Jack the Ripper: Cases and Suspects
WHO WAS JACK THE RIPPER AND WHY?
Jack the Ripper was a murderer who killed all the young women who were a prostitute in London, 1888. There were many suspects to who Jack the Ripper was. Many people suspected Montague John Druitt, Jacob Levy and Dr T. Neil Cream as Jack the Ripper. However, there weren’t any exact evidence that they were the murderer so called “Jack the Ripper”.
The first suspected man to be Jack the Ripper was Montague John Druitt who was a Barrister and a school master. He was first suspected to be Jack the Ripper on the 31st of December 1888, the day he committed suicide. Many of the writers attempted to make a case against Montague John Druitt but were never able to write it convincingly. The reason people suspected Druitt as Jack the Ripper was because of the fact that he was mentally unhealthy. He committed suicide not long after the murder of Mary Jane Kelly which made it more suspicious. Evidence which supports Montague John Druitt’s being Jack the Ripper does not exist. In fact, his only true link to be suspected is his appearance and his likenesses according to the reports of many witnesses. The major witnesses reported Jack the Ripper as having a moustache which was relevant to Druitt. Druitt was known to have been well-dressed and respectable appearance. Which witnesses supported this possibility. Witnesses describe the man in the scene; shabby gentle, respectable. The often quoted source of evidence against Druitt was his documented cricket schedule during the murders.
The second suspected man to be Jack the Ripper was Jacob Levy who was a butcher at 111 Middlesex Street, Spitalfields. Jacob Levy was first suspected to be Jack the Ripper on the 15th of August 1890, after he committed to being an insane person. Jacob Levy was rarely mentioned as a serious suspect. However, he fitted the eye-witness descriptions. Being a butcher as his occupation, he was skilled with knife, and having contracted syphilis was undoubtedly
Jack the Ripper was a murderer who killed all the young women who were a prostitute in London, 1888. There were many suspects to who Jack the Ripper was. Many people suspected Montague John Druitt, Jacob Levy and Dr T. Neil Cream as Jack the Ripper. However, there weren’t any exact evidence that they were the murderer so called “Jack the Ripper”.
The first suspected man to be Jack the Ripper was Montague John Druitt who was a Barrister and a school master. He was first suspected to be Jack the Ripper on the 31st of December 1888, the day he committed suicide. Many of the writers attempted to make a case against Montague John Druitt but were never able to write it convincingly. The reason people suspected Druitt as Jack the Ripper was because of the fact that he was mentally unhealthy. He committed suicide not long after the murder of Mary Jane Kelly which made it more suspicious. Evidence which supports Montague John Druitt’s being Jack the Ripper does not exist. In fact, his only true link to be suspected is his appearance and his likenesses according to the reports of many witnesses. The major witnesses reported Jack the Ripper as having a moustache which was relevant to Druitt. Druitt was known to have been well-dressed and respectable appearance. Which witnesses supported this possibility. Witnesses describe the man in the scene; shabby gentle, respectable. The often quoted source of evidence against Druitt was his documented cricket schedule during the murders.
The second suspected man to be Jack the Ripper was Jacob Levy who was a butcher at 111 Middlesex Street, Spitalfields. Jacob Levy was first suspected to be Jack the Ripper on the 15th of August 1890, after he committed to being an insane person. Jacob Levy was rarely mentioned as a serious suspect. However, he fitted the eye-witness descriptions. Being a butcher as his occupation, he was skilled with knife, and having contracted syphilis was undoubtedly