Jack the Ripper Suspect – George Hutchinson

Hutchinson was a local chap who was employed as a general labourer.

On 12 November 1888, Hutchinson went to the London police to make a statement claiming that on 9 November 1888 he watched the room that Mary Jane Kelly lived in after he saw her with a man of conspicuous appearance.

He gave a very detailed description of a suspect despite the darkness of that night. The accuracy of Hutchinson’s statement was later disputed by the senior police of the time.

Inspector Frederick Abberline, after interviewing Hutchinson, believed that Hutchinson’s account was truthful. However, Robert Anderson, head of the CID, later claimed that the only witness who got a good look at the killer was Jewish.

Hutchinson was not a Jew, and thus can’t have been that witness.

Some Ripperologists have suggested that Hutchinson was the Ripper himself, trying to confuse the police with a false description, but others suggest he may have just been an attention seeker who made up a story hoping to sell it to the press.

Conclusion: George Hutchinson could well have been Jack the Ripper!