Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
4 June 1913
FATE OF JACK THE RIPPER
Retiring British Official Says Once Famous Criminal Committed Suicide
London Cable to the New York Tribune
The fact that "Jack the Ripper", the man who terrorized the East End of London by the murder of seven women during 1888,
committed suicide, is now confirmed by Sir Melville Macnaughten, head of the criminal investigation department of Scotland
Yard, who retired on Saturday after 24 years' service.
Sir Melville says:
"It is one of the greatest regrets of my life that "Jack the Ripper" committed suicide six months before I joined the force.
That remarkable man was one of the most fascinating of criminals. Of course, he was a maniac, but I have a very clear idea as
to who he was and how he committed suicide, but that, with other secrets, will never be revealed by me."
