Frederick Bailey Deeming and others.

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Over the last few weeks I have received parcels and packages from across the globe, some of which were sent via America, and as far a field as Australia on Frederick Bailey Deeming. 

 

Among these were two fascinating books, that I would urge anyone with an interest in Frederick Bailey Deeming, and his candidacy as Jack the Ripper, to get a hold of.

 

The first is A Most Unique Ruffian, The Trial of Frederick Bailey Deeming, Melbourne, 1892, by J. S. O’Sullivan. F.W. Cheshire, 1968.

 

The second is The Scarlet Thread, Australia’s Jack the Ripper, by Maurice Gurvich and Christopher Wray, John Fairfax Publications, 2007.

 

The books concentrate on the murders of Deeming’s wives and family, and the subsequent chase, capture, trial and death sentence.  Each book also examines the brief affairs that Deeming involved himself in prior to the murders, but little notice is taken of the primary sources, with much of the material coming from newspapers.  Even when primary sources are discussed, it’s as a side point, rather than a piece of evidence, and many of the press reports quoted contain errors.  That said, both books are interesting, and each features a chapter looking into Deeming’s connection with the Whitechapel Murders.

 

The new release by Dr. Terry Weston also arrived this week, entitled, Jack the Ripper-Revealed- The Truth at Last, and covering just 77 pages, the book briefly examines suspects, victims, press reports, conspiracy theories, freemasons, the investigators, and finally concludes that Druitt did it! 

 

There are other books that are available on Druitt that have actually done the research and quoted their sources.  You could probably pick these up for the same price, if not cheaper than this volume.

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