Jack the Ripper Suspect – Joseph Silver

In 2007 South African researcher and author Charles van Onselen wrote, in the book The Fox and the Flies: The World of Joseph Silver, Racketeer and Psychopath, that Joseph Silver, also known as Joseph Lis, a Polish Jew, was Jack the Ripper.

However, van Onselen provides no evidence that Silver was ever in London during the time of the murders, and that the accusation is based entirely upon speculation.

Silver’s great grandson claims that Silver was only ever in London in 1885 and that in 1888 he was building houses in Capetown.

Conclusion: Joseph Silver was not Jack the Ripper.