European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Ripp ecologists still stumped by Judy Anderson the Baltimore sunt his pall a Hundred cais alter an unknown killer Ion live woman dead and mutilated on hid =1rcols of London s East end. Lii re is still no identity for Jack Iho the Centenary of that autumn of terror in 1838 is being marked in London by special Louis around Hie Square mile of grim St tools of we Lachapel a Micro the Ripper s victims who All Weto prostitutes were found a to show starring Michael Caine As the detective on the Ripper s Trail. Was broadcast in Britain and in the us cd Stales and a spate of books re examining the Case Are making a timely appearance in this Centenary year. Why the abiding interest in the 100-year-old killings which have Long been surpassed by far worse mass murders in recent years i think there Are several says Michael Jonon managing director of tragical history Tours who runs a Jack the Ripper bus trip to murder every week one reason is that he was never caught and cd Chiyono likes a Good mystery. Secondly the killings were Parlin arty gruesome. And Ihen there is the supposed link with royally which makes it even More popular the ii of 5u5pecls includes a doctor Al the nearby London Hospital Many believe or a a surgeon could have Cut up the bodies of his victims to skilfully. A wealthy barrister called Montague Druitt who committed suicide by throwing himself into the thames River scan weeks after the last killing a polish suspect called Kosminski who was co milled to a Lunatic Asylum soon after the murders abruptly ended m november 1888. One i Hury. Seemingly outrageous but widely believed Al the time accused 80-year-old William Gladstone a loser Primo minister and Ihnn Leader of the opposition. While prime minister he had had the curious Ahtl of Selling out at Midnight picking up Des Lille Pios Lilles and bringing them Back to no. 10 Downing Street to sing hymns and feed them hot soup. Gladstone a fervently religious Man Felt he had a Mission to save prostitutes. The Lingo of suspicion pointed gradually higher anally resting on a member of the Royal family the Duke of Clarence grandson of Queen Victoria. He had a series of affairs. The Story went contracted syphilis thai affected his brain and became a killer. He prowled the streets in Hildeer Slater and Cape carving up the victims bodies As he had bean taught to cu1 up the carcasses of Deer on his grandmother s estate. One drawback to the theory the Duko was a i Balmoral caste in Scotland when two of the murders took place. A Century of investigation and speculation has not solved the bloody mystery. A conference of organized by the police historical society last month ended without any Starling new discoveries. We came to Iho conclusion thai we know Little More s&5 Guichu Malir visitors on a Jack the Ripper tour in the dark alleys of London s East end when Tho Slayer prowled. Now than police did a Hundred years ago says Michael Jones who was at the convention. But evidence is still coming to Light. In August Scotland Yard produced a police we Hal had been missing since 1bbb, which was sent to them anonymously last year. Ii contained faded Black and whits photographs of four of the Ripper s victims their eyes closed their throats Cut. This is the lira Tima we have seen their faces says Bill Waddell curator of the private Black museum Al Scolland Yard where the pictures Are now on display. The Lite also contained the original of a letter from Jack the Ripper mockingly addressed dear i am Down on whores and i Shan t quit ripping them till i do gel buckled he writes. Grand work the last Job was. I gave the lady no time to he wrote with red Ink. To chillingly explains because i saved some of the proper red Bluff in a Ginger Beer bottle Over the last Job to write Wilh but it went thick like glue and i can t us As the nights draw in this fall visitors to London can if they $0 wish experience some of the terror of living in London s East end 100 years ago. There Are three guided Jack the Ripper walks a week run by streets of London tour company starting at Whitechapel underground station at 7 30 . It is impossible not to shiver a Little As the guide leads you Down dark alleyways past Semi derelict buildings through empty Lilter strewn squares that Are Little changed from Iho streets the Ripper prowled Al the end of last Century. The walk includes a visit to the ten Bells pub. The Small victorian bar where the killer s victims often enjoyed a drink. The Walls Are covered with copies of contemporary newspaper accounts of the murders with lurid headlines ghastly murder in the East end and drawings. In More dubious taste is the sate not Only of Jack the Ripper to shirts and pens but also a special Ripper its ingredients Are secret but its color is blood red one marketing gambit was nol so successful. The pub briefly changed its name to Jack the Ripper but was rapidly forced by feminist protesters carrying placards Reading this pub celebrates murder to revert to its original name. A final word irom a leading Repp ecologist. Donald Rumbelow whose Book Jac the Ripper the Complete casebook was published this year. Who was the Ripper he said in a recent interview Wilh the daily Telegraph. Ii can Only remain conjecture. I have always had the Leeling that on the Day of judgment. When All things shall be known when i and the other generations of ask or Jack the Ripper to step Forward and Call Cut his True name we shall turn and look with Blank astonishment at one another As he does so and say who Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck is on vacation. This column originally appeared in november 1985 there is no delicate Way 1o say it. Rely social life is somewhere to the right of a sedated parakeet. Ii happens the Zelda and f. Scott Fil Jgerald of their time who vowed 36 years ago to Lei the Good limes Roll have turned into a and a Kettle. During the last 20 years it has been an Uphill Light to get my husband out of his running shoes and into hard soles. This Madcap who used to Bounce around a dance floor like a pingpong Ball and have Connelli in his Bathrobe pocket is now reduced to a to Remote switch and deep breathing by 9pm. Most of the time women Are the social animals who plan dinners and movie Dales buy season tickets to concerts organize Bowling and Tennis games and keep their husbands on the move. Then one Day he non social Ani males become militant. They rebel. Are you going out again i feel like i m on a Treadmill. How do you expect me to work every Day and keep up this Pace All night Don t you Ever gel the desire just to stay at Home and relax 1 suppose next month you la want to go out again ii gets tougher and tougher to sell my husband on a social ruling. He s Al that time of his life when his heart will Lake no surprises. If it s a movie he wants to know when we re coming Home. If it s a game he wants to know if the score is going to be close. If it s a lecture a wants to know if it s Worth slaying awake for. Ii t mislead him. I am held personally responsible and Points Are mentally racked up against me. They say you can always Tell How exciting your life is by the hour you gel into your night clothes. Sometimes we have to change our pyjamas because we dribbled our dinner onto them. I cannot Tell you the times we have said to startled guests who just drop in unexpectedly that we both have the Ftp. The other night As i Sal Needle Oinling in my nest of pillows and his Recliner body was draped Over the Recliner chair is phone rang. He jumped Back to reality and said who could be calling at this hour i Don t know i said. He hesitated before he picked it up. They Don l Call to Lell you you be won the lottery at 8 30 Al night. It must be bad news there Are some people who Tell me i should be flattered that my husband wants to slay at Home. These Are the same unstable people who believe age has nothing whatsoever to do with the Way you eel. I always knew a Man s Home was his Castlo. I jus never thought he d pull up the drawbridge at 5 30 in the 19m Emu Doc new. 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