Jack the Ripper, the Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson in 1888.
He was an ex-medical student with a dissecting scalpel, and a history of mental illness and trouble with the police. He had just broken up with a prostitute and had written about cutting women's stomachs open.
At the same time, a few yards from his refuge, a woman was knifed, as part of a spate of prostitute murders, which one coroner said was by someone who had considerable anatomical skill and knowledge.
Richard A. Patterson sets out a compelling case for English poet Francis Thompson as the prime suspect for Jack the Ripper in this must-read for Ripperologists the world over.

Francis Thompson in 1888. Era un fost student la medicina cu bisturiul disecant, cu antecedente de boli mintale si probleme cu politia. Tocmai s-a despartit de o prostituata si scrisese despre taierea stomacului femeilor. In acelasi timp, la cativa metri de refugiul sau, o femeie a fost cutita, ca parte dintr-o serie de crime de prostituate, despre care un legist a spus ca este de cineva care avea cunostinte si cunostinte anatomice considerabile.Richard A.