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 Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide 
This text is from the E-book Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide by Christopher J. Morley (2005). Click here to return to the table of contents. The text is unedited, and any errors or omissions rest with the author. Our thanks go out to Christopher J. Morley for his permission to publish his E-book.

Edwin Burrows

Burrows, a vagrant, was arrested on 8 December 1888 because he was wearing a peaked cap similar to the one described by Israel Schwartz, who had witnessed Elizabeth Stride being thrown to the ground by a man wearing such a cap shortly before she was murdered. Burrows resided at Victoria Chambers, a common lodging house, interspersed with periods of sleeping rough in public parks. Burrows was described as about 45 years of age, 5ft 5"tall, with dark hair and whiskers, and was said to have been respectable in appearance. He lived on an allowance of one pound a week from his brother.

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