls of Goulston Street next to a piece of Kate Eddowes Apron. The message read "The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing." (The Events)
The month of October had passed with no further clues or murders happening Until Friday 9th November, 1888 he lurks out of his shadows once more. This murder was different from the other murders. Jack did her murder behind doors and had more time with her. At Miller’s Court the remains of Mary Kelly were discovered. Mary Kelly was believed to be Jack the Rippers last victim. The last attack was so horrible police thought the Killers thirst for blood has been satisfied. He then sent a letter to the police; he wrote "How can they catch me now? I love my work and want to start again....soon" Good Luck Yours Truly JACK THE RIPPER. (The Events)
One of the suspects is John Pizer he was a shoemaker. He fitted the murder’s profile; he is a butcher, slaughter man. He has access to five inch blades and is in possession of a leather apron. He has convictions against him for stabbing someone, but also doesn’t like prostitutes. He also had fit the description of the killer, but they couldn’t get him because he had a solid alibi. (Suspects)
Aaron Kosminski a polish Jew, was lead suspect. He was a hairdresser and lived in the White Chapel ever since 1882. He was a man who had strong hatred against women, especially prostitutes. The police say he was the most insane out of all of the suspects, and he was driven to kill people and had history of related crimes. Kosminski was never proven that he was the perpetrator of these ghastly crimes, but he was removed from society in 1890.he was placed in the Mile End Infirmary. It’s a place for insane people. Kosminski died in 1919 of gangrene of the leg and was medically described as "demented and incoherent." (Suspect)
The last suspect, Montague John Druitt was a gentleman and a successful college debater. It was 1959, he was a schoolmaster when police pronounced him as a suspect. Sir Melville Macnaghten’s case notes described Druitt as "sexually insane," and his own family thought he was Jack the Ripper. Druitt was a very educated man. He studied medicine and those linked him to the killings too. The police had to let him go because of his alibi. Druitt was playing cricket at the time of the murders and was far away from the White Chapel. Druitt feared that he was going to go insane like his mother. The police found a suicide note Druitt had written saying "since Friday I felt I was going to be like Mother and the best thing for me was to die." He drowned in Thames River, his pockets was full of stones. He was seen alive on 3rd December, 1888, one month after the last Murder. Druitt’s death and his connection with Jack the Ripper’s case remains unsolved today. (The Suspects)
Jack the Ripper is an unsolved mystery and the police closed the Jack Ripper’s case after Druitt’s suicide. No more killings by Jack the Ripper were never repeated beyond Druitt’s death.