A new jack the ripper suspect jacktheripper jack the ripper tour. His father was john allen lechmere, and his mother was marie louisa lechmere. A 2014 news report claims that jack the ripper was actually a local meat cart driver. Charles cross is a serious suspect for the whitechapel murders. Allen, a popular methodist minister 192005, provides support for the admonition in that famous directive for christians to think on things that are true, honest, lovely, and of good report titus 4. Jack the ripper maps of whitechapel, 18881894 with. His fathers name is given as john allen lechmere, boot maker. Mar 17, 2016 for over years, carman charles cross has been considered a peripheral player in the jack the ripper saga. Charles allen lechmere criminologist dr gareth norris believes meat car driver charles allen lechmere could be the man behind the gruesome whitechapel. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. See more ideas about serial killers, famous serial killers and true crime. Lechmere, petition of, notes and casebook material, elements of the law, 1982. So he went to the library and checked out a couple more books on the case. Im awaiting validation of a profile ive developed for a current serial killer the long island ripper and recently a guy got nicked for similar.
Posted on may 14, 2012 may 12, 2012 by richard jones. His stepfather, thomas cross, appears to have died at st. Jun 04, 2015 after 120 years of searching, the worlds biggest murder mystery could finally be solved. Join facebook to connect with charles lechmere and others you may know.
However, in recent years, he has moved from the sidelines and found himself in the glare of the spotlight that, year after year, casts an ever increasing arc across a seemingly endless list of suspects. Criminologist dr gareth norris believes meat car driver charles allen lechmere could be the man behind the gruesome whitechapel serial killings after research revealed the ripper killings coincided with his route to work. Charles allen lechmere 5 october 1849 23 december 1920 was a meat cart driver from the east side of london for the pickfords company. Worlds leading stamp collecting discussion bulletin board. Such is the case with charles allen lechmere or, to use the name that he is better known under charles cross. Once christer had his real name charles allen lechmere a mass of incriminating evidence became clear. He was, in fact, on his way to work when he made his gruesome discovery in bucks row, whitechapel. Site of the murder of jack the rippers 1st victim, mary ann poly nichols, on 31 august 1888.
In october 1889 he married lucy baderski and, by 1890, was working at a barbers shop in the basement of the white hart pub, in george yard, off whitechapel high street. Join facebook to connect with richard john lechmere and others you may know. The casebook the reader is taken on a tour of the underworld of victorian london, traveling into the backstreets of whitechapel and. Charles allen lechmere 5 october 1849 23 december 1920, also known as charles cross, was a meat cart driver for the pickfords company, and is conventionally regarded. Born charles allen lechmere in 1849, st annes, soho, son of john allen lechmere and maria louisa nee roulson. Prior to any major witness giving testimony at a murder inquest. Research program, undertakes research and other technical activities in response to the. The lechmere family of severn end land in the hanley area is said to have been given to the lechmere family by william the conqueror. Because the union in this case failed to establish the existence of any unique obstacles, sears, 436 u. The detail of crosss involvement with the murders is fairly straightforward.
Was charles cross jack the ripper by michael connor. This article originally appeared in ripperologist no. View the profiles of people named charles lechmere. Bartholomews church, so hearing the chime of the half hour in. I finally have proof that charles lechmere was allowed anonymity by the police, and just like those proclaiming his guilt, the evidence of his innocence has been staring us in the face all along. Dorothy rossite victoria lechmere and 2 other siblings. Missing evidence that claimed a guy called charles allen lechmere. Charles, working for pickfords as a carman, married elizabeth bostock born in london on may 20th 1849, the only daughter in a family of five brothers on 3 jul 1870 at christ church, watney street, tower hamlets. Profiling is not an exact science and people have a tendency to be blindsighted. Such is the case with charles allen lechmere or, to use the name that he. Charles lechmere should have been suspect numero uno looking back on it.
Richard lechmere 15201568 wikitree free family tree. His biological father was john allen lechmere whose baptism was on 26th march 1820 in kenchester, herefordshire. Charles allen lechmere was born in london on 5th october 1849. Annie millwood possible victim mentioned in sugdens the complete jack the ripper and hintons from hell.
After much reading i do have my own opinions, however, i can only go on what i read. Nov 16, 2014 charles allen lechmere was the first man on the scene of mary ann polly nicholss murder on bucks row in whitechapel, london, on august 31, 1888. Ripperologist is the most respected ripper periodical on the market and has garnered our highest recommendation for serious students of the case. The programme looks at the three decades of research conducted by journalist christer holmgren, whose focus eventually fell onto a witness known as charles cross, whose real name was charles allen lechmere. See more ideas about serial killers, east end london and who is jack. Annie chapman was butchered in the backyard of hardimans residence. Swedish theory about who jack the ripper actually was. Charles and elizabeth were living with maria, now widowed, in. Unlike most of the sensationalist bullshit that surrounds the subject remember all that hype and fuss about the so called shawl earlier this year i found it to be a rather serious and well made programme and the suspect seems a viable one. Later that year, or early the next, he came to london and found work as an assistant hairdresser.
Mar 10, 2010 charles allen is a hard man to keep down. In 1858, charles mother remarried, to thomas cross, a policeman and charles took his surname. Posts about charles allen lechmere written by ann uaireigin bucks row, whitechapel 1888. A series of murders that took place in the east end of london from august to november 1888. I watched a very convincing documentary on channel five on monday on the topic of the whitechapel murderer. Our thanks to the editor of ripperologist for permission to reprint this article. Lechmere found the body of the rippers second victim, polly nicholls and his daily routine could be consistent with all of the other deaths. Aug 11, 1997 lechmere was considered to be the first of the great discount stores. Charles cross charles lechmere jack the ripper suspect. Charles allen lechmere, presenting himself as charles allen cross to mr. Therefore, the company decided to add a home office category, offering a large selection of telephones, answering machines, computers, software, and readytoassemble furniture. He also has some choise words for modern writers churning out jack the ripper books. Rather than relying on transferring code from another state or trying to repurpose a sale or financial platform to support the unique needs of human services, casebook accellerates projects by providing configurable business applications that are purpose. Severin klosowski qualified as a junior surgeon in poland in 1887.
You wont believe who jack the ripper is new 2019 dna. Dr gareth norris from aberystwyth university believes carman charles allen lechmere. He concocted the pseudonym lewis carroll by translating his first two names, charles lutwidge, into latin, as, carolus lodovicus, then anglicising and reversing there order. During his career he has been derided as an upstart caterer, dismissed as little more than a scottish accountant, forced to eat humble pie by a. Aug 26, 2017 theres no good reason to think he was the ripper, and many reasons to think he had nothing to do with it. Charles allen lechmere 5 october 1849 23 december 1920, also known as charles cross, was a meat cart driver for the pickfords company, and is conventionally regarded as an innocent witness who discovered the body of the first canonical ripper victim, mary ann nichols. The widow of a soldier named richard millwood, annie was thirtyeight years of age in the winter of 1888. Dr norris also claimed that the route charles allen lechmere took to work. According to family legend, the original grant was discovered at severn end in the 17th century in edmund lechmeres time, but its whereabouts today is unknown. Charles lechmere was born circa 1903, at birth place, to thomas allen lechmere and florence rosette lechmere.
The missing evidence jack the ripper tv episode 2014 plot. Lechmere appears in the opening pages of most books about the ripper murders, yet you will not find his name in any one of them. In addition to the casebooks, notes and student exams and papers in series iv. Charles allen lechmere criminologist dr gareth norris believes meat car driver charles allen lechmere could be the man behind the gruesome whitechapel serial killings after research revealed the ripper killings coincided with his route to work. Charles lutwidge dodgson is better known by the pseudonym, lewis carroll, the author of alices adventures in wonderland 1865 and through the looking glass 1872. Make videos like ours we use envato elements for vectors, templates, music and oth. This suspect was put forward by criminologist, dr gareth norris, who says that his profession would have allowed him to wander the streets of the east end without drawing attention or suspicion. Christer travels to london to explore the nichols murder in forensic detail.
Charles allen has 42 books on goodreads with 6542 ratings. Buy the hidden lives of jack the rippers victims by robert hume isbn. Baxters inquest, states that he left for work on the morning of friday 31 august 1888 at half past three. Modular to the core casebook business applications and solutions focus on key processes in human services and support multiple program areas. Lechmere was found leaning over the body of second victim mary ann polly nichols on the evening of 31. Uk jack the ripper london 1888, east end, in and around. George east in 1869 and at no point after this does charles use the name cross again for official. Charles cross was the man who found the body of jack the ripper victim mary nichols at around 3. Not that our parents and grandparents didnt like lechmere. Charles allen cross lechmere keyword found websites. The prime suspect posted at quadrant online, michael conner makes a strong case that charles allen lechmere, overlooked person of interest in the whitechapel murders should have been the prime suspect then and should still be the prime suspect.
When he appeared at the nichols inquest he gave his name as charles allen cross. Jack the ripper was whitechapel meat cart driver, claims criminologist. First up, the person who first came to that suspicion because he used a more english sounding nam. Lechmere was the one putting oldline stores out of business. In response to this, the police not only marked the notes but also used gold bonds which was a form of currency that was currently being recalled by the gov. Charles allen lechmere would have been thirtynine in 1888 and would have been employed as a carman for about twenty years as stated by charles a. The man formerly known as charles cross was born in the parish of st anns, soho in 1849. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For some reason this makes for a far more convincing case to me although as i say i have not had time to look on casebook yet.