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 Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide 
This text is from the E-book Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide by Christopher J. Morley (2005). Click here to return to the table of contents. The text is unedited, and any errors or omissions rest with the author. Our thanks go out to Christopher J. Morley for his permission to publish his E-book.

Jack McCurdy

On 1 December 1888 the Minneapolis Chief of police received a letter signed William Hallen, alias Knife Stab, late of London, England. The letter stated that, 'Unless all the select houses on First Street are closed up before 8 December, the Chief will have a reign of terror and blood equal to the Whitechapel of London'. The letter writer added that he was a pal of Jack McCurdy, alias Jack the Ripper, and that he had been in Minneapolis three days and wrote the letter in the West hotel, before concluding that he was going to St Paul to make certain arrangements and would be returning on 8 December, and that the dawning of the morning is not more sure than is the death of fifteen unfortunates by his hand. The newspapers reported that the police did not know whether to set the man down as a crank, a practical joker or a desperado. Unfortunately nothing is actually known of Jack McCurdy.







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       Press Reports: Trenton Times - 1 December 1888