Ripper Notes
January 2005 - Issue #21

Editor: Dan Norder - Associate Editor: Wolf Vanderlinden

Introduction: Read All About It - Dan Norder		p. 2
The Murder in Cartin's Court - Don Souden Mistakes made in reports of Mary Jane Kelly's death		p. 4
The London Police: The View from the Irish Press - Alan Sharp What papers in Ireland thought of the investigation		p. 13
Contemporary News Reports: Isn't That Interesting - Wolf Vanderlinden Interpretations of things mentioned in old articles		p. 27
When the People Were in Terror - Norman Hastings, with an intro by Nicholas Connell A complete overview of the case by a journalist in 1929		p. 34
R.J. Lees Again - Stewart P. Evans More on the legend of the psychic who caught the Ripper		p. 88
Ghost Club Presents: A Day With Jack - Jennifer Pegg A conference about the paranormal aspects of the case		p. 91
A Cloak & Dagger Club Christmas - Caroline Morris Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a festive spirit		p. 93
From the Newspaper Morgue - Wolf Vanderlinden		p. 97
The Inquest - Jennifer Pegg		p. 101
News & Notes - Dan Norder		p. 107
The Bookcase - Wolf Vanderlinden and Dan Norder		p. 112
The Whitechapel Letterbox		p. 117

Contents copyright 2005 by Dan Norder for Ripper Notes.

ISBN 0-9759129-2-5

Ripper Notes is published by Inklings Press.

The opinions expressed in articles and letters are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily shared by the editors.

On the cover: The front is a detail from "Ludgate Hill, Looking from Fleet Street - The Newspaper Row of London" which ran in an 1897 issue of Collier's Weekly. The full image can be seen on the cover of Alan Sharp's forthcoming London Correspondence: Jack the Ripper and the Irish Press. The first pages of two of the Norman Hastings news articles are on the back cover. The background for both sides is a November 10, 1888, report in the Times about Mary Jane Kelly's death.