Das wollte ich schon lange posten. Das Lindsay-Tagebuch ist nun digitalisiert. Hier sind die Einträge zu Jack the Ripper, die ich gefunden habe:
April 3
A woman was found murdered in George's Yard, Whitechapel, London, today. This makes three of the same kind of murders in a few days. No clue.
August 7
A woman named Martha Turner, aged 35, was found dead at Whitechapel, London, with 39 bayonet or dagger wounds on her body. This is the 3rd murder of women in that place since March. no clue.
August 31
Another woman was found dead today in Whitechapel, London. The body was cut up and mutilated. This makes four of the same kind of murders since March. No Clue.
September 8
Anna Chapman was murdered and mutilated in Hanbury St, London, today. This makes five of that class of murders near the same place since march.
September 30
A woman, unidentified was murdered today in Miter [sic] Square, London. Another, Eliza Stride, was also found murdered in Berner St., London, making seven of that class of murder, near the same place since March. No clue.
October 2
Another mutilated body of a woman was found today at Pimlico, London, making the eighth murder of that kind near the same place since March. No clue. Most or all of the victims are fast women. Great constination prevails through Great-Britain on this account.
November 9
Another woman was found murdered in London this morning. She was discovered in a house on Dorset St, Spitalfields, cut to pieces. Her name is believed to have been Lizzie Fisher. She was known as Mary Jane and like the other victims is a prostitute though married. This is the ninth. Her breasts and viscera were found lying of the table.
Das Ganze erscheint eine Mischung aus Tagebuch, Notizbuch und Terminkalender zu sein. Manche Einträge wurden dem Datum nach sogar erst 1930 hinzugeschmiert, warum weiß ich niemand, vielleicht Papiermangel? Manche der geschmierten Notizen scheinen in einer anderen Handschrift zu sein, aber ich bin da kein Experte. Aber die Ripper-Einträge sind in derselben Schrift wie die tagebuchähnlichen Einträge, die von der Art "At work." oder "Received a letter" sind.
Woher der Lindsay seine Informationen hatte, konnten mir die Leute aus Salt Lake City nicht sagen, aber der Fehler "Miter Square" findet sich in etlichen US-Zeitungen, darunter auch der Ogden Standard aus Utah.