The Robert D’Onston Stephenson Story

Royal London Hospital Archives document reference LH/M/1/16 London Hospital register of in patients, 1888
Page heading: Physicians male patients
Date of admission: 26th July 1888
General number: 1146
Without ticket number: 735
Name: Roslyn Stephenson
Residence: Cricketers Inn, Black Lion Street, Brighton
Age: 47
Civil state: Married
Occupation: Journalist
Ward: Currie [deleted], Davis [substituted]
Case: Neurasthenia
Physician: Sutton
Date of discharge: 7th December 1888
Condition on discharge: Relieved
Number of days in hospital: 134

The above first provided for the Ripperological community in 2006 by Australian Ripperologist, Spiro Dimolianis.

It is NOT how the discharge appears in one of the books supporting the theory that Stephenson was Jack The Ripper in one very important way….a fact which was known to each pro-Donston-as-Ripper author if they had seen the document in the first place.

It demonstrates that Stephenson was in the Currie Ward prior to being released from The London Hospital in early December 1888.

Stephenson wrote a letter to the police, dated October 16th, 1888 and addressed from The Currie Ward, providing further collaboration to the discharge’s mention of that ward.

British Ripperologist Mike Covell visited The London Hospital in early 2008 and saw the actual document & verified that everything that is on the document is as Mr. Dimolianis’ copy of the document mentions with no alteration whatsoever.

The Currie Ward will be discussed in length on the blog in the near future. Mr. Covell had the opportunity to speak with the curator of the Hospital’s archives and was informed of the protocol of that ward.