why are the "Dear Boss" letter and "Saucy Jack" postcard given any notice at all?

[Pontius2000]

Aside from giving the killer the infamous nickname, what's the point? why are these 2 writings even considered in the same light as the "From Hell" letter?


Tom Bulling wrote the "Dear Boss" letter and "Saucy Jack" postcard. there is no doubt whatsoever about that fact. one does not have to be a handwriting expert to see this. In his letter to Williamson on Oct 5, 1888 where he transcribed the "third Dear Boss letter", he did not even attempt to disguise his own handwriting from the "Jack the Ripper" handwriting.

He was either the stupidest or most arrogant person in London at that time. so the bigger question is.....why was he not arrested and convicted for this? because his hoax opened the floodgates for hundreds of other hoax letters.

[sleekviper]

Great Question

If this guy is the author of these two pieces of writing, then how is he not arrested as the ripper? He should have been toast if anything happened to a womans ears, right?

[John Bennett]

Tom Bulling wrote the "Dear Boss" letter and "Saucy Jack" postcard. there is no doubt whatsoever about that fact. one does not have to be a handwriting expert to see this. In his letter to Williamson on Oct 5, 1888 where he transcribed the "third Dear Boss letter", he did not even attempt to disguise his own handwriting from the "Jack the Ripper" handwriting.

Tom Bulling's handwriting on the covering letter which accompanied the 'Dear Boss' letter, sent to Scotland Yard, 29 Sept 1888:

[John Bennett]

And the letter transcribing the 'Moab and Midian' letter: