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    Jack AND The Ripper
    Jack AND The Ripper
    Jack AND The Ripper
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    Jack AND The Ripper

    By R. Richard

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    I get frog marched into a room. There are several police there, waiting for me. There is also a woman.
    One of the police says, “Jack Houlihan you killed a man, with a knife.”
    I tell the police man, “I was attacked, by a large, drunken man, armed with a knife. I defended myself, nothing more.”
    The policeman says, “Jack Houlihan, you are listed at five feet ten inches tall and 13 stone (182 pounds) weight. Your attacker was listed as six feet, six inches tall and 22 stone, ten pounds (320 pounds.) Is that correct?”
    “I’m five feet ten inches tall and I weigh about 13 stone. I don’t know the height or the weight of my attacker, but what you said seems about right.”
    The policeman says, “Jack Houlihan, I can prosecute you, for murder. How was a man of your size able to kill a much larger man, armed with a knife?”
    (I’m in deep trouble here. I can think of nothing better than the truth. “I play soccer. I can run and move. I slice fish in the market, I can use a knife. I’m very strong, for a man my size. I moved so that I wasn’t there when the large man tried to cut me, I then got in position that I could drive home a fatal strike against the large man. I tell you again, it was self defense.”
    The policeman says, “I have a job for a man who can defend himself, with a knife, against a knife armed attacker. The job will be dangerous. If you take the job, we can forget about prosecution for murder.”
    I sigh, “I have no choice.”
    The policeman says, “None. I have agents for her Royal Majesty at my throat. Her Royal Majesty wants the killer, that they call Jack The Ripper, caught.”
    I ask, “How am I to go about catching this Jack The Ripper?”
    The policeman says, “Let me introduce you to Augusta Ann.”
    (The lady is attractive, not stage star attractive, but a looker.) I slowly rise and bow, “My Lady, the pleasure is mine.”
    The lady says, “I am just plain Augusta Ann, I’m, not of noble birth,”
    “Augusta Ann, you are, but you are not just plain. You hold yourself like a noble lady.”
    (I look at Irish boy. He’s not of noble birth. He’s not all that handsome, but not bad looking. He’s the kind of boy that my mother warned me against. However, I have a living to earn, with my parents dead.) I lecture the boy, “I learned to shave my father, as he got sick and died. I have seamstress training.”
    (I digest what the lady told me.) “I’m, puzzled as to what you have to do with a knife fight, between two men.”
    The policeman says, “Jack The Ripper stalks and kills lone women, in the Whitechapel area.. Augusta Ann will disguise you as a woman.”
    I ask the lady, “How do you propose to disguise me as a lady?”
    Augusta Ann lectures, “I have a large piece of ruined silk. It’s the color of mud, but it will do, at night. I will make you a skirt that will let you walk, with light stitching that will also let you move like an acrobat. I will also make you the strangest ladies’ jacket ever, but knife proof. I will make you a couple of ladies’ hats. Finally, I will make you a knife proof scarf.”
    I say, “Knife proof sounds good, but how?”
    The policeman says, “My people have obtained some steel netting, The steel netting will line the jacket and the scarf. The netting will not stop a knife thrust, but it will provide some protection against a slashing knife.”
    I venture, “The papers say that Jack The Ripper likes to cut a lady’s throat. If I have a steel netting scarf, I should be able to survive an attack from behind and then I can deal with Jack The Ripper, if I’m still on my feet.”
    The policeman laughs, “Ah, feet! You will be furnished a pair of ladies’ looking shoes with gum rubber soles. The gum rubber soles will give you good footing on cobble stones.”
    I ask, “I then go to Whitechapel and just wander about at night?”
    Augusta Ann says, “I live with my grandmother, in a house in Whitechapel. You will live in the house, as well. You will bathe each night, in a lady scented

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateMar 22, 2019
    ISBN9780463591741
    Jack AND The Ripper
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      Jack AND The Ripper

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      Copyright 2019 R. Richard

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      Jack AND The Ripper

      By R. Richard © 2019

      Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer, generally believed to have been active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London, England, in the year 1888. In both the police criminal case files and contemporary journalistic accounts, the killer was often called the ‘Whitechapel Murderer’ or ‘Leather Apron.’ (John Pizer was a local Jew who made footwear from leather and was known by the name ‘Leather Apron’. He was arrested, even though the investigating inspector reported that At present there is no evidence whatsoever against him. He was soon released, after the confirmation of his alibis.)

      Attacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved female prostitute victims who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London. The victim’s throats were cut, prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to proposals that their killer had some anatomical or surgical knowledge. Rumors that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888, and letters were received by media outlets and Scotland Yard from a writer or writers purporting to be the murderer. The name ‘Jack the Ripper’ originated in a letter written by someone claiming to be the murderer, which letter was disseminated in the media. The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax and may have been written by journalists in an attempt to heighten interest in the story of the murders and increase their newspapers’ circulation. A ‘From Hell’ letter, received by George Lusk, of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee arrived with half of a preserved human kidney, purportedly taken from one of the victims. The public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer known as ‘Jack the Ripper’, mainly because of the extraordinarily brutal nature of the murders, and also because of media treatment of the crimes.

      Extensive newspaper coverage bestowed widespread and enduring international notoriety on the Ripper,

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