**The Men Who Would Be Ripper- A To Z List**

[Howard Brown]

I'm currently organizing the 'Men Who Would Be The Ripper' section in our Suspects section and posting the men...and occasional woman's...names in alphabetical order with locations and the dates that the articles appeared.



These people either called themselves 'Jack The Ripper' or a derivative....or were known as Jack the Ripper by people who were acquainted with them.
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[Jerry Dunlop]

Thanks, Howard! Lots of work but well worth it, imo.

[Paul Williams]

Fantastic list, Howard. Thank you for compiling and posting.

[Howard Brown]

I've completed the available names on The Forums....knowing full well that it will be updated.

I'm posting two lists for your files.

I didn't add the Tunbridge Wells duo, one of whom wrote a letter to the local press claiming to be 'Another Whitechapel Murderer'.....the letter received a few days after the Tabram murder.

I added one or two entries in which crowds, often large ones, boasted that the person in question was Jack The Ripper.

There are several women on the list, as you can see.

Many thanks to those who contributed names to the list. This project was started six years ago ( June 2012 ) and will continue to be updated.

List 1 :

[Howard Brown]

List 2
Women in red
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Akehurst, Chas 1888 Canterbury Rd.
Alexander, Samuel 1891 Massachusetts
Anderton, Mark 1889 Burnley
Ashworth, Eliza. 1889 Peterborough
Avery, John 1888 Willesden
Baird, John 1889 Arbroath
Banstead Patients 1891 London
Barker, Arthur 1903 Woking
Barker, Charles 1895 Eugene, Ore., USA
Barlow, Sgt. Rich 1891 Manchester
Barrett, Wm. 1889 Whitechapel
Baseley, Knightley 1894 Earl's Court Gardens
Battison, John See Patterson, John
Be_enden, Louisa 1888 Ramsgate
Bennett, John 1889 Notting Hill
Bennett, Wm. 1890 Weston-super-Mare
Birchin, ? 1888 Portsmouth
Blake, Richard 1888 Wellington
Blanchard, Alb. 1888 Birmingham
Bolton, George 1888 Hartlepool
Bond, Charles 1890 Fresno, Cal. USA
Booth, Richard 1893 Penygraig
Bowling, ? 1889 Burton-on-Trent
Brett, Fred. 1889 Halifax
Brew, William 1910 Workington
Brinckley, John 1888 Clerkenwell
Brodie, William 1889 Whitechapel
Brown, John 1895 Eugene, Ore., USA
Brown, Thomas 1903 London ( originally from Australia )
Brown, Wm. 1889 Edinburgh
Burrows, William 1906 Nottingham
Butcher, Herb. 1889 Whitstable
Butler, George 1888 Central London
Canlan, Dennis 1889 Newport
Carr, Mary 1889 Dundee
Carr, Rose Ann 1889 Dundee
Cent.Police Stat. 1888 Philadelphia, Pa. USA
Chapman, Wm. 1902 Leeds
Charles, Henry 1889 Edgware Road
Chatterton, Percy 1889 Sydenham
Clark, George 1890 Essex
'Clark St. Man' 1889 Chicago, Ill., USA
Clarkson, John 1892 Wilkes-Barre,Pa., USA
Cloran, Jos. 1888 Montreal
Compton, Jos. 1890 Birmingham
Congdon, James 1891 Philadelphia, Pa., USA
Cook, William 1894 Bridgeport, Ct., USA
Cooke, Emily 1889 Doncaster
Cooper, John 1890 Warrina, Australia
Corbett, Charles 1890 Portland Place
Corns, George 1890 Faddiley
Corrigan, John 1888 Stourbridge
Cousins, Nath'l 1889 Ide
Covington, J. M. 1896 Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Cox, Oliver 1893 Penarth
Crown, Richard 1889 Dundee
Darby, James 1889 Nottingham
'Dark & 35' 1888 East End
Davidson, John 1888 Whitechapel
Davis, John 1889 Clay Cross
Davies, John 1891 Llanelly
Denker, Harry 1889 East End
Devine, Michael 1888 Glasgow
Donald, Peter 1888 Albert Docks
'Dr. On Commercial St.' 1888 Whitechapel
'Dudley Brewer' 1893 Dudley
'Dungannon Tramp' 1888 Dungannon
Dunn, Peter 1888 Glasgow
Dupere. Thomas 1892 Liverpool
Edwards, Frank 1959 London
English, Edward 1894 London
Farley, James 1893 Dundee
Featherstone, Alfred 1895 Battersea
Ferguson, Wm. 1889 Pembrokeshire
Findlay, George 1889 Aberdeen
Fitzmaurice, J A 1889 Cardiff
Foy, John 1888 Broxton
"French" 1891 Maidstone
Freshwater, Har't 1888 Sheering
Fullerton, Robt. 1888 Belfast
Gallagher, Pat'k 1888 Boughton
Gee, Mr. 1892 Gloucester
Gempton, Walter 1889 Grimsby
Gibbs, Matthew 1888 Notting Hill
Gilbert, William 1889 Piccadilly
Glen, James 1889 Glasgow
Graham , Benj. 1888 Clerkenwell
Grant, Alex'dr 1888 Edinburgh
Gregor, Robt. 1889 Quaylane
Griffiths, Wm. 1888 Islington
Gyrspeerdt, Rich. 1891 Lewisham
Hall, Frank 1888 Peckham
Hall, Jabez 1894 Barrowford
Hambler, Edw. 1889 Ratcliff
Hamlett, George 1890 Short Heath
Hankinson, Edw. 1889 Liverpool
Hansom, Robt. 1888 Jarrow
Hargreaves, Mark 1889 Rotherham
Harris, John 1889 Commercial Street
Harvey, John 1891 North London
Hawkes, Geo. 1888 Birmingham (England)
Hayes, Dan 1889 Boston (Massachusetts)
Haynes, William 1892 Birmingham
Heap, James 1888 Burnley
Henderson, Steph. 1896 Oakland, Cal., USA
Henry, Thos. 1914 Hull
Henson, John 1891 Derby
Herring, Wm. 1888 Essex
Hermann, Chas. 1905 New York City
Hertzberg,Michael 1888 Whitechapel
Hewson, Mrs. 1893 Leamington Spa
Heywood, Thomas 1889 Burton-on-Trent
Hill, John 1891 India Docks
Hill, Walter 1889 Highbury
Hilton, Benson 1888 West Hartlepool
Hefferon, Thos. 1889 Whitechapel
Holland, John 1889 Kirkintilloch
Hornsey, Wm. 1889 Seaham Harbour
Howarth, Thos. 1888 Padiham
Hudson, Mr. 1888 Burnley
Humphreys, Harry 1888 Strand
Hurst, Phil. 1888 Kilburn
Jenkins, James 1890 Whitechapel
Johnson, Henry 1888 New York City
Johnson, Jack 1931 Old Hill(UK)
Johnson, John 1901 Sheffield
Jones,John Solomon1888 Liverpool
Jones, Tom 1889 Pinner
Jones, Tom 1889 Pontypridd
Keen, John 1900 Mountain Ash
Kershaw, Wm. 1888 Dublin
Kitchener, Edward 1909 Luton
Lang, Sarah 1889 Brooklyn
Langhorn, John 1888 Montreal
Lapworth, James 1893 Burford
Larmonth, Edw. 1888 Auckland
Lewendon, Arthur 1908 Kingston-on-Thames
Lewery, Thomas 1903 Heyward's Heath
Long, John, 1889 Whitechapel
MacAllister, Sam. 1890 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
McBeth, James 1888 Oldmeldrum,Scotland
Mcpherson, Don. 1889 Dunblane
Malbert, George 1888 Oxford
McCarthy, Felix 1888 Newport
McCarthy, Mich. 1888 Bermondsey
McCully, John Amos 1893 Portobello
McGucker, Patrick 1888 Belfast
McMillan, John 1888 Glasgow
Malone, James 1891 Liverpool
Man From Adelong 1889 Adelong, NSW, Australia
Manning, Wm. 1888 Leamington Spa
Mardol, Man In 1888 Shrewsbury
Marshall, John 1889 Cheapside
Martin, Charles 1891 Surrey
Martin, Geo. 1889 Great Wigston
Martin, James 1889 Derby
Matthews, Alf. 1889 Erdington
Molin, Thos. 1889 Montreal
Mooney, William 1889 Dundee
Morson, Edward 1888 South London
Moses, William 1888 Hackney
Mullen, Mike 1889 Lochee, Scotland
Murry, John 1888 Enfield
'Negro Servant' 1889 Cumberland, Md.,USA
Nield, Thomas 1890 Little Budworth
Nelson, Charles 1889 Toronto
Newman, John 1888 Southwark
Nicol, John 1889 Paisley
Noble, Fred. 1889 Halifax, Eng.
Norton, John 1893 Clapton
Nugent, Thos. 1890 Manchester
O'Brien , John 1889 Toronto
Olson, Olaf 1888 Cambria
Omaha Man 1889 Omaha, Neb. USA
'Oulie' 1889 Aveyron
Pasco, Isaac 1888 Chester
Patterson, John 1891 Doncaster
Payne, Geo. 1888 Harrow Road
Pearson, Alfred 1888 Brierly Hill
'Peckam Hrdrssr' 1888 Peckham
Peel, Arundel 1889 Portsmouth
Perryman, John 1888 Lambeth
Pettit, William 1889 Hammersmith
Pike, George 1889 Reading
Pratt, William 1890 Leeds
Rapsong, William 1889 Faversham
Readersdorf, Fred. 1888 Rochdale
Rees, Evan 1891 Newport
Rees, Margaret 1901 Wales
Reynolds, Jos. 1889 Barnsley
Rigg of S'derland 1888 Sunderland
Rip, John 1889 Ilkeston
Roebuck, Thos. 1889 Barnsley
Root, Harriet 1889 Coggeshall
Rorke, Stephen 1888 Manchester
Rowlands, John 1890 Llechynfarwy
Royall, John 1889 Southwark
Saltney man 1891 Saltney
Saunderson, Reg. 1894 Kensington
Scar, Samuel 1890 Whitehall (London)
Sheehan, John 1895 New York City, USA
Shaw, Henry 1910 Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Sheals, Wm. 1889 East End
'Shefld Hubby' 1889 Sheffield
Slingsby, Wm. 1888 Retford
Smith, Ellen 1888 Waterford
Smith, Fran. Geo. 1889 South London
Smith, John 1890 Belper
Smith, William 1904 London
Smith, Thos. 1889 Brooklyn, N.Y., USA
Smith, Thos. 1889 St. Stephens ( U K)
Smythe The Tramp 1889 Nottinghamshire
Stables, Maria 1889 Keighley
Standen, Charles 1888 Derby
St, Buryan man 1888 St. Buryan
Stevenson, John 1889 Glasgow
Stewart, John 1888 Glasgow
Sullivan, George 1891 Whitechapel
Taffs, Frederick 1894 Plaistow
Taite, John 1889 Southwark
Tanner, Robert 1888 Penarth
Taylor, Chas. 1888 Yorkshire
Thomas, Chas. 1888 St. Pancras
Thomas, David 1889 Balham
Thompson, J.H. 1890 Beckford-by-Chester
Thompson, Jos. 1889 Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Thomson, Chas. 1888 Nottingham ( as Leather Apron )
Tom's River Tramp 1897 Tom's River, New Jersey, USA
Trow, Morris 1897 Cilfynyd
Tyson, John 1888 Tooting
Vallance, Eliza. 1889 Rotherham
Vann, Harry 1888 Neath
Vincent, Frank 1892 New York City, USA
'Wandering Tramp' 1893 Redbrook/River Wye
Ward, Joseph 1888 Wakefield
Warner, Harry 1888 Canewdon
Watson, Stephen 1889 Durham County
Weiss, Alfred 1890 Thaxted
Weldon, John Woolwich 1888
'West Coast Strangler' 1896 San Francisco, Cal., USA
Whitecross, Dvd. 1888 Dundee
Whitehead, Chas. 1889 Stockton
Whiting, Charles 1890 East Harling
Whittington, Wm. 1888 Stratford-on-Avon
Whitwell, Wm. 1890 Poplar
Williams, James 1889 Manchester
Williams, John 1888 Chorley
Williams, Jos. 1891 Cardiff
'Wilson' 1888 Belfast
Winsland, ? 1906 Colchester
Wood, Bern.Geo. 1889 Southwark
Wood, John William 1889 Salford
Woods, Jos. 1888 Portsmouth ( as the Whitechapel Murderer )
'Workhouse Jack' 1888 Tipperary
Worse, John 1892 Buffalo, N.Y., USA
Woods, Joseph 1888 Portsmouth

[Gary Barnett]

Amazing! Gives you some idea of how significant the Ripper scare was - worldwide.

[Scott Nelson]

Yes, it's a fantastic list. Thanks How. Can anybody spot any Jewish sounding names?

[Howard Brown]

Thanks Gary & Scott...

It should be noted that in almost every case in which one of these men & women got their tit in the ringer over claiming to be the killer .....there was a confrontation....either an emotionally vocal one on the verge of violence or one of real violence. None of that 'guy sitting in a tappy drinking a beer and telling the guy next to him he's the Ripper' sort of thing.

The entry which says :

'Dr. On Commercial St.' 1888 Whitechapel

....is William Holt

Scott:

So I'm looking for Jews as requested...and I see Michael Hertzberg ( Paul has an entry on him in his book). He might be
Jewish.
By this time, Jewish people in the UK had surnames which weren't Jewish in origin...such as the cop who shot himself ( Richard Brown) or arch-criminal Adam Worth ( A. C. Doyle used him as a model for his Moriarty )...

Why ? You see any I overlooked ?
Yours
Shlomo

[Howard Brown]

Thomas Phillips

Although he threatened to serve his wife like the women in Whitechapel had been served....his crimes came before the release of the name 'Jack The Ripper' in the press.

Bournemouth Guardian
October 6, 1888
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[Howard Brown]

Charles Whiting

I'll add this charmer to the major list


Diss Express
September 5, 1890
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[Howard Brown]

Birchin Of Portsmouth

Dublin Evening Telegraph
October 17, 1888
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[Howard Brown]

William Kershaw, Dublin

Dublin Evening Telegraph
November 8, 1888
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[Howard Brown]

Dan Hayes

'North End' of Boston, Mass.

Boston Globe
August 16, 1889
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[Howard Brown]

Samuel Alexander

Alexander not only claimed to be JTR but said he was ought to capture JTR....but sadly murdered an innocent fellow on the street.



Boston Globe
July 22, 1891
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[Howard Brown]

Thomas Brown

Daily Mail
April 27, 1903
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Daily Mail
April 3, 1903
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