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James Maybrick has some competition. . . .
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The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper by James Carnac, due Jan 19, 2012 according to the listing on Amazon. Hardcover. Sign up with them to be notified when this item becomes available, if you so wish. My bookcase is already full so I may or may not get it.
Here's more on this alleged Ripper diary from a BBC news story from 2009:
"Doubts over Ripper 'memoirs' find"
Chris :PDT_Piratz_26:
The Star, Largest Circulation of Any Evening Paper in the Kingdom.
LONDON. SATURDAY, 17 NOVEMBER, 1888.
Revenged on "Jack the Ripper."
At Liverpool yesterday a young man named Bramwell was charged with damaging a wax figure at an exhibition. Mr. Raffles asked what the figure was, and he was informed that it was the figure of "Jack the Ripper." Bramwell had only landed in Liverpool two days previously from Canada, and on seeing the figure at the exhibition he expressed a determination to smash it. - He was ordered to pay the damage and costs.
[Found in the Casebook: Jack the Ripper press reports archive]
Another Liverpool connection to the Jack the Ripper case.
As posted by Howard Brown at JTR Forums and reposted here by his permission.
Liverpool Mercury
October 16, 1888
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Another report about the Jack the Ripper case that mentions Liverpool found by Howard Brown of JtR Forums.
The Graphic
August 10, 1889
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Finally getting started on reading a JTR book I got last year. Just called "The Mammoth Book Of Jack The Ripper" and I just wanted a general overview of some topics.
Hi MaxQuote:
Originally Posted by Max
If it is the book I am thinking of, edited by Nathan Braund and Maxim Jakubowski, it has good information in it so it is a worthwhile choice.
All the best
Chris
Yeah, that's it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
Guy Fawkes Day 1888 with a link to Jack the Ripper. Not Liverpool but these articles may be of interest.
Morning Post
November 6, 1888
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The Star
St.Peter Port
November 8,1888
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From Howard Brown at JtR Forums. I wonder what there is the Liverpool papers about these incidents?
Augusta, Georgia, Chronicle
July 4, 1909
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More on these incidents from Ripper researcher Rob Clack:
From 'The Illustrated Police Budget' July 1909 (possibly the 10th)
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And an illustration to go with the piece
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