SPRATLING, John
Born : 1840
1870 : Dec 27 - Joined the Metropolitan Police, warrant number
53457. Before joining the police Spratling had worked as a clerk.
c1887 : Promoted to Divisional Inspector for J Division (Bethnal
Green).
1897 : Mar 8 - Retired.
c1934 : Died.
Spratling was the officer who wrote the initial report on the murder
of Polly Nichols. He once joked that he smoked blacker tobacco and drank
blacker tea than anybody else in the Met. and that he lived so long that
he drew more money in pension than in pay!
Source:
Begg, Fido, and Skinner. The Jack the Ripper A-Z.
