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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.

Jack Irwin

Irwin was mentioned as a possible Ripper suspect by A.H.Skirving, of the Canadian police. Skirving mentioned the prisoner, Jack Irwin, in Chatham, Ontario, whom he believed was the Whitechapel murderer. After investigation it was shown Irwin was not in England at the time the murders occurred.







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