47. Ibid.
48. The Freemason, 8 June 1889
49. Blotted ’Scutcheons, by Horace Wyndham, Hutchinson & Co., London, circa 1920 (p.110)
50. The Freemason, 6 February 1889
51. The Freemason, 22 October 1887 (p.568)
52. Masonic Biography (Freemasons’ Hall, London)
53. The Origin and Progress of the Preceptory of St. George 1798–1895, by C. Fitzgerald Matier, Spencer & Co. London, 1910
54. The Cleveland Street Scandal, by H. Montgomery Hyde, W. H. Allen, London, 1976 (p.24)
55. Ibid. (p.25)
56. Ibid. (p.55)
57. Evening Star, Washington DC, 2 December 1889
58. The Clan-Na-Gael and the Murder of Dr. Cronin, by John T. McEnnis, Boston, 1889 (p.75)
59. Evening Star, Washington DC, 18 November 1889 (p.6)
60. Ibid.
61. Evening Star, Washington DC, 19 November 1889
62. Clarence: The Life of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, by Michael Harrison, W. H. Allen, London, 1972 (p.30 et seq.)
63. The Earl of Halisbury, by A. Wilson Fox, Chapman & Hall, London, 1929 (p.126)
64. Conversations with Max, by S. N. Behrman, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960. ‘Max began talking about King Edward VII: “He spoke English with a heavy German accent”’ (p.85). See also: A History of the Artists Rifles 1859–1947, by Barry Gregory, 2006. ‘What struck me most was the strong guttural accent, he rolled his “r”s like a German’ (p.155)
65. Victoria: The Widow and Her Son, by Hector Bolitho, D. Appleton Century Company, New York, 1934, (p.273)
66. Washington Evening Star, 2 January 1890
67. Star, Monday, 1 October 1888
68. Washington Evening Star, 10 January 1890
69. The Cleveland Street Scandal, by H. Montgomery Hyde (p.84)
70. Truth reported in North London Press
71. ‘Having let Hammond run for it, Detective Inspector Abberline was publicly accused of perverting the cource of justice at Bow St Court.’ The Times, Friday, 24 January 1890
72. North London Press, Saturday, 16 November 1889
73. The Hawk, 28 January 1890 (p.99)
74. Some Victorian Men, written and illustrated by Harry Furniss, London, John Lane, 1924 (pp.123–6)
75. The Poor Man’s Court of Justice, by Cecil Chapman, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London, n. d., circa 1920 (p.14)
76. The Cleveland Street Scandal, H. Montgomery Hyde (p.156)
77. Hansard, 28 February 1890 (p.1556)
78. Ibid. (p.1548)
79. Ibid.
80. Ibid.
81. Ibid.
82. Ibid. (p.1571) See also: Washington Evening Star, 5 March 1890: ‘… odds are freely offered in club circles that Mr. W. H. Smith will receive a peerage for his cool, not to say brazen, defense of Lord Salisbury. Mr. Smith’s career has been an illustration of the success which rewards adroitness and subserviency in a country like England.’
83. Hansard (Lords), 3 March 1890 (pp.1618–19)
84. The Story of My Life, by the Right Honourable Edward Clarke, K. C., John Murray, London, 1923 (pp.112–13)
85. Light Invisible: The Freemason’s Answer to Darkness Visible by ‘Vindex’, The Regency Press, London, 1952 (p.34). See also: Freemason’s Chronicle, 6 February 1892: ‘Masons are especially loyal to the Royal Family, not only as Englishmen, but also on account of that mystic tie which joins them in a brotherhood.’
86. Guardian, 11 November 2003
87. More About King Edward, by Edward Legge, Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913 (p.162)
88. England’s Masonic Pioneers, by Dudley Wright, George Kenning & Son, London, 1925 (pp.62–3)
89. Prince of Wales’s Lodge No. 259, privately printed, 1910 (pp.81–3)
90. The Times, Wednesday, 29 November 1893 (p.10)
91. Blotted ’Scutcheons, by Horace Wyndham (p.126)
92. Glasgow Mail, reported in Evening Star, Washington DC, 5 March 1889
Chapter 2: A Conspiracy of Bafflement
1. In 1888 there were 2,235 Masonic lodges in England. The Freemason, 7 January 1888
2. ‘Perhaps the most incompetent General of the war.’ Salisbury, Victorian Titan, by Andrew Roberts (p.752)
3. Ibid. (p.227)
4. ‘Grave differences of opinion’ between Warren and Monro caused the latter to resign on 16 August 1888. Fenian Fire by Christy Campbell, HarperCollins, London, 2002 (p.302)
5. The Recovery of Jerusalem, by Capt. Wilson, Capt Warren, Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1871
6. The Life of General Sir Charles Warren, by Watkin Williams, Basil Blackwood, Oxford, 1944 (p.41)
7. Freemasonry defines itself in a series of degrees that predicate on the number of vertebrae in the human spine. There are thirty-three of them. The first three degrees – Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason – (beyond which most Masons don’t aspire) are secular, the Brethren meeting together at a Lodge. Thereafter (British) Masonry jumps directly to the 18th Degree, which is strictly Christian, conducting its business at assemblies called Chapters. It is in these higher Degrees (18th to 33rd) that we find the rulers of the Craft, and indeed the rulers of Victorian England.
8. The Story of the Temple, by Robert J. Blackham, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, n. d., circa 1930
9. Wallace McLeod, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol.99, 1986 (p.183)
10. Ibid.
11. Robert Morris: ‘A well known American Masonic lecturer and poet, born in 1818 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in 1858. He died in 1888.’
12. Freemasonry in the Holy Land, by Robert Morris, Masonic Publishing Company, New York, 1873 (p.462)
13. Ibid. (p.464)
14. The Keystone, Saturday, 15 March 1884 (p.292)
15. Freemasonry in the Holy Land, by Robert Morris (pp.461–5)
16. Ibid. (p.463)
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid. (p.465)
19. The Builders: A Story and Study of Freemasonry, by Joseph Fort Newton, Macoy Publishing, New York, 1951 (p.123)
20. Who Was Hiram Abiff?, by J. S. M. Ward, The Baskerville Press, Ltd, London, 1925 (p.2)
21. Richardson’s Monitor of Freemasonry, 1860 (pp.10–11, 21, 30)
22. Lodge Quatuor Coronati (No. 2076), London
23. The mechanics are complex. Knight was building on research initially instigated by the BBC
24. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. 99, 1986 (p.183)
25. ‘It was found that beyond doubt the piece of apron corresponded exactly with the part missing from the body of the murdered woman.’ Inspector Donald Swanson’s report, Scotland Yard, 6 November 1888.
26. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. 99, 1986 (p.184)
27. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, September 1986 (p.172)
28. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. 100, 1987, published November 1988 (pp.109–12)
29. Ibid.
30. Notable anti-Masonic writers
31. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. 99, 1986 (p.184)
32. On 5 July 1974 Knight signed an agreement with Scotland Yard in respect of his book, agreeing ‘to submit the final manuscript to the Commissioner of police of the Metropolis for approval prior to publication’. (Stephen Knight Collection)
33. Evening Standard, 12 August 1960
34. Jack the Ripper: A Bibliography and Review of the Literature. Contains a piece by Colin Wilson dated 1972 (p.14, et seq.)
35. Reviewed in Books and Bookmen, December 1972 (pp.92–3). And see: Jack the Ripper, Summing Up and Verdict, by Colin Wilson and Robin Odell (p.206)
36. Edouard VII, by Philippe Jullian, Hachette, Paris, 1962
37. The Criminologist, November 1970, Vol. 5, No. 18
38. Sunday Times, 1 November 1970
39. The Centenary History of Cornubian Lodge (450), by Thomas E. A. Stowell, circa 1948 (p.186)
40. Police and Public, by Maurice Tomlin, Formerly Assistant Commisioner Metropolitan Police, John Long Limited, London,
1936 (p.232)
41. During the Ripper outrages Monro had resigned as Commissioner, and wasn’t reinstated until 7 December 1888
42. The Story of Scotland Yard, by Sir Basil Thompson, Grayson & Grayson, London, 1935 (p.178)
43. Police Orders 1888 (p.1190)
44. Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police, by J. F. Moylan. C. B., C. B. E., Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District and Metropolitan Police Courts, G. P. Putnam’s Sons Limited, London & New York, 1929 (pp.48–9)
45. Tomlin (p.233)
46. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. 99 (p.186)
47. Ibid. (p.179)
48. See Chapter 12, ‘The Mouth of the Maggot’
Chapter 3: ‘The Mystic Tie’
1. ‘You Are Now A Master Mason.’ Respectfully and dutifully dedicated to R. W. Bro Sir John Corah, Provincial Grand Master for Leicestershire and Rutland. (For private circulation only. Keep this report under lock and key.)
2. Maybe he was thinking along the same lines as the Star newspaper: ‘surely Jack the Ripper is not to be our modern John the Baptist’ (Freemasons’ Patron Saint). Star, Friday, 5 October 1888
3. In their News from Whitechapel (McFarland & Co., 2002) Chisholm, DiGrazia & Yost attempt to explain this away with a footnote: ‘This does not demonstrate a lack of knowledge on his part. Contemporary police policy prohibited Abberline from giving out such information’ (p.67). This is nothing less than nonsense. Abberline couldn’t say because he didn’t know, and his ignorance wasn’t unique. Five days later Dr Bagster Phillips tried every which way to withhold such evidence from Wynne Baxter and his jury at the coroner’s court. Daily Telegraph, 20 September 1888
4. Public Opinion, 28 September 1888 (p.385)
5. The Story of John George Haigh, by Stafford Somerfield, Hood Pearson, Manchester, 1950 (p.84)
6. The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, by Philip Sugden (p.131)
7. Evening Express, Monday, 12 November 1888
8. The Lancet, 20 September 1888 (p.637)
9. Truth, 4 October 1888 (p.581)
10. Sir James Risden-Bennett, letter to the Evening Standard, Tuesday, 22 October 1888
11. The Lancet, 29 September 1888 (p.637)
12. Ibid.
13. Standard, Friday, 15 October 1888
14. Sugden (p.133)
15. Despite his lunch with Wilson, and an article written by him in The Criminologist, Stowell published a letter in The Times of 9 November 1970 denying that he had ever accused Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence.
16. Bradford Observer, 27 September 1888
17. Ibid.
18. New York Herald, 1 October 1888
Chapter 4: The Funny Little Game
1. The Builders: A Story and Study of Freemasonry, by Joseph Fort Newton (p.27)
2. Reported by Alfred Long, PC254A, 6 November 1888. Note: Despite Crawford hammering home the spelling of ‘Juwes’ at the inquest, both Long and Arnold revert to the incorrect spelling ‘Juews’.
3. The Bible and Modern Criticisms, by Sir Robert Anderson, K. C. B., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1902 (p.17)
4. Police Constable Long at the Eddowes inquest, 4 October 1888
5. Daily News, 1 October 1888
6. The Times, Friday, 5 October 1888 (Bond said Phillips was there about 2.30 a.m.)
7. From Constable to Commissioner, by Sir Henry Smith, KCB, Chatto & Windus, London, 1910 (p.152)
8. Signed Jas McWilliam, Inspector, City of London Police, 27 October 1888 (Stamped HO, 29 October 1888 Dep #) A4930186.
9. Home Office, 6 November 1888 (93305/28)
10. ‘A good schoolboy’s round hand.’ Halse’s deposition at Eddowes’ inquest. Daily Telegraph, 12 October 1888
11. Superintendent Arnold’s report to Home Office, 6 November 1888
12. Lloyd’s Weekly, 9 September 1888
13. Public Opinion, 11 September 1888
14. East London Observer, 10 November 1888
15. Sir Charles Warren letter to the Home Office, Confidential Letters Book, 6 November 1888 (p.7/180)
16. Ibid. (p.4/177)
17. Letter from Charles Warren to the Right Hon. Godfrey Lushington, Permanent Under Secretary at the Home Office, 11 October 1888. Metropolitan Police Office of the Commissioner, Letter Books MEP01–48
18. Martin Fido, ‘Case Book Message Boards’, Thursday, 27 June 2002
19. ‘Freemasonry and the Ripper’, by Bro Dennis Stocks, Kersting, 2006, and Barron Barnet Lodge of Research (Lodge 146)
20. Jack the Ripper: The Uncensored Facts, by Paul Begg, Robson Books, 1988 (pp.127–8)
21. See also: The Masonic Why and Wherefore, by Bro J. S. M. Ward, 1929 (p.67), and Masonic Problems and Queries, by Herbert F. Inman, 1950 (p.127), where the three Assassins are referenced
22. Jack the Ripper: The Uncensored Facts, by Paul Begg (p.183). Note: Mr Sugden may consider Mr Begg as a ‘reliable student’, but I do not. In the acknowledgements to his book, Mr Begg references Bro J. M. Hamill (WM of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge) as his Freemasonic source. Ergo, Begg quotes Hamill and Mr Sugden quotes Begg, which is presumably why both are so dramatically in error. (See Bro Mendoza, pp.109–11, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. 100, for the year 1987)
23. Palestine Exploration Fund, Quarterly Statements for 1875 (p.227)
24. The Bible and Modern Criticism, by Sir Robert Anderson. ‘The Name Jehovah’, 1902 (p.87)
25. Written by the librarian at Freemasons’ Hall, London, on behalf of Bro Hamill, 6 July 1992 (p.3). Archive at Freemasons’ Hall.
26. The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, by Philip Sugden, 1994 (p.112)
27. Home Office 93305-28 (pp.174–81)
28. Sugden (p.185)
29. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Right of Freemasonry, prepared by Albert Pike, Charleston, A. M. 5641 (p.82)
30. The Grand Master, Commentary on the Masonic Legend of Hiram Abiff, by Dr Bruce S. Fisher, Prescott, Arizona, 1996
31. Pall Mall Gazette, 8 October 1888
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid.
35. Pall Mall Gazette, 12 October 1888
36. Ibid.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. A Police Code and Manual of the Criminal Law, by C. E. Howard Vincent, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, 1881
40. Ibid.
41. The Star, Saturday, 12 October 1888
42. Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, compiled by Shane Leslie, John Murray, London, 1938 (p.59)
43. The Star, Saturday, 10 November 1888
44. Pall Mall Gazette, 8 October 1888
45. Pall Mall Gazette, 12 October 1888
46. Superintendent Arnold’s statement to the Home Office, 6 November 1888
47. Pall Mall Gazette, 12 October 1888
48. Sugden (p.254)
49. Anderson was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis on Saturday, 2 September 1888 (Police Orders Book, p.878)
50. From the City to Fleet Street, by J. Hall Richardson, London, 1927 (p.217)
51. Daily Chronicle, 1 September 1908
52. In the Daily Chronicle of 1 September 1908, Anderson incorrectly refers to Sir William Harcourt as being Home Secretary at the time of the Ripper
53. Letter received on 14 October 1896, at H Division, Whitechapel. Chief Inspector Moore submitted a report on the letter on 18 October 1896
54. Macnaghten (p.55)
55. There are many versions of this oath; this example is from A Ritual of Freemasonry by Avery Allyn, Boston, 1831
56. George Oliver (1782–67), known as ‘the Sage of Masonry’, was one of its earliest and most prolific writers
57. New York Tribune, Sunday, 11 November 1888
58. Letter signed ‘R. Fairfield, 64, South Eaton Place (London) S. W.’, The Times, 1 October 1888
Chapter 5: The Savages
1. A Dictionary of Historical Slang, by Eric Partridge, Penguin Books, 1977 (p.271)
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2. The Age of Sex Crime, by Jane Caputi (p.33)
3. Sixty-three handwritten pages in what appears to be an old scrapbook, from which the first forty-eight pages have been removed with a knife. Traces of gum and card show they once held pictures or photographs. The writing, signed ‘Jack the Ripper’, purports to be a record of the Ripper’s activities from about April 1888 to May 1889. Internal evidence proves beyond doubt that the author is intended to be James Maybrick.
According to ex-scrap-metal-dealer Mike Barrett, he was given the scrapbook by a friend named Tony Devereux (now deceased), who told him nothing beyond assurances that it was genuine. In April 1992 Barret took the document to the Robert Crew Literary Agency in London. Thereafter Shirley Harrison was commissioned to research and write a book. The Diary of Jack the Ripper was published by Smith Gryphon, Ltd, London, in 1993. Arguments over provenance have continued ever since.
On 27 June 1994 the Liverpool Daily Post reported Mike Barrett’s claim to have forged the journal using a scrapbook bought from auctioneers. At the same time he claimed to have only days to live and said he’d ‘worked on the diary for five years’. The following day, the confession was withdrawn by his solicitors, who said that he was not in full control of his faculties when he made that statement, which was totally inaccurate and without foundation.
The above is an abbreviated version of the entry referencing the MAYBRICK JOURNAL from The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z, by Paul Begg, Martin Fido and Keith Skinner, John Blake Publishing, Ltd, London, 2010.
In Mapping Murder (Virgin Books, 2003), England’s leading practitioner of geographical criminal profiling, Professor David Canter, argued that the Maybrick journal was either genuine, or the work of a literary genius.
4. Tyler’s Book, Records of the St. George’s Lodge of Harmony, Liverpool, Liverpool City Library
5. The Story of Government, Henry Austin, editor, A. M. Thayer & Co., Boston & London, 1893
6. Mr Martin Fido, speaking on the BBC Radio 4 arts programme Kaleidoscope, 9 September 1993. Reported in Jack the Ripper: The Final Chapter, by Paul H. Feldman, Virgin Books, 1997 (pp.82–3)
7. Referring to Stride and Eddowes, it references the latter’s empty tin matchbox. The Diary of Jack the Ripper, by Shirley Harrison (p.282)
8. Lloyd’s Weekly, Sunday, 30 September 1888. See My Life’s Pilgrimage, by Thomas Catling, John Murray, London, 1911, for a description of visit of Dr Gordon Brown to Mitre Square (pp.183–5)
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