Jack the Ripper 2 pages Dear Boss letter from Sept 1888

Dear Boss color copy Reprinted 2 pages!

This great letter will be printed on 00 lb paper. 

The name "Jack the Ripper" didn't enter the investigation until after the night of the so-called "double murder" of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes on 30th September 1888.

Up until that point the killer had been known variously as the "Red Fiend", "The Whitechapel Murderer," and "Leather Apron."

It was the arrival of a gloating letter posted to a London news agency in later September 1888 that would introduce the name 'Jack the Ripper' into the saga.

The “Dear Boss” Letter

• Date and Origin: The letter was dated September 25, 1888, and was received by the Central News Agency in London on September 27, 1888.
• Content: Written in red ink, the letter was addressed to “The Boss, Central News Office, London City.” It began with “Dear Boss” and included taunts directed at the police, boasting about the murders and threatening more violence. The author signed off as “Yours truly, Jack the Ripper.” The letter read:

• Dear Boss,

  I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck.

  Yours truly

  Jack the Ripper

  Dont mind me giving the trade name

  PS Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha