Crime

Jack the Ripper: Newspapers and posters from 1888

By Stephanie Slifer

August 30, 2013 / 8:00 AM EDT / CBS News

A cartoon from a Sept. 22, 1888 issue of "Punch" magazine criticizing the police for their inability to find the Whitechapel murderer, otherwise known as "Jack the Ripper." Artwork by John Tenniel.

The cover of the September 21, 1889 issue of ''Puck'' magazine, featuring cartoonist Tom Merry's depiction of the unidentified Whitechapel murderer "Jack the Ripper."

A newspaper broadsheet referring to the Whitechapel murderer (later known as "Jack the Ripper"), published in 1888 following the murder of Annie Chapman.

A drawing of "Jack the Ripper" as "The Nemesis of Neglect" in "Punch" magazine, Sept. 29, 1888.

The Illustrated Police News via Wikimedia Commons

An illustration of the discovery of a female torso in the basement of the Norman Shaw Building in 1888 from The Illustrated Police News newspaper, October 1888.

An illustration of a doctor examining the body of Annie Chapman in a press drawing.

An image referencing the investigation into the Whitechapel murders taken from The Illustrated Police News.