Jack the Ripper: The Secret Police Files by Marriott Trevor

Author:Marriott, Trevor [Marriott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Trevor Marriott
Published: 2013-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

THE SWANSON MARGINALIA

Sir Robert Anderson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police placed Chief Inspector Donald Swanson in overall charge of the investigation into the Whitechapel murders from 15th September to 8th December 1888.

Swanson was freed from all other duties and given his own office at Scotland Yard from which to co-ordinate inquiries. He was given permission to see, “every paper, every document, every report and every telegram” concerning the investigation. In this way Swanson gained a wealth of knowledge and information about the killings. Following a long and distinguished police career, which saw him rise to the rank of Superintendent he retired in 1903 and he died in 1924 aged 76.

Swanson was also a close friend of Sir Robert Anderson and in Anderson's book, “The Lighter Side of My Official Life”, published in 1910 Anderson refers to the identity of the Ripper as being a Polish Jew. In his book he writes, “I will merely add that the only person who had ever had a good view of the murderer unhesitatingly identified the suspect the instant he was confronted with him; but he refused to give evidence against him.”

As I have previously stated, in the book Anderson makes no mention of the name of the suspect, the name of the witness, nor does he give any information regarding the identification he refers to and when it took place. It should also be noted that there was no known witness who fits the witness criteria as described by Anderson, so this in itself is questionable especially as up until Anderson published his book in 1910 he is on record on many occasions as stating the police did not know the identity of the killer. Examples of this will be shown in a later chapter.

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