Jack the Ripper's Funeral

[Mike Covell]

Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Saturday, April 9, 1892 published the following,

[DVV]

Thanks Mike,

I truly enjoy this kind of stuff.

"Prepare yourself for Jack the Ripper's funeral..."
Another unforgettable sentence.

Amitiés,
David

[chudmuskett]

It can be taken more than one way. He could either be claiming to be JTR or he has left Birmingham to go and kill JTR thus "Prepare yourself for Jack the Ripper's funeral..." or of course he was a bit loopy. Great find though.

[Mike Covell]

It is a great line. Funnily enough, a few months later there was a Jack the Ripper scare in Monmouthshire, in which a man claimed he was Jack the Ripper to a housemaid. She screamed and the owner of the house came, who was of the military, and chased the man. Others joined the chase, and eventually the man came to a river, which he tried to cross, and ended up drowning!

You would have thought that by now, anyone with an association with Jack the Ripper would stay away from rivers!

[Chris Scott]

Hi Mike
Interesting find

Below is the death entry - I'll see if i can find anything else
regards
chris

Name: John Allen
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Year of Registration: 1892
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 55
District: Kidderminster
County: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire

[Mike Covell]

Cheers Chris, thanks for the information.