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15th October 1888 Eastern Morning News
ANOTHER LETTER FROM “JACK THE RIPPER”
“Jack the Ripper” writes to a Welsh newspaper the following letter, bearing a London postmark:-
London October 9th, 1888
Dear Old Boss,
What do you think of my little games here? Ha! Ha! Next Saturday I am going to give the St Mary Street girls a turn. I shall be fairly on their track, you bet. Keep this back until I have done some work, ha! ha! Shall down Friday.- Yours &c,
Jack the Ripper (trade mark)
To the Editor of the Western Mail
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December 6th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Just read your comment.Bytheway,I worked at the Western Mail for 28 years. Do you think the letter was a hoax?
Odd that Mary Kelly was one of the ladies of the night in
Cardiff.I came across the letter going through back copies of the paper researching one of my books.
Rgeards,
Brian
December 7th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Hi Brian, I had Jon Rees, a Welsh Ripperologist, look into the letter and the area mentioned and he confirmed that the area of St Mary Street was a known haunt for prostitutes in the Victorian period.
I find it odd that the letter was sent from London to Wales, when the majority of letters were being sent to London.
It would be great to find the original letter, it might add a little more to what we know.