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Who was Jack the Ripper? Who was Jack the Ripper?
Montague John Druitt Montague John Druitt
Seweryn Klosowski (George Chapman) Seweryn Klosowski (George Chapman)
Aaron Kosminski Aaron Kosminski
Walter Sickert Walter Sickert
Jill the Ripper Jill the Ripper
No single person was Jack the Ripper No single person was Jack the Ripper
The Ripper killings stopped after Druitt's death The Ripper killings stopped after Druitt's death
Authorities believed Druitt was the Ripper Authorities believed Druitt was the Ripper
Klosowski killed women Klosowski killed women
DNA linked Kosminski to the Ripper's fourth victim DNA linked Kosminski to the Ripper's fourth victim
Sickert painted the Ripper's crimes Sickert painted the Ripper's crimes
Sickert sent letters addressed from the Ripper Sickert sent letters addressed from the Ripper
Witnesses and historians identify the Ripper as a woman Witnesses and historians identify the Ripper as a woman
A midwife could have committed the crimes A midwife could have committed the crimes
"Jack the Ripper" had no modus operandi "Jack the Ripper" had no modus operandi
The first Whitechapel murders involved multiple killers The first Whitechapel murders involved multiple killers
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Who was Jack the Ripper?
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Montague John Druitt

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Authorities believed Druitt was the Ripper

Widely circulated rumors and public statements by officials suggested that Druitt had been identified as Jack the Ripper by those in the know.
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One of the top investigators in the Ripper case, Assistant Chief Constable Sir Melville Macnaghten, named Druitt as a suspect in a private memorandum on February 23, 1894. Following Macnaghten's retirement in 1913, he claimed to know the exact identity of Jack the Ripper based on private information obtained from the Ripper's family. He was referring to Montague John Druitt. Comments by Henry Richard Farquharson, MP for West Dorset, and others including journalists and public officials from the Ripper's era indicated that the Ripper was the son of a surgeon and had committed suicide at the end of 1888. Druitt was the son of local Dorset surgeon and he committed suicide in December of 1888.

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