Help Wanted

[SirRobertAnderson]

From the big board today:



As a striking commentary on this matter I have today received a letter from a person asserting himself to be an accomplice and asking for a free pardon; and I am commencing a communication with him through an advertisement in a journal.

This letter is probably a hoax, for we have received scores of hoaxing letters, but on the other hand it may be a bona fide letter and if [text missing] would be to the discovery of the murderer by omitting to offer the pardon; and I cannot see what harm can be done in this or any further case by offering a pardon.

I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Charles Warren"

Document Reference - MEPO 1/55

Simon

Got me to thinking....we really don't look at the advertisements of the era much, do we ? If nothing else, I'd like to see Warren's ad.

[A.P. Wolf]

I do look at the Ads, Sir Robert, all the time... and I did look for this particular Ad.
The only one I found - if I remember correctly - with a connection to Scotland Yard that fitted the date was about a lost or found gold watch, 'apply to Exec. Sup. Cutbush'.
But perhaps Warren used the 'Telegraph'?

[Howard Brown]

How about that, Bob? I would have overlooked looking in the ads for sure....sort of like The Tooth Fairy in the film Manhunter.

Good thinking pal.

[Robert Linford]

Re ads, there could be interesting items which don't appear on people's search engines - for example, with legal announcements, the packed and small print sometimes seems to result in search terms not returning a hit, even though the term is there on the page.

Robert