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The American Murders of Jack the Ripper
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R. Michael Gordon
Book Code: C8155
ISBN: 0-275-98155-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98155-6
240 pages, maps, photos, illustrations
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2003
List Price: $46.95 (UK Sterling Price: £26.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
  • Endorsement From Virginia McConnell
    author of Sympathy for the Devil:     ...Readers will enjoy Gordon's meticulously detailed background of New York City at the end of the 19th century and the fascinating tidbits unearthed by his research into the private holdings of those who were on the scene in Whitechapel in 1888.
Description: For the first time, the American murders of Jack the Ripper are revealed in the 1891 and 1892 crimes of Severin Klosowski (a.k.a. George Chapman, the Borough Poisoner), a prime suspect in the Ripper case. After his narrow escape from Scotland Yard, the killer would travel to the New York City area where four high-profile murders took place soon after his arrival. With Victorian era New York as his backdrop, Gordon recounts the gruesome scenes. He also details Klosowski's subsequent return to England where he would eventually be convicted and executed for another murder spree--with poison as his weapon of choice. Readers will learn about these unknown Ripper victims: Carrie Brown, an aging prostitute who was brutally slashed and mutilated; Hannah Robinson, a servant girl who was strangled to death; 73-year-old Elizabeth Senior, who struggled bravely against an intruder who stabbed her multiple times in her New Jersey home; and Herta Mary Anderson, a teenaged New Jersey hotel maid, found dead from a bullet wound and cut throat. How could the Ripper evade capture so easily? Why did the American connection remain hidden for so long?
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue from London's East End
  • Scotland Yard Hunts a Serial Killer
  • The American Search for "Jack the Riper"
  • New York City
  • "Old Shakespeare"
  • The Hunt for Jack the Ripper
  • "Frenchy" Goes on Trial
  • Long Island
  • A Mysterious Murder on Long Island
  • The Search for Hannah's Killer
  • New Jersey
  • A Brutal Murder in New Jersey
  • A Mysterious Murder along the Tracks
  • A Serial Killer Returns "Home"
  • Once Again London Was Calling
  • Chief Inspector Abberline Names Jack the Ripper
  • Postscript
  • Appendix I: Macnaghten's Memorandum--February 23, 1894
  • Appendix II: The Littlechild Letter--September 23, 1913
  • Appendix III: A Chronology of Death
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 2003054713
LCC Class: HV6524
Dewey Class: 364
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