Letter, signed Jack the Ripper No. 2. (5 March 1889)
- Date
- 5 March 1889
- Type
- Letter
- Signed
- Jack the Ripper No. 2.
- From
- Maysville, Arkansas - USA
- Sent to
- Mr. Sheriff, Plummerville, Conway county, Arkansas - USA
Text
Maysville, Ark., March 5, 1889.
Mr Sheriff - Sir, I am the man who killed John M. Clayton. I went to Plummerville to kill Powell Clayton. Powell Clayton had my father and brother killed when I was a child. I have been west for nineteen years and returned to Fort Smith just after the election expecting to meet Powell at Plummerville, but he did not, but will get him yet before I die. The _____ killed my father and brother. I don't blame any one in Arkansas, and I am a Republican.
Jack the Ripper No. 2.
Notes
Related to a local murder trial of a man named John Clayton.