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A pair of malevolent eyes stared at the officers through the pile of trash in the basement.
They had found what is believed to be the only image of Jack the Ripper.
The infamous killer’s face was on a cane that belonged to the man who chased him.
When the English police searched old archives, they made an incredible discovery. Among all the old debris, a face stared back at them.
They had found a stick with what is believed to be the only known depiction of the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper, writes The Mirror.
Worst British in 1,000 years
Jack the Ripper, who, among other things, was named the worst Briton of the last 1,000 years in a poll that the BBC carried out in 2006is known to have murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel district of East London in the fall of 1888. But the true number of murders may be more than that.
The women were murdered and dismembered in such a way that the police suspected that the killer knew anatomy well and could possibly be a doctor or butcher.
Responsible for the investigation
Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard was one of those who investigated the murders, but he never managed to catch the killer. When he was disconnected from the case in 1889, he was given the cane as a gift, with what is believed to be the only known depiction of the killer on the top of the cane.
Abberline retired from Scotland Yard in 1892 and died in 1929 without ever learning the identity of his archenemy.
After Abberline’s death, the baton was kept at the College of Policing in the town of Bramshill, Hampshire until the school closed in 2015.
Then the cane disappeared and since then it has been thought to have been lost. But when police searched the archives at the College of Policing headquarters in Ryton, it was suddenly found again among a mass of other items taken care of after the closure.
To be exhibited
Antony Cashcontent creator at the College of Policing is overjoyed that the spectacular stick has been found again.
– Jack the Ripper is one of the greatest and most infamous murder stories in history and his crimes led to the development of modern police work and technical investigations. The murders forced the police to experiment and develop new techniques to solve the case. Among other things, crime scene investigations, profiling and photography.
Now the cane will be exhibited at the College of Policing headquarters together with newspaper clippings from 1888.
– It is fantastic that we can display this together with the newspaper clippings so that our constables can see how much policing has developed since then, says Antony Cash.