Letter, signed Jack the Ripper (5 October 1888)
- Date
- 5 October 1888
- Type
- Letter
- Medium
- Telegram
- Signed
- Jack the Ripper
- From
- Jack the Ripper London, Eastern District
- Sent to
- Charles Warren, London
Text
Charles Warren, head of the Police News, Central Office - Dear Boss, if you are willing enough to catch me I am now in the City road lodging, but number you will have to find out, and I mean to do another murder tonight in Whitechapel. Yours, Jack the Ripper.
Notes
Telegram was received by the Metropolitan police at 11.55 p.m. Friday night (5 October 1888). It was handed in at an office in the Eastern district at 8 p.m..