Letter, signed Jack the Ripper (6 October 1888)
- Date
- 6 October 1888
- Type
- Letter
- Medium
- Black-lead Pencil
- Signed
- Jack the Ripper
- From
- Jack the Ripper
- Sent to
- Commercial Street Police Station, London
Notes
It was signed "Jack the Ripper," and said he was going to work in Whitechapel last night. He added that he was going to commit another murder in the Goswell road tonight, and spoke of having "several bottles of blood underground in Epping Forest." He frequently referred to "Jack the Ripper under the ground."
According to the Star, a man and women were arrested near Chapel-street, Islington on the night of 7 October specifically because the locals were on alert that the Ripper was planning a murder near Goswell Road.