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  • #16
    Tom,Mike,

    The image is a screen capture and I can only get it in PNG form, which that it the maximum width and heigh available for the image.

    Here, however, is a link to the full newspaper for that day. The Ripper article is on page 15.

    http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...e+ripper&hl=en

    Yours truly
    Washington Irving:

    "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

    Stratford-on-Avon

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    • #17
      Hi Corey,

      If it's not a long article, could you provide a transcription? I can't view from my work comp and I imagine most people wouldn't go to the trouble of seeking the article out, but I'm sure it would be worth seeing.

      Yours truly,

      Tom Wescott

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      • #18
        Tom,

        Sure I will.

        London Nov.2-The city police have recieved a post card on which the following was written:"Dear Boss. On saturday night I will do two more murdera[sic] on a man and a boy. I am Jack the Ripper" The police at Rotherhithe had a letter which was found on Anchor street, Rotherhithe, at 5:30 on Saturday afternoon, handed to them, and is dated the 12th, and contains the following:"I'll be over here soon. I'll have you. My knife is a sharp one. Jack the Ripper. I am up in the city and Bermondsey every day. Good old Leather apron"

        Another letter, bearing a Killburn post mark, was written to Mr.Lusk, of the Whitechapel viligence committee, as follows:
        "I write you a letter in black ink, as I have no more of the right stuff. I think you are all asleep in Scotland yard with your bloodhounds, as I will show you tomorrow night'(Saturday). I am going to do a double event, but not in Whitechapel. Got rather too warm there; had to shift. No more till you hear from me again. Jack the Ripper"
        Last edited by corey123; 02-03-2010, 01:58 AM.
        Washington Irving:

        "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

        Stratford-on-Avon

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Tom_Wescott View Post
          Hi Corey, the 'Moab and Midian' is, but remember that what you're looking at is a transcription in Bulling's handwriting. Likely there never was a 'true' letter. No facsimiles exist of the 'box of toys' postcard.

          Yours truly,

          Tom Wescott
          I think I have that picture copied in my archive.

          Is this it?

          I think this is the one.

          Yours truly
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          Washington Irving:

          "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

          Stratford-on-Avon

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          • #20
            Hunter,

            Thanks. I have typed the transcript but thank you anyways.
            Washington Irving:

            "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

            Stratford-on-Avon

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            • #21
              Hi Corey,

              Saw it after I posted. Have deleted mine.
              Best Wishes,
              Hunter
              ____________________________________________

              When evidence is not to be had, theories abound. Even the most plausible of them do not carry conviction- London Times Nov. 10.1888

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              • #22
                Hunter,

                I didn't mean you had to delete it .

                No, I want it up here. If you dont mind, can you re-post it?

                Sorry
                Washington Irving:

                "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

                Stratford-on-Avon

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                • #23
                  Sorry Corey. I think its a great example of how the various papers got their news from other sources. Click image for larger version Name: Ripper letter.jpg Views: 2 Size: 201.3 KB ID: 658571
                  Best Wishes,
                  Hunter
                  ____________________________________________

                  When evidence is not to be had, theories abound. Even the most plausible of them do not carry conviction- London Times Nov. 10.1888

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                  • #24
                    Hunter,

                    That it is.

                    I wounder if there is a picture surviving of this particular "Lusk letter" No.1 as it preceaded the "from hell".

                    Yours truly
                    Washington Irving:

                    "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

                    Stratford-on-Avon

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                    • #25
                      Alot of the letters were pilfered after the case was closed. Some have resurfaced but I don't know about this one.
                      Best Wishes,
                      Hunter
                      ____________________________________________

                      When evidence is not to be had, theories abound. Even the most plausible of them do not carry conviction- London Times Nov. 10.1888

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                      • #26
                        Hunter,

                        Well aware of those. Just woundering if this is on the casebook, or if anyone has it in their private collection??

                        Yours truly
                        Washington Irving:

                        "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

                        Stratford-on-Avon

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                        • #27
                          I'm aware of two letters preceeding the From Hell letter, one around the 6th and one shortly after that. This one is in the November paper, so why do you say Lusk received it before the From Hell letter of Oct. 16th?

                          Yours truly,

                          Tom Wescott

                          P.S. Do you guys own 'Letters From Hell' by Evans and Skinner?

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                          • #28
                            Tom,

                            I think someone said earliar in this thread that it did, I am just typing without thinking.

                            No, I don't, but I need it.

                            Yours truly
                            Washington Irving:

                            "To a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire. Let the world without go as it may; let kingdoms rise and fall, so long as he has the wherewithal to pay his bills, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of all he surveys. The arm chair in his throne; the poker his sceptre, and the little parlour of some twelve feet square, his undisputed empire. "

                            Stratford-on-Avon

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