Introduction
Victims
Suspects
Witnesses
Ripper Letters
Police Officials
Official Documents
Press Reports
Victorian London
Message Boards
Ripper Media
Authors
Dissertations
Timelines
Games & Diversions
Photo Archive
Ripper Wiki
Casebook Examiner
Ripper Podcast
About the Casebook


Most Recent Posts:
Maybrick, James: The Diary — Old Hoax or New or Not a Hoax at All?​ - by John Wheat 57 minutes ago.
General Discussion: Request for info - by Kattrup 1 hour ago.
General Discussion: Request for info - by Kattrup 2 hours ago.
Annie Chapman: Chapman Timeline - by GBinOz 4 hours ago.
Maybrick, James: The Diary — Old Hoax or New or Not a Hoax at All?​ - by Lombro2 7 hours ago.
Motive, Method and Madness: Did The Ripper Remove Organs? - by seanr 7 hours ago.
General Police Discussion: Candidates for Robert Sagars Jewish Butcher theory - by seanr 7 hours ago.
Pub Talk: Huge Heat Wave in the Eastern U.S. - by bonestrewn 8 hours ago.

Most Popular Threads:
Maybrick, James: Maybrick Diary - Fake or Genuine - (21 posts)
Motive, Method and Madness: Did The Ripper Remove Organs? - (17 posts)
Pub Talk: Huge Heat Wave in the Eastern U.S. - (9 posts)
Annie Chapman: Chapman Timeline - (9 posts)
Maybrick, James: The Diary — Old Hoax or New or Not a Hoax at All?​ - (8 posts)
Pub Talk: Did Aleister Crowley Accidentally Summon the Loch Ness Monster? - (4 posts)


Frederick Post
Maryland, U.S.A.
2 June 1913

JACK THE RIPPER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN 1888, LONDON INSPECTOR SAYS

Special to the Frederick Post

London, June 1.
Chief McNaughton, of the criminal investigation department of Scotland Yard, who recently retired, reveals the fact that the mysterious murderer, Jack the Ripper, who killed seven women of the underworld in 1888, and whose end remained a mystery until now, committed suicide in November of that year.

Jack the Ripper's crimes extended over a long period and although the entire police force of London was sent to catch him, he was never caught in the act of assaulting his victims. He mutilated them horribly with a knife. His crimes created a great sensation at the time.

"I have a very clear idea of who he was and how he committed suicide," said McNaughton, "but that and other secrets never will be revealed by me."

He added that no records exist of the secret information he acquired during his connection with the service, and he says he will not write any reminiscences.


Related pages:
  Melville Macnaghten
       Dissertations: A Mystery Play : Police Opinions on Jack the Ripper 
       Dissertations: Emily and the Bibliophile: A Possible Source for Macnaght... 
       Dissertations: Problems with the Macnaghten Memoranda 
       Message Boards: Melville Leslie Macnaghten 
       Official Documents: The Macnaghten Memoranda 
       Police Officials: Melville Leslie Macnaghten 
       Press Reports: Coshocton Tribune - 3 June 1913 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 13 May 1921 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 16 May 1913 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 17 May 1921 
       Press Reports: Washington Post - 4 June 1913 
       Ripper Media: Days of My Years 
       Ripper Media: Days of My Years: Chapter 4 
       Ripper Media: Jack l'Eventreur Demasque