THE WARM BEER? –
July 16, 2023 – A whole industry has sprung up around the case, including books, exhibitions and tours around the streets of the Whitechapel district where the women were killed.
Bax Horton said she had identified Hyams, an epileptic and alcoholic who was in an out of mental asylums, as the likely culprit.
Witnesses at the time described a man seen with the victims who was in his mid-30s, with a stiff arm, irregular gait and bent knees.
The author, whose book “One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper” comes out next month, unearthed medical records for Hyams, who was aged 35 in 1888.
They showed he had an injury that left him unable to bend or extend his left arm, and also dragged his foot and could not straighten his knees.
