Letter, signed Jack the Ripper (12 October 1888)
- Date
- 12 October 1888
- Type
- Letter
- Medium
- Black Ink
- Signed
- Jack the Ripper
- From
- Jack the Ripper Kilburn
- Sent to
- George Lusk, London
Text
I write you a letter in black ink, as I have no more of the right stuff. I think you are all asleep in Scotland-yard with your bloodhounds, as I will show you to-morrow night. I am going to do a double event, but not in Whitechapel. Got rather too warm there. Had to shift. No more till you hear me again.
JACK THE RIPPER.
Notes
Bore a postmark from Kilburn.
Interesting to note that a man gave himself up as Jack the Ripper in Kilburn on 11 October 1888 (the day before this letter was received). Abberline questioned him at Leman street station and he was released.