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More on Charles Cross:

The theory that Charles Cross aka Charles Allen Lechmere, who was also mistakenly called “George” in the earlier press reports, and Ripper books, is gathering pace, with more publications featuring the story. 

Charles Cross was born Charles Allen Lechmere in the year 1849.  His birth was registered in St. Anne’s Soho, and he was the son of John Allen Lechmere and Maria Louisa Lechmere, nee Rouson.   

In 1858, Charles’ mother, Maria Louisa remarried, to Thomas Cross, who was a police constable.  Charles took his surname on occasion.

In the 1861 Census, they can be seen residing together, [RG9, P276, F29, P5, GSU542605]

Thomas Cross       36           Head      Police Constable

Maria Louisa Cross            34           Wife

Emily Cross                          14           Dau        Scholar

Charles Cross                      11           Son

 In 1871, at the age of 20, he married Elizabeth Bostock, who was at the time aged 21.  The marriage took place on July 3rd 1870, in the Parish of Christ Church, Watney-street, in the Borough of Tower Hamlets.  Charles’ father was named as John Allen Lechmere, and Elizabeth’s father was listed as Thomas Bay Bostock.  Charles’s occupation is listed as Carman, and the marriage took place at the Christ Church.  [P93/CTC2, Item 026]

 The 1871 Census lists, [Class RG10, P530, F45, P28, GSU8213387]

In the Civil Parish of St George in the East,

Charles A Lechmere            21           Head      Carman

Elizabeth Lechmere            21

 The London Echo, dated September 3rd 1888, featured the following,

 Charles A. Cross, a carman, in the employ of Messrs. Pickford and Co., said that on Friday morning he left his home about half-past three. He reached Messrs. Pickford’s yard at Broad-street, City, at four o’clock. He crossed Brady-street into Buck’s-row. Was there any one with you? - No, I was by myself. As I got to Buck’s-row, by the gateway of the wool warehouse, I saw someone lying at the entrance to the gateway. It looked like a dark figure. I walked into the centre of the road, and saw that it was a woman. At the same time I heard a man come up behind, in the same direction as I was going. He was about thirty or forty yards behind then. I stepped back to await his arrival. When he came, I said to him, “Come and look over here. There’s a woman.” We then both went over to the body. He stooped one side of her, and I stooped the other, and took hold of her hand, which was cold. Her face was warm. I said to the man, “I believe the woman is dead.” The other man at the same time, put his hand on her breast over her heart and remarked, “I think she is breathing, but very little, if she is.” He then said, “Sit her up,” I replied, “I’m not going to touch her. You had better go on, and if you see a policeman tell him.” When I found her, her clothes were above her knees. There did not seem to be much clothing. The other man pulled her clothes down before he left.

Did you touch the clothes? - No, Sir.

Did you notice any blood? - No, it was too dark. I did not notice that her throat was cut. I then left her, went up Baker’s-row, turned to the right, and saw a constable. I said to a constable - the last witness - “There’s a woman lying in Buck’s-row. She looks to me as though she was dead, or drunk.” The other man then said, “I believe she is dead.” I don’t know who this man was; he was a stranger, but appeared to me to be a carman. From the time I left my home I did not see anyone until I saw the man who overtook me in Buck’s-row.

The Coroner - Did you see anything of a struggle.

Witness - She seemed to me as if she had been outraged.

You did not think so at the time? - Yes, I did; but I did not think she had been injured.

You had no idea that she had been injured at all? - No.

 The Star, another London based newspaper, also published September 3rd 1888, featured the following, which gave the address for Charles Cross,

 CARMAN CROSS was the the next witness. He lived at 22 Doveton street, Cambridge-road. He was employed by Pickfords. He left home on Friday at twenty minutes past three, and got to Pickford’s yard at Broad-street at four o’clock. He crossed Bradley-street into Buck’s-row. He was alone. He saw something lying in front of the gateway - it looked in the distance like tarpaulin. When he got nearer he found it was a woman. At that time he heard a man coming up the street behind him; he was about 40 yards behind. Witness waited until he came up. He started as though he thought witness was going to knock him down. Witness said to him, “There’s a woman.” They both went to the body and stooped beside it. Witness took the woman’s hand, and finding it cold said, “I believe she’s dead.” The other man put his hand on the breast outside the clothes - over her heart - and said, “I think she’s breathing, but very little.” He suggested they should shift her - set her up against the wall - but witness said, “I’m not going to touch her. Let’s go on till we see a policeman and tell him.” Before they left the body the other man tried to pull the clothes over the woman’s knees, but they did not seem as though they would come down. Witness noticed no blood; but it was very dark. He did not see that her throat was cut. They went up Baker’s-row, and saw the last witness. Witness said to him, “There’s a woman lying down in Buck’s-row on the broad of her back. I think she’s dead or drunk.” The other man said, “I believe she’s dead.” The policeman said, “All right.”

The following day, The Times, dated September 4th 1888 featured the following testimony:

 George Cross, a carman, stated that he left home on Friday morning at 20 minutes past 3, and he arrived at his work, at Broad-street, at 4 o’clock. Witness walked along Buck’s-row, and saw something lying in front of the gateway like a tarpaulin. He then saw it was a woman. A man came along and witness spoke to him. They went and looked at the body. Witness, having felt one of the deceased woman’s hands and finding it cold, said “I believe she is dead.” The other man, having put his hand over her heart, said “I think she is breathing.” He wanted witness to assist in shifting her, but he would not do so. He did not notice any blood, as it was very dark. They went to Baker’s-row, saw the last witness, and told him there was a woman lying down in Buck’s-row on the broad of her back. Witness also said he believed she was dead or drunk, while the other man stated he believed her to be dead. The constable replied “All right.” The other man left witness at the corner of Hanbury-street and turned into Corbett’s court. He appeared to be a carman, and was a stranger to the witness. At the time he did not think the woman had been murdered. Witness did not hear any sounds of a vehicle, and believed that had any one left the body after he got into Buck’s-row he must have heard him.

Charles Cross died in 1920 and was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, who eventually passed away on 12 September 1940.  Her death was registered:

Name: Elizabeth Lechmere, Birth date: Abt 1849, Date of Registration: Jul- Aug- Sep 1940, Age at Death: 91, Registration District: Essex South Western, Inferred County: Essex, Vol: 4A, Page: 418.

Charles Allen Lechmere’s last will and testament reads:

Charles Allen Lechmere, of 2 Rounton-road, Campbell-road, Bow, Middlesex, died 23rd December 1920.  Probate London, 2 June to Elizabeth Lechmere, Widow, Effects £262

Today, The Docklands and East London Advertiser, featured a follow up report on Charles Cross as a suspect in the Ripper Murders.  The article can be read here, http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/did_jack_the_ripper_s_family_die_in_1943_wartime_london_air_raid_disaster_1_1503479

 The story of Charles Cross as Jack the Ripper was also published in the past 24 hours in Pakistan!!!  The story, available online at Pakistan Today, can be viewed here:

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/09/04/news/entertainment/was-jack-the-ripper-a-cart-driver-from-bethnal-green/

September 3rd 1888

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September 3rd 1888

By September 3rd 1888 more British newspapers were featuring the case, but with very few new details making print.  A few letters to the press were published in this period, but many, like the letter written to The Daily News, by Mr. Henry Tibbetts, 24, of Artillery-lane, Bishopsgate-street Without, were already very negative in feeling towards the Met. Police.  Even press opinion was speaking out against policing in the district, with The Dundee Courier and Argus, of the same date, publishing a scathing commentary on the Whitechapel police.  The same publication theorised that a gang might be involved.

The story also reached Yorkshire when The York Herald published a short report on the case.  The short report featured details on the opening of the inquest, and how the body had been identified.

The Hull press, up to this point, had covered the discovery of Nichols, which was published in the last edition of The Eastern Morning News, on April 1st, and a brief overview of events so far in the September 3rd 1888 edition of The Hull Daily Mail.

September 2nd 1888

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September 2nd 1888

 After the initial press response to the murder of Mary Ann Nichols, the British press showed no sign of letting up, in fact, the flood gates had opened and more and more national newspapers were printing reports regarding the mysterious murder.  Some newspaper titles published numerous reports, including the Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper that published no fewer than 3 articles in their September 2nd 1888 edition!  These included the following bold headlines,

THE WHITECHAPEL HORROR, page 1

THE WHITECHAPEL MURDER, page 6

ANOTHER AWFUL MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL, page 7

 Surprisingly even at this early stage the press were eager to report on the victim’s antecedents, with a number of reports concentrating on the life of Nichols in the run up to the murder.  Eyewitnesses came forward to discuss the victim at the inquest and the press published the testimony of Henry Llewellyn, who described the gory details of the wounds inflicted on Nichols.   

September 1st 2012

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Well 124th “The Autumn of Terror” is well under way and already the articles and theories are cropping up about Jack the Ripper, victims, and suspects.

In the press:

The Telegraph led the way with a series of articles that looked at the murders, some of which were good, some of which were not so good.

The first, worth a mention was a reprint of The Telegraph’s coverage of the murder of Mary Ann Nichols, which can be viewed here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9512915/Jack-The-Ripper-The-Daily-Telegraphs-report-of-Polly-Nicholss-inquest-from-1888.html

The second article, featured on The Telegraph’s website was a look at suspects.  Sadly this was mostly the usual suspects rounded up with little research done on them with mistakes and errors that have since been researched, debunked, and published.  The article can be read here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9512906/Jack-the-Ripper-the-suspects.html

Finally, and I have saved the best till last, is the theory that Charles Cross was Jack the Ripper!!  The Telegraph article can be read here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9512928/Was-Jack-the-Ripper-a-cart-driver-from-Bethnal-Green.html

Never one to miss a good theory, the Indian press picked up on the story, and featured the theory on News Track India!  The article can be read here:

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/09/01/95-Jack-the-Ripper-may-have-been-cartman-who-found-body-of-1st-victim-.html

One of the oddest reports to surface was from Washington, which was published in The Sudan Tribune, in which the Sudanese government on Thursday formally informed the African Union (AU) that it no longer wished to be considered for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The article featured a quote from the Geneva-based UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer, who stated, “Electing Sudan to the international community’s highest human body is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women’s shelter.

The article is featured here:  http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article43768

Bloggs:

Jon Rees, Moderator of JTRForums.Com was featured on The Spooky Isle’s website discussing Mary Ann Nichols.  The article can be viewed here:  http://www.spookyisles.com/2012/08/how-the-jack-the-ripper-murders-began/

Social Networking sites have been awash with Ripper related posts, with Twitter leading the way for the first time over Facebook.

Television networks have also been keen to feature Jack the Ripper, with both Jack the Ripper: Tabloid Killer, and the Jack the Ripper documentary proposing Robert Mann featuring M.J. Trow being shown.

Year in Review 2011

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Every year around this time I always post a Year in Review, showing the books, magazines, articles, TV shows and research that other Ripperologists have done throughout the year, but this past year has seen so many changes and I have been so busy that I have not really kept up with the latest developments.  Plus a major hard-drive explosion and the loss of several files didn’t help.  Luckily much of the material was on pen-drives.  So this year I thought I would write a year in review based on my research, rather than other peoples work, to show what has been done locally and nationally.

January
In January I was cast head first into the world of Frederick Bailey Deeming when it was revealed that a skull had turned up in Australia and was possibly his.  The find caused mush debate and discussion and was covered in blogs, newspaper reports, and even made its way onto TV.  At the time I was fortunate enough to have quiet a large collection of newspaper articles that showed the passage of Deeming’s skull, from the hanging in 1892, it being buried, dug up, allegedly stolen and through various hands of ownership.  It has to be the most talked about skull in Australian history, second only to Ned Kelly, and I am pleased to say that the skull turned out to be that of Ned Kelly’s and not Deeming as previously thought.  The case did mean that several members of the Deeming family came forward, and I certainly got a lot of messages and emails from people wishing to know more.

February
February saw me visiting Hedon and Preston in search of material for a book and articles on the murder of Mary Jane Langley.  Mary Jane was murdered in 1891 and at the time Frederick Bailey Deeming had just been released from Hull Prison.  His name actually came to light in relation to the investigation in 1892 when Deeming’s links to Hull and Yorkshire were explored in both the Hull and Beverley press and so it would only be a matter of time that I explored the case.  What was weird about this, is that some of the descendents of Mary had actually previously been in touch and mentioned the case to me, and asked if I knew anything, so it was lovely to be able to send them material and news every time I researched Mary and her family and to be able to answer some of the question and queries they had regarding the case.

March
March saw a trip to Beverley’s East Riding Archives, where I secured newspaper cuttings on Frederick Bailey Deeming and his frauds in 1890/1891, and the Rainhill and Windsor Murders of 1891/1892.  I also visited several locations associated with Deeming, and Helen Matheson and her family and secured interviews and photos of some of the locations.

April
April saw the discovery of Frederick Bailey Deeming in the Hull Watch Committee Minutes.  These proved invaluable as it put a price on the manhunt for Deeming after his frauds in 1890 in Hull.  Many of the books and publications mention Deeming in relation to Hull in only a passing manner, many of which erroneously state that he was married in Hull, and stayed at the Station Hotel in Beverley.  The Hull Watch Committee Minutes are a great find as they finally reveal how much was spent on following Deeming to Southhampton and Monte Video, and then returning him to Hull.  With this information I was able to find shipping manifests that showed Deeming on board with Detective Grassby of the Hull Police as well as several other documents that were created at the time and show the events that transpired.

May
May was filled with another Deeming related file. The Hull Watch Committee Minutes books also helped me discover the massive Hull Trial File, which is packed with primary sources from his time in Hull, and features letters, telegrams, and eyewitness statements.  It also made me realize that as well as Deeming and his alias Lawson, I should be aware that sometimes the authorities get it wrong and can often misspell names!  It also saw an exciting visit to the Hull Prison Exhibition which was fascinating.

June
June saw some newspaper based research, tackling Frederick Bailey Deeming and Robert D’Onston Stephenson from a different angle and helping me uncover 40 new articles associated with them, their lives in Hull, and the people whose lives they affected.  It also saw me get my hands on another Frederick Bailey Deeming file, the Home Office Files.  These featured 43 pages filled with material on Deeming and his life and the legal wranglings that were going on over his arrest in Monte Video.  This year I visited Whitby with my wife and took in the Lewis Carroll and Bram Stoker/Dracula locations.  I also managed to obtain several books on the duo, including one that links Stoker to the murders!  Stoker, it is claimed, was inspired by the Ripper Murders and stated so in an Icelandic Edition of Dracula.

July
July saw some research trips to the East Riding Archives in Beverley where I uncovered material on Robert D’Onston Stephenson, Frederick Bailey Deeming, and the murder of Mary Jane Langley.  I was also back in the Hull History Centre and found yet another file on Deeming, this time it was in the Hull Watch Files and covered Thomas Reynoldson and his quest for justice against Deeming.  Also at the Hull History Centre I found several reports on Deeming in the Hull Watch Committee Minutes, and Hull Finances Committee Minutes.  At the Hull Reference Library I discovered information pertaining to the ships that Thomas Sadler had sailed on.  This month saw the discovery that Deeming had been discussed in the House of Commons, and that police officers were sent to Australia from Scotland Yard, and asked to help with the Rainhill Murders.  Despite these snippets being mentioned in the local and national press to date there have been no files that cast any light on who went and why.

August
August was the month of Mary Jane Langley, with my article appeared in Ripperologist Magazine, on my blog, and the case attracting attention in the local media.  It also gave me a chance to finally meet Mary Jane’s descendants in a rather touching moment at her graveside.  This month some some material on Annie Deary/Stephenson surface.  I had been researching the events leading up to and surrounding her death and not only traced the location, but several other primary sources from the period.  I also managed to secure a photo of the building in which she died.  David Knott had found Annie Stephenson’s death certificate some years ago, and from the information contained within I was able to search the logs that were written when Annie died.  They proved quiet interesting and showed what she was up to in the latter years of her life in Lincolnshire.  August was also the annual Heritage Open Days and I once again visited the Customs House in Hull, filming and taking photos of the visit.

September
September saw a visit to London for material on both Frederick Bailey Deeming and Robert D’Onston Stephenson.  I had the pleasure of visiting the British Library and searching numerous books, periodicals and correspondence and came away with pages and pages of new material.  These included material on Robert D’Onston Stephenson and Grant Richards, Robert D’Onston Stephenson and Theosophy, Robert D’Onston Stephenson and the Workhouse, Robert D’Onston Stephenson and Betty May’s Tiger Woman, Robert D’Onston Stephenson and Highgate Hill Infirmary, Robert D’Onston Stephenson and the Islington Board of Guardians,   It was a lovely trip and I also had time to visit the British Museum, Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.  This month also saw some fascinating finds on Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s Religion that I posted on jtrforums.com.  Sadly the registers never had him down as a Black Magician!  Despite this numerous books have been released since that still claim he was a black magician!

October
October was devoted to researching some paranormal material that I had been working on for some time. I was able to secure interviews with key witnesses and appeared on West Hull Radio to discuss some of my research.

November
November began with an appearance on BBC Radio Humberside discussing the Central Library Lecture.  The interview went really well, and the lecture at the library was packed out.  I also met and spoke to a number of people that helped with my research, and got more bookings for 2012!

Sadly in early November I was back in hospital with my heart, investigations are ongoing, and hopefully next year the cardiologists will get to the bottom of it.

Other projects:
This year has seen Jack the Blogger, in Ripperologist Magazine, go from strength to strength, sadly the computer outage has stopped me for a while, but the column will be back in 2012 bigger and better than ever.  I cannot thank the gang at Ripperologist enough for their ongoing support.
The year also saw some new lectures at both the Hull History Centre and the Hull Central Library, both of which were well filled with every seat taken and great fun.  I have more lectures booked into 2012 so it should prove to be another good year.  I do not charge for any of my lectures and my time is free.
This year also saw me meeting with a film production crew making a documentary on Frederick Bailey Deeming.  Hopefully the show will air soon so I can discuss the matter in detail.  All that I can say it that it was great fun and the team that I had the pleasure of working with were all a lovely bunch and it was nice to have them in Hull and show them the sights.
I have also been approached about other possible future projects but cannot divulge what they are!!!
The books
This year has seen a number of developments with the writing projects, and a number of fantastic names are on board to write the forewords of some of the titles.  The first quarter of the year was devoted to the writing and research on the Mary Jane Langley project, which was a by product of the work on Frederick Bailey Deeming.  The same occurred with the Deeming newspaper book, and the Dawber history book which was created when editing the Robert D’Onston Stephenson book.
The decision to split the paranormal book into three was made when it was discovered that at its present phase it was just too big, so it was split into three.  Earlier this year a lot of the material was lost when a computer outage took over 100 pages of work, luckily I still had the research so it is being typed up again.

Jack the Ripper - From Hell, From Hull? Vol I Robert D’Onston Stephenson 261,423 words over 362 pages

Jack the Ripper - From Hell, From Hull? Vol II Frederick Bailey Deeming 207,113 words over 259 pages

Jack the Ripper - From Hell, From Hull? Vol III 66,493 words over 101 pages

Jack the Ripper - From Hell, From Hull? - Newspapers From Hull 104,379 words over 133 pages

Frederick Bailey Deeming and the Murder of Mary Jane Langley 101,831 words over 136 pages

Frederick Bailey Deeming in the International Press 175,320 words over 200 pages

Mike Covell’s Haunted Hull 133,521 words over 217 pages

Mike Covell’s Haunted Hull - The Press Perspective 31,256 words over 43 pages

Mike Covell’s Haunted Hull - Paranormal Hull 108,087 words over 155 pages

Emily Dimmock Camden Town Murder Project 37,633 words over 35 pages

The History of the Dawber family in Hull 1700-2000 15,296 words over 31 pages

Untitled Fact vs Fiction Project 161,669 words over 165 pages

Thank you for a great year:
All the staff at Hull City Council’s Hull History Centre, including the Local Studies and Archives.  All the staff at Hull’s Central Library, Reference Library and Holderness road Library for putting up with me.  All the staff at Hull Museums and the staff at the East Riding Archives in Beverley. Rob Nicholson of Her Majesty’s Prison, Hull.  Adam Wood and Chris George at Ripperologist.  Howard and Nina Brown at Jtrforums.com.  Ray from the Hedon Blog, All the staff at the Nags Head, Preston, the staff at the Hedon Museum, All the staff at the British Library, British Museum, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, for putting up with my emails and requests and for providing a brilliant service.  And a thank you to all my Facebook and Twitter friends that have supported me through what has been a tough year.  Here is to 2012!!

The Stephenson Family Grave

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For three years I have searched both documentation and with maps and plans of the Hull Cemeteries to try and locate Richard and Isabella Stephenson. I poured over the East Yorkshire Family History Societies grave transcription books, parish records at East Riding Archives, and through the family history records at Hull’s Carnegie Heritage Centre, Hull’s History Centre, and through the mass of documentation in the Local Studies and Archives. Finally, after three years, I found a card entry in Hull’s History Centre that featured the death of Isabella Stephenson in the second quarter of 1891. The card had the basics of her death, the quarter it was recorded, the date etc, but nothing of real importance, at least so I thought. That was until I noticed that on the rear of some of the cards, the transcriptions of grave stones had been added! I once again found Isabella Stephenson’s card and turned it over, to reveal the following information.

In Memory of William Stephenson who died Jan 31st 1858 aged 84 years and of
Mary Ann, wife of the Rev. George Gladstone, who died Oct 4th 1867 aged 59 years,
Also of Ann Lambert, who died August 8th 1872 aged 82 years,
Also of Richard Stephenson, who died January 4th 1889, aged 83 years,
Also of Isabella, wife of the above Richard Stephenson, who died April 19th 1891, aged 81 years.

Finally I had located the transcription, but just who was William, Mary Ann and Ann Lambert and why where they buried with the bodies of Richard and Isabella Stephenson? Here is the story of the Stephenson family grave.

In 1806 Richard Stephenson was born, and later Christened on September 12th at Hull’s Holy Trinity Church, a location that boasts the beautifully carved coralloid marble font which is still used to this day. The font is said to date from around 1380 and notable MP William Wilberforce was baptized here. The parish records state that Richard was born on July 28th 1806 to William and Ann Stephenson. [1] From this it appears that William Stephenson is Richard Stephenson’s father, and therefore Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s grandfather.
By May 1831 Richard Stephenson had met and married Isabella Dawber at St Mary’s Church, in the parish of Sculcoates. The marriage was witnessed by Robert Dawber and an M.A. Stephenson. The fact that M. A Stephenson was present at the wedding as a witness has caused problems for myself for sometime. Why wasn’t William a witness at the wedding, and who was M. A. Stephenson?
The subsequent newspaper report of the marriage failed to mention any witnesses [3] and the trial seemed to be going cold.
Searches for an M.A. Stephenson failed to throw any light on the mystery, but with the discovery of the grave transcription efforts were moved from the Stephenson’s onto the name of Gladstone. It was with this surname and the name of George that the marriage entry was found on Yorkshire BMD for George Gladstone marrying Mary Ann Stephenson in 1843 at Holy Trinity Church in Hull.[4] With this new found data I searched the newspapers again, and found the following on April 28th 1843,

Marriages

At the Holy Trinity Church, Mr. George Gladstone, corn merchant, Sleaford to Mary Anne, only daughter of William Stephenson of this place. [5]

M.A. Stephenson was not a man, as I had initially thought, but Mary Ann Stephenson, the only daughter of William Stephenson, and sister to Richard Stephenson, thus making her Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s auntie!
On January 31st 1858 William Stephenson passed away at his property on Norfolk-street aged 84. [6] The news was quickly covered in the press, both locally, [7] and nationally [8].
In 1867 more bad news would hit the family, when Mary Ann passed away, a newspaper entry read,

Deaths

October 4, at Leiston, Suffolk, Mary Ann, wife of the Rev. G. Gladstone, and only daughter of the late Mr. Wm, Stephenson, of this town. [9]

Again we see Mary Ann linked to William Stephenson of Hull and listed as his only daughter.
With the mystery of Mary Ann, and William solved, it was time to turn my attention to Ann Lambert, who had passed away in 1872. Sadly, no newspaper entry for Lambert could be found, and no register of her death has yet to be traced, but it will be found. The only clue that can be found at present, is that Ann Lambert was a friend, possibly even a relative of the family, as she was seen as a visitor in the 1861 census. [10]
And so, as a busy week of research ends, another begins, there are still as many unanswered questions as there are answers, and there is still a grave to be found and photographed somewhere in a damp overgrown Hull Cemetery.

Reference:
1] 1806 September 12th Richard Stephenson Christened, he is listed as son of William and Ann Stephenson. The service takes place at The Holy Trinity Church. There is a note that he was born 28th July 1806.
2] 1831 May Richard Stephenson of the parish of the Holy Trinity, Hull, Merchant and Bachelor marries Isabella Dawber of the parish of the St Mary, Sculcoates, Spinster by licence.
They are married by WM Keary, and the service was witnessed by Robert Dawber and M A Stephenson. The service takes place at St Mary’s Church, Sculcoates. (Sculcoates Marriages, January 1830- June 1837, East Yorkshire Family History Society, 2003, P. 13)
3] 1831 May 31st The Hull Packet and Humber Mercury publishes the marriage announcement of Richard and Isabella,

MARRIAGES

On Tuesday last at Sculcoates church, by the Rev WM Keary, Mr. Richard Stephenson, to Miss Dawber, both of this place.

4] 1843 Yorkshire BMD features George Gladstone, marrying Mary Ann Stephenson at Holy Trinity Church, Hull, Ref HD/5/341
5] 1843 April 28th The Hull Packet and East Riding Times features the following,

Marriages

At the Holy Trinity Church, Mr. George Gladstone, corn merchant, Sleaford to Mary Anne, only daughter of William Stephenson of this place.

6] 1858 January 31st William Stephenson dies aged 84. His death is registered in West Sculcoates, WES/10/296
7] 1858 February 5th The Hull Packet and East Riding Times features the following,

Deaths

Stephenson,- Jan 31st, at Norfolk-street, Hull, Mr. W. Stephenson, aged 84.

8] 1858 February 5th The Daily News features the following,

Deaths

Stephenson,- Jan 31st, at Norfolk-street, Hull, Mr. W. Stephenson, aged 84.

9] 1867 October 11th The Hull Packet and East Riding Times features the following,

Deaths

October 4, at Leiston, Suffolk, Mary Ann, wife of the Rev. G. Gladstone, and only daughter of the late Mr. Wm, Stephenson, of this town.

10] 1861 April 7th Census, Stephenson family, 135 Church Street, Sculcoates, Hull RG9/3582 F115 P25 R543156.
Richard Stephenson 54, Head, Mar (Oil*) Linseed, Rapeseed and Bone Crusher, b. Yorkshire Hull
Isabella Stephenson 51, Wife, b. Yorkshire, Sculcoates
Isabella Stephenson 23, Daughter, b. Yorkshire, Sculcoates
Richard Stephenson 21, Son, Ship Brokers Chartering Clerk, b. Yorkshire, Sculcoates
Robert D Stephenson 19, Son, Lieutenant Southern Army Italy Retired, b. Yorkshire, Sculcoates
Ann Lambert 71, Visitor, b. Lincolnshire Barton
Eliza Ward 21, House Maid, b. Middlesex Marylebone

Source list- From Hell, From Hull?

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One of the questions that does crop up quiet a lot when I meet or discuss Ripperology with true crime students and fellow Ripperologists is what sources do I use?  Well, here is a list of some of the sources that will be making it into Jack the Ripper, From Hell, From Hull?

Sources

The following courtesy of Hull Local Studies Library
Hull Poll Books as Directories, Robert Barnard, Local History Unit, Hull College, Park Street 1997.
Hull City Poll Book 1774
Hull City Poll Book 1780
Hull City Poll Book 1784
Hull City Poll Book 1796
Hull City Poll Book 1802
Hull City Poll Book 1806
Hull City Poll Book 1812
Hull City Poll Book 1818
Hull City Poll Book 1826
Hull City Poll Book 1830
Hull City Poll Book 1832
Hull City Poll Book 1835
Hull City Poll Book 1837
Hull City Poll Book 1841 L324-242
Hull City Poll Book 1847 L324-247
Hull City Poll Book 1852 L324-242
Hull City Poll Book 1857 March 28th
Hull City Poll Book 1857 17th November
Hull City Poll Book 1859
Minutes of Hull Town Council 1870-1871
Minutes of Hull Town Council 1871-1872
Minutes of Hull Town Council 1872-1873
Minutes of Hull Town Council 1873-1874
Minutes of the Hull Watch Committee 1870-1871
Minutes of the Hull Watch Committee 1875-1876
Resolutions of the Council 1872-1873

Electoral Rolls                     Record Numbers
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1837-1838
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1840-1841
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1843-44
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1844    123,124
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1845-46    261
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1846-47    265
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1847-48    257
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1848-49    259
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1849-50    284
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1850-51    283
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1851-52    276
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1852-53    258
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1853-54    268
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1854-55    260
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1855-56    268
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1856-57    270
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1857-58    275
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1858-59    293
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1859-60    269
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1860-61    303
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1861-62    303,304
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1862-63    301,302
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1863-64    314,315
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1864-65    310, 311
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1865-66    319, 320
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1866-67    313, 314, 315
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1869    1689, 2973, 2974,75,76,2467,4621,22,23,24
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1869-70    1689, 2973, 2974, 2975, 2976
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1871    1910, 1917, 3106, 3107
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1872    2003, 3232, 3233
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1873    1991, 1999
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1874-75    2150, 3768, 3769
Electoral Roles on Micro fiche 1875    2150, 3768

Mill Stone, The, 1929-1930 L665-3 BOC

Census Records
Record numbers appear in the text
1841
1851
1861
1871
1881
1891
1901
1911

The following courtesy of Hull Reference Library
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1858
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1859
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1860
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1861
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1862
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1863
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1864
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1865
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1666
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1867
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1868
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1869
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1870
Lloyds Shipping Registry  1871

The following courtesy of Carnegie Heritage Centre,
Baptism Records c/o East Yorkshire Family History Society
Marriage Records c/o East Yorkshire Family History Society
Burial Records  c/o East Yorkshire Family History Society
Cemetery Burial Stone Transcriptions c/o East Yorkshire Family History Society

The following archives courtesy of Hull City Council Archives
CQB/329/1466 1874 CR/A Magistrates papers
BHH/124 209 1874 L Letter
TLO/1/193 1884
TCP/1/606 1879 L Letter
TCP/1/605 1878
TCP/1/608 1881
CQR 311/1830 1869 CR/A Magistrates papers
CQB 310/1094/95 1869 CR/W Magistrates papers
BHH/98 540 1861/L Letter
BHH/119.775
TCM9 Hull Corporation minutes book 1866-1871
TCM10 Hull Corporation minutes book 1872-
TCC/1/9421/1851 L Letter
TCC/1/5250 1866
TCC/1/6010 1868 L Letter
TCC/1/5983 1868 L Letter
TCC/1/7315 1875 L Letter
TCC/1/7668/3 1876 L Letter
TCC/1/609 1883 L Letter
TAB 7,14,15,17
DBHT/2-12/14/15/16/18
CQB 69 CA
CQE/2/96 1749 CR
DMC 1865 Charity Work in the community/or links with charity
DBR-753/5/8 1882-1886 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-760/2/4/6/8 1893-1895 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-771/2/3/5/7/8/9 1903-1904 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-780/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 1912-1913 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-790/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 1926-1927 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-800/4/5 1935 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-713/4/7 1937 Rosedowns Order Books
DBR-820/3/4/7 1939 Rosedowns Order Books
DPM1 No 94 Nov 1872-April 1873 Wed 12th Feb 1873 Richard Stephenson Jnr Trial
CQB 235/573 CR/W 1850 Magistrates papers
CQA23 Page 405 Michalmas Sessions 1890
TLO/1/27 1866
CQB/202- 814-5 Robert Dawber
CQB/202- 811-3 Robert Dawber
CQB/202- 666-7 Robert Dawber
DFP/2964 Letter No 17 Col. Pease to Richard Stephenson Jnr.
WT/6/516 1862 Voucher for Dawber and Son Slating.
DBMB/5 1899 Tender for Dawber and Son Slating
CQB/982/891-912 Hirsch Hasckel Breitstein vs. Pauline Breitstein
Home Office Returns for Prisoners, March 1887
Calendar of Prisoners, April 1887
TLV/2 1889cc Samuel Dawber inquest
TAB/14 Dawber and Sons Planning application
TAB/20 Dawber and Sons Planning application
CQB 404/72 1892 C/W Mary Ann Dawber Court papers
CQB 404/1312 1892 Mary Ann Dawber Court papers
WYI/1/2 Eleanor Dawber Probate Records
WYI/AF 1900 Eleanor Alice Dawber Probate Records (Laceby)
WYI/AB/ 1890 Eleanor Alice Dawber Probate Records (Bridlington)
TAB/16 Joseph Dawber
TAB/17Joseph Dawber
TCC/1/7206A/ 1873L Tenny and Dawber letter
YTI/5/ C1868 Joseph Dawber
BHH120/931 1868L Joseph Dawber
BHH121/6 1868L Joseph Dawber
BHH105/159 1868 Joseph Dawber
TCP/1/605 1878 Joseph Dawber
TAB/2 Robert Dawber
TAB/3 Robert Dawber
WYI/7 Robert Dawber
WYI/2 1870-1883 Robert Dawber
CQB300/1173 1866cc Robert Dawber
WYI Joseph Dawber
T/U/AB 1870-1890 Joseph Dawber
WH/1/26/2 1882 Joseph Dawber
DPM/1/5 cc ( c ) 17/3/1837 Robert Dawber
CQB 404/71 1892 Samuel Dawber
TAB/20 Dawber and Townsley
TAB/27 Dawber and Townsley
TAB/28 Dawber and Townsley
DBR787 1915 Dawber and Townsley
DBHT 2114, 15, 22 Dawber and Townsley
TAB/6 William Clark Dawber
TAB/16 William Clark Dawber
TAB/17 William Clark Dawber

The following courtesy of East Riding Archives, Beverley

Robert D’Onston Stephenson Christening Entry,
Richard Stephenson and Isabella Dawber Marriage Entry,
Dawber family Christening entries,
Deeming Marriage Entry,
Deeming Newspaper articles
Stephenson family Christening entries,
QSF/485/F/5 1829 July 7th Conviction of William Dauber of Sculcoates, shoemaker
QSF/502/F/34 1832 November 27th Robert Dauber of Sculcoates, a slater, is convicted.
QAL/3/42/106 1833 File held at East Riding Archives
QAL/3/42/106 1834 Document held at East Riding Archives
QSF/508/D/10 1835 June 30th The following appears at East Riding Archives
ZDDX94/4/55 1872 April 15th  Letter held at East Riding Archives
DDHB/32/553
DDHB/32/555
DDHB/32/645
POL/4/10/12/1 Photograph of Frederick Bailey Deeming
DDX1314/2 Collection of newspaper clippings featuring information on Frederick Bailey Deeming and the Great Baccarat Scandal.

The following courtesy of the Public Record Office of Victoria
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, Unit 511, Deeming Case- Bertha Deeming Birth Certificate
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, Unit 511, Deeming Case- Maria Deeming Birth Certificate
PROV, VPRS 947/P0 Inward Overseas Passenger List, unit 45, December 1891- Kaiser Willhelm III Passenger list.
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Albany Passenger list.
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, Unit 886, case number 261/1892- Letter from Governor Webster of Hull Gaol
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Letter from Marshall Lyle
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Statement of Louisa Atkinson
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Police Report, 6 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter from Signor D’atorz, 10 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter from Lancashire police, 12 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter from Henry Boardman, 16 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Telegram from Secretary of State in England to Governor of Victoria, 17 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter from Harry Jones, 19 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Coroner’s report on the death of Emily Williams
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Statement of Sydney Oakes
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Statement of Max Hirschfeldt
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Statement of Elisa Hirschfeldt
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Statement of John Featherston
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Statement of Kate Rounsefell
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Copy of Baron Swanston’s letter to Thomas Rounsefell
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Telegram received from Western Australian Police confirming Deeming’s capture
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter recommending Mr Lamonde receive reward for information essential in leading to Deeming’s arrest
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, Unit 511, Deeming Case- T. A. Walker to the Commissioner of Police regarding method for landing Deeming in Melbourne
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter from J. H. Lundager, 31 March 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, Unit 511, Deeming Case- Letter from Dr James Struthers, 3 April 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, Unit 511, Deeming Case- Precis of career of Frederick Bayley Deeming alias A. O. Williams the Windsor murderer
PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892- Marshall Lyle letter, 15 April 1892
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- List of exhibits produced at Deeming’s trial
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case- List of property found in Deeming’s possession when arrested
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming]- Letter from Kate Jensen, 4 May 1892
WA Police Department, file 413/1892, Cons 430, State Records Office of Western Australia
Telegram dated 10 March 1892 to Commissioner of Police, WA, received from Melbourne Station [Telegram 1]
Telegram dated 10 March 1892 to Commissioner of Police, WA, received from Treasury Melbourne Station [Telegram 2]
Telegram dated 11 March 1892 to Commissioner of Police, WA, received from Melbourne Station [Telegram 3]
Telegram dated 11 March 1892 to Detective George Gurney received from Southern Cross [Telegram 4]
Telegram dated 15 March 1892 to Commissioner of Police, WA, received from Treasury Melbourne Station [Telegram 5]
Copy of telegram dated 17 March 1892 sent from Police Department, WA, to Sergeant O’Connell, York, [Telegram 6]
Copy of telegram dated 21 March 1892 marked confidential sent from Police Department, WA, to Chief Commissioner of Police, Melbourne [Telegram 7]
Copy of telegram dated 23 March 1892 sent from Police Department, WA to Chief Commissioner of Police, Melbourne, [Telegram 8]
Copy of telegram dated 26 March 1892 sent from Treasury Victoria Station to Commissioner of Police, WA [Telegram 9]
Letter from Kate Jensen, 4 May 1892 PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming]
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming], Sergeants Considine and Cawsey’s summary of Deeming’s life in crime,
PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case, Report of Constable G. L. Webster, 6 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming] Baron Swanston’s petition to the Governor, 6 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 1080/P0 Minutes of the Executive Council, unit 29, folio 553,  Executive Council’s decision to carry out Deeming’s death sentence
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming], Letter from Marshall Lyle to the Governor and the members of the Executive Council, 10 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming], Letter from Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association, 12 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 506/P0 Inspector General’s Office Outward Letter Books, unit 3, folio 100, List of people recommended for share of £100 reward offered for capture and conviction of Windsor murderer
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming], Letter from Marshall Lyle to the Governor of Victoria, 17 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 264/P0 Capital Sentence Files, unit 21, Albert Williams [alias Deeming], Memorandum for the Governor of Victoria, 18 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 24/P0 Inquest Deposition Files, unit 597, item 1892/645, Coroner’s Inquest into Deeming’s execution, 23 May 1892
PROV, VPRS 7591/P2 Wills, unit 205, 51/087, The Last Will and Testament of Frederick Bailey Deeming
PROV, VPRS 807/P0 Inward Correspondence Files, Unit 290, Memorandum by Victoria Police regarding letter from South African Police, 21 April 1906

The following courtesy of the Home Office (held in Public Records Office, Kew)
HO 144 220/A49301.A The suspects file
HO 144 220/A49301.B Contains information on rewards
HO 144 220/A49301.C The Police investigation
HO 144 221/A49301.D Foreign Office documents
HO 144 221/A49301.E Bloodhounds
HO 144 221/A49301.F Sir Charles Warren Letter
HO 144 221/A49301.G Police Officer Payment Records
HO 144 221/A49301.H Murder of Rose Mylett
HO 144 221/A49301.I Murder of Alice Mckenzie
HO 144 221/A49301.J Murder, Pinchin Street Torso

The following courtesy of Scotland Yard (held in Public Records Office, Kew)
MEPO 3 140 Contains reports, statements and other records on the murders,
MEPO 3 141 Letters of those involved in the investigation,
MEPO 3 142 Letters from the killer,

The following courtesy of Islington Local Studies/Archives
Islington Trade Directories 1870-1912
Islington Burgess Rolls and Polling Books 1870-1912
Islington Maps
Islington Newspapers 1870-1912

The following courtesy of the London Hospital
Drawing’s of Catherine Eddowes injuries and location of body, maps of Whitechapel area.
1888 Registry of Patients, featuring Roslyn Stephenson.
1889 Registry of Patients, featuring Roslyn D’Onston.
1888 London Hospital Annual Report LH/A/15
1889 London Hospital Annual Report LH/A/15
1888 Physicians, Surgeons, and In Patients LH/M/1/16
1889 Physicians, Surgeons, and In Patients LH/M/1/17
1888 London Hospital Standing Orders for Night Porters LH/A/1/17
London Hospital Medical Staff from 1849 LH/A/20/1
Register of Students at the London Hospital Medical College MC/S/1/1
Roll of Members of Staff of the London Hospital, William Bulloch, F.R.S., 1933 LH/X/25/2
A-Z of Victorian Diseases.
London Hospital Illustrated 250 Years, Claire Daunton, 1990.

The following courtesy of Corporation of London Records Office, Guildhall,
Coroner’s inquest into Catherine Eddowes, inquest number 135, 1888
CLRO Police Box 3.23 No 390, containing files relating to Robert D’Onston Stephenson

The following courtesy of the National Archives,
Piece details BT 31/5177/34995, No. of Company: 34995; Pompadour Cosmetiques Ltd.

The following courtesy of Greater London Records Office,
MJ/SPC NE 1888 inquest into Mary Jane Kelly

The following Misc Documents on Frederick Bailey Deeming
1881 Marriage Index Volume 8a, Page 584
1884 Australian Birth Indexes, Reg No, 4474
1886 Australian Birth Indexes, Reg No, 1053
1890  Marriage Index Volume 9d, Page 148
1890 Marriage Entry in St Mary’s Parish Church, no, 462
Sands Directories; Sydney and New South Wales 1858-1933 For the year 1886
Sands Directories; Sydney and New South Wales 1858-1933 For the year 1887
The United Kingdom Passenger lists 1878-1960, Class BT6, Page 8, Item 40
1890 Deeming trial, HO27, P217, P236

The following Trade Directories and Telephone Directories are from a number of sources,
1781 Bailey’s Trade Directory
1784 Bailey’s Trade Directory
1791 Battle’s Trade Directory
1792 Battle’s Trade Directory
1794 Universal British Trade Directory
1799 Universal British Trade Directory
1822 Battle’s Trade Directory
1823 History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, and Surrounding Districts
1823 Baines Trade Directory
1826 White’s Trade Directory
1829 Pigots Trade Directory
1831 White’s Trade Directory
1834 Pigots and Co’s Trade Directory
1835 Cragg’s Trade Directory
1837 White’s Vol 2
1838 White’s Vol 2
1839 Purdon’s Trade Directory
1840 Pigots Trade Directory
1842 Stephenson’s Trade Directory
1843 Perry’s Directory
1846 White’s Trade Directory
1848 Stephenson’s Trade Directory
1851 Freebody’s Trade Directory
1851 White’s Trade Directory
1855 Slaters Royal Commercial Directory of the Northern Counties Vol 1
1855 Melville and Co’s Hull Directory
1857 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1858 White’s Trade Directory
1858 White’s Trade Directory
1859 White’s Trade Directory
1861 Post Office directory of Hull
1863 Wright’s and Jones Directory
1864 Jones Trade Directory
1864 History, Gazetteer and Trade Directory of Norfolk
1865 Post Office Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk
1867 White’s Trade Directory
1869 Mercer and Crocker’s Directory and General Gazetteer
1871 Trade Directory of Hull
1872 Buchannan’s Trade Directory
1872 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1873 Buchannan’s Trade Directory
1874 Butcher and Son’s Trade Directory
1875 Butcher and Son’s Trade Directory
1875 Sheperdson’s Guide to Hull
1876 Hunt’s Directory
1876 White’s Yearbook
1877-1878 Kingston upon Hull City Yearbook
1878-1879 Kingston upon Hull City Yearbook
1879 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1880 The Commercial Directory and Shippers Guide by B.R.E Fulton
1882 White’s Trade Directory
1882 History, Gazetteer and Trade Directory of Lincolnshire
1882 The Municipal Corporations Companion, Diary, Directory, and Year Book
1885 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1888 Atkinson’s Trade Directory
1889 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1892 Bulmer’s Trade Directory
1892 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1893 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1895 WJ Cook and Co’s Trade Directory
1895 Bridlington Trade Directory
1897 Trade Directory held in Bridlington
1899 Trade Directory held in Bridlington
1901 Trade Directory in Bridlington
1901 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1902 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1903 Kelly’s Directory
1904 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1911 Bridlington and District Trade Directory
1930 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1933 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1936 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1937 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1938 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1939 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1940 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1941 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1942 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1943 Kelly’s Trade Directory
1944 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1946 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1947 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1948 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1949 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1950 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1951 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1952 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1953 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1954 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1955 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1956 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1959 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1960 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1961 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1962 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1963 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1964 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1965 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1966 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1967 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1968 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1969 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1970 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1971 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1972 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1973 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1974 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1975 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1976 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1977 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1978 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1979 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1981 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1982 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1984 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1985 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1986 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1987 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1988 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1989 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1993 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1994 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1995 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1996 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1997 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1998 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
1999 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2000 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2001 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2003-04 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2004-05 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2005-06 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2006-07 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory
2007-08 Kingston Communications Telephone Directory

Newspapers/magazines

Aberdeen Weekly Journal
Advertiser (Hull)
Advertiser (Adelaide)
Argus
Ashburton Guardian
Belfast News Letter
Beverley Guardian
Birmingham Daily Post
Blackwood’s Magazine
Borderlands
Bridlington Quay Observer
Brisbane Courier
Bristol Mercury and Daily Post
British Medical Journal
British Tariff Publication, The
Bruce Herald
Bush Advocate
Camperdown Chronicle
Clutha Leader
Colonist
Criminologist
Daily News (London)
Daily Telegraph
Dundee Courier & Argus
East London Advertiser
East London Observer
Eastern Counties Herald
Eastern Morning News and Hull Advertiser
Eastern Post and City Chronicle
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine
Epitome of Local and District News
Era, The
Feilding Star
Fortean Times
Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser
Glasgow Herald
Graphic, The
Grey River Argus
Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle
Hawera & Normanby Star
Hawke’s Bay Herald
Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, The
Hull Advertiser
Hull and East Yorkshire Times
Hull and North Lincolnshire Times
Hull and Yorkshire Times
Hull Daily Mail
Hull Daily News
Hull in Print
Hull News
Hull Packet
Hull Packet and East Riding Times
Hull Packet and Humber Mercury
Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial Literary and General Advertiser
Hull Rockingham
Hull Times
Illustrated Police News
Inangahua Times
Ipswich Journal
Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser for Lancashire, Westmorland, and Yorkshire
Law Times, The
Leeds Mercury
Liverpool Mercury
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper
Lucifer
Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser
Marlborough Express
Manchester Times
Mataura Ensign
Melbourne Standard
Mercury (Hobart,)
Murder Casebook Magazine
Nelson Evening Mail
Newcastle Courant
North Eastern Daily Gazette
Northern Echo
North Otago Times
North Wales Chronicle
NZ Truth
Otago Witness
Pall Mall Gazette
Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times
Poverty Bay Herald
Preston Guardian
Queenslander
Reynold’s Newspaper
Ripper Notes
Ripperologist
Royal Cornwall Gazette Falmouth Packet, Cornish Weekly News, & General Advertiser
Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
Southland Times
Standard, The
Star, the (UK)
Star, the (New Zealand)
Sunday Times
Sydney Mail
Sydney Morning Herald
Taranaki Herald
Telegraph, the
Thames Star
Theosophist, The
Times, the
True Crime
True Detective Magazine
Tuapeka Times
Unexplained Magazine
Wanganui Chronicle
West Australian
Western Mail
Yorkshire Herald and York Herald
Yorkshire Post, The

Maps
Reprint of the first edition of the one inch ORDNANCE SURVEY of England and Wales, Sheet 23 Hull, Published 1824, Major Colby, Royal Engineers
Cassini Historical Maps Old Series Kingston upon Hull 1824-1858
Cassini Historical Maps Old Series Kingston upon Hull 1924
A-Z Kingston upon Hull Street Atlas
Jack the Ripper- Whitechapel Map, 1888, Geoff Cooper and Gordon Punter, ripperArt, 2003
A wide range of Hull maps from 1854 to 1889 held in the Local Studies Library, Hull.
Goads Fire Insurance Plans.

The following Godfrey Edition maps of Hull
Hull West 1908 Yorkshire Sheet 240.2
Hull West 1928 Yorkshire Sheet 240.2
Hull East 1928 Yorkshire Sheet 240.3
Hull Old Town 1853 Kingston upon Hull Sheet 12
Hull Alexander Dock 1908 Yorkshire Sheet 240.4
Hull Hessle Road 1928 Yorkshire Sheet 240.6
Hull and North Lincolnshire 1895 England Sheet 80

Booklets and Pamphlets and CD-ROMs
A Guide to the City’s Heritage Plaques, Hull City Council, Waterfront Communities Project 2007
The Treasures of  Hull’s Old Town, A Guide to the City’s Architectural Heritage, Hull City Council, Waterfront Communities Project 2007
Hidden Treasures, A Guide to Yorkshire’s Archives, Yorkshire Archives Council, 2003
Hull through the Ages, Manuscript Ltd, Hull Local Studies Library, CD-ROM, 2007

Local History Books
Architecture of the Victorian era of Kingston upon Hull 1830-1914, Highgate Press, Ian N Goldthorpe, 2005.
Aspects of Hull, David Goodman, (Ed,) Wharncliffe Books,
Aspects of the Yorkshire Coast, Alan Whitworth, (Ed,) Wharncliffe Books,
Aspects of the Yorkshire Coast 2, Alan Whitworth, (Ed,) Wharncliffe Books,  2000.
Breath of Sculcoates, A, Hull and District Local History Research Group, Heitage Lottery Fund, Developing our Communities, 2007.
East Riding Chapels and Meeting Houses, East Yorkshire Local History Society, David Neave and Susan Neave, 1990.
Evolution of Kingston Upon Hull, The, Thomas Shepard, A. Brown and Sons, 1911.
Forgotten Hull Kingston Press, Graham Wilkinson
Forgotten Hull 2, Kingston Press, Graham Wilkinson, 2000.
Georgian Hull, Ivan and Elisabeth Hall, William Sessions Ltd, 1978.
Historical Atlas of East Yorkshire, An, Susan Neave and Stephen Ellis, (Ed,) University of Hull Press, 1996.
History of the Town and Port of Kingston Upon Hull, James Joseph Sheahan, John Green Publishing, 1866.
History of the Yorkshire Coast Fishing Industry 1780-1914, Roy Robinson, Hull University Press, 1987.
History of Seed Crushing in Great Britain, Harold W. Brace, Land Books, 1960.
Hull and Scarborough Railway, C. T. Goode, Burstwick Publicity Services, 2000.
Hull Schools in Victorian Times, Pete Railton, 1995.
Illustrated History of Hull’s Railways, Irwell Press, M Nicholson and W.B.Yeadon, 1993.
Innes Heritage Collection of Hull, The, Michael Thompson, Hutton Press, 1994.
Lost Churches and Chapels of Hull, Hutton Press, David Neave, 1991.
Lost Pubs of Hull, Kingston Press, Paul Gibson and Graham Wilkinson, 1999.
Lost Railways of Holderness, the Hull-Hornsea lines, the Hull-Withernsea lines, Hutton Press, Peter Price, 1989.
Lost Trawlers of Hull 1835-1987, Alec Gill, Hutton Press, 1989.
More Illustrated History of Hull’s Railways, Challenger Publications, W.B.Yeadon, 1995.
Railways of Hull, C. T. Goode, Burstwick Publicity Services, 1992.
Sculcoates- Ancient and Modern, Christine Gould and David Knappett, Oriel Printing Company, 1991.
Seed Crushing in Hull, David F Dean, 1945.
Seed Crushing in Hull, David F Dean, 1957.

Books featuring Frederick Bailey Deeming

Albany’s Brush with a Mass Murderer: A Man of Many Faces - Frederick Bailey Deeming, Beth Martin,  Albany, WA, Albany Historical Society Inc., 1998.
Australian Murderers of Children: Max Stuart, Bevan Spencer Von Einem, Bega Schoolgirl Murders, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Martin Bryant, Books LLC, 2010.
Biography of Frederick Bailey Deeming, Anon, William E. G. Shackle and J. G. Sutton, Port Melbourne, 1892.
‘Canvas and Wax: Images of Information in Australian Panoramas and Waxworks, with particular reference to Melbourne 1849-1920′, Mimi Colligan, PhD thesis, Department of History, Monash University, 1987.
Criminal Man, Cesare Lombroso, translated and with a new introduction by Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter, with translation assistance from Mark Seymour, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2006.
Criminal of the Century, The,  Melbourne, Rachel Weaver, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006.
Criminal of the Century, The, Australian Mining Standard Office, Sydney, 1892.
‘Damnable Deeming Esquire’, in Crimes that Shocked Australia, Alan Sharpe, Milson’s Point, NSW, Currawong Press, 1982, pp. 100-107.
Demon Killer, The, Frank Clune, Reigate Publishing Co.
Executed Australian People: Ned Kelly, Breaker Morant, Ronald Ryan, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Colin Campbell Ross, Books LLC, 2010.
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Hull, David Goodman, Wharncliffe Books, 2005.
‘Frederick Bailey Deeming (1853-1892)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, Barry O. Jones,  Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp. 268-269.
Groaning Gallows, The, A. A. Clarke, Arton Books, 1994.
Hanged in Melbourne, They, Michael Lawrence, Swell Productions, 1970
History of Two Notable Crimes, The, Walker May and Co, Melbourne, 1892.
Kingston upon Hull, Murder and Crime Series, Douglas Wynn,  Tempus Publishing, 2008.
Life of Deeming, Murderer of Women and Children, The, John F. Williams, Melbourne, 1892.
London Companion, The, Jo Swinnerton, Robson Books, 2004.
Mismeasure of Man, The, Ringwood, Stephen Jay Gould, Vic., Penguin, 1996, p. 153.
Most Unique Ruffian: The Trial of F. B. Deeming, A, J. S. O’Sullivan, Melbourne, 1892; Melbourne, F. W. Cheshire, 1968.
Murders of the Black Museum, Gordon Honeycombe, Hutchinson and Co, 1982.
People Convicted of Murder by Victoria (Australia): Ned Kelly, Ronald Ryan, Peter Dupas, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Robert Farquhar son, Books LLC, 2010.
People Executed by Victoria (Australia): Ned Kelly, Ronald Ryan, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Colin Campbell Ross, Arnold Sodeman, Jean Lee, Books LLC, 2010.
People from Ashby de La Zouch: John Bainbridge, Joseph Hall, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Russell Hoult, Rosemary Harris, Francis Hastings, Books LLC, 2010.
People of Perth, The, Thomas Stannage, Perth City Council, Perth, 1979.
Police in Victoria 1836- 1980, Victoria Police Management Services Bureau, Victoria Police Force, Melbourne, 1980.
Prisoners Who Died in Victoria (Australia) Detention: People Executed by Victoria (Australia), Ned Kelly, Ronald Ryan, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Books LLC, 2010.
Prisoners Sentenced to Death by Victoria (Australia): People Executed by Victoria, Ned Kelly, Ronald Ryan, Frederick Bailey Deeming, Books LLC, 2010.
Policeman of Hull, A. A. Clarke, Hutton Press, 1992
Scarlet Thread: Australia’s Jack the Ripper, A True Crime Story, The, Maurice Gurvich and Christopher Wray, Fairfax Books, 2007.
Studies in Australian Crime, John D. Fitzgerald, Cornstalk Publishing Co, Sydney, 1924, 2nd Series.
True Crime Diary, James Bland, Time Warner, 1992.
World’s Most Bizarre Murders, The, James Marrison, John Blake Publishing, 2008.
World’s Most Bizarre Murders, The, James Marrison, John Blake Publishing, 2010.
‘You Don’t Know Jack’, Kathryn H. Ferguson, originally published in Helen Addison-Smith, An Nguyen and Denise Tallis (eds), Backburning: Journal of Australian Studies, no. 84, Perth, API Network, 2005, pp. 53-62.

Penny Dreadful’s on Deeming
Biography of Frederick Bayley Deeming: A Romance of Crime, Printed for the proprietors and publishers, William E.G. Shackle and J.G. Sutton, by the Port Melbourne Tribune Printing and Publishing Compy., Limited, [1892].
The Complete History of the Windsor Tragedy, Melbourne, Mason, Firth & Mcutcheon, 1892.
The Criminal of the Century: A Complete History of the Career of Frederick Baily Deeming, alias Albert Williams, alias Baron Swanston …: The Perpetrator of the Windsor and Rainhill Murders, Sydney, Australian Mining Standard Office, 1892.
Frank Clune, The Demon Killer: The Career of Deeming, Satanic Murderer, Sydney, Invincible Press, [1948].
The History of a Series of Great Crimes on Two Continents, Adelaide, Frearson & Brother, 1892.
The History of a Series of Great Crimes on Two Continents, second edition, Adelaide, Frearson’s Printing House, 1892.
The History of a Series of Great Crimes on Two Continents, third edition, Adelaide, Frearson & Brother, 1892.
The Life of Deeming: The Murderer of Women and Children, Melbourne, Williams, 1892.
The Windsor and Rainhill Murders, Melbourne, Walker May & Co., 1892.

Books on Lewis Carroll
In the Shadow of the Dream Child, The Myth and Reality of Lewis Carroll, Karoline Leach, Peter Owen Publishers, 2009.
Lewis Carroll, Derek Hudson, Longmans, Green and Co, 1966
Lewis Carroll, A Biography, Anne Clark, Dent, 1979.
Lewis Carroll, A Biography, Michael Bakewell, Heinemann, 1996.
Lewis Carroll, A Biography, Morton N. Cohen, Macmillan, 1995.
Lewis Carroll and His Illustrators, Collaborations and Correspondence, 1865-1898, Morton N. Cohen and Edward Wakeling, Macmillan, 2003
Lewis Carroll Diaries- Vol 1, The, Roger Lancelyn Green (Ed) Cassell and Company Ltd, 1953.
Lewis Carroll Diaries- Vol 2, The, Roger Lancelyn Green (Ed) Cassell and Company Ltd, 1953.
Mystery of Lewis Carroll, The, Jenny Woolf, Haus Books, 2010
Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll, Morton N. Cohen, Papermac, 1982

Books by Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, MacMillan and Co, 1865.
Lewis Carroll-The Complete Works, Lewis Carroll, Nonesuch Press, 1939
Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll, MacMillan and Co, 1872.

Books on Walter Sickert
Sickert: A Biography, Denys Sutton, Michael Joseph, 1976
Sickert, Lillian Browse, Rupert Hart Davies, 1960
Walter Sickert- a Life, Matthew Sturgis, Harper Perennial, 2005

Books on Prince Albert Edward
Wilson’s of Tranby Croft, The, Gertrude M. Attwood, Hutton press Ltd, 1988.
The Importance of Being Edward, King in Waiting 1841-1901, Stanley Weintraub, John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2000,
The Living Past, John Markham, Highgate Publishing, 2001
The Centenary Book of Hull, John Markham, Highgate Publishing, 1997.
Princes of Wales- Royal Heirs in Waiting, David Loades, National Archives, 2008.

Books on Prince Albert Victor
Clarence, Was He Jack the Ripper?, Michael Harrison, Drake Publishers, 1972.
Prince Eddy, Andrew Cook, Tempus Publishing, 2006.
Wilson’s of Tranby Croft, The, Gertrude M. Attwood, Hutton press Ltd, 1988.

Books on Queen Victoria
Albert and Victoria, David Duff, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1972.
Early Years of the Prince Consort, The, Queen Victoria, William Kimber, 1967.
Queen Victoria, Juliet Gardiner, Collins and Brown, 1997.
Queen Victoria- A Personal History, Christopher Hibbert, Harper Collins, 2000.
Queen Victoria- Fifty Golden Years, Mrs. Craik, English Heritage.
The Illustrated Queen Victoria, Lytton Strachey, Bloomsbury, 1987.
The Jubilee of Queen Victoria-1887, Messrs A Brown and Sons, Hull, 1887.
The Queens Visit to Hull-1854, James Smith, William Kirk Printers, 1854.
Victoria: Young Queen, Monica Charlot, Blackwell, 1991.

Books on Joseph Lis/ Silver
Fox and the Flies, The, Charles Van Onselen, Vintage, 2008

Books featuring Robert D’Onston Stephenson, as the aforementioned or Roslyn Donston
A-Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, The, Harold Schechter, David Everitt, 2006.
Bedside book of Murder, Richard and Molly Whittington Egan, David and Charles Publishing, 1988.
BFI Companion to Crime, The,
Cases that haunt us, The, John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, Pocket Books, 2002.
Cheeky Guide to Brighton, The, Tim Bick and Dr. David Bramwell, Cheeky Guides, 2009.
Conspiracy Files, David Southwell and Sean Twist, Sevenoaks Publishing, 2004.
Dark Dreams, Roy Hazelwood and Stephen G. Michaud, St Martins Paperbacks, 2002.
Does your name add up to 666?, David Solamen, Xulon Press, 2004.
Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg, Berkley Books, 1995.
Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Nigel Blundell
Free Energy Pioneer: John Keely, Theo Paijmans, Adventures Unlimited Press, 2004.
History of British Serial Killing, Martin Fido, Carlton Books, 2003.
Jack the Ripper - Black Magic Rituals, Ivor Edwards, Penny Publishing, 2001.
Jack the Ripper - Black Magic Rituals, Ivor Edwards, John Blake Publishing, 2003.
Magical Dilemma of Victor Neuburg, The, Jean Overton Fuller, Mandrake Publishing, 1990.
Mammoth Book of the History of Murder, Colin Wilson,
Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved, Colin and Damon Wilson, Robinson, 2000.
Masterpieces of Murder, Jonathan Goodman, Robinson Publishing, 1992.
Murderer’s “Who’s Who.” J.H.H. Gaute and Robin Odell, Pan Books, 1983.
Mystical Vampire: The Life and Works of Mabel Collins, Kim Farnell, Mandrake Publishing, 2005.
Profiling Violent Crimes, Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes, Sage Publications, 2002.
Psychic Detectives, Jenny Randles and Peter Hough, Silverdale Books, 2002.
Serial Killer Investigations, Colin Wilson, Summersdale, 2007.
Serial Killers, William Murray, Canary Press, 2007.
True Crime Giants, Jonathan Goodman, Parragon Books, 1999.
True Face of Jack the Ripper, The, Melvin Harris, Brockhampton Press, 1994.
True Face of Jack the Ripper, The, Melvin Harris, Michael O’Mara Books, 1995.
Ripper File, The, Melvin Harris, W.H. Allen, 1988.
World’s Greatest Mysteries, The, Chancellor Press, 2003
World’s Greatest Serial Killers, The, Nigel Cawthorne, Octopus Publishing, 2000.
World’s Most Mysterious Murders, Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, 2003.

Books featuring Robert D’Onston Stephenson, as Tautriadelta
Encyclopaedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, Leslie Shepard, Lewis Spence, and Nandor Fodor,
Haunted Mind, The, A Psychoanalyst Look at the Supernatural, Nandor Fodor, Helix Press, 1963.
History of Experimental Spiritualism, A, Cesare Baudi Di Vesme, Rider and Co, 1931.
Mammoth Book of the History of Murder, The, Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson.
My First Sixty Years, Maud Ashley Warrender, Cassell and Company, 1933.
Philosophy of a Long Life, A, Jean Finot, Kessinger Publications, 2006.
Rosicrucian Notebook, A, The Secret Sciences Used By Members of the Order, Willy Shrodter, 1992.
Theosophist - May July 1911- Sept 1911, Annie Wood Besant
True Tales of British India and the Princely States, Michael Wise, 1993.

Books featuring “Dead or Alive”
Borderland, A Casebook of True Supernatural Stories, W.T. Stead, University Books, 1970
Ghosts and Legends of Yorkshire, Terence W Whitaker, Granada Publishing, 1983.
Great Hull Stories, Len Markham, Fort Publishing, 2003.
Investigating the Unexplained, Melvin Harris, Prometheus Books, 1986.
Man’s Survival After Death Vol 1, Rev. Charles Tweedale, Psychic Book Club, 1909.
Phantasms of the Dead or True Ghost Stories, Hereward Carrington, American Universities Publishing, 1920.
Review of Reviews 1892. (New Year’s Extra Number), William T. Stead (Ed), 1892.
Sorry You’ve Been Duped, Melvin Harris, George Weidenfield and Nicholson Ltd. 1986.

Books by Robert D’Onston Stephenson under the pen name Roslyn D’Onston
The Patristic Gospels: An English Version of the Holy Gospels as they Existed in the Second Century, Roslyn D’Onston, Grant Richards, 1904.
The Patristic Gospels: An English Version of the Holy Gospels as they Existed in the Second Century, Roslyn D’Onston, Biblio Bazaar, 2009

Articles by Robert D’Onston Stephenson under various pen names.
“Who is the Whitechapel Demon? (By One Who Thinks He Knows)” Pall Mall Gazette, December 1st 1888, No signature by author.
“The Real Origin of “SHE” (By One Who Knew Her)” Pall Mall Gazette, January 3rd 1889, Signed under the pen name R.D.
“What I Know of Obeeyahism, By the Author of the Original “SHE” Pall Mall Gazette, February 15th 1889, Signed Roslyn D’Onston
“African Magic” Lucifer, November 1890, Signed under the pen name Tautriadelta.
“Dead or Alive”  Review of Reviews, New Year’s Extra Number, 1892,
“A Modern Magician” Borderland, April 1896, Signed under the pen name Tautriadelta.
“Elementals” Borderland, July 1896.

 Books on Garibaldi
England against the Papacy, 1858-1861: Tories, Liberals, and the overthrow of papal temporal power during     the Italian Risorgimento, C. T. McIntire, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
Garibaldi, Peter De Polnay, Hollis and Carter, 1960.
Garibaldi: An Autobiography, Alexandre Dumas (Ed.), Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861.
Garibaldi and his enemies, Christopher Hibbert, Penguin Books,
Garibaldi and the making of Italy, G M Trevelyan, Longmans Green and Co, 1911.
Garibaldi and the thousand, G M Trevelyan, Longmans Green and Co, 1909.
Lion of Caprera, The, John Parris, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1962.

Books on Global History
British India, Michael Edwardes, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1967.
Concise History of India, A, Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Oxford Illustrated History of Italy, The, George Holmes (Ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997.

Books on Victorian History
Britain in the 19th Century, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Howard Martin, 1996.
East End 1888, William J. Fishman, Five Leaves Publications, 2005.
Good Old Days, The, Gilda O’Neill, Penguin Books, 2007.
Great Victorian Lives- An Era of Obituaries, The Times, Times Books, 2007.
How Our Ancestors Lived, David Hey, Public Record Office, 2002.
London Underworld in the Victorian Period, Henry Mayhew and Others, Dover Publications, 2005.
Nineteenth Century Britain, A Very Short Introduction, Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Nineteenth Century Britain, Jeremy Black and Donald M. Macraild, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Nineteenth Century British History- An Introduction, Michael Lynch, Hodder and Stoughton, 2005.
True History of the Elephant Man, The, Michael Howell and Peter Ford, Allison and Busby, 1992.
Victorian Diaries, Heather Creaton, (Ed,) Mitchell Beazley, 2001.
Victorian Girls- Lord Lyttelton’s Daughters, Sheila Fletcher, Hambledon Press, 1997.
Victorian World Picture, The, David Newsome, John Murray Publishers, 1997.
Victorians, The , A.N.Wilson, Arrow Books, 2003.
Victorians, The, Jeremy Paxman, BBC Books, 2009.
Victorians at Home and Abroad, V and A Publications, Paul Atterbury and Suzanne Fagence Cooper, 2001.
Worst Street in London, The, Fiona Rule, Ian Allan Publishing, 2008.

Books on Jack the Ripper- Non-Fiction
American Murders of Jack the Ripper, R. Michael Gordon, Lyons Press, 2005.
Beaver Book of Horror, The, Daniel Farson, Beaver Books, 2007.
Bell Tower, The, Robert Graysmith, Regnery, 1999.
By Ear and Eyes, Karyo Magellan, Longshot Publishing, 2005.
Clarence, Was He Jack the Ripper?, Michael Harrison, Drake Publishers, 1972.
Complete History of Jack the Ripper, The, Philip Sugden, Robinson Publishing, 2002.
Complete Jack the Ripper, The, Donald Rumbelow, Penguin Books, 1988.
Complete Jack the Ripper, The, Donald Rumbelow, Penguin Books, 2004.
Criminals and Crime, Sir Robert Anderson, Nisbet, 1907
Crimes and Times of Jack the Ripper, The, Tom Cullen, Fontana, 1973.
Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper, Martin Fido, George Weidenfield and Nicholson Ltd, 1987.
Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper, Martin Fido, Orion Books, 1993.
Crimes of Jack the Ripper, The, Paul Roland, Arcturus Publishing, 2006.
Diary of Jack the Ripper, The, Shirley Harrison, Hyperion Publishing, 1993.
Diary of Jack the Ripper, The, Shirley Harrison, Hyperion Publishing, 1994.
Diary of Jack the Ripper, The, Shirley Harrison, Blake Publishing, 1998.
E1- A Journey Through Whitechapel and Spitalfields, John G. Bennett, Five Leaves Publishing, 2009.
Epiphany of the Whitechapel Murders, Karen Trenouth, Author House, 2006.
Fame or Infamy, Steve Powell, Blurb, 2010
First Jack the Ripper Victim Photographs, The, Robert J. McLaughlin, Zwerghaus Books, 2005.
Fox and the Flies, The, Charles Van Onselen, Vintage, 2008.
From Hell- The Jack the Ripper Mystery, Bob Hinton, Old Bakehouse Publications, 1998.
Identity of Jack the Ripper, The, Donald McCormick, Arrow Books, 1970.
In the Footsteps of the Whitechapel Murders, John F. Plimmer, The Book Guild, 1998.
Jack the Ripper, Andrew Cook, Amberley, 2009.
Jack the Ripper, Daniel Farson, Sphere, 1973.
Jack the Ripper, John Mcllwain, Pitkin Guides, Jarrold Publishing.
Jack the Ripper, Mark Whitehead and Miriam Rivett, Pocket Essentials, 2001.
Jack the Ripper, Mark Whitehead and Miriam Rivett, Pocket Essentials, 2006.
Jack the Ripper, Susan McNicoll, Altitude Publishing, 2005.
Jack the Ripper- A to Z, Paul Begg, Martin Fido, and Keith Skinner, Headline Book Publishing, 1992.
Jack the Ripper- A to Z, Paul Begg, Martin Fido, and Keith Skinner, Headline Book Publishing, 1994.
Jack the Ripper- An Encyclopedia, John J. Eddleston, Metro Publishing, 2002.
Jack the Ripper- Anatomy of a Myth, William Beadle, Wat Tyler Books, 1995.
Jack the Ripper- And the East End, Alex Werner, Chatto and Windus, 2008.
Jack the Ripper- And the Irish Press, Alan Sharp, Ashfield Press, 2005.
Jack the Ripper- And the London Press, Lewis Perry Curtis, Yale University, 2001.
Jack the Ripper- Black Magic Rituals, Ivor Edwards, John Blake Publishing, 2003.
Jack the Ripper- British Intelligence Agent, Tom Slemen and Keith Andrews, Bluecoat Press, 2010.
Jack the Ripper- Casebook, Richard Jones, Andre Deutsch, 2008.
Jack the Ripper- Crime Archive, Val Horsler, National Archives, 2007.
Jack the Ripper- End of a Legend, Calum Reuben Knight, Athena Press, 2005.
Jack the Ripper- His Life and Crimes in Popular Entertainment, Gary Colville and Patrick Lucanio, McFarland, 2009.
Jack the Ripper- Infamous Serial Killer, Filiquarian Publications, 2008.
Jack the Ripper- In Fact and Fiction, Robin Odell, Mandrake Publishing, 2009.
Jack the Ripper- Letters from Hell, Stewart P. Evans and Keith Skinner, Sutton Publishing, 2004.
Jack the Ripper- Light Hearted Friend, Richard Wallace, Gemini Press, 1997.
Jack the Ripper- Location Photographs, The, Philip Hutchinson, Amberley Publishing, 2009.
Jack the Ripper- Media, Culture, History, Alexandra Warwick and Martin Willis, Manchester University Press, 2007.
Jack the Ripper- One Hundred Years of Mystery, Peter Underwood, Blandford Press, 1987.
Jack the Ripper- Quest for a Killer, M. J. Trow, Wharncliffe True Crime, 2009.
Jack the Ripper- Revealed and Revisited, John Wilding, Express Newspapers, 2006.
Jack the Ripper- Revealed at Last, Terry Weston, Swordworks Books, 2010.
Jack the Ripper- Scotland Yard Investigates, Stewart P. Evans and Donald Rumbelow, Sutton Publishing, 2006.
Jack the Ripper- Summing up and Verdict, Colin Wilson and Robin Odell, Corgi Books, 1992.
Jack the Ripper- The 21st Century Investigation, Trevor Marriott, John Blake Publishing, 2005.
Jack the Ripper- The 21st Century Investigation, Trevor Marriott, John Blake Publishing, 2007.
Jack the Ripper- The American Connection, Shirley Harrison, Blake Publishing, 2003.
Jack the Ripper- The Bloody Truth, Melvin Harris, Columbus Books, 1987.
Jack the Ripper- The Celebrity Suspects, Mike Holgate, History Press, 2008.
Jack the Ripper- The Definitive History, Paul Begg, Pearson Education Limited, 2004.
Jack the Ripper- The Facts, Paul Begg, Robson Books, 2006.
Jack the Ripper- The Final Chapter, Paul H. Feldman, Virgin Books, 2002.
Jack the Ripper- The Final Chapter, Paul H. Feldman, Virgin Books, 2007.
Jack the Ripper- The Final Solution, Stephen Knight, Harper Collins, 1994.
Jack the Ripper- The Murders and the Movies, Denis Meikle, Reynolds and Hearn Ltd, 2002.
Jack the Ripper- The Mystery Solved, Paul Harrison, Robert Hale, 1993.
Jack the Ripper- The Satanic Team, Karen Trenouth, Author House, 2007.
Jack the Ripper- The Simple Truth, Bruce Paley, Headline Publishing, 1996.
Jack the Ripper- The Uncensored Facts, Paul Begg, Robson Books, 1989.
Jack the Ripper, The Whitechapel Murderer, Terry Lynch, Wordsworth Editions, 2008.
Jack the Ripper- Unmasked, William Beadle, John Blake Publishing, 2009.
Jack the Ripper- Walk, The, Paul Garner, Louis London Walks, 2002.
Jack the Ripper- Whitechapel Murders, The, Kevin O’Donnell, Andy and Sue Parlour, Ten Bells Publishing, 1997.
Last Victim, The, Anne E. Graham and Carol Emmas, Headline Publishing, 1998.
Lighter Side of My Official Life, The, Sir Robert Anderson, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.
Lodger- Arrest and Escape of Jack the Ripper, The, Stewart P. Evans and Paul Gainey, Century Publishing, 1995.
London of Jack the Ripper Then and Now, The, Robert Clack and Philip Hutchinson, Breedon Books, 2007.
London of Jack the Ripper Then and Now, The, 2nd Edition, Robert Clack and Philip Hutchinson, Breedon Books, 2009.
Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper, The, Maxim Jakubowski and Nathan Braund, Constable and Robinson, 1999.
Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper, The, Maxim Jakubowski and Nathan Braund, Castle Books, 2005.
Man that Hunted Jack the Ripper, The, Nicholas Connell and Stewart P. Evans, Amberley, 2009.
Many Faces of Jack the Ripper, The, M. J. Trow, Summersdale Publishing, 1997.
Murder and Madness- The Secret Life of Jack the Ripper, David Abrahamsen M.D., F.A.C.Pn., Avon Books, 1993.
Mystery of Jack the Ripper, The, Leonard Matters, Arrow Books, 1964.
News from Whitechapel, The, Alexander Chisholm, Christopher Michael DiGrazia, Dave Yost, McFarland And Co, 2002.
Portrait of a Serial Killer-Jack the Ripper-Case Closed, Patricia Cornwell, Little Brown, 2002.
Portrait of a Serial Killer-Jack the Ripper-Case Closed, Patricia Cornwell, Time Warner, 2003.
Portrait of a Serial Killer-Jack the Ripper-Case Closed, Patricia Cornwell, Berkley International Edition, 2003.
Prince Jack- The True Story of Jack the Ripper, Frank Spiering, Jove Books, 1980.
Public Reactions to Jack the Ripper, Stephen P. Ryder (Ed) Inklings Press, 2006.
Ripper and the Royals, The, Melvyn Fairclough, Duckbacks, 2002.
Ripper Code, The, Thomas Toughill, Sutton Publishing, 2008.
Ripper File, The, Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd,  Futura Publications, 1975.
Ripper File, The, Melvin Harris, W. H. Allen and Co., 1989.
Ripper in Ramsgate, The, Christopher Scott, Michaels Bookshop, 2008.
Ripper Legacy, The, Martin Howells and Keith Skinner, Sphere Books Ltd, 1988.
Ripper Suspect, D. J. Leighton, Sutton Publishing, 2006.
Ripperology, Paul Begg (Ed) Barnes and Noble, 2007.
Ripperology, Robin Odell, Kent State University Press, 2006.
Saucy Jack- The Elusive Ripper, Paul Woods and Gavin Baddeley, Ian Allan Publishing, 2009.
Sickert and the Ripper Crimes, Jean Overton Fuller, Mandrake Publishing, 2003
Search For Jack the Ripper- A Psychic Investigation, Pamela Ball, Midpoint Press, 2006.
Secret of Prisoner 1167- Was this man Jack the Ripper?, James Tully, Robinson Publishing, 1998.
The Prince, His Tutor, and the Ripper, Deborah McDonald, McFarland and Company Inc. 2007.
The Trial of Jack the Ripper, Euan Macpherson, Mainstream Publishing, 2005.
Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook, The, Stewart P. Evans and Keith Skinner, Robinson Publishing, 2001.
Uncle Jack, Tony Williams and Humphrey Price, Orion Books, 2006.
Uncovering Jack the Ripper’s London, Richard Jones, New Holland, 2007.
Victims of Jack the Ripper, The, Neal Stubbings Sheldon, Inklings Press, 2007.
Whitechapel Murders Solved, The, John Plimmer, House of Stratus, 2003.
Will the Real jack the Ripper, Arthur Douglas, Countryside Publications, 1979.

Books on Murder and Crime, including Serial, Sexual and Ritualistic Murder
Bedside Book of Murder, Mike James, Pan Books, 2003.
Born to be Killers, Ray Black, Futura, 2007.
Capital Punishments, Steve Jones, Wicked Publications, 1992.
Chronicle of Crime, The, Martin Fido, Sevenoaks, 2003.
Crimes and Criminals, Time Warner Paperback, 2002.
Crime and Criminals of Victorian London, Adrian Gray, Phillimore and Co, 2006.
Cold Blooded Evil, Neil Root, John Blake Publishing, 2008.
Cult Killers, Frank Moorhouse, Allison and Busby Ltd, 2007.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales, William R. Marples, and Michael Browning, Souvenir Press, 1995.
East End Murders, Neil R. Storey, History Press, 2008.
Gangland- The Early Years, James Morton, Time Warner, 2003.
Great Unsolved Crimes, Omnipress, 2007.
Hunting Evil, Paul Harrison and David Wilson, Sphere, 2008.
Illustrated Police News, The, Steve Jones, Wicked Publications, 2002.
Infamous Murders, Time Warner Paperback, 2005.
Killer Doctors, Colin Evans, Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
London- The Sinister Side, Steve Jones, Wicked Publications, 1995.
London- Through the Keyhole, Steve Jones, Wicked Publications, 1991.
Mad Frank’s London, Frankie Fraser and James Morton, Virgin Books, 2002.
Masterpieces of Murder, Jonathan Goodman (Ed.), Magpie Books, 2004.
Maybrick A-Z, Christopher Jones, Countyvise, 2008.
Mrs Maybrick- Crime Archive, Victoria Blake, National Archives, 2008.
Murder by Gaslight, Leonard Piper, Michael O’Mara Books, 1991.
Murder with Venom, Brian Marriner, Pan books, 2003.
Murders of the Black Museum, 1870-1970, Gordon Honeycombe, Hutchinson Books, 1982.
Murders of the Black Museum, 1870-1970, Gordon Honeycombe, Arrow Books, 1984.
Mystical Murders, John Dunning, Arrow Books, 1989.
Occult Murders, John Dunning, Senate Books, 1997.
On Trial For Murder, Douglas Wynn, Pan Books, 2003.
Poisoned Life of Mrs Maybrick, Bernard Ryan and Rt Hon Lord Havers, Penguin Books, 1977.
Serial Killers- The Growing Menace, Joel Norris, Senate Publishing, 1997.
Serial Killers- They Live to Kill, Rodney Castleden, Time Warner Books, 2007.
Signature Killers, Robert d. Keppel and William J. Birnes, Arrow Books, 1998.
Unnatural Death and Unsolved Murders and Mysteries, Michael Baden M.D. with Judith Adler Hennessee, and John Canning, Time Warner Books, 2003.
Unsolved- Classic True Murder Cases, Guild Publishing, 1987, Article by Colin Wilson P. 11.
Vanished, Danny Collins, John Blake Publishing, 2008.
Wicked London, Steve Jones, Tragical History Tours Publication, 1989.
World Famous Murders, Colin Wilson, Magpie Books, 2005.
Yorkshire Ripper, The, Roger Cross, Harper Collins, 2005.

Books on the Occult, Symbols, and the Paranormal
Ancient Wisdom, Cassandra Eason, Parragon, 2002.
Beyond the Occult, Colin Wilson, Watkins Publishing, 2008.
Circular Evidence, Pat Delgado and Colin Andrews, Guild Publishing, 1989.
Crop Circles, Steve and Karen Alexander, Arcturus Publishing, 2006.
Confusion of Prophets, A, Patrick Curry, Collins and Brown, 1992.
Cosmic Connection, The, Michael Hesemann, Gateway Books, 1996.
Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Bridget McDermott, Duncan Baird Publishers, 2001.
Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, Eliphas Levi, 1855.
Element Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Hauntings, The, Theresa Cheung, Harper Element, 2006.
Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols,  The, Adele Nozedar, Harper Element, 2008.
Element Encyclopedia of Vampires, The, Theresa Cheung, Harper Element, 2009.
Guide to the Occult and Mysticism,  Geddes and Grosset, 1999.
Keys to the Temple, The, David Furlong, Piatkus, 1997.
Mysteries, Colin Wilson, Watkins Publishing, 2006.
Occult, The, Colin Wilson, Watkins Publishing, 2004.
Occult Tradition, The, David S. Katz, Pimlico, 2007.
Paranormal, The, Stuart Gordon, Caxton Editions, 2000.
Rough Guide to the Paranormal, The, 2nd Edition, Bob Rickard and John Mitchell, Rough Guides, 2007.
Servants of the Supernatural, Antonio Melechi, Arrow Books, 2009.
Supernatural Murders, The, Jonathan Goodman, (Ed.), BCA, 1992.
Table Rappers, The, Ronald Pearsall, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1972.
Table Rappers, The, Ronald Pearsall, Sutton Publishing, 2004.
Tutankhamun Prophecies, The, Maurice Cotterell, Headline, 1998.
Witchcraft, Geddes and Grosset, 2005.
Witches Bible, A, Janet and Stewart Farrar, Robert Hale Publishing, 1984.
World’s Most Bizarre Murders, The, James Marrison, John Blake, 2010.

Fictional works that have some link to the case
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and Other Works, Lewis Carroll, Marshall Cavendish, 1987.
Ayesha- The Return of She, H. Rider Haggard, Wilco Publishing, 2007.
Dear Boss- A Fortean Chronicle of Jack the Ripper, Eric Woolfe, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 2008.
Fatal Incision, WR. Park, Black Rose writing, 2010.
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, Edited by Herbert A. Wise and Phyllis Fraser, Book Clun Associates, 1982.
Jack the Ripper, Mark Daniel, Signet Books, 1988.
Jack the Ripper, Mark Daniel, Penguin Books, 1988.
Jack the Ripper- A Confession, Geoff Cooper and Gordon Punter, Alphagraphics, 2005.
Jungle Book, The, Rudyard Kipling, Wilco Publishing, 2007.
Kim, Rudyard Kipling, Wilco Publishing, 2007.
Legacy of the Ripper, Brian L. Porter, Double Dragon Publishing, 2009.
Ripper, Michael Slade, BCA, 1994.
Ripperologists, The,  John Gaspard, Albert’s Bridge Books, 2009.
She, H. Rider Haggard, Wilco Publishing, 2007.
Study in Red- The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper, A, Brian L. Porter, Double Dragon Publishing, 2008.
Tales from the Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling, Ladybird Ltd., 1953.
Yours Truly Jack the Ripper, Robert Bloch, Weird Tales, 1943.

Books on Aleister Crowley
777 and other Quabilistic Writings, Aleister Crowley, Edited and Introduction by Israel Regardie, Samuel Weisner Inc, 1998.
Aleister Crowley, Beast Demystified, Roger Harrison, Mainstream Publishing, 2006.
Aleister Crowley, Magical Record of the Beast 666, The, John Symonds (Ed.,) and Kenneth Grant (Ed.,) Gerald Duckworth and Co. 1993.
Aleister Crowley Scrapbook, The, Sandy Robertson, W. Foulsham and Co. Ltd., 1988.
Book of Law, Aleister Crowley,
Confessions of Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979.
Do what though wilt, Lawrence Sutin,
Great Beast, The, The Life and Magik of Aleister Crowley, John Symonds, Mayflower, 1973.
Legacy of the Beast, The, Gerald Suster, W.H. Allen and Co., 1988.
Magical Record of the Beast, Aleister Crowley, Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, Duckworth, 1972.
Magik Life, A, Martin Booth, Hodder and Stoughton, 2000.
Riddles of Aleister Crowley, Amando Crawley,

Books by Blavatsky, Collins, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Blossom and the Fruit, The,  Mabel Collins, 1888.
Idyll of the White Lotus, The, Mabel Collins, 1890.
Isis Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, H. P. Blavatsky,  1877.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan, H. P. Blavatsky, 1880.
Key to Theosophy, The, H. P. Blavatsky, 1889.
Last Days of Pompeii, The, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1834.
Light on the Path, Mabel Collins,
Morial the Mahatma, Mabel Collins, 1892.
Occult Writings of Mabel Collins, Kessinger Publishing.
Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy, The, H. P. Blavatsky, 1888.
Star Sapphire, The, Mabel Collins, 1896.
Story of Sensa, The, Mabel Collins, 1913.
Strange Story, A, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1862.
Suggestion, Mabel Collins, 1892.
Through the Gates of Gold, Mabel Collins,
Voice of the Silence, H. P. Blavatsky, 1889.
Zanoni, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1842.

Latest News and Finds!!

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I had a busy day yesterday, despite the new medication which is giving me awful wind, I tracked down the following snippets of information,

  • Several Australian Trade Directory Entries for Frederick Bailey Deeming showing both addresses and business interests.
  • Frederick Bailey Deeming and Marie James wedding entry in the Wedding Indexes.
  • Frederick Bailey Deeming and Marie James Marriage.
  • Criminal Registration papers on an early case concerning Frederick Bailey Deeming from his teenage years.
  • The Deeming family in the 1891 Census.
  • Deeming’s Brothers family in the 1891 Census.
  • Deeming’s daughter, Bertha, in the Australian Birth Indexes.
  • Deeming’s Daughter, Marie, in the Australian Birth Indexes.
  • Bertha’s Birth Certificate.
  • Marie’s Birth Certificate.
  • Deeming, as Harry Lawson, on the UK Incoming Passenger lists for 1890 showing his extradition from Monte Video.
  • Detective Thomas Grassby of the Hull Police on the UK Incoming Passenger lists for 1890 showing him accompanying Deeming from Monte Video.
  • I also tracked down the Census entries for a family that has some connection to the Deeming case.

Other information found and greatfully received yesterday and today include,

  • Frederick Richard Chapman in the Census.
  • Frederick Richard Chapman in the British Medical Registers.
  • Frederick Richard Chapman in the Hull Press.
  • Frederick Richard Chapman in the Hull Trade Directories.

The largest and most exciting find, however, is the Victorian Library Reader Ticket of Robert D’Onston Stephenson, under the alias, Roslyn D’Onston Stephenson.

New Finding on Deeming.

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It has been a week of newspaper research and some great finds have been discovered especially on Frederick Bailey Deeming.

Over the past few days I have uncovered,

30 International Newspaper reports on Deeming’s bancruptcy trial in Australia in 1887 

30 International Newspaper reports on Deeming’s trial for fraud in Australia in 1887-1888

12 National Newspaper reports on Deeming’s trial for fraud in Hull in 1890

45 Newspaper reports looking into the Hedon/Preston tragedy, some of which look at Deeming as being the assailant

It’s not all Deeming though.  Over the course of the week I have also uncovered

12 National Newspaper reports on James and Florence Maybrick.

40 National Newspaper reports on the Baccarat Scandal.

40 National Newspaper reports on the Cleveland-street Scandal.

This week I have also taken delivery of 7 books that feature Robert D’Onston Stephenson, or in one case Stevenson, and each looks at his life and connection to the murders.

East Riding Archives and Hull’s History Centre

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This morning I had the pleasure of visiting both Beverley’s East Riding Archives and Hull’s History Centre in the search for information, photo’s and press cuttings on Frederick Bailey Deeming. 

I was shocked to discover a press cutting from 1892 linking Deeming to an unsolved murder case dating back to 1891, a short while after Deeming was released from Hull Gaol!  With this in mind I searched, and subsequently discovered the press reports from the 1891 cold case.  It transpired that a girl had been brutally murdered on the outskirts of Hull between Preston and Hedon.

At the time numerous suspects were taken before the police and numerous eyewitnesses reported the murderers escape, but at the time the Hull Police were stumped.

It was only in March 1892 during the trial of Deeming in Melbourne that the Hull Police decided to reinvestigate the case and the possibility that Deeming was responsible.

I am also pleased to announce that today I obtained not one but two photographs of Frederick Bailey Deeming.  Both of which were taken by Messrs Barry Photographers of Park-street, Hull, during Deeming’s 1890 visit to the city. 

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