Dr. James Rubie

[Simon Wood]

Hi All,

Dr. James Rubie, editor of the London Evening News throughout the Whitechapel murders, was an interesting chap.

Here's the announcement of his appointment—



No, the typesetter wasn't schnockered. The clipping is from the Phonetic Journal, 25th February 1888.

And here's Dr. Rubie's obituary from The Times, 29th July 1940—



Regards,

Simon

[Howard Brown]

Thank you Simon
Rubie became the paper's editor at the age of 32...
I wish we had access to the Evening News.

[Dave James]

Hi all,

Rubie's predecessor, Frank Harris, was also quite a notorious figure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Harris