TWENTY-FOUR
MORE FACTS, NO CLUES
“Come on, George,” said Holland to his sergeant. “We need to re-create the next Ripper killing on paper. If we can do that, we may be able to figure out how our own killer’s mind is working. We need an ‘edge,’ something that can give us an insight into his mind. If he’s going to be on the prowl for his next victim tomorrow night, I want to have at least an even money chance of bringing the bastard to heel.”
George Wright nodded and rose from his chair on the opposite side of Holland’s desk. He quickly picked up the chair and carried it around to Holland’s side of the desk, where he placed it down on the floor and sat next to the inspector. Together, they began painstakingly going through everything they had on the murder in 1888 of Jack the Ripper’s vict
