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Ripperologist No. 55: September 2004


REGULARS
 
1. Marmite Arguments: Or Assumptions Revisited
Editorial by Paul Begg
27. Newspaper Trawl
Information unearthed by Chris Scott
30. I Beg to Report
All the news that’s fit to print. And sometimes not...
35. On the Crimebeat
Wilf Gregg on True Crime books you simply should have on your shelf
41. The Last Word: Obsessions
Words of wisdom from Christopher-Michael DiGrazia
 
FEATURES
 
5. The Duke of Baker Street
Jan Bondeson relates an unusual case for Chief Inspector Littlechild
10. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Saucy Jacky
Alan Sharp on the effect of Richard Mansfield’s performance in 1888
16. Plaque unveiled in honour of Joseph Merrick
Neil Bell reports on Leicester’s tribute to The Elephant Man
18. Samuel Montagu and East End Jewish Philanthropy
Chris George on the help given to Jewish new arrivals in the East End
22. The Mysterious Case of M F J Sobieski
Scott Sanders on stranger at Antioch College with Ostrog parallels
25. From Bereward’s Lane to Middlesex Street
Coral Kelly’s local history tour takes us to Petticoat Lane
 
REVIEWS
 
36. A Moment on the Edge; The Great Pretenders; East End: Four Centuries of London Life; The London Mob; The Curious Life of Robert Hooke ...and more!

COVER ILLUSTRATION: Richard Mansfield as Jekyll and Hyde ©Adam Wood

QUOTES OF THE MONTH:

“The last time Britain enjoyed such a sustained fall in crime was in 1898 - a decade in which, ironically, Jack the Ripper was terrorising Whitechapel...” The Independent, 22 July 2004, reporting figures produce by the British Crime Survey, Britain’s most authoritative crime survey, showing that crime in Britain had fallen by 30% over the past nine years, the biggest sustained fall since the 19th century.

“I was caught between Jack the Ripper and Apostle Paul and really had nowhere to go.” - said by Republican Senate candidate Kirk Humphreys who came second in a vitriolic campaign. He was referring to Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony, who finished third in the race and ran commercials accusing Humphreys of selling land to a school board on which he had served. Humphreys said Anthony’s charges were untrue and called him “a cut and slash guy”, but Anthony defended his claims and said being called Jack the Ripper was “a backhanded compliment.”

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We would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance given by the following people in the production of this issue of Ripperologist: Alex Chisholm, David O’Flaherty, Stephen Ryder, Scott Sanders and the Presidents and Chancellors of Antioch University, Robert Smith. Thank you!