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Letter, signed Jack the Ripper (27 November 1888)

Date
27 November 1888
Type
Letter
Signed
Jack the Ripper
From
Jack the Ripper Hastings Postmark
Sent to
Mr. Saunders, Head Magistrate, Thames Police Court, London

Text

DEAR BOSS, - It is no good looking for me in London or in Portsmouth, for I have reached Hastings now, but I shan't be long before I get to London again, back to my work again; but not the man with the black moustache. Ha! ha! ha! - Yours, JACK THE RIPPER.

Notes

Apparently part of a series of letters Mr. Saunders received. (See letter of 21 November). All letters were sent to "Head Magistrate, Police Court, Whitechapel."

Sources

East London Observer - 1 December 1888

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